Monday, September 30, 2013

Benefits of E Cigarettes

Electronic Cigarette Smoking
Electronic Cigarette Smoking (Photo credit: planetc1)
Some people may have read about electronic cigarettes online, but many others first became aware of them by watching others use them in public. You may have seen someone smoking but realized that there wasn’t the smell of smoke in the air. You may have also heard the very faint sound of water vapor escaping from the cigarette that the smoker was holding. It may have looked like the smoker was smoking a traditional cigarette, and the smoker may have been enjoying the satisfaction associated with getting his nicotine fix. However, he actually wasn’t smoking at all. With a closer look at the benefits of e cigarettes, you may decide that this is the smoking experience that you want to enjoy for yourself because of the many benefits it provides.

Some Benefits of E Cigarettes:


Electronic Cigarette Model
Electronic Cigarette Model (Photo credit: planetc1)
The benefits e cigarettes are many, and if you have seen others using them, you may already be aware of some of those benefits. One of the biggest complaints from others that you may hear as a smoker relates to the smell of smoke. Non-smokers generally don’t want to smell smoke, and for some with respiratory conditions, the smoke can actually affect their ability to breathe. E cigarettes don’t have a flame, so there is no smoke. Instead, they use water vapor. This means that they are healthier for others who you smoke next to and healthier for you too. The lack of smoke makes them ideal for use in social situations or even while you are at work. You can smoke these in designated non-smoking areas. In addition, there is no smoke to stick to your clothes or yellow of your teeth and fingernails when you use these. As a final note, you can control the amount of nicotine that you take in while also enjoying different flavors of e cigarettes.
The fact is that using e cigarettes is very much like smoking traditional cigarettes, but you won’t have all of the downsides associated with actually lighting up a cigarette. If you are interested in trying these out, consider purchasing a disposable e cigarette online through VIAe Cigs to get started.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Real Down-Low Deal on Smoking e-Cigarettes at Work


Electronic Cigarettes vs Cigarettes
Considering a job change? If you’re an e-cigarette smoker who enjoys vaping on the job, you might be surprised to learn companies are cracking down on the designations applied to e-cigarette smokers.
Giants like Wal-Mart and UPS are penalizing e-cigarette smokers in the same way as tobacco users. They’re hitting them where it counts - the wallet. Penalties for vaping, as e-cigarette smokers are called, include an increased health insurance premium as well as an official designation of ‘tobacco user.’

Tobacco users Pay a Higher Insurance Premium

Higher Insurance Premiums
Even if you switched from cigarettes (which are combustion based) to e-cigarettes (which are nicotine solution based), some employers are still saying, “No way,” to smoking on the job.

In 2010, the U.S. Air Force, along with other U.S. government services, banned e-cigarettes from employee use. Even while in depth research continues, most organizations are sighting the harmful side effects of nicotine as cause to call vapers tobacco users.
They go on to suggest that the e-cigarette cannot, in fact, be used as a cessation aid in the same manner as a nicotine patch or gum can. (Historically, higher premiums would not apply to anyone attempting to quit smoking.) Since e-cigarettes haven’t been FDA approved, they cannot qualify as a smoking cessation aid the same way other products do.
Likewise, many vapers hoping to lessen their cigarette smoking habits have still been considered tobacco users even if they’ve switched to e-cigarettes. The thought isn’t that e-cigarettes are a cessation product, but that not inhaling combustion chemicals is a healthy step in the right direction to quit smoking.

Examining the Controversy over eCigarettes

In reality, e-cigarettes only came onto the market in 2004. They weren’t widely available until 2007, either. They’ve gained in popularity in the last few years, with expected gross sales of $1.7 billion in 2013.
However, the FDA has yet to fully investigate the health effects of smoking e-cigarettes. A study done in June 2009 announced that laboratory analysis revealed some e-cigarettes contain harmful carcinogens and chemicals.  But is it fair to treat vapers the same as tobacco users if the research still isn’t complete yet?

How Research will Affect eCigarette Smokers on the Job

In other words, if you’ve been looking forward to getting around smoking laws at work with e-cigarettes, you might have to think again.  More and more employers are joining the ranks of those who consider vaping the same as cigarette smoking.
They won’t just apply the laws to their health insurance policies.  They’ll also make vapers abide by legislation to take their e-cigarettes outside. The odorless e-cigarette could eventually be banned everywhere that tobacco cigarettes are currently
With the jury still out, it’s impossible to say if e-cigarette findings might actually end up benefiting the corporations currently opposed to them. While Wal-Mart might not like employees smoking on the job, they certainly can’t stop it.

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