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USB Cigarette hooks your habit up to your computer

thanko_usb_cigarette.jpgThanko, a crazy company from Japan that makes all manner of wacky gadgets, has a new one for us today: the USB Cigarette. Yes, it's an electronic cigarette that plugs into your computer to charge.

The benefit of an electronic cigarette is that it delivers nicotine without the harmful smoke of a regular cigarette. Whether or not it's as satisfying is up to the smoker to figure out, but I imagine plugging in your cigarette to your computer is pretty satisfying. This bad boy comes with 11 filter butts and an atomizer in addition to the charger, all for $33.

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By Sharon McEachern at 3:46 PM ON 03/30/09

A crazy company with wacky gadgets makes it all sound like just fun. Whoa! In reality, this "bad boy," you describe is more than just suspect. Why don't you tell readers whether its safe or dangerous? Gee, that would spoil all the wacky fun, huh? It looks like e-cigs could be higly toxic -- poisonous. The U.S. Federal Drug Admin. calls e-cigs "new drugs" and may soon pull them off the market. To date, the American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network, American Heart Assn. and American Lung Assn.-- all agree that electronic cigarettes should be pulled off the market and have asked the FDA to do so. The World Health Organization says they may be highly poisonous and that makers of electronic cigarettes have even used the WHO's logo and name in their advertisements and packaging. The e-cig producers claim they are safe but have absolutely no scientific studies to back them up. No evidence. No proof. Just "believe us so we can make more money, okay?" Ethic Soup blog has an excellent article on the subject at:

http://www.ethicsoup.com/2009/03/hey-hey-fda-whaddaya-say-are-ecigarettes-safe-eh.html

The cost of stopping your cigarette habit does not have to be breathing toxic poisons into your lungs from a pretend cigarette.

By jerimiah at 11:15 PM ON 03/30/09

Here's some more info on e-cigarettes, only without the bias and paranoia professed by Sharon.

http://www.tobaccoharmreduction.org/

By USB ? at 2:48 PM ON 04/02/09

Bias and paranoia seem silly. If you can save your life I think its worth it. And yes it should be regulated no matter what.

By James at 10:00 AM ON 04/28/09

wow, this is so cool invention.

By Luc at 6:53 AM ON 05/07/09

Hello, I've just tested a french brand of electronic cigarettes finded on the Web. I've tested many of these products and it's the better i see, the more resembling model i test! Is name is EdSylver, you can buy it in their website http://www.edsylver.us

By Alice at 12:08 AM ON 05/26/09

Dear Sir or Ms

Hi, good day!

My company is the manufacturer of the electronic cigarette and e-cigar in China . TOPROL is our brand.( www.electronic-cigar.net is my website)

There are different models which you can choose to.

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for example, are very popular in the market depending on the best quality and price.

I can give you the lowest price.which are suitable for your market.

And if you order more than 500pcs, we can do your own brand free of charge.


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By electronic cigarette at 8:58 PM ON 07/30/09

I've purchased an electronic cigarette myself and it works great, using it about few months and haven't had any problems with it yet.The best part about my experience is that this new device has made me quit smoking regular tobacco cigs for good :) so I can freely suggest to those who are considering a better alternative... be Safe & enjoy vaping :)

By vieloco at 7:31 AM ON 08/03/09

you can find more USB Passthrough from this website: http://www.bestecig.com/help.asp?id=36
seems they are different

By Best Electronic Cigarette at 2:11 PM ON 08/07/09

Electronic Cigarettes are not new to us. But none of them we’ve seen charges via the computer’s USB port. Just keep your cigarette connected to the USB to keep it burning nicotine forever
Best Electronic Cigarette

By helen at 4:47 AM ON 09/18/09

Dear Sir,
How are you?

I am helen.We are a professional e-cigarettes and other accessories Manufacturer (with CE & ROHS) .We can do OEM package and all products have one year's guarantee.
Now I have a strong wish to introduce our main products for you .
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By jimbeaux at 9:02 PM ON 10/01/09

Sharon , if the wonderful WHO gives such a damn about us all then why are regular cigarettes still on the market , even after all of the misinformation they propagated for over 5 decades ? Why are e cigs so bad if they remove over 4,000 of the chemicals that are in "natural" cigarettes ? I don't even smoke , but could the ecig be more toxic than a regular all natural cig ? Can you be this gullible to think that the FDA isn't being paid by the tobacco companies ? If the FDA , WHO and other now useless "protective" agencies don't outlaw regular cigarettes , not to mention alcohol too , and it's the free will argument , then why should they outlaw e cigs ? Answer (and drumroll) : Money,money,money , money ,,,, moooon--eeeeyyy ( O'Jays song ) ! Do you really think the tobacoo companies want a healthier cigarette ? Bet they come out with their own in a few years .

