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Would you try this electronic cigarette??

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • No

    Votes: 7 35.0%
  • I Dont Smoke

    Votes: 8 40.0%

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And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
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The e-cigarette: Nicotine fix, without the toxins

A Chinese company is seeking FDA approval for a battery-powered cigarette that delivers nicotine without the toxins, reports Business 2.0 Magazine.


By Kara Newman, Business 2.0 Magazine
August 13 2007: 6:57 AM EDT
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<!-- CONTENT -->(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- For smokers who want to quit, there are pills, patches, and gum. But how about an electronic nicotine delivery device that looks and feels like smoking -- without the smell or the carcinogens?
That's what Hong Kong-based Golden Dragon Group is selling. Known as Ruyan (meaning "like smoking"), the electronic cigarette is a $208 battery-powered atomizer.
Cartridges containing pure nicotine, available in three strengths and good for some 350 puffs each, cost about $4.

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<!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- /REAP -->Inhale, and the Ruyan -- powered by a Motorola (Charts, Fortune 500) chip -- turns the nicotine into smokelike vapor. "We don't claim smoking cessation, just smoking substitution," says Scott Fraser, vice president of Golden Dragon subsidiary SBT, which came up with the Ruyan.
But "it could be used to ratchet down nicotine consumption."
Ruyan was launched in China in 2004, and last year its sales reached $36.5 million. Turkey quickly became Golden Dragon's second-largest market, followed by Israel and Australia.
Working with an unnamed U.S. partner to get FDA approval, Golden Dragon expects to double current sales by the end of the year. Morgan Stanley analyst David Adelman says the e-cigarette would be lucky to snare even 1 percent of the U.S. cigarette market.
Still, that would add up to a healthy (cough) $750 million.

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No Way !! I wouldn't Do it ! Plus using that cigarette Holder...NO SHOT !
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I would smoke the opposite ... one that tastes and feels like a normal cigarette, but without the nicotine.
 

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Even better. Same addiction but the customer lives longer. Almost as good as bottled water.
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
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I would do it....just like Mr. J said

Same addiction w/ out the Toxins
 

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I would buy a few cases of those and buy stock in the company if they made a weed version. Being high is great, smoking is not.
 

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thats sad. people that are hooked on cigs are probably the weakest in terms of will power to quit. i work with a guy who smokes 2 packs a day and he just reeks all the time, his teeth are decayed and always hurls phlegm all over the place. i keep telling him he's going to be dead in 5 years if he keeps going like this but he's too weak minded to quit.
 

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Looks cool. I don't smoke, but after this I may have to start. :smoking:
 

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thats sad. people that are hooked on cigs are probably the weakest in terms of will power to quit. i work with a guy who smokes 2 packs a day and he just reeks all the time, his teeth are decayed and always hurls phlegm all over the place. i keep telling him he's going to be dead in 5 years if he keeps going like this but he's too weak minded to quit.


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I like you as a poster but can't stand opinions like this.
 

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I bet there will be people requesting to be seated in the non smoke non smoking area.
 

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I see these in use pat my non smoking poker tables. The users get off that are blowing vapor all over the place. Kind of a gray area using these in resaurants, hospitals, schools etc...
 

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I think its interesting that those smokeless electronic cig things are allowed in public places.. even though they dont produce vapor or whatever it still is kind of a taboo thing in most public places there is a ban in anymore isnt it?

-murph
 

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Im going to try 1 tomorrow morning i guess..Not Scotts but the e-cigs...lol
 

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My mother in law quit smoking using E-cigs. She was a 2 pack a day smoker. Much more enjoyable visiting the house with my two little girls and not unpack their bags when we get home to an ash tray smell.

I quit last April on my birthday...was very easy....but I only smoked on nights I would have cocktails so I'm sure that doesn't count for all the real smokers.

quiting is the best thing anyone could do for themselves!
 

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