| Over thirty percent of the entire world's population are | | | | Ruyan is distributed in the United States through Sun |
| hurting themselves by smoking regular cigarettes. Our | | | | Ridge Distribution Incorporated. Some say Ruyan |
| childrens' children will probably ask us if it is true in the | | | | e-cigs are the Cadillac of e-smokes, others say it's a |
| old days people were dumb enough to burn leaves | | | | high priced mediocre experience. |
| straight into their mouths for fun. | | | | Ruyan also has a distributor named Ruyan America in |
| Tobacco kills one person every six seconds. Ok. So | | | | Minneapolis. The Ruyan motto is oddly "Until you quit, |
| what is this E-smoking really and is it a viable safer | | | | show you care". At one point in time, E-Cigarettes |
| alternative? Yes it is. E-smoking started gaining | | | | were trying to be a smokeless tobacco quitting aid, |
| momentum around February of 2007 though it | | | | and it seemingly does work well at that. However, |
| originates in 2003 when a company known as "SBT | | | | sadly in September 2008, the World Health |
| Investment Holdings Limited" - acquired Best Partners | | | | Organization issued a release proclaiming that it does |
| Worldwide Limited - the former entity that was | | | | not consider the e-cigarette to have enough research |
| established for the manufacturing and sales of | | | | to be considered a legitimate smoking cessation aid. |
| electronic cigarettes. | | | | After trying these for a few days, many users |
| This Group took an active position in developing the | | | | realized they don't wish to quit nicotine flat out and |
| market under the brand name of Ruyan in 2004. Hon | | | | want to continue smoking e-cigarettes as a hobby. |
| Lik of Ruyan - in China, created the simply named | | | | Since then these cigarettes have not been marketed |
| "E-cigarette" being the name brand first associated | | | | as a quitting smoking device. It should never really have |
| with the product of this genre. This company, located in | | | | been marketed as a quitting device. |
| Futian District, Shenzhen China invented the first | | | | It's an alternative, like pipe smoking, or hookah smoking, |
| non-combustion (smokeless) cigarette available. Ruyan | | | | or chewing tobacco. The flavor of an e-cigarette is |
| did and still does work hard to patent, distribute and | | | | similar; but not quite to that of a burnt tobacco |
| commercialize the e-cigarette. | | | | cigarette because it's hard to mimic the gross burning |
| Ruyan's original intention was not to make a full time | | | | flavor we all grew to love. We would say that they |
| smoking alternative, but rather something to use only | | | | taste much more like a hookah then anything else on |
| when one was in a non-smoking area. Now we have | | | | the market, but it sure isn't a hookah or any kind of |
| turned the device into a full time hobby to substitute for | | | | bong or water pipe. It's an electronic cigarette. |
| regular cigarettes which is considerably better for you. | | | | |