Jump to full article: State Press (Arizona State University), 2009-08-27
Author: Nicole Gilbert
Intro: Though many smokers believe electronic cigarettes are designed to help them quit, such an assumption may be untrue, federal officials said.
Art senior Adam Pezen said he learned about e-cigarettes from online blogs and first tried them out of curiosity.
“My mom bought them because she had been a hardcore smoker for about 30 years,” Pezen said. “She passed [the habit] on to me.”
Pezen said he and his mother both still smoke tobacco cigarettes on a regular basis.
Smoking an e-cigarette is completely different than smoking the real thing and doesn’t satisfy the feeling smokers want when they have a cigarette, he said.
“You can feel a nicotine rush that is quite stronger than a real cigarette,” Pezen said.
The e-cigarettes are designed for only one long drag, which is different from traditional puffing.
The blogs Pezen read advocated e-cigarettes as the safe way to quit, but he said he doesn’t think they help people kick the habit.
He later tried e-cigarettes in an attempt to quit smoking but was unsuccessful.
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