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What is an e-cigarette?

The odourless, smokeless e-cigarette is FUN! Smokers no longer need to be outcasts!

The e-cigarette is an amazing invention that is taking the world by storm! It is a battery-powered ‘cigarette’ that actually produces ‘smoke’, can deliver nicotine without the toxins, and can be used almost anywhere!

For smokers who want to quit, there are pills, patches, and gum. But how about an electronic nicotine delivery device that looks and feels like smoking - without the smell or the carcinogens?

Have FUN with the e-cigarette!

Known as the e-cigarette, the electronic cigarette is a battery-powered atomizer NOT a smelly cigarette. You inhale a vapour which although it looks and feels like cigarette smoke, carries none of the health risks associated with smoking. Even if you don't smoke or have given up for some time and still get the urge, you can use a zero nicotine cartridge which allows you to enjoy all the fun of smoking without any risk of addiction.

The e-cigarette was launched in China closely followed by Israel and Australia. Now it's here in the UK!

What lies behind the e-cigarette?

E cigarettes contain nicotine, but none of the poisons found in typical Tobacco products.

Commonly available tobacco products contain 4000 chemical elements in addition to nicotine. 69 of these substances are carcinogenic.

Our products contain only nicotine, propylene glycol (a safe humectant commonly used in baked goods), water, flavourings and anti-oxidants, no tar and none of the poisons, or cancer causing substances inherent in typical tobacco products. This makes our products considerably less harmful to your health than “normal” tobacco smoking.

This has been confirmed by an appraisal of the “electric cigarette” by University Professor, Doctor Bernd Meyer from the Institute for Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Science of the Karl-Franzens- University in Graz, Austria.

Excerpt from the Appraisal

The health risks from smoking the electric cigarette are considerably less than those from consuming tobacco products. The harmfulness of the electric cigarette is limited to nicotine, all other harmful substances, especially carcinogenic substances are inapplicable. Apart from the nicotine contents, the electric cigarette is harmless to one’s health.

Our products offer enjoyment without harmful substances. Not only that, we bring smokers and non-smokers back together again.

We hope that our products help to make people aware of the need to care for and maintain their good health.

“Healthier” smoking is quite simple:

Inside of each electronic product, you will find an electric vaporizer soaked in nicotine (four nicotine strengths to choose from – high, med, low and zero).

The system works anywhere and because the electronic cigarette eliminates the tobacco-burning process, no dangerous substances are produced. This helps us take first step in the right direction towards a healthier future.

In all countries where data is available, cigarettes are the leading cause of fire deaths. In the US alone, a thousand people are killed each year in smoking-related fires, and a third of them are not the smoker responsible.

Electronic Cigarette Smoking is appropriate for:

Smokers who wish to care for the environment,

or to give up smoking.

People who wish to smoke with friends and family

Smokers who enjoy smoking and want to continue

to do so without nthe risks.

Smokers who spend time in no-smoking zones.

Electronic Cigarettes are not recommended for:

Children and adolescents

Non-smokers and people who have a nicotine allergy.

Pregnant and lactating women.

Patients who have been advised to stop smoking for medical reasons,

please consult your doctors.

If in doubt about any medical condition please consult your doctor

Play this Reuters video and learn more about e cigarettes

Pack contains:-

Mini Electronic Cigarette

Spare battery

Battery charger

Power line

4 Atomised cartridges

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£30

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E-cigarette: A legal way to smoke indoors?

Smoke without fire... a cigarette that's legal indoors

Jonathan Prynn and Alex Stephens
22.10.07

They are already a familiar nocturnal sight on the streets of London - huddles of windswept smokers lighting up outside pubs, clubs and bars.

Now one nightclub claims it has solved the problem, allowing smokers to get their fix without having to sneak outside in mid-conversation.

Celebrity hangout Chinawhite in Soho is trying out Britain's first "e-cig", a Chinese-made device that mimics the ritual of smoking but is claimed to be entirely legal indoors.

The six-inch white plastic stick uses a battery- powered atomiser to create realistic puffs of "smoke," while the tip glows red with each suck.

The smoker even gets a strong kick of nicotine from a "nico-filter" cartridge.

Its manufacturer says the invention has no harmful side-effects because there is no smoke or tar.

A £50 starter pack includes the cigarette, one filter and a recharger for the battery. The filter will provide enough nicotine for about 350 puffs, equivalent to about 30 cigarettes. Replacement packs of six filters cost £10 each.

John Stephen, co-founder of Chinawhite, said: "Clubs should move with the times and offer members the choice to smoke outside or enjoy a smoke-free cigarette indoors.

"We're trialling these e-cigs to see if our members like them and the few that have tried them say they are amazing. In my opinion, our members who do wish to smoke should be given options that don't simply force them to light up on the street."

It may be ingenious technology, but is it likely to take off with London's style conscious-club and bar-goers? We tested the e-cigs on smokers at Beach Blanket Babylon in Notting Hill.

Nicole Cammack, 18, a student from Ashford, Middlesex, said: "I like it. I smoke every day and I miss not being able to drink and smoke on a night out. This is a good solution. It's elegant and easy to hold and it doesn't make your hands smell like a cigarette does. It's almost like a herbal cigarette or a shisha.

"I would definitely use it as an alternative. I want one."

Rex Newmark, 23, an executive chef from Hampstead, said: "It tastes like apple tobacco. It would certainly be a talking point - a new toy to impress your friends with. It's good and I enjoyed smoking it but I think it's a bit too feminine for a man to use.

"I think it could become popular. Smokers would do anything to have a cigarette at a table rather than go outside."

Phuong Nguyen, 25, a bar worker from Bethnal Green, believed the price could put some people off.

She said: "You can feel the nicotine and it gives you a good taste. In a club I'm sure it would be very successful. But £50 is a lot of money to pay for a gadget. I wouldn't pay that much."

HOW THE E-CIG WORKS

The e-cig is claimed to deliver a dose of nicotine equivalent to a strong nicotine patch.

However, the device has been criticised in China for containing 18mg of nicotine compared with 1.2mg for a typical cigarette.

The makers claim the comparison is unfair because it would take much longer to get through one filter than a cigarette.

Evening Standard columnist and GP Dr Mark Porter said: "If you use them correctly you're not getting any more nicotine than you would do from a normal cigarette, but you are not getting any of the other nasty chemicals.

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