Though currently stalled in litigation against the FDA, electronic cigarettes may become the newest craze among smokers who wish to break the habit for good, the LA Times reports. As battery-powered devices that use water and propylene glycol to release a fine mist of nicotine, electronic cigarettes uniquely mimic the behavioral aspect of smoking without combustion or smoke inhalation.
Carl Phillips, a former professor of public health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, tells the LA Times he s confident that e-cigarettes are at least 95 percent safer than real cigarettes. As the creator of tobaccoharmreduction.org, an academic website that promotes smoking alternatives, Phillips believes, If users are engaging in something that feels the same as smoking but doesn t involve any smoke, that s great.
