Cigarettes could go up in smoke as American technology arrives in Prague

Just two years ago, electronic cigarettes were a novelty item that many dismissed as a passing fad. Instead, electronic cigarettes or “e-cigs” have become a billion-dollar business. And their staggering growth is just beginning. “Consumption of e-cigs may overtake traditional cigarettes in the next decade,” said Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog.
What makes the e-cig such a revolutionary product is that it looks, feels and tastes like a traditional cigarette. But e-cigs uses electronics to produce an odorless vapor, rather than the combustion that produces smoke in tobacco cigarettes.
E-cigs are composed of two basic components, a battery and a flavor cartridge. The battery constitutes the “body” of the e-cig (the “white part” of a tobacco cigarette) and the flavor cartridge is the “filter” part. Anytime a consumer puffs on an e-cig, the battery heats up, turning the e-liquid into an odorless water vapor that delivers the nicotine to the smoker.