Electronic Cigarettes - A Boon or Bane to Smokers?

Hemalatha R

Abstract

E-cigarettes look like real cigarettes, but do not burn and combust tobacco leaves; they are often marketed as the healthier version of the conventional cigarette. . It gives a smoker the apparent effect of nicotine intake without delivering the toxic elements like Tobacco, Carbon Monoxide and Tar that harms the lungs. E-cigarettes contain a battery and an electronic device that produces a warm vapour or 'mist'.