Electronic Cigarettes updated Sat Dec 5 2009 11:27 am CST

Electronic Cigarettes updated Sat Dec 5 2009 11:27 am CST: "Based from statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control from year 2004 to 2008, "an estimated 543,000 persons in the United States died prematurely each year from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. During 2003-2007, the average annual smoking-attributable health-care expenditures nationwide were approximately $96 billion.

No studies have been undertaken which have shown the Swine Flu to be more of a threat than smoking tobacco cigarettes in terms of death; however, biased efforts to conduct preventive measures are now being enacted to protect people against a health issue with lower risks. Tobacco smoke is toxic and is jam packed with chemicals, which include carbon monoxide as well as tar, a sticky,thick substance that adheres to the lungs of a person and causes respiratory distress and lung cancer. Tobacco smoking is one of top causes of preventable deaths worldwide, and causes the deaths of over 5 million individuals each year.

If the flu vaccine is the preventive measure for H1N1, then electronic cigarettes is the preventive measure for tobacco smoking. This new technology has the look, taste and feel of a real tobacco cigarettes, and users smoke it like a regular stick of cigarette. It releases a nearly odorless stream of smoke, which is nothing but water vapor. The device is powered by a battery which cartridges filled with nicotine, tobacco flavoring and propylene glycol. The United Kingdom group Action on Smoking and Health, or ASH, released a report which was highly favorable to electronic cigarettes.