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Stop smoking with E-cigarette

2009-05-31 08:55
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Now smokers can look to a technological breakthrough for their nicotine fix: the E-cigarette. (Photo supplied)

Now smokers can look to a technological breakthrough for their nicotine fix: the E-cigarette. (Photo supplied)

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Cape Town - World No Tobacco Day on Sunday is an ideal opportunity for South Africans to cut out tobacco and now smokers can look to a technological breakthrough for their nicotine fix.

Twisp, electronic cigarettes emits no hazardous smoke, tar or carcinogenic compounds although it maintains the look and feel of a normal cigarette.

"We share the sentiment held by the World Health Organisation on the global tobacco epidemic that threatens the lives of one billion men, women and children during this century," says Twisp spokesperson Phillip Bartholomew.

Twisp offers a high tech solution for an age old problem, accurately simulating the smoking experience, but without combusting tobacco, says Bartholomew.

"In light of World No Tobacco Day, we would like to appeal to South Africans smokers to try Twisp as an alternative - an e-cigarette that removes at least 99% of the harm out of smoking.

No cancer-causing agents

It looks, feels and tastes like smoking a cigarette and delivers all the pleasures of smoking, without all the problems.

Twisp liquids contains water, propylene glycol, nicotine, and a scent that emulates a tobacco flavour.

None of these ingredients are considered cancer-causing agents. The Food and Drug Administration deems propylene glycol safe.

"It looks like these cigarettes are generally non-toxic," states Prof Martin Veller, Head Vascular Surgeon at the University of the Witwatersrand.

"Motivated by my wife's experience, who smoked traditional cigarettes heavily until the moment she replaced them with electronic cigarettes, I have advised some of my patients to consider e-cigarettes as an alternative nicotine source."

Leonardo DiCaprio


Already celebrities are turning to e-cigarettes.

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted using electronic cigarettes. The actor, whose most successful movie to date is Titanic, has been a smoker of regular tobacco-based cigarettes for most of his adult life.

It looks like he has now decided to take the pragmatic approach to leading a healthier life by switching to electronic cigarettes.

"This year the theme of World No Tobacco Day is 'Tobacco Health warnings' placing emphasis on the picture warnings to convince the public to quit smoking," Veller says.

"As a growing epidemic, more and more countries fighting back would like packages of tobacco to show the dangers of the product's use, as called for in guidelines to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. We think the solution lies in the image of an e-cigarette," he concludes. 

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