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The first documented reference to an electronic cigarette is a patent granted to Joseph Robinson in 1930 (filed in 1927). It was never commercialized and it is not entirely clear that even a prototype of this primitive device was manufactured.
First-generation e-cigarettes tend to look like traditional cigarettes and so are called "cigalikes". [18] Most cigalikes look like cigarettes but there is some variation in size. [15] Second-generation devices are larger overall and look less like traditional cigarettes. [21]
E-cigarettes have evolved over time, and the different designs are classified in generations. First-generation e-cigarettes tend to look like traditional cigarettes and are called "cigalikes". [27] [28] Second-generation devices are larger and look less like traditional cigarettes. [29]
In 1963, a year in which U.S. smokers burned through a then-record 523 billion cigarettes, a scrap metal dealer from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, invented a revolutionary alternative.
First-generation e-cigarettes were often similar in size and shape to conventional cigarettes, with a design that also simulated a traditional cigarette in terms of the colors used (e.g., a white body with tan mouthpiece).
The critical turning point that paved the way for today’s vaping finally arrived in the early 2000s when Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik invented the first truly commercially viable modern electronic cigarette.
This was, technically, the very first electronic cigarette ever designed. The electronic cigarette patented by Gilbert did not use tobacco. The product still delivered the same nicotine level, but instead of tobacco a nicotine solution was created and used in the device.
E-cigarettes from 1963 to 2003. The first real electronic cigarette as we know it was invented in 2003 by a Chinese pharmacist. However, in 1963 the American Herbert Gilbert invented a similar device.
E-cigars could either be classified as a second- or third-generation e-cigarette device. Available in disposable and rechargeable forms. Designed to simulate a cigar in terms of size. Some e-cigars have an LED tip that is partially hidden behind some type of screen to mimic a real cigar’s ash.
1964: The first electronic cigarette is invented WAY before its time Gilbert of Beaver Fall, PA files to patent a “smokeless, non-tobacco cigarette” in 1963.