«Vape» (to vape) – became the “Word of the Year” according the Oxford English Dictionary. Vape – a verb that means smoking electronic cigarettes. This was reported in the official blog of the dictionary Oxford.
The definition of the verb «to vape» appeared in the dictionary in August 2014: “inhale and exhale of the vapors produced by the electronic cigarette or similar device.”
Michael Siegel about electronic cigarettes.
Not so long ago, one of the most ardent supporters of quitting smoking, Professor Michael Siegel opened his blog on the Internet. The purpose of this resource, according to the scientist – the disclosure of the lies that tobacco companies and various non-governmental organizations put up as a truth.
In his blog, Michael Siegel refers not only to the issues of smoking regular cigarettes. He also expresses his opinion about electronic cigarettes.
David Sweanor opinion.
A well-known advocate for a healthy lifestyle, who worked with a variety of health care organizations around the world, David Sweanor expressed his opinion about electronic cigarettes. In an interview he explained why he considers them useful and how he sees the e-devices’ future.
According to David Sweanor, electronic cigarettes are much safer compared to tobacco cigarettes, however, they can’t be considered completely harmless . The main purpose of e-cigarettes is that they help people change the way of nicotine consumption and make it more technologically advanced.
Currently, electronic smoking devices have a variety of types and models made of wood, steel, plastic. They may have various sizes and colors, made in form of conventional cigarettes, cigars or have unusual looking similar to the radio or even a violin. You can taste more than 200 different flavors and find your favorite. Also you may change the content of nicotine and consequently, the “heaviness” of tightening from the strong to the non-nicotine.
The switching to electronic cigarettes allows smoker more easily and quickly get rid of the harmful addiction (if a smoker really pursues this goal). Especially, this method is suitable for those who want to quit smoking but are forced to be constantly in the community with smokers.
Almost every second smoker tried to give up smoking. But not as terrible is nicotine dependence, as strong psychological dependence to cigarette in hand and usual smoke. There are various disputes, who is sponsoring the anti-tobacco companies producing nicotine gums, candies and patches which must replace cigarettes. It is also possible that the tobacco companies themselves, trying not to lose their customers addicted those who want to quit smoking cigarettes on other drugs with nicotine.
Electronic cigarettes have become one more substitute for tobacco cigarettes.
The first myth – electronic cigarette quickly breaks and, in fact, is a fire hazard and can explode. This myth is probably associated with the appearance on the market of products of dubious quality of unknown manufacturers and suspiciously low price.
In fact, high-quality electronic cigarettes have a rugged design, safety, high-quality components, and in fire hazard, it unlikely will surpass your cell phone, these devices have simply nothing to burn.
The proportion of non-smokers among users of electronic cigarettes is negligible – 0.14%
Over the past 40 years, the level of smoking in the UK fell from 46% to 19%. This is partly explained by the switching to electronic cigarettes which began to be sold in Europe and the UK in 2006 – according to BBC and the Guardian.
Leading British publications and news agencies have published data of the UK Office for National Statistics, according to which 2.1 million citizens use e-cigarettes.
According to a new study people near an electronic cigarette smoker will inhale only nicotine, but not chemicals from cigarette smoke. Researchers still arguing about whether electronic cigarettes help or conversely, attract young people to smoke, and how they act on human health.
“Electronic cigarettes contain nicotine and some residues of toxic substances.
Japanese engineers claim that they can raise in 10 times the capacity of lithium-ion batteries. It is expected that manufacturers will be able to start the commercial production of a new type of battery in 3-4 years.
The Japanese company Shin-Etsu Chemical has developed a technology that allows increase the capacity of mobile devices’ batteries in 10 times, reports CNet with reference to the Japanese publication Nikkei.
So the battery capacity of 18650 format, manufactured by the technology developed by Shin-Etsu Chemical can reach 30,000 mah.
Electronic cigarettes as well as other USB-gadgets can be a source of infection of users’ computers with dangerous viruses.
According to the British The Guardian, electronic cigarettes can benefit smokers, but can be a potential threat to their computers according to InoPressa portal.
The article reports that the majority of the electronic cigarette are charged from the USB-connector of a personal computer or laptop. When connected to this jack cheap electronic cigarettes produced by unknown companies, gets the access to users’ electronic device. Thus, the computer can get malware.