Why are people using e-cigarettes?

Ever since e-cigarettes have been introduced to the world there has been a steady increase in users. From 0 to approximately over 80 million users, the electronic cigarette industry has grown exponentially and will continue to do so. This then begs the question, why exactly are people using e-cigarettes? What are people’s motivations to quit using the traditional way of smoking with a regular cigarette?

Nicotine without the tobacco smoke

Some people don’t plan to stop smoking nicotine, but they don’t want the damaging effects of tobacco smoke. With vaping, the liquid that the e-cigarette evaporates and that contains flavorings, as well as nicotine, is called e-liquid. Once the liquid gets turned into a vapor the user is able to inhale it, getting the desired effects of the nicotine with the bonus of a tasty flavor and scent. Because e-cigarettes evaporate the nicotine in the e-liquid, it does not produce carbon monoxide or tar. Those harmful elements are however present in tobacco smoke, so when someone smokes a cigarette those components enter the lungs.

Breaking a nicotine addiction

For those who do want to stop smoking nicotine, vaping can also be their answer. Trying to break free from an addiction or harmful relationship with someone or something is a very hard thing to realize you have to do. In most cases, going cold turkey to break an addiction often leads to a quick relapse as that method is too extreme. However, slowly breaking the addiction using baby steps is what mostly tends to work better with people, vaping being the baby step ex-smokers tend to gravitate to. 

The e-liquid that e-cigarettes vaporize come in thousands of different flavors, though they also come with various amounts of nicotine additionally a version that is free of nicotine. On websites run by experts in electronic smoking such as Mr Joy, there are e-liquids available that range from 0mg of nicotine to 3mg, 6mg, 10mg, and more. So people who want to stop using nicotine can simply start at whatever dosage they require and gradually go lower and lower until they don’t use it anymore.

Costs compared to traditional cigarettes

Buying a pack of cigarettes or a bag of tobacco each time the last bag or pack is finished will add up over time, especially if you’re a frequent smoker. When people buy a reusable e-cigarette, that usually is all they need in terms of a smoking device, unless the e-cigarette breaks or is of the disposable kind, there is no need to replace it. In terms of buying more e-liquid when it finishes, the costs are still a lot less than getting a brand new pack of cigarettes. Especially when taking into consideration that 10ml of e-liquid can last a week and many people can go through a pack of cigarettes in a day.