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A vaporization heat wand and vaporization chamber bowl used to deliver vapor through a water pipe. A vaporizer or vaporiser, colloquially known as a vape, is a device used to vaporize substances for inhalation. Plant substances can be used, commonly cannabis, tobacco, or other herbs or blends of essential oil. [ 1 ]
An electronic cigarette ( e-cigarette) or vape[ note 1 ][ 1 ] is a device that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [ 2 ] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called " vaping ". [ 3 ]
The levels of toxic chemicals in the e-cigarette vapor were found to be 1 to 2 orders of magnitude smaller than with cigarette smoke but greater than from a nicotine inhaler. [13] Nearly all e-cigarettes evaluated, toxic and irritation-causing carbonyls were identified. [ 63 ]
Parts of a second-generation e-cigarette. An electronic cigarette is a handheld battery -powered vaporizer that simulates smoking, but without tobacco combustion. [ 1] E-cigarette components include a mouthpiece (drip tip [ 2] ), a cartridge (liquid storage area), a heating element / atomizer, a microprocessor, a battery, and some of them have ...
Heated tobacco product. A heated tobacco product (HTP) [ note 1] is a tobacco product that heats the tobacco at a lower temperature than conventional cigarettes. [ 32] These products contain nicotine, which is a highly addictive chemical. [ 32] The heat generates an aerosol or smoke to be inhaled from the tobacco, which contains nicotine [ 33 ...
An Airbus A340's engines leaving a water condensation trail – miniature clouds formed by the engine exhaust. The chemtrail conspiracy theory / ˈ k ɛ m t r eɪ l / is the erroneous [1] belief that long-lasting condensation trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the ...
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slingshot. Slingshot is a water purification device created by inventor Dean Kamen. [ 1] Powered by a Stirling engine running on a combustible fuel source, it claims to be able to produce drinking water from almost any source [ 2] by means of vapor compression distillation, [ 3] requires no filters, and can operate using cow dung as fuel.