Despite all the health warnings these days about the smoking of cigarettes of a regular basis, there's no getting away from the fact that cigarettes can be a much needed social lubricator at times - especially when everyone else at a party is lighting up.

E-cigarettes are the latest health craze to hit the world, supplementing the more potent and of course unhealthier tobacco option which has been popular for so many years.

However, with the use of E-cigarettes picking up in the Western world, many people are still wondering how they actually work, and how the realistic effects - from the red tip at the end of the product, all the way to the realistic smoke which can be inhaled and exhaled, can actually be formed by such a small device - in a healthy way.

With the recent boom in the sales figures of E-Cigarettes, many industry insiders are currently debating whether or not the new, "harmless" products are actually indeed safer than the alternative product that they are meant to be replacing.

We have talked a lot on this website about the current lack of scientific research on the topic of E-Cigarettes, and more importantly their use in humans and their effects on the human body. However, what we should point out is that there is a little bit of research out there which does give E-Cigarette smokers a little bit of peace of mind, especially when it comes to the safety of the E-Cigarette smoke.

As the health hazards associated with smoking grow ever clearer with each passing year, governments around the world have taken dramatic steps to ensure that the general public does not become sick (and therefore put pressure on the health system) as a result of other peoples actions.

As we have said a number of times in previous articles on this website, a lot of research is needed in the future to establish the absolute safety of E-Cigarettes - especially newer versions in which the cartridge device contains nicotine.

As with normal tobacco products, there are a number of different E-Cigarette to choose from these days, with a range of taste filters able to cater to the exacting requirements of E-Cigarette smokers. In this article, we'll take a look at these variations - in particular the nicotine variety versus the no-nicotine variety, to see whether or not a real difference can be experienced.

If you go back to the very beginning of E-Cigarettes and see what the purpose of creating them was originally, the manufacturers will tell you that they were totally designed as a substitute for real cigarettes and as a way to allow people to quit their habit, without going cold turkey.