Electronic Cigarettes: The New Cig It seems as if the traditional nicotine cigar has become a puff of the past with the rising popularity of the electronic cigarette, due to its easy portability and addictive contents. Electronic cigarettes are known as e-cigs, e-vapes, or hookah pens (McMillen). Disposable e-cigs are battery powered and can be thrown away after 600-800 puffs while the reusable ones can be refilled with e-liquid and be recharged. When pressing the e-cig’s button, the e-liquid, which may or may not contain nicotine, is heated and emitted as flavored fog. E-cigs do not produce second hand smoke for which they’re not prohibited in many non-smoking places (dictionary.com). This vapor is used to create tricks which is a high attraction …show more content…
Social media is the way to get information around nowadays, and if you are famous this goes all the way; so seeing our celebrities smoking these, sure does put e-vapes out there for us. For actress Lindsey Lohan, vaping was such a big story that she was featured smoking an e-cig on "Extra" magazine in 2011, images of Katy Perry vaping circled around quite a bit during last year, and Paris Hilton has been seen consuming e-vapes at clubs just like Eric Roberts and Kevin Connolly. As promoters, actor Charlie Sheen is so big on vaping that he became a partner in the e-cigarette company NicoSheen, while Courtney Love appeared in a commercial for the e-cig brand NJoy and as a spokesman for Blue cigarettes is Stephen Dorff. Using hookah pens as an alternative to quit smoking cigarettes, we’ve see the following celebrities, Kate Moss, Robert Pattinson, Simon Cowel, Barry Manilow, and Tom Petty. On the other hand, Johnny Depp, Sienna Miller, Isla Fisher, Leonardo Di Caprio, Michelle Rodriguez, Zayn Malik, and Ron Wood have been spotted enjoying a few e-vape puffs here and there(Celebrity Lists, 26 Celebrities who