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eCigarettes from the Far East: It could help you kick the habit

Posted May 12, 2007 at 04:25PM by Remi M. Listed in: Misc. Gadgets Tags: China, Israel

84% of smokers hate the habit, according to a study we talked about earlier. This contraption from Chinese company, Golden Dragon Group, Ltd. aims to make smoking fun for the fed-up smokers and hopefully, this new kind of cigarettes could help smokers kick the habit once and for all.

The Chinese company is currently busy promoting the world's first electronic cigarette called Ruyan. The Ruyan smokes are battery-powered, cigarette shaped contraptions that would give smokers their nicotine fix by giving nicotine to inhalers in a bid to give the illusion of smoking. Apparently, nicotine is delivered to the lungs within 7-10 seconds. Scott Fraser of SBT Co. Ltd. - the company who developed Ruyan added:

It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette, it even emits vapor. In many ways, it is like an actual smoking experience, and that's what makes us different.

This would sell for roughly 1,600 yuan (or US$ 208) apiece. Currently, it is already available in China, Israel, Turkey, and a handful of European countries. No word of a U.S. release has been uttered by the company.

Well, we guess if you pick up the Ruyan, you won't be needing your coughing ashtray anymore, huh?

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by jacky (Unregistered) - 2007-05-21

» free smoking

I bought the RUYAN e-cigarette at RuyanChina online store it cost USD 208 over there. It took 8 hours to load the battery then I got my first experience...wow. It tastes like a cigarette, although not like my previous brand, but most important it gives you the same immediate efffect. It still is a bit strange, not a lot of people are using it right now and when I go out everyone is so curious about it. The first time I smoked it in a bar was really funny, they thought it was a real sigaret and asked me to go outside and smoke. I showed them how it works, they werre amazed, lol, and let me smoke inside. To all the smokers with a real heavy addiction (like me), this really works.

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by Steven (Unregistered) - 2007-06-08

» How I Quit smoking

I quit smoking normal cigarettes 3 weeks ago and exclusively smoke the RUYAN now. It really works for me, it tastes like a real cigarette with a bit of vanilla added. It's just amazing how this thing works, I really recommend it to those who want to quit smoking normal cigarettes. If you're looking to buy one, I got the RUYAN at http://ruyanstore.ecrater.com for 195 USD with a box of cartridges, and an extra European adapter. I think it's about the cheapest you can find on the net. I got the shipment in 3 days. Oh btw, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/Ruyanstore some films where they show how the thing actually works.

Re: Cindy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-09

» Quit smoking

Hi Peter, thanks for the tip! I'm gonna try it :-)

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