Every year this happens . In one market or another there is always one gift which outsells all others and according to a recent customer poll, ecigworld.co.uk strongly believe that 2010 could be the year for the e-cig  .
Owner Michael Kitt recently said . “We polled 1000 consumers about their buying habits from our websites and were surprised to find that 42% of our customers were buying an electronic cigarette starter kit for a loved one or friend as a gift .” “We then took the opportunity to speak with some of these consumers and were informed that they were also considering buying more starter kits for other smokers that they knew for birthdays this year.”
At only £30 for a NUCIG Advanced Pro 2 USB Starter Kit it is not difficult to see why this could be a very good and yet very cost effective gift for a smoker this year.
Month on month Ecigworld are selling more and more electronic cigarettes and being accredited to sell a range of brands like NUCIG shows their dedication to the industry. In my opinion I’d encourage anyone who already smokes to at least consider e-smoking as an alternative to an addiction which is proven to carry a very high danger of disease (a 50/50 chance of it killing you, basically). The cost of e-smoking is noticeably less too but even if it did cost the same as normal smoking, it’s very probable that, in my opinion, it’s going to vastly reduce the danger to the user and those around them, and that’s got to be a good thing.
For those that don’t know an electronic cigarette or ‘e-cigarette’ is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. It is a battery-powered item that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by delivering a vaporized nicotine solution. In addition to nicotine delivery, this vapour also provides a flavor and physical sensation similar to that of inhaled tobacco smoke, whilst no tobacco, smoke, or ignition is actually involved in its operation.
Electronic Cigarettes not only help the smoker to regulate their nicotine intake, and create a vapour resembling smoke, but it also looks like a cigarette; thereby helping the user with the psychological and physical habit of holding a regular cigarette.
Whilst there is no current medical evidence that electronic cigarettes can be used as a smoking cessation device , customers regularaly call Ecigworld after purchasing to very proudly boast how many traditional tobacco cigarettes they no longer smoke.
In Summer 2009 the FDA in America tried to ban the import in the US stating that the items were unsafe and hazardous to your health & well being .
However, a simple Google search quickly reveals the gaping holes in the FDA report and shows a blatant amount of bias towards both pharmaceutical and tobacco companies – both outspoken adversaries of electronic cigarettes which is mainly due to the amount of money they will lose when electronic cigarettes take over from hazardous tobacco cigarettes and other smoking cessation devices like Nicorette which has a comparatively very low success rate.
According to a recent medical study in South Africa, 45% of smokers using the electronic cigarette were able to totally quit tobacco within two months of changing to the innovative new product, compared to 5% of Nicorette Gum users .
Of course, what counts is whether smokers can give up smoking for the long term. However, the results remain extremely encouraging .
The survey results found:
• 6% of smokers ceased using tobacco within two weeks
• 45% of smokers ceased using tobacco within two months
• more than half reported improved energy levels and an improvement in their overall appearance.
All of the doctors involved in the study felt that the electronic cigarette could be an aid to overcoming all physical and psychological effects of smoking, with one doctor adding that:
“an electronic cigarette is the most effective treatment method on the market for quitting tobacco smoking”.
But whilst this study is not alone in its results it will take a lot more to beat off the bottomless pockets of the tobacco and pharmaceutical giants and this study alone does not prove that e-cigarettes are safe and should be used for quitting smoking .
But they’ve got to be better than cigarettes surely?