Devices deliver nicotine vapor
Jump to full article: Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette, 2008-05-05
Author: BRIAN NEWSOME THE GAZETTE
Intro: At least two companies are selling battery-powered cigarettes, cigars and pipes that attempt to replicate smoking without burning tobacco. The gizmos use nicotine cartridges and water vapor in what is essentially a nicotine inhaler complete with a light on the end. The invention gets around smoking bans like Colorado's, where smoking is prohibited in nearly all indoor public places.
The devices are not advertised as smoking cessation products like a nicotine patch or gum but rather as a way to satisfy the nicotine craving where smoking isn't allowed. One of the companies, Minneapolisbased Ruyan America Inc., says the products "allow users to effectively simulate the physiological and psychological attributes of smoking without creating any harmful secondhand smoke."
By not claiming to help people stop smoking, the companies have avoided regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.
Ruyan America Inc. produces the E-cigarette while another company, Crown7, produces a similar product called the Crown7. Ruyan claims to be the inventor of the electric smoking devices and is taking on competitors in a global patent dispute, said Chief Executive Officer Alex Chong.
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