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e-cig

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English

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Etymology

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From e- +‎ cig.

Noun

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e-cig (plural e-cigs)

  1. (informal) Short for electronic cigarette.
    • 2019 March 8, Jeneen Interlandi, “Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and Switch”, in The New York Times[1]:
      The tobacco industry is pushing a new kind of smoking device — the e-cig or vape pen — that it says is far healthier than traditional cigarettes: no tobacco, no tar, just nicotine and flavored vapor.
    • 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 15, column 3:
      Laranya Caslin [...] told the health and social care committee e-cigs are “a much bigger issue” than smoking - estimating one in four kids uses them.

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