For the longest time cigarette smokers have faced two choices: continue with their habit or quit. There was no middle ground. Non-smoking friends and family would bombard them with the dangers and hazards associated with smoking and society as a whole has slowly excluded smokers from enjoying their habit in any remotely public place.
Now there is an alternative to traditional smokes which, while it is not officially a healthy option, eliminates so many of the problems and issues related to smoking as to make it very attractive to many smokers. This wonder product is the smokeless, or electric, cigarette.
electric cigarettes provide nicotine in a manner that simulates a regular cigarette. This gives smokers the ability to enjoy the sensation of smoking without the hassles associated with actual smoke — and they still get their hit of nicotine in the process.
Most of the problems that most people connect to smoking have to do with the actual smoke. When that aspect is eliminated, non-smokers can no longer complain about cigarettes encroaching on their personal health and enjoyment. Smokeless cigarettes can be used in any place the bans smoking and smokers will no longer be subject to nagging and lecturing by non-smokers.
Other advantages include convenience (no need to carry lighters or worry about ashes and ash trays), expense (e cigarettes can cost up to fifty percent less than tobacco cigarettes), and aesthetic improvements (there is no smoke smell clinging to hair, clothes, etc., and no smoke stains on the fingers or teeth).