By Anonymous at 6:14 AM ON 10/15/09

hello,i am linda.xing.this is our website: http://shining-global.en.alibaba.com/
if you are interest in e-cigarette,you will find the e-cigarette you want.
have a good day.
this is my e-mail:linda.xing@shining-global.com

By leo at 10:36 PM ON 11/04/09

Our company specialize offer the integrated assessments like:E-cigarette,
Battery,Atomizer,Cartridge,E-Liquid,Chargers,E-cigarette Adapter.

leo zhang
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By Sally at 2:15 AM ON 11/20/09

Dear Manager,
Nice day!
We are one of the professional manufacturers on Electronic cigarette. We are able to satisfy all your demand. We have the CE, ROHS certificates for E-cigarette and E-liquid, promising offering the best quanlity and service. Of course, the price is the competitive.
One cartridge is equivalent to 20 bars of real cigarette which costs only 0.2USD/piece(or less), while 20 bars of real cigarettes costs more than 5 US Dollars. Thus within in one year, it can help to save as much as 1745USD.
IF you have any interest or question,pls feel free to contact me !
Waiting for your early reply!
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By tony at 3:30 AM ON 11/24/09

Dear sir
I am glad to inform you that our new products DSE-108E and DSE-901E will be mass produced. pls contact me get more about them.

Thanks
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By SheriffArpaio at 12:19 PM ON 12/03/09

First of all, e-cigarettes were invented and ALL brands are manufactured in China, NOT Japan!
The Chinese hold all the patents on this invention.
It is amazing how people write about anything without any REAL information.

To Sharon...same comment as above, but adding to it that you don't need to spew venom to make your point. E-cigarettes are being used today by hundreds of thousands, if not millions already, and no matter how much "poison" you want to attribute to them, they will ALLWAYS have less than the 4000 carcinogenics regular cigarettes have. No one knows yet exactly if they are harmful, but you can certainly find a wealth of information on what they contain on forums all over the internet. VapersForum.com being one that comes to my mind.
Basicaly what you inhale is PG (Polypropylene Glycol), also used in thousands of food products you and I consume everyday, and natural flavorings, and in some cases limited amounts of nicotine. If you want to compare that to the hundreds of chemicals included in commercial tobacco, paper they use and filters,(yes the paper and filters also have been found to contain potent POISONS), you got to be kidding me (all of us).

By Electronic Cigarette at 5:38 AM ON 12/09/09

Electronic cigarette, or also known as e-cig or an e-cigarette, is the world's smallest form of a vaporizer. Unlike herbal vaporizers, the electronic cigarette is designed to vaporize glycerin-based liquids such as propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin. The electronic cigarette consists of 3 parts;rechargeable battery, atomizer, and a cartridge. When a user inhales on an electronic cigarette, the movement of air is detected by a micro sensor which activates the heating element, also known as the atomizer. The atomizer heats up the cartridge containing liquid, which turns into vapo

By Electronic Cigarette at 7:45 AM ON 12/16/09

Electronic cigarette, or also known as e-cig or an e-cigarette, is the world's smallest form of a vaporizer. Unlike herbal vaporizers, the electronic cigarette is designed to vaporize glycerin-based liquids such as propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin. The electronic cigarette consists of 3 parts;rechargeable battery, atomizer, and a cartridge. When a user inhales on an electronic cigarette, the movement of air is detected by a micro sensor which activates the heating element, also known as the atomizer. The atomizer heats up the cartridge containing liquid, which turns into vapo

By sales at 4:00 AM ON 12/25/09

Dear Sir or Madam,
Have a nice day.
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From your company web,we get to know that your company is an influence company in your business and are dealing with electronic cigarette.We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our company and products.
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More detailed information ,welcome to visit our website: http://www.kemeier.com
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