Electronic cigarettes are making a hit in Hollywood and are being spotted hanging on the lips of the elite. Celebrities are usually on the forefront of the latest trends in fashion, lifestyle and health and the battery-powered electronic cigarette is the new favorite.

Electronic cigarettes or “e-cigs” produce a pleasant water vapor instead of smoke and don’t contain the harmful tar of traditional cigarettes.

The list of Hollywood e-cig users continues to grow with several (unpaid) endorsements of the product including Katherine Heigl’s 2010 The Late Show appearance with David Letterman.

Johnny Depp’s character in The Tourist puffs on an e-cig throughout the film, using them in places where a traditional cigarette would be banned, like the in train scene with Angelina Jolie.

Another e-cig appearance in the media includes a spot on reality show, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” as Allison casually puffs on one during a dinner at Camille Grammer’s home.

All of this media attention is only the tip of the iceberg and shows the electronic cigarette has hit the mainstream and become a socially acceptable alternative to cigarette smoking.

The long list of celebrity electronic cigarette sightings include: Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears, Kate Moss, Tom Petty, Taryn Manning, Kevin Federline, Twilight’s Nikki Reed, Danny Bonaduce, American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest, Baseball star Jose Conseco and many others.

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E-cigs are continuing to capture the attention of science with a new study coming out in April’s edition of The American Journal of Preventative Medicine. The study, conducted by John Ayers, Kurt Ribisl, and John Brownstein, all PhD’s from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, compared the amount of Internet searches for traditional smoking cessation products to the amount of searches for electronic cigarettes.

The study was conducted between January 2008 and September 2010, examining the amount of keyword searches in the U.S. Canada, Australia and the U.K. The phrase “ENDS” which stands for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (or electronic cigarettes) was compared to terms associated with smoking cessation products like nicotine patches, nicotine gum and prescription drugs Chantix and Champix.

The results? Electronic cigarette searches increased in all nations studied by drastic amounts, outpacing some traditional smoking cessation products by up to 550%. E-cig searches surpassed searches for products available to consumers far longer which proves there is substantial interest in the product despite the lack of studies available.

In addition, researchers found a correlation between a high amount of searches and countries with the strongest anti-smoking bans like the U.S. This could point to people using e-cigs to circumvent smoking restrictions or a possible correlation between smoking bans and people’s desire to quit smoking. Either way, electronic cigarettes have become a huge success and are likely here to stay.

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Two months into a new policy banning smoking from submarines, smokers are turning to electronic cigarettes to make the transition.

The new policy banning cigarette smoking was put into effect Jan. 1^st after a 2009 study found unacceptable levels of secondhand smoke when the subs were submerged. It is similar to other recent smoking bans in indoor areas such as base office buildings.

“This environment where our sailors are breathing air that’s recirculated makes it unique,” said Cmdr. Christy Hagen, spokeswoman for the Navy’s Submarine Force Pacific in Hawaii. “The policy was necessary in order to protect the health of all submariners.”

Life can be hard on a submariner where deep under the ocean surface for months at a time inside a metal tube. Families feel even farther away with long stretches without access to phones or email. Before the smoking ban, 30 to 50 percent of ship crew were smokers.

Fortunately, submariners aren’t required to go cold turkey. Nicotine is still allowed in the form of electronic cigarettes, patches, gum and chewing tobacco. For many, the most difficult adjustment seems to be the loss of regular visits to the smoke pit to break in their day. This is where electronic cigarettes provide a welcome alternative.

“Without the e-cig I would be completely on edge or gaining weight from overeating. It’s not like there are many distractions down there”, says Lieutenant David Hunley.

Smoking is still allowed at the discretion of individual commanders on the sub deck while surfacing and in ports.
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Lillian Pierce’s mother Janice is in the advanced stages of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or (COPD). COPD is known as the tobacco disease resulting in permanent, incurable damage to the lungs which progresses over time. Doctors warned Janice for years to give up the habit but she persisted, smoking a pack or more a day into her late sixties–despite failing health.

Lillian watched her mother smoking her entire life, and consequently became a smoker herself. While they were both aware of the dangers, neither was able to kick the habit and over the years, she watched her mother’s health slowly deteriorate due to smoking related illnesses. Now in the late stages of COPD, Janice’s prognosis is poor and she is often in the hospital on a weekly basis for monitoring.

“It’s been really hard this past year,” said Pierce. “Because of her poor health, doctors are actually against her going through nicotine withdrawal, yet she needed to get off smoking cigarettes. We tried patches and gum and other prescription drugs but mom was miserable until we tried an electronic cigarette.”

Increasingly, hospitals are allowing –and doctors are even recommending–electronic cigarettes to their patients during hospital stays. Recently, a Tampa, Florida hospital officially approved e-cigarette smoking for patients and employees. Even if the battery-powered cigarettes are not officially approved by a hospital, many doctors look the other way when it comes to patients using them.

“Now when she is in the hospital, mom is more comfortable and I’m so grateful for that. I’ve begun using electronic cigarettes myself so my daughter doesn’t have to watch me go through the same painful disease,” said Pierce. “It means everything to me.”

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