Palm Springs E-Cig Test
I came across this article on electric cigarettes from a news station in Palm Springs. They actually took the e-cigs into a restaurant to see how patrons reacted to the smoke-like vapor coming out of the e-cig:
It looks like a fancy pen but it’s a smoker’s craving. It’s a battery-powered cigarette. No matches or lighter, instead just plug it in, charge and puff.
A small cartridge inside gives the smoker a hit of flavored nicotine. With each drag, the end lights up but doesn’t burn. Instead of smoke, an odorless water vapor is released.
“I feel a lot of nicotine,” says smoker Tony Leong upon trying out the device.
The high-tech device is designed to get around smoking bans. It’s tobacco-free and doesn’t cause secondhand smoke.
News Channel 3 put the battery-powered cigarette to the test, taking it inside a restaurant where smoking isn’t allowed. Most customers didn’t seem to mind.
“It didn’t affect me because I couldn’t smell anything,” says non-smoker Joe Appolito.
“It bothers me,” says restaurant customer Leslie Grenfell. “When I saw him, I thought ‘oh, my heavens! There is smoke coming in people’s faces.’”
See the rest of the article at http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9389654&nav=menu191_2
