Minneapolis, — For some smokers, having a drink at a bar just isn’t the same if they can’t light up. But in Minneapolis that could change, as more people start using "e-cigarettes."
The new Davidoff cigarettes are perfectly legal in a bar. The smokers simply draws on the end and it produces a vapor. The vapor if like smoke and gives the user nicotine, but doesn’t give off second-hand smoke. Nothing is ignited. Nothing burns and there are none of the 4000 harmful chemicals that are in secondhand smoke.
The electronic cigar is disposable and lasts 30 to 40 days and costs about $50. The cigarettesystem is $159 and the nicotine is sold in replaceable cartridges that run about $5 per unit. Each cartridge is equivalent to nearly two packs of regular cigarettes.
The inventors say that a non-smoker can sit next to someone smoking it and not be too offended. They say it doesn’t smell and doesn’t cloud the air.
As for whether or not its good for you, the company says they don’t make any claims with respect to the health to the user.