You might be hearing a lot of press on electronic cigarettes. Antismoking groups and some politicians would have this smoking alternative off the market, but smokers who have switched over from traditional cigarettes to electronic cigarettes are very happy with this smoking alternative.

The FDA does not have the power to regulate tobacco products, but they can relate smoking cessation devices. This means electronic cigarettes straddle the line. The FDA claims they meet the definition of a drug under their laws, meaning they would have to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration before being sold in the United States.

Electronic cigarette companies rebut by saying that the FDA has no right to regulate their products because they are not a drug device and are not aimed at helping people quit. Electronic cigarette companies market them instead as a smoking alternative.

Smokers switching over to the electronic cigarette takes harmful fumes out of the air and removes combustible poison from the lips of the general public. No noxious cigarette smoke makes non smokers happy, and being able to get a nicotine fix in public without dirty looks makes smokers happy.

Electronic cigarette makers want the public to know what they are making is a better alternative to dangerous cigarettes. There is no smoke or combustion involed in electronic cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are also absent thousands of chemicals found in tobacco cigarettes, making them obviously safer.

Not all companies clearly label starter kits with an ingredient list, most electronics cigarettes have water, nicotine, flavor, and propylene glycol in them. Propylene glycol is a common ingredient used in hand sanitizer. Nicotine is generally considered not to be a carcinogen, and the thousands of carcinogens found in tobacco cigarettes are not in electronic cigarettes.

There are several companies distributing electronic cigarettes in the United States with many smaller distributers selling this technology across the country. Sales have skyrocketed, due largely to the fact that electronic cigarettes are cheaper to maintain than tobacco cigarettes, and they can be smoked in public in places where traditional cigarettes are banned. That is right, you can pull a trusty electronic cigarette out in a bar with no fear of being arrested.

Starter kits generally come with a couple batteries, an atomizer, a pack of cartridges, and a charger range in price from $60 to around $150. Not only does this make them cheaper than traditional cigarettes, but it makes them readily available to people who can no longer smoke near their workplace.