From smokeless ashtrays to zippo lighters, your smoker has just about everything a smoker could need. Or do they?

Want to knock their socks off? Something they have never seen before?

This years number one gift for a smoker is the electronic cigarette. Not only is this smoking alternative closest to the real thing, it is environmentally friendly.

It leaves no butts to discard, it also produces no second hand smoke. As it also does not contain tobacco, this nifty gadget does not fall under any smoking ban, so you can some them anywhere.

Contained within the unit is a rechargeable battery, an atomizer and a replaceable/refillable nicotine cartridge. When you pull or drag on the electronic cigarette, it creates a vapor to fill your lungs and then be expelled. Within that action, you receive the nicotine and a vapor cloud that actually feels like smoke, but once emitted into the atmosphere, is completely odorless and dissipates within seconds.

The financial benefit of this gift, is the potential savings your smoker will enjoy year round. After crunching the numbers, based on 1 pack per day for a full year, a smoker can save between $700 and $1200 depending on the route.

A smoker can also eliminate 7280 cigarette butts a year and countless carcinogens and toxins related to second hand smoke. This is a huge contribution to the environment. Just think, if your smoker has been smoking for 15 years, they alone have contributed 109,200 cigarette butts.

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Let's face it: Smokers will smoke. And why shouldn't they be able to? It is about time that the industry began to shift. Enough telling them they shouldn't, therefor the can't. Life is short. If you can get your smoker something they might be willing to compromise and switch too, then everyone can be happy.

So in helping you decide which one to get, here is the perfect gift for a smoker: The mini-electronic cigarette with 10 refills. You know as well as your smoker which type of cigarettes they smoke: High, Medium, or Lights. Use that as your guide on the nicotine cartridge. This gift for a smoker is around $90 plus shipping and like a radio car for the kids, it is a good idea to provide the batteries (10 refill cartridges). However, if your budget is much tighter, you can always start with the mini-electronic cigarette which is priced around $69 and it will provide you with 5 cartridges. (1 cartridge = approximately 10 cigarettes)

This is the gift for a smoker no matter what stage of smoking they are in. If they want to quit and can't seem to do it or for those who love smoking with no desire to quit, this has the potential to capture their attention. For those smokers who are finding their lives are beginning to be changed by smoking bans, this is the perfect gift for any smoker. This is a product that for sure, will be a hit because they never could have imagined this in the box.

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