# Electronic Cigar Smoke'em If You Got'em By Alex Covert | Published 2007-07-15 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smokeem-if-you-gotem-electronic-cigar References: [skykong](http://www.skykong.com/product.asp?ok=1) Want all the wonderful features of a big fat cigar without inhaling a ton of tar? This faux-cigar uses "microelectronic control and supercritical atomizing technologies". Huh!? The upside: you don't need to carry a lighter. The downside: you have to carry a case full of electronic equipment. WARNING: I'm not suggesting this is a healthy alternative to smoking. **Implications** - It seems like the best way to [quit smoking](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smoke-free) is to start by smoking up electronic versions of the tobacco death stick. Companies are looking for alternatives to nicotine patches and gums as a way to simulate the experience more realistically. It may be a weird concept but it may just work, although it hasn't been proven yet. Perhaps for now, nicotine patches are more effective until electronic tobacco comes up with stats that proves otherwise. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.1/10 - Popularity: 36% | Activity: 48% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Bizarre](https://www.trendhunter.com/bizarre) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Electronic Cigars:** Opportunity to disrupt the tobacco industry by offering a less harmful yet realistic smoking experience through electronic cigars. - **Supercritical Atomizing Technologies:** Opportunity to innovate new technologies for atomizing liquids in various industries and offer enhanced products. - **Alternatives to Nicotine Patches and Gums:** Opportunity to develop realistic alternatives to nicotine patches and gums for smokers who want to quit. ### Who This Affects Most - **Tobacco:** The tobacco industry can disrupt its own traditional products by offering electronic cigars as a less harmful alternative. - **Vaping:** The vaping industry can adopt supercritical atomizing technologies to improve the vaping experience and offer enhanced products. - **Pharmaceutical:** The pharmaceutical industry can invest in developing more effective and realistic alternatives to nicotine patches and gums for smokers who want to quit. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Laser Technology Smoking Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/laser-technology-smoking-device.md) - [Breath-Activated Flameless Lighters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clean-torch.md) - [Cancer-Cutting Ultrasonic Shishas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nesta-ushisha.md) - [Low-THC Cigarettes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bogart.md) - [At-Home Cocktail Smokers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-cocktail-smoker.md) - [Cutting-Edge Smokeless Tobacco Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heated-tobacco-device.md) - [Non-Addictive CBD-Infused Smokes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oklahoma-smokes.md) - [Smoke-Free Nicotine Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nicotine-alternatives.md) - [Nicotine-Quitting Gamification Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unsmoke.md)