The E-Cigarette is a electronic device containing a small amount of nicotine in a soluble base. When the smoker inhales, an electronic sensor is activated which activates a heating element. This in turn vaporises the nicotine in a small mist, which resembls smoke.
Smoking real cigarettes at work is illegal - but, as our IT guy here demonstrates, it is completely legal to smoke this E-Cigarette at work - and it's better for your health!
(And yes, we know our IT guy is scruffy...)
Our very own Mike Rasbridge the E-Cigarette engineer explains exactly what the E Cigarette is all about.
In the movie below Carl Phillips agrees with other experts that while the electronic cigarette is not completely safe (adding that nothing is completely safe), the dangers of the device should be in the region of 99% safer than regular cigarettes.
Our very own Jean delivers the verdict on the independant research carried out in to the Electroinic Cigarette.
