It was evident that such devices like electronic cigarettes are only a matter of time to invent, since in the century of innovative internet technologies and things like e-banking, e-shopping and even e-pets, the tools like the so-called e-cigs will inevitably be created.

If you were one of those people who supported China’s chance of seizing the world automobile market and get rid of American car industry tycoons, by putting them in such debts that even our great grandchildren will be forking up for until the year of 3009, you will definitely adore the recent creation of our Chinese friends: the e-cigarette.

Due to their slender shape and burning amber tip, the e-cigarettes can simply be muddled up with their conventional “brothers”. These self-proclaimed safe alternatives of cigarettes became enormously popular in many countries, especially those with strict indoor smoking policies as the United Kingdom or the United States.

The marketers of electronic cigarettes advertise them as a healthier alternative of regular cigarettes and a helpful devise when struggling to kick down the habit; therefore, they stamp them as “the best smoking cessation tool of the new generation”. However, from all the articles that I have found in internet and newspapers – and I did not manage to find a lot of quality information, except of a whole pile of advertisements – these so-called electronic cigarettes have no tobacco or additives, so they do not provide any smoke. The most widespread advertising slogan that I have met in the web was “nicotine replacement therapy,” what seems dramatically healthy for those who are not aware about the difference between nicotine from nitrogen. Yet, my favorite part of these advertisements is the claims that their electronic gimmick is the best device for smoking cassation. In my opinion, that is like insisting on the fact that Vodka is the best drinking cessation devise.

Because the e-cigs do not deliver any smoke or burning, the manufacturers affirm that the gizmos are free of hazardous chemicals and tar, which are know to lead to cancer and other health complications. As per numerous assertions of e-cigs’ producers and marketers, because of the absence of chemicals and smoke, electronic cigarettes should be put in the same row with other nicotine replacement therapies, since they are healthier and safer that common cigarettes.

The latter declaration has risen to become a rather controversial issue for The World Health Organization authorities, who published an official statement last year arguing that the advertisers and distributors of electronic cigarettes should avoid marketing their production in the capacity of approved smoking cessation therapy, since they have not provided any scientific proof that those battery-operated devises were safe for consumption, healthier substitute for cigarettes or even help in quitting puffing.

Stephanie Beltrame, the World Health Organization expert declared that electronic cigarettes have not been subjected to thorough tests or other scientific examinations, in contrast to approved nicotine-replacement therapies, such as sprays, gums and patches.

Being a guy who successfully gave up smoking a couple of years ago and helped several friends to quit the habit, I can claim with all the competence and experience that those e-cigs are not a nice tool to treat smokers’ addiction to cigarettes. Delivering nicotine to your body full, no matter if you do it electronically or by conventional means, would definitely not help you to reduce your craving for nicotine.