Electronic cigarettes on sale in Argentina

Sales of electronic cigarettes, designed to replace conventional, began this week in Argentina, told local media on Thursday.
Electronic cigarettes apparently do not differ from the usual: they are a tube consisting of a battery, a steam generator and replacement cartridges, filled with flavored liquid. The tip of the cigarette is lit during the delay, when the smoker inhales the "smoke" that allows to simulate the process of smoking.
Electronic cigarettes are already sold in many countries around the world, but the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Administration of the Food and Drug Administration USA (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) believe that they, as usual, pose a serious health threat. In the United States and Australia, their sale is prohibited.
According to the Argentine company's developer Oxigen, the main difference between electronic cigarettes, which went on sale in this Latin American country, is that it, unlike banned in the U.S. counterparts, "contains no nicotine or tar, but fluid in the cartridge has aroma of tobacco, mint, strawberry or vanilla.
"It's mainly electronic steam generator", - said spokesman Sebastian Gomez (Sebastian Gomez).
He assured that the new product is absolutely harmless both to the smoker, and for third parties, passed all the necessary checks and received all necessary quality certificates.
He added that the electronic cigarette is not worth considering as a means to help quit smoking.
"This product will not help to quit smoking, but it will help to moderate consumption of cigarettes", - said Gomez.
While electronic cigarettes Argentines can buy online or order by phone, but in November they arrive in the Argentine supermarket counters and drugstores. Price packages, including steam generator, the battery (shelf-life-year) and five replacement filters (each of which will replace up to 50 ordinary cigarettes) is about 270 pesos (about $ 70).
According to the Ministry of Health of Argentina in this South American country smokes about 33% of the adult population, 40 thousand people die from smoking each year, of which 6 thousand - passive smokers. Total live in the country 40.5 million people.