No more smoking for Scott Riddle.

Now he vapes.

“Vaping” means he inhales the vapor from an electronic cigarette, a battery-powered device that typically looks like a cigarette, but delivers nicotine without the tobacco and smoke.

Electronic cigarettes, Riddle say, lets him enjoy the pleasures of smoking without its downsides.

But the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations says not so fast. The FDA warns that e-cigs are not safe, has seized some shipments, and is fighting in court to keep the e-cigarettes away from ..read more

24-11-2009

By Nancy Durham CBC News

This winter, nicotine addicts in the UK are finding a way around the country’s strict smoking ban by dragging on electronic cigarettes. Users describe the devices, known as e-cigarettes as very close to the real thing.

“Really, it was to get round the issue of standing outside and feeling ostracized, which is why we sell the cigarettes, to get the smokers back in,” says Trevor Partt, publican at the Rivermill Tavern in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, puffing on ..read more

23-11-2009