Are E-Cigarettes Better For Your Health?
Recently many some smokers have found a way to smoke anywhere they want without hurting themselves or the health of others. They’re called electronic cigarettes and Miami TV station CBS4’s Cynthia Demos looked at how they work.
“I’ve probably been a smoker since my late teens,” said Charles Jay.
When the Hollywood resident heard about electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, he was intrigued by the convenience.
“I could basically do it anywhere because you weren’t leaving an odor behind or leaving any smoke behind,” Jay told <a href=”http://cbs4.com/” target=”_blank”>CBS4</a>.
While the e-cigarettes look like traditional cigarettes, they emit no smoke or odor and contain no tobacco or tar. Instead pharmaceutical grade nicotine and water are used in many of the brands sold in malls and on the internet. One brand was created by Frank Simotics.
His Clean Cigarette uses a microchip with a lithium battery to heat up the device and a nicotine vapor is emitted when the user inhales.
“There’s an LED indicator light on the end that simulates the burning of a cigarette,” explained Simotics.
One Fort Lauderdale store sells a number of electronic cigarette brands and claims the advantages to its e-cigarettes include no smoke, odor or flame, freedom to smoke anywhere and a healthier way to smoke.
Jay and Simotics said there’s also a hidden benefit to smoking e-cigarettes. They both admit they are smoking less and feeling better in the process.
“I can taste now. I can smell again. I had so much energy after two weeks. I didn’t realize I was dumping 3,000 chemicals in my body everyday for 12 years,” according to Simotics.
“I’m probably smoking less and probably saving money,” admitted Jay.
E-cigarette users we spoke to say they’re not for everyone but are an alternative worth considering.
“It’s not for kids, it’s for people that are smokers already that want a healthier way to smoke or a way to cut back on their smoking,” Simotics explained.
