Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have landed into controversy. Several states, workplaces and localities are considering a ban on it in no-smoking areas.
E-cigarettes are battery-powered and metal devices that heat the nicotine solution in the in a cartridge. This creates vapors for user inhalation. Some are even designed to look like a normal cigarette with the tip made with a tiny light that glows.
Designed to simulate the act of tobacco smoking, they have now become a subject of legal and social debate.
