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“Vape,” not smoke, a cigarette

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http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/vape-not-smoke-a-cigarette/article4577373.ece

[h=2]E-cigarettes, though better than nicotine patches or gum, have their downside[/h]
The March 23-29, 2013 issue of The Economist has two reports on a novel method of taking in nicotine, the addictive compound found in tobacco. In its business section in page 66, it discusses the recent invention called electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes for short, and how this new invention may soon take over, perhaps even replace, current paper cigarettes that we light up and smoke. An e-cigarette is not to be lit up with a match or a lighter, smoked and inhaled. Instead, it contains an ‘atomizer’ which vapourises (more correctly, makes a fine aerosol spray or mist of) a solution of nicotine, which the user inhales smokelessly. In other words, he ‘vapes’, not smokes. Page 66 talks about the plus and minus points of e-cigarettes, what policies various governments, health care agencies, airlines and others have and so on — all in all a reasonably balanced column.
But on page 18 in the leader’s column, the journal argues in favour of e-cigarettes and why they should be welcomed and not be controlled or banned by ‘politicians and other busybodies,’ further noting that ‘some researchers reckon nicotine to be no more dangerous than caffeine (in coffee)’.
 
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