electronic cigarette

noun

variants or e-cigarette
ˈē-ˌsi-gə-ˈret How to pronounce electronic cigarette (audio)
-ˈsi-gə-ˌret
or less commonly e-cig
: a battery-operated device that is typically designed to resemble a traditional cigarette and is used to inhale a usually nicotine-containing vapor

Note: Electronic cigarettes contain a liquid solution typically consisting of nicotine, various chemical substances (such as propylene glycol or glycerol), and often flavoring. The solution is heated by the battery producing the aerosol or vapor inhaled by the user.

Examples of electronic cigarette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More than $17 million in settlement money from a nationwide lawsuit against electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will be distributed to schools and organizations across Colorado to curb teen vaping, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024 On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the marketing of the first electronic cigarette products in flavors other than tobacco in the U.S. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, The Conversation, 25 June 2024 From the traditional cigarette to the modern electronic cigarette, from the communal hookah to the discreet pinch of smokeless tobacco, each has proven to be detrimental to a person's health. Tribune News Service, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024 The resulting paper, which appeared in 2022 in the open-access journal Neurology International by the publisher MDPI, concluded that electronic cigarette users had higher risk and earlier onset of stroke than tobacco smokers. Byfrederik Joelving, science.org, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for electronic cigarette 

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Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of electronic cigarette was in 2003

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“Electronic cigarette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20cigarette. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

electronic cigarette

noun
: a battery-operated device that resembles a cigarette and is used to inhale a vapor that usually contains nicotine

Medical Definition

electronic cigarette

noun
variants or e-cigarette also e-cig
: a battery-operated device that is typically designed to resemble a traditional cigarette and is used to inhale nicotine vapor
Another new product is the electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), a battery-powered device that aerosolizes nicotine for inhalation but does not burn tobacco.Nancy A. Rigotti, The Journal of the American Medical Association
see vape
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