Jump to full article: Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz), 2008-04-29
Intro: Christchurch smokers may get the chance to try the Ruyan e-cigarette, a Chinese smoking substitute that delivers nicotine in a harmless mist through a cigarette-like device, this year.
Christchurch doctor and anti-smoking campaigner Murray Laugesen has been testing the device for its Chinese manufacturers in preparation for a launch in this part of the world.
He is planning clinical trials on the device that would involve "hundreds of people".
Activated when the smoker sucks on the end, the electronic cigarette glows at the tip, produces harmless theatrical smoke and conveys nicotine from a reloadable cartridge to the smoker's lungs.
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