Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/13/2011 -- Companies have recognized the need of people who want to quit smoking. They have also recognized the need of smokers who wish to smoke even in public places like malls, movie theatres etc. Companies have been innovating and manufacturing smoking cessation products for many years now. From nicotine patches to gum, nicotine addicts have been using them to quit their habit. Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes and electric cigarettes) are the newest product on the market. They are designed to look and feel like real cigarettes, even down to emitting artificial smoke however they do not actually contain any tobacco. Users inhale nicotine vapour which looks like smoke without any of the carcinogens found in tobacco smoke which are harmful to the smoker and others around him.

It has been estimated that there are around 1.45 billion smokers in the world in 2010 which will rise to a 1.9 billion smokers by 2025. But in the recent years there has been a growing awareness about the risks that smoking poses for the body and a large number of the smoking population have taken up steps to quit smoking.

Public have become aware of the dangers of smoking a few decades ago. People have been trying hard to get away from the habit of smoking. Smoking tobacco is a practice that began as early as 5000 BC. It was in the late 1920's that German scientists identified that smoking tobacco had a connection with the occurrence of oral and lung cancer. Thus, the first ever anti smoking movement was launched in an effort to bid goodbye to smoking.

There is a fairly new product on the market that is gaining in popularity. It's called an electronic cigarette and I think it makes a lot of sense as a method to stop smoking. The electronic cigarettes are a battery operated cigarette that gives smokers the feeling of smoking a regular cigarette without all the harmful toxins. The electronic cigarette looks and feels very similar to a regular cigarette. It has a chamber that turns pure liquid nicotine into a puff of vapor giving the sense of smoking a regular cigarette, without all the chemicals that are present in regular cigarette smoke. Smokers get the nicotine and the smoking "experience" without all the health risks of cigarette smoking

Electronic cigarettes contain nicotine cartridges which are interchangeable and available in different strengths. This allows a person to gradually reduce the amount of nicotine they consume by switching to cartridges with less nicotine content. The cost of electronic cigarettes is much less than regular tobacco products.