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Smoke Without Fire

Our e-Cigs Smoke Without Fire infographic questions whether e-cigarettes are a safer, cheaper alternative to smoking cigarettes.

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e-cigs Infographic: Smoke Without Fire

You’ve seen them around, now find out all the hype on electronic cigarettes. Are e-cigs a safer, cheaper alternative to smoking cigarettes?

Up In Smoke

  • 45 million smokers
  • 2.5 million e-smokers
  • Nearly $2 billion – 2013 e-cig retail sales
  • $10 billion – Estimated retail sales of e-cigs by 2017
  • $60-$15 – Price range for a starter kit
  • 10 million – Disposable e-cigs sold weekly in the U.S.

What About The Users?

Who is smoking e-cigs? Are people using e-cigs as a useful smoking cessation method? Is it successful and safe?

  • Female e-cig smokers 60.5%
  • Male e-cig smokers 39.5%
  • Users who live in southern states 33%
  • Users who reside in northeast states 19%
  • Users who have smoked an e-cig for less than six months 57%
  • Users currently continuing to smoke regular cigarettes in addition to e-cigarettes 82%

Do E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit?

62% – E-cigarette smokers who state they have stopped smoking cigarettes or smoke fewer cigarettes since starting e-cigarettes
34.3% – Users who reported quitting smoking cigarettes who also discontinued the use of electronic cigarettes

How Does It Work?

  • Take a look at an e-cig and see what’s inside:
  • LED: Lights up when a user takes a drag
  • Battery: Can last up to 11 hours with some models
  • Microprocessor: Controls heater and lighter
  • Sensor: Detects when a smoker takes a drag
  • Heater: Vaporizes nicotine
  • Cartridge: Holds nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol

What Are The Laws?

Where can you smoke e-cigs? Is it legal to smoke them in public places or even on airplanes? Let’s find out which states have restrictions on e-cigs and what those restrictions are.

State Law

  • Arkansas Prohibited on school district property.
  • Colorado Prohibited on school district property unless approved by FDA as a cessation device.
  • Delaware Prohibited in all state workplaces, including outdoor spaces and surrounding grounds. (Includes parking lots and state vehicles operated on state workplace property.)
  • Kansas Prohibited on all department of corrections property/grounds for employees/inmates.
  • Maryland Prohibited MARC commuter rail system trains.
  • New Hampshire Prohibited in public educational facilities and surrounding grounds.
  • Oklahoma Prohibited in all department of corrections facilities including vehicles and grounds.
  • Oregon State agency employees are banned from using in agency buildings/grounds.
  • South Dakota Prohibited in the department of corrections facilities/grounds by employees/inmates.

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