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e-cig en · NOUN

Etymology

From e- + cig.

Meanings

1. (informal) Syllabic abbreviation of electronic cigarette.
   • The tobacco industry is pushing a new kind of smoking device — the e-cig or vape pen — that it says is far healthier than traditional cigarettes: no tobacco, no tar, just nicotine and flavored vapor. […] E-cig makers say, and some health experts believe, that e-cigs could help lower these terrible numbers, because they contain far fewer toxins than traditional tobacco cigarettes. 2019 March 8, Jeneen Interlandi, “Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and Switch”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2019:
   • Laranya Caslin [...] told the health and social care committee e-cigs are “a much bigger issue” than smoking - estimating one in four kids uses them. 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 15, column 3:

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