The smoke-less cigarette
June 5th, 2008, 4:50 pm · 2 Comments · posted by electrikALIEN
Ok. I’ll admit it. I’m a smoker. And like many smokers, I enjoy the act of smoking, but I dislike the effects it can have on my health.
So when I was browsing Wired.com’s gadget blog and saw the electronic cigarette made by NJOY, I wanted to know more.
Apparently electronic cigarettes have been in development for quite sometime. I won’t go into the technology of it, but the idea is — instead of using fire to burn tobacco (and nicotine!) for you to inhale, the device atomizes a liquid solution containing nicotine and tobacco flavorings and the vapor is then inhaled. The entire process very closely resembles a real “smoke.”
NJOY ships cigarette and cigar style devices. The cartridges come in a variety of flavors and strengths including Menthol and strawberry.
Seeing the product in action is pretty amazing since it resembles all the psychological actions of smoking, but none of the lung-destroying tar and chemicals of a cigarette.
On NJOY’s Web site, the company points out that the devices are not meant to be used as a stop-smoking solution, as in “kicking the habit.” However, the FAQs they present are a pretty interesting read.
