

Users become physically and psychologically dependent. It contains traces of harmful substances not found in cigarette smoke. E-cigarette vapor contains fewer toxins than cigarette smoke. Vaping is likely far less harmful than smoking, but still harmful. Its exact composition varies, and depends on several things including user behavior. The vapor mainly comprises propylene glycol and/or glycerin, usually with nicotine and flavoring.

Some look like traditional cigarettes, and most kinds are reusable. E-cigarettes are activated by taking a puff or pressing a button. The atomizer is a heating element that vaporizes a liquid solution called e-liquid, which quickly cools into an aerosol of tiny droplets, vapor and air. As such, using an e-cigarette is often called " vaping". Instead of smoke, the user inhales " vapor" (though technically primarily an aerosol).

It consists of an atomizer (often a cotton wick and a heating element coil), a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank filled with liquid. Not to be confused with Heated tobacco product or Vaporizer (inhalation device).Ī first-generation e-cigarette that resembles a tobacco cigarette, with a battery portion that can be disconnected and recharged using the USB power charger Various types of e-cigarettes, including a disposable e-cigarette, a rechargeable e-cigarette, a medium-size tank device, large-size tank devices, an e-cigar, and an e-pipe Newer-generation e-cigarettes (known as vapes)Īn electronic cigarette (commonly and nowadays known as a vape) is a device that simulates tobacco smoking.
