WELL IT HAS TO BE BETTER THAN SMOKING REAL CIGARETTES

Well it has to be better than smoking real cigarettes, nicotine is highly addictive but its all the cancerogenic additives in the burning of the tobacco and the tar that harms the lungs and prevents all the cilia within the respiratory tract from working, assisting the passage of mucus and other debris being coughed up

A step too far? The social network e-cigarettes that alert you when other smokers are nearby

Social networking: Packs of Blu e-cigarettes flash and vibrate when they come within 50 feet of each other

Smoking with friends in a huddle outside bars or with colleagues on a break from work has always been sociable.
But a new electronic cigarette has been made for the social networking generation with sensors that alert smokers when someone else is lighting up nearby.
Packs of Blu e-cigarettes, which release a nicotine-laden vapour instead of smoke, vibrate and flash a blue light when they are within 50 feet of another pack.
Smokers can meet up with their fellow e-cigarette users and exchange contact details – all of which is stored electronically inside the packs of cigarettes.
The reusable packs, which also serve as a charger for the cigarettes, go on sale next month for $80 for five e-cigarettes.
The cigarette cartridges last for an average of approximately 250 puffs before they need to be replaced.
The packs conveniently vibrate when a smoker goes close to a store that sells the refills.

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WHAT ARE E-CIGARETTES?

Electronic cigarettes have three integrated parts: the nicotine cartridge, the vaporiser and a lithium ion battery.
The battery powers the cartridge and releases the nicotine by heating, rather than burning like a conventional cigarette.
Packs of five Blue e-cigarettes will cost $80. Each cartridge lasts for about 250 puffs.
But while e-cigarettes are marketed as a safer device to tobacco there has been little independent research into the health impact.

The inventors behind the e-cigarettes said the connected packs would be most useful in nightclubs, where people want to strike up conversations and smoke without being forced outside.
They are developing versions of the e-cigarettes that can be connected to smartphones such as iPhones and BlackBerrys.
The company also plans to develop an app that monitors how much people smoke and then report back to the user, or their doctor.
‘You’ll meet more people than ever, just because of the wow factor,’ Jason Healy, founder of Blu, told the New York Times. ‘It’s like with any new technology.’
But not all market analysts were convinced that there is a demand for cigarettes that communicate with each other.
Charles Golvin, of Forrester Research, said: ‘The way that groups of affinity are conferred just by physical proximity makes a bit of sense.

Legal: Electronic cigarettes get around bans on smoking in public places because they only release water vapour

‘If someone walks by with a Nintendo, great, I share a common interest. The fact that I walk by a smoker? Seems like a weak link.’
The e-cigarettes are made up of a cartridge that holds the nicotine and a long white tube that heats up the contents of the cartridge so it can be sucked into your mouth as a vapour.

 

E-cigarettes have become popular with people trying to quit smoking as they avoid bans on smoking in public places because they only release water vapour.
The electronics cigarettes have been marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco, but there has been little independent research into the health impact.

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