Health e-cigarette is a hit

The inevitable return of the good resolution : stop cigarette. And if , for once, you were holding you ? Especially to the four corners of the department, the outlets of electronic cigarettes is increasing.

While the government plans to tax e- cigarettes , it is not a week goes by without a new point of sale does not open in the city. And Seine- et-Marne is no exception . After Melun, in July , a Point Smoke opens in Brie -Comte- Robert . Also shortly Pontault -Combault or Montereau -Fault- Yonne , etc. .

Five times less
Provins Lieusaint , through Barbizon , the electronic cigarette is a hit . They are already more than a million people have turned to this high-tech product. A Melun too, vapoteurs are becoming more numerous. Before the Smoke Point of René Colles , the queue is never empty. Strawberry, mango , kiwi, licorice , coffee and even tobacco : some 80 flavors come together in bottles on the shelves of the store . For Audrey , it will be lemon, banana and pinacolada . The young woman is justified. She smoked a pack a day , there are still three weeks. Today , it no longer consumes four cigarettes, six in the "big day ." Its main motivation: to save money. "With my husband, we had a budget of 500 euros per month for cigarette packages. This budget will be divided by five ! " Does account.

Profit
And one that also rubs hands is Eric André , the store manager . The latter did not want to disclose its revenues , but it confirms that it is " well beyond the estimated departure ." So just a fad or a real turning point in the field of health? Ludovic , 45, try it love it! "I started smoking at age 13. I was a pack a day , says this former smoker. At one time, I tried the patch but it did not work . It's only been four days already and I vapote I did not touch a cigarette ! "

Safe?
What , in fact, break the habits ! But one question remains unanswered: is this product really safe for health? " As with everything, what is harmful , it is the abuse," Eric Andre analysis . But no real study has , so far, managed to settle the debate . The Minister of Health , Marisol Touraine , commissioned a study on the risks and benefits of the e-cigarette. Meanwhile thousands of followers are converted every day. And with 15 million smokers in France , the success of the electronic cigarette does not seem ready to go out !

Vanessa RELOUZAT (larépublique77.fr)