As E-cigs become more popular there are more and more myths floating about which regrettably dilutes the constructive point that these items have. The UK’s leading retailer of electronic cigarettes is ecigworld.co.uk who believe in total openness and sincerity with their users have provided the following information which dispels some of the myths surrounding electronic cigarettes and vaping and personally I believe that this is the most open and honest account of e-cigarettes available online and I honestly think that this is a valuable piece of information.
1.) E-Cigarettes are just like smoking real cigarettes.
No, they’re not – not really . Yes, there’s a dense cloud of vapour , but the taste is very rarely close to that of a tobacco cigarette – in most cases, it’s noticeably better. It’s almost always going to be sweeter than a ciggie , and by and large a lot more enjoyable , after a few days of vaping you begin to breathe easier purely due to the fact that you are not inhaling all those thousands of chemicals that are found in traditional tobacco cigarettes.
2.) e-cigarettes are a quit smoking aid
Nope – as of today, no electronic cigarette has been granted that approved ability by any governmental authority in the world. That doesn’t mean that they can’t get you off tobacco, or that you can’t use them for that reason (I know of thousands plenty of users who no longer smoke “analogue” cigarettes, and who now only use e-cigs) – but they cannot be promoted as smoking cessation devices until they’ve been through the appropriate medical testing and authorisation.
3.) E-Cigarettes are a healthy way of smoking
Here, again, opinion is regularly touted as fact. So let’s look at the facts, shall we? The primary constituents of e-liquid (the stuff that gets boiled to produce the vapor) are one of three Glycols – all of which are approved by the FDA for food and/or cosmetic use, and all are safe for ingestion, flavourings and nicotine. Of the three, if there’s any worry to be voiced it would be about the nicotine content which in a high enough dose, is a poison.
However, there have been no readily available peer-reviewed investigations on the long term effects of the direct inhalation of the glycol vapor. Empirical evidence would suggest that someone who regularly frequents venues where smoke machines (which use the same glycols) are permanently pumping out great clouds of exactly the same vapour suffers no side effects, and the relevant local authorities are happy enough for smoke machines to be used, so that would suggestimply that we’re , in all probability, safe, but it would be more helpful if e-cigarette companies producing the e-liquids would have full scientific testing done, just to be safe.
This would also have the encouraging side-effect of potentially having e-cigarettes and liquids approved as smoking cessation devices, which would be very nice indeed.
Now, let’s look at real cigarettes. There are 40 acknowledged carcinogens in an average ciggie, and upwards of 1000 other chemicals and additives, some of which are food grade and others which are conceivably less savoury. Never mind the tar and the stuff addicts crave – the nicotine – on balance it looks as though an e-cig ought to be, a whole, a lot healthier than a cigarette.
However, as yet, no scientific evidence exists to support the subjective evidence that the vast majority of electronic cigarette users report feeling much more healthy than they felt while smoking cigarettes. At the moment, you have to make your own adult decision – I know that not being told by the Nanny State what to put in your body must come as a shock but at the moment you are allowed that choice! That’s actually something I welcome, being as I am the furthest thing from a follower of the Nanny State that there can be. I’ve made mine, and I choose e-cigs.
4.) A nicotine cartridge is the same as a case of cigarettes
Very, very doubtful. An e-pipe cartridge might hold 15 or more ciggies’ worth of e-juice, but I can guarantee you that, no matter what you read, a super-mini cartridge is worth around three or four cigarettes at best, and a mini will give you perhaps six to seven – no more, regardless what the people trying to sell them to you are trying to tell you.
5.) A battery will last you a whole day
Not if you normally smoked more than six cigarettes a day, it won’t – I promise you. That applies to minis, super-minis and pen-styles. Probably not e-cigars and super-battery types, but pretty much definitely for all super-minis.
As an ex-60 a day man, I carry a fully-charged NUCIG electronic cigarette in a portable charging case PCC – will recharge the cigarette battery up to 5 times) and three charged batteries, to be safe but that is all held in the PCC so as not to lose bits.
6.) Why tell us this? Surely it will not help your sales.
At present, almost all UK electronic cigarettes are sold online, and in my travels of building a reputable business like ecigworld.co.uk I’ve come across more than a few web sites that twist the reality of e-cigarettes in order to sell their devices at any cost. I’m very vocal about e-smoking (or vaping), and my personal belief is that it is the way forward. However, if cowboy sellers continue to mis-inform their customers, then e-cigs will get a bad name. In the USA, for instance, various states (and even the FDA) are trying to make e-smoking very difficult for their inhabitants. In the UK, Trading Standards take a much more sensible view and insist on clear and unambiguous labelling which, at present, only NUCIG are complying with fully – but, even so, they seem not to be taking too much interest in the unfounded claims that various dodgy sites are making – so far.
So this article is, basically, a primer for those folks who are new to vaping, and might all too easily misled by over-enthusiastic sales outfits.
So – and this is merely my opinion, no claims made – I’d encourage anyone who already smokes to consider e-smoking as an alternative to a habit which is known to carry very high risks of disease (a 50/50 chance of it killing you, basically). I haven’t covered the “it’s cheaper” claim, but hey, even if it costs the same, it’s almost certainly (remember – my opinion, not definitive fact) going to significantly reduce the risk to you and those around you. And that’s got to be a positive result – in my opinion.
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