Disposable E Cigars & Rechargeable E Cigars & A Brief Account of Tobacco Based Cigars . . . . . . . . .

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By now you know what a traditional tobacco based cigar is but until recently they were socially acceptable including the ever popular tradition of giving them away to friends & family at the birth of a child.

The word cigar originated from “sikar”, the Mayan-Indian word for smoking, which became “cigarro” in Spanish.  The Spanish were first among the Europeans to manufacture cigars, but not until the early 1700’s.  You see, the activity of smoking began shortly after Chris Columbus returned from his epic 1492 voyage to America;  it’s said a couple members of his crew had learned from the native Cuban “Indians” the satisfaction derived from smoking rolled tobacco leaves. 

It’s hard to forget that the Island of Cuba was an early Spanish possession, which was likewise the source of the tobacco leaves from which Cigarros would be made.  It seems the Conquistadors thought smoking was pretty neat too, because the act of smoking spread to Spain and Portugal and eventually to France, most likely through the French ambassador to Portugal, Jean Nicot, whose name most likely led to the term “nicotine”. Later, the habit spread to Italy and, and although Sir Walter Raleigh’s voyage to South America in 1595 failed to find El Dorado (the fabled city of gold), he is, none the less, credited with introducing a more realistic form of gold known as tobacco to the English.  By 1820 “segars” were being produced in Britain, and in 1821 an Act of Parliament was required to setup over site regulations for their manufacture.

Cigar production and sales became a booming business throughout Europe and in the America’s with little signs of slowing until the early 1960’s when a damning report by the American Surgeon General reported the ill effects on health.  No longer was the cigar a status symbol in the United States and the European passenger trains that had plush smoking cars to accommodate cigar smokers, and hotels that boasted smoking rooms were destined to become relics of the past.   Even the after-dinner cigar, accompanied by glasses of expensive wine or brandy, is said to be a tradition of days gone by.

The effect a rather vivid dream experienced by Hon Lik, the Chinese pharmacist, who is widely credited with the invention of the first generation electronic cigarette; and shortly thereafter the E Cigar, experienced in the year 2000 led to the development of the nicotine delivery system that some tobacco smoking enthusiasts consider just short of incredible. This view is widely held because the electronic device does not contain the substances commonly found in regular smoking tobacco based products, such as, tar and many other cancer causing agents.  The “E devices” do however contain the most addictive substance found in tobacco based products that’s delivered via a harmless vapor; as you’ve guessed that addictive substance is good ol’ Nicotine.

As the story goes, Hon Lik, a heavy tobacco smoker himself, had a serious respiratory infection. Because he constantly coughed and wheezed it became difficult for him to sleep.  Late one night in the year 2000, when he was finally able to fall asleep, he dreamed he was drowning in a deep sea and thought he would surely die. Suddenly the sea water vaporized and he found himself lying in a wonderland filled with a colorful fog . . . An amazing “trip” you might say, from a treacherous sea to colorful vapor! In any event Hon Lik’s dream inspired him to design the electronic cigarette which by most anyone’s standards is revolutionary.

In May of 2004 a cigarette smoking replacement device was introduced by the company Hon Lik worked for, Golden Dragon Holdings, which was a large Chinese tobacco company that later changed its name to Ruyan Group (Holdings) Limited, abbreviated Ruyan (literal translation: “Resembling smoking”); the company started exporting its products into the United States and Europe in late 2005.

So you if you were to say that Hon Lik’s dream was instrumental in his invention of the electronic cigarette that soon morphed into the Electronic (E) Cigar, you’d be right.

A brief description of the device is something like this: It’s a small battery powered device that generally looks a lot like a cigarette or cigar; it delivers nicotine via a liquid solution that’s vaporized into a fog when inhaled. It’s tipped with a colored light that only appears when you inhale or as many smokers like to say, “every time you take a drag”.   

Add the fact that the device yields not even one of the substances commonly found in tobacco based cigarettes, such as, tar and other cancer causing chemicals and it becomes clear why E Cigars, E Cigarettes, and Electronic Pipes have gained such worldwide prominence.

The only issue of late that’s left for you to resolve is which type of E Device you decide to use. Admittedly there is a genuine benefit to the convenience and initial low cost associated with Disposable E Cigars, but for the serious E Cigar smoker, the investment in a Rechargeable E Cigar is said to make the most sense from an economic stand point in the long-run.   

The US Center for Disease Control released figures in March of 2012 estimating that 45.3 million U S citizens, or 19.3% of all adults (18 or older), smoke tobacco products. The figures also show that smoking tobacco is a little more common among men than with women, just in-case you’re wondering.

The bottom line seems to be that traditional tobacco smoking remains the leading cause of avoidable death in the United States; roughly 443,000 U S citizens depart the land of the living every year which amounts to 1 out of every 5 deaths.  With these fact and figures foremost in mind, it’s of little wonder that E Cigar, E Cigarette, and Electronic Pipe use / sales in today’s marketplace can no longer be considered a “niche” Market.  In fact the industries best argument to date is that no reliable research has proven that this mode of getting your “nicotine fix” is apt to cause the big “C”.

Sources:  

http://guidetovaping.com/2011/09/history-of-electronic-cigarettes/           

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_cigarette#History             http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/latinamericatheconquest/p/Sir-Walter-Raleigh-S-First-Journey-To-El-Dorado-1595.htm                                                                                                               http://www.cigars-review.org/history.htm                                               http://www.antoniovillardcigars.com/our-cigars/                                                       http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2012/10/24/why-electronic-cigarettes-about-to-explode/    http://ecigarshop.com  

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