e-cigarette

American  

[ee-sig-uh-ret] / ˈiˌsɪg əˌrɛt /

noun

1. a device used to simulate the experience of smoking, having a cartridge with a heater that vaporizes liquid nicotine instead of burning tobacco.

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Etymology

Origin of e-cigarette

2005–10; e- ² (electronic) + cigarette

Example Sentences

Utilizing more than 1.2 million responses from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, the research team examined how e-cigarette use and traditional smoking relate to prediabetes and diabetes diagnoses.

From Science Daily

People who were overweight or obese and smoked were especially vulnerable, as e-cigarette users with a higher body mass index had worse outcomes than those at a normal weight.

From Science Daily

It may be the case, however, that among adults who vape, the threat of e-cigarette bans is highly motivating, and that even a few thousand votes in the right places could end up mattering to an extraordinary degree.

From Slate

All e-cigarette products are required to have FDA authorisation to be legally marketed.

From BBC

That’s how the research came to the attention of Gal Cohen and Floe Foxon, two scientists who work at contract research organizations and have ties to e-cigarette maker Juul Labs.

From Science Magazine