Let’s celebrate the first World Vaping Day – a worldwide event recognising the phenomenal success of the new alternative to smoking!

Each participating country will have special information for you about what electronic cigarettes are, where to get an e-cigarette, and which model to buy, on their pages here. You will also be able to find Press Releases, information for health professionals and more.

What Are E-Cigarettes ?

Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are the new answer to smoking – without the 5,300 chemicals identified so far in cigarette smoke. All an e-cigarette produces is a cool water-based mist that has far less potential for harm. We know exactly what is in the vapor, and it doesn’t have any of the tar, carbon monoxide or large amounts of carcinogens that cigarette smoke has. This is why so many professors of medicine and doctors’ associations have backed the e-cigarette.

Are they safe ?

We know exactly what is in them: the main ingredients are used in asthma inhalers and the nebulizers used by lung transplant patients, and have been studied for 70 years without any evidence of harm. Add nicotine (if desired – not compulsory) and flavoring, and that’s it. This is why there is a long list of senior medical figures who have endorsed them. So many of the senior public health figures who have investigated them have approved them that we are very confident they are much safer than smoking tobacco.

Want To Try One ?

Check out our Buyer’s Guide To E-Cigarettes, and the country-specific information on your country’s page here.

Why E-Cigarettes ?

Millions of people are using them worldwide, and there are dozens of forums with hundreds of thousands of members. One forum alone has over 100,000 posts per month. There are even four web TV channels, six web radio shows and a music radio channel dedicated exclusively to electronic cigarettes. E-cigarette use has grown at an unbelievable rate, and has now stabilized at around 25% to 50% per year growth in many places. Already over 4% of smokers have converted in some countries, and by 2013 that figure will be 6%. The global market is now worth some $200m, with over $100m business in the USA.

Millions and millions of enthusiastic users should tell you very clearly that e-cigarettes work – this is indisputable. E-cigarettes are obviously the best solution to the smoking harm issue. We need more people to get the message:

E-Cigarettes are the #1 weapon against smoking-related death and disease.

Nothing else works even half as well. Get the message.