How Do Electronic Cigarettes Work?

An Electronic Cigarette contains a battery, an atomiser (or heater) and a cartridge (or mouthpiece) that contains the nicotine and some liquid. You can see the make up of the Electronic Cigarette below:

When you take a drag on the electronic cigarette you get a hit for your craving of tobacco and nicotine by inhaling the ‘smoke-like’ vapour – the end of the electronic cigarette also lights up, just like the real thing! When you take a drag a special heating takes place within the atomiser which produces the highly realistic vapour which contains no chemicals at all, smells pleasant and evaporates into the air in a matter of seconds

It is totally legal to smoke, there are no passive smoking issues, health or fire risk issues that are associated with traditional cigarettes. The cost of electronic smoking is estimated to be 75% less than traditional smoking and you simply buy ‘refill’ cartridges in whatever strength nicotine you desire.

The video to your left shows an electronic cigarette and all its' different componants - if you've never seen an e cigarette before, it's worth taking a look...