The electronic cigarette, sometimes also called an “electric cigarette”, just might make smoking obsolete. This device operates by “atomizing” a cartridge of liquid nicotine, flavoring or both into water vapor, which the user inhales and exhales just like the real smoke from a real cigarette. Health-wise, “vaping” instead of smoking is a vast improvement. Not only does the water vapor carry no carcinogens or tar like a traditional cigarette does, but you can decide how much nicotine you want to inhale, or to continue vaping without any nicotine intake at all!

Get this, though: even if you do choose to inhale nicotine using your electric cigarette, you won’t have to deal with the unpleasant smells and discoloring associated with smoking regular cigarettes. No stained furniture, smoke-scented clothing or yellow stains on the walls, ceiling or the interior of your car. Cosmetically, this means a lot too, because vaping does not stain your teeth like smoking does. Individuals who have smoked for years inevitably develop yellow stained teeth from their habit, and as any non-smoker can tell you, a smoker’s breath smells undeniably like an ashtray.

With electronic cigarettes, you get the look and feel of smoking —  and the nicotine intake of smoking — but none of the cosmetic defects like stained teeth. The harmless water vapor that carries nicotine from your electric cigarette to your lungs is perfectly safe to inhale. It won’t give you bad breath and won’t even cause secondhand “smoke” exposure to those around you while you’re vaping. It’s so safe that vaping is allowed in many non-smoking areas, including on airplanes during flights.

And if you’re an ex-smoker who has switched to electric cigarettes and your teeth are already stained, consider this: with electric cigarettes you can continue to get your daily nicotine intake without crippling your efforts at whitening your teeth.