Inhalers and the Electric Cigarette: Like nicotine inhalers, the e-cigarette delivers a dose of nicotine to stem cravings. While both are
tobacco-less, the inhaler aerosolizes nicotine like an asthma inhalerthe two are often indistinguishablewhereas the electronic cigarette, shaped like a cigarette or pen, vaporizes the nicotine solution with an embedded lithium battery. Due to the presence of traces of
tobacco-specific carcinogens, and to the potential for misuse, the US Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, and the World Health Organization have all advised against the use of e-cigarettes.
