| It seems that new approaches to quitting cigarettes | | | | air temperature, vaporizers are able to generate vapor |
| surface every day. From hypnosis to acupuncture, | | | | containing nicotine. However, this vapor does not |
| people are willing to try anything that will help rid them | | | | contain the harmful carcinogens and tars that are |
| of the health issues associated with smoking. While | | | | found in smoke. This is due to the fact that vaporizing |
| most studies show that quitting cold turkey is the most | | | | releases the active ingredients at a much lower |
| effective technique, it is also the most difficult. Many | | | | temperature than the point of combustion so no |
| potential quitters just need a little outside help. | | | | carbon is burned. |
| The two smoking cessation aids that have received | | | | To vaporize you simply need tobacco and a vaporizer. |
| the most press and have reputations for being | | | | There is a wide range of vaporizers available today, |
| effective are nicotine patches and nicotine gum. At the | | | | but all of them have some sort of filling chamber or |
| heart of both these methods is the idea of changing | | | | disk where the tobacco is placed. Users can either fill |
| how the nicotine is delivered. By not having to smoke | | | | this chamber with their favorite pure tobacco or buy |
| tobacco to receive its ingredient (nicotine), the negative | | | | pre-filled disks from the manufacturer of the vaporizer. |
| health effects of smoking are averted. | | | | When the hot air generated from the vaporizer |
| While these two approaches have worked for many | | | | passes through the chamber or disk filled with the |
| quitters, for some there is a propensity to slip up and | | | | tobacco the nicotine is released for consumption. |
| smoke in conjunction with the use of the patch or gum. | | | | There are about 25 vaporizer models on the market |
| One of the reasons most commonly cited for this | | | | today ranging from 50 bucks to almost $700. Many |
| tendency is that while the person is receiving the | | | | models feature digital temperature control and |
| nicotine they want, they miss the process and social | | | | rechargeable batteries, giving users complete control |
| aspects of smoking. | | | | over when, where and how they vaporize their |
| For some smokers, taking a break to go have a | | | | tobacco. Some units have balloon systems where |
| cigarette is what gets them through the workday and | | | | vapor bags can be shared between friends, while |
| popping a piece of gum is just not the same. Similarly, | | | | other units are “direct inhale” and more suited |
| some failed quitters have noted that they miss the | | | | for personal use. The best part for many quitters is |
| social component of smoking while out with friends, | | | | that the process of vaporizing is more satisfying then |
| especially if they are around smokers. For these | | | | using a patch or gum; there is both a ritualistic and |
| people, a relatively new approach - tobacco | | | | social component that is clearly lacking in other |
| vaporization - may be the ticket to finally quitting | | | | smoking cessation aids. |
| cigarettes. | | | | Vaporization is similar to other non-carcinogenic |
| Tobacco vaporization is a new smoking alternative | | | | tobacco delivery systems in that the user receives the |
| that is quickly gaining popularity. Vaporizing or | | | | desired components of the plant without the harmful |
| vaporization is the process of passing hot air | | | | byproducts of inhaling smoke. What may ultimately |
| (generated by a vaporizer) through plant material and | | | | make vaporizing more effective is its ability to fill the |
| inhaling the resulting vapor. By precisely controlling the | | | | non-chemical voids that quitting can leave as well. |