Dwayne Green, 26-year-old smoker's cigarette, did not plan to quit smoking when he tried to e-cigarette. He simply wanted to replace the closed in cold weather.
Lisa Sharp, a 25-year-old smoker, buy electronic cigarette on a whim, to experiment with a "cool toy" that a friend once shared with her.
Richard Brewer, who puffed on 35 years of age, was more methodical, spending about 250 hours, reading the information, and online reviews before you buy an electronic cigarette.
For each, though, the result was quick and dramatic.
They abandoned the traditional cigarettes, and only began to "vaping" electronic cigarettes - battery-operated inhalers that make tobacco-free, nicotine-filled fluid in the mist of steam.
They are converts. And they are happy to remove long-ingrained and cancer-causing habit. But they are unhappy with the proposed resolution of the city, which would not allow them to "WAP" in public places.
Is their new habits, however, is better? The scientific evidence is not conclusive. However, clearly, they say "yes."
Just Mike Kline, owner of Indy vapor shop, Westside electronic cigarette store. He said that increased earnings by 20 percent every month since it opened a year ago. The average age of its customers is about 35 to 40. About 60 percent are women.
"From the first breath, I knew it would work, because I felt like smoking," said Cline, 60, who smoked for 40 years. "I had a terrible cough of smokers, and within six weeks he was gone. Now I have much more energy than I had in the past 10 years. I wish I knew about this many years ago."
Local «vapers", as they are called, are part of a rapidly growing - some call it explosive - the electronic cigarette trends.
Nationally, the number of Americans trying electronic cigarettes is four times from 2009 to 2010, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010, the study found that 1.2 percent of the adult population, about 3 million people who reported using them in the previous month. About 50 million cigarettes smoke. E-cigarette industry's annual sales estimated at more than $ 100 million.
Already one prominent researcher of tobacco, Michael Siegel of Boston University, found e-cigarettes are much safer than cigarettes, and the real show "great promise" in the fight against tobacco-related diseases and deaths.
But it is unusual handheld device, invented by a pharmacist in China in 2003 and introduced in the United States in 2006, detractors.
They include some of the local anti-smoking advocates, public policymakers and health professionals, and organizations like the American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Cancer Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Their main objection: Science-based evidence to support e-cigarettes are effective and safe is not conclusive. Without it, many people want to e-cigarettes should be included in anti-smoking bans, that local and state governments pass.
E-cigarettes are not a part of the anti-smoking bill in the Indiana General Assembly. But the city-county Council to prohibit their use in public places in a decree before the final vote may already be on January 30.
"I personally believe that they are harmful to health. I believe that nicotine is the issue," said Angela Mansfield, the Democratic member of the board and co-author. "I feel it's important for us to try to be proactive and avoid potential problems."
This is the wrong approach, says Sharp, 40, a biochemist from near Lafayette, who works in Indianapolis. Sharp smoked since she was 15 years old, except when she was pregnant, but nine days after she tried to e-cigarettes in October, she threw it smokes.
"If they passed the ban, I would be very disappointed," said Sharpe.. "It has done so much for me. I want other people to quit smoking."
For Sharp, electronic cigarettes are a healthy alternative for her and those around her. "I do not breathe vapor. My lungs are not coated with resin and all the other nasty chemicals in cigarettes. Plus, I can not see that it does no harm to those around me."
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