Ever since the prehistoric eras, men and women were fond of smoking. Approximately, 10 to 20 years prior, it was found that regular smoking of cigarettes would lead to lung cancer. Passive smoking procedures will also lead to the same. A good number of people are succumbing to the after effects of smoking cigarettes, these days. Yet, the number of smokers is always on the rise. Why are some people (or a majority of people) attracted to smoking? Is it the feeling that they are "cool"? On the other hand, is it something else? We have felt that guilt, but we never ceased smoking in spite of realizing the harmful effects of cigarettes. What are the advantages of these so-called electronic cigarettes?

Hold a cigarette and try to analyze the components present within one. You might see the exterior paper covering and tobacco leaves rolled up within it. Once it is ignited, the tobacco laves will start burning. The smoker will have to inhale the smoke. While smoking, have you ever experienced rejuvenation? I mean, have you ever experienced that lift of the spirits? Most of the smokers might be aware of the sensation about which I am able to highlight – a chemical compound called nicotine (which, by the way, can be found in electronic cigarettes also) is released when tobacco is burned.

We inhale this tobacco smoke (enriched with nicotine) and experience that sense of satisfaction. Little do we realize that burning tobacco leaves produces nicotine and a host of other harmful chemicals also. Physicians and researchers are still baffled by the amount of harmful chemicals that can be found within cigarette smoke. Some state it is 400, while others state that the correct count is 4000. Here lies the advantage of using electronic cigarettes.

In electronic cigarettes, a patch of nicotine is "heated". I have put the term heated in double quotes because there lays the fundamental difference between a conventional cigarette and an electronic cigarette. Instead of burning nicotine or tobacco leaves (to generate nicotine vapors), within an electronic cigarette, one will be able to find a heater coil. When nicotine patches are heated, it will release nicotine vapors. The smoker will have to inhale these vapors and experience the same bliss that is attained by inhaling cigarette smoke. By now, the reader might have realized the true potential of electronic cigarettes.

Since there is a dearth of burning procedures, no smoke is produced when an electronic cigarette is operational. A stench of cigarette smoke will always give away the fact that you were smoking – with electronic cigarettes no form of cigarette stench will linger in the room. Imagine sipping a pipe and inhaling nicotine to stimulate your senses. This background procedure is happening when you are using an e-cigarette. Another disadvantage associated with conventional cigarettes is the ash – no ash will be produced, likewise, when an e-cigarette is smoked. The advantages of these cigarettes are known to exceed the disadvantages associated with traditional cigarettes.