Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik came up with the idea of an e-cigarette in 2001
PLoS ONE 14 , e0224374 (2019)
In 2015, San Francisco became the first U.S
Ready to stop smoking or vaping
This includes significant increased risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack and cancer, reduced sense of taste and smell, declining skin condition and overall appearance, and reduced lung function
At that time, Herbert patented a device he described as "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that could "provide a safe and harmless means for and method of smoking by replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air." Herbert went so far as to design prototypes of his concept however, the devices didn't take off