But most of the people who chose to speak out on the matter maintain that electronic cigarettes help people quit smoking, and that there are no health issues or second-hand smoke impact.

"It makes a visible vapor that you can see, but it disappears," explains Spike Babaian, the President of the National Vapers Club. "It doesn't linger like smoke. It doesn't float like smoke. It doesn't make smoke when you're not using it. It doesn't make smoke ever. It makes vapor. It makes steam."

Valerie Schwaber, an EMT from Lexington said "My asthma has completely cleared up since I stopped smoking, and started using this."

"I smoked a pack and a half a day for many years," said John Paradiso of Northampton, "and after starting to use personal vaporizers, I literally just stopped smoking. And it's been 14 or 15 months since I had a cigarette."

The Northampton Board of Health did not make any decisions about adding e-cigarettes to their Tobacco Regulations.

This hearing was only for public input.

Source: WWLP

30 Facts

1. Cigarettes are the single-most traded item on the planet, with approximately 1 trillion being sold from country to country each year. At a global take of more than $400 billion, it’s one of the world’s largest industries.

2. The nicotine content in several major brands is reportedly on the rise. Harvard University and the Massachusetts Health Department revealed that between 1997 and 2005 the amount of nicotine in Camel, Newport, and Doral cigarettes may have increased by as much as 11 percent.

3. In 1970, President Nixon signed the law that placed warning labels on cigarettes and banned television advertisements for cigarettes. The last date that cigarette ads were permitted on TV was extended by a day, from December 31, 1970 to January 1, 1971 to allow the television networks one last cash windfall from cigarette advertising in the New Year’s Day football games.

4. U.S. cigarette manufacturers now make more money selling cigarettes to countries around the globe than they do selling to Americans.

5. The American brands Marlboro, Kool, Camel and Kent own roughly 70% of the global cigarette market.

6. Cigarettes contain arsenic, formaldehyde, lead, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia and 43 known carcinogens.

7. In the early 1950s, the Kent brand of cigarettes used crocidolite asbestos as part of the filter, a known active carcinogen.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about electronic cigarettes. Sit down, relax and read on!

• So just what is an electronic cigarette?

An electronic cigarette, also known as an e-cigarette or personal vaporizer, is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution. It is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

Who should use an electronic cigarette?

Persons over the age of 18 who currently smoke cigarettes and are looking for an alternative to tobacco may wish to use electronic cigarette.

• Are  electronic cigarettes safe?

While early studies have shown electronic cigarettes to be a better alternative to cigarettes there is still much research to be done. We talk a little more about this: Here

• What's in the liquid used to deliver nicotine?

Nicotine solutions sold separately for use in refillable cartridges are sometimes referred to as "e-liquid" or "e-juice", and commonly contain some amount of flavoring, with several different flavors available. They consist of nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol (PG) and/or glycerin (glycerol). Both PG and glycerin are common food additives.

Solutions are also available in differing nicotine concentrations, to let the user decide the amount of nicotine to be taken in. Concentrations range from Zero Nicotine, low and midrange doses (6–8 mg/ml and 10–14 mg/ml respectively), to high and extra-high doses (16–18 mg/ml and 20–54 mg/ml respectively). The concentration ratings are often printed on the e-liquid bottle or cartridge, although the standard notation "mg/ml" often gets abbreviated to just "mg". Solutions are also available that contain no nicotine at all.

Some flavor varieties attempt to resemble traditional cigarette types, such as regular tobacco and menthol, and some even attempt to mimic specific cigarette brands, such as Marlboro or Camel. Fruit and other flavors are also available, such as vanilla, caramel, and coffee.

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