If you turned on a TV in the last three weeks, you likely saw Charlie Sheen taking on CBS, losing his job, getting his kids taken away and somehow still “Winning”. All the while, Sheen seemed to be attached to a cigarette. A celebrity smoking is a bit of a faux pas in Hollywood and the media in general. This brought on some heavy debate about the smoking culture in America. An e-cigarette company even offered Sheen a year supply of e-cigs to use instead of his traditional cigarettes.

Charlie Sheen wasn’t the only celebrity ruffling the feathers of anti-smoking media outlets; Kate Moss smoked a cigarette on her way down the runway at a Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris. The response was equally negative as many big names in fashion thought the act was deplorable.  Interestingly enough, because smoking has been banned in public places in France since 2007 – she was actually breaking the law. The move was also ill-timed since she did in fact smoke on No Smoking Day in England which is her native country.

Though Sheen and Moss garnered most of the negative press on smoking, Uma Thurman was also spotted smoking by paparazzi in the middle of a hike last week in Beverly Hills. Celebrities seem to be increasingly under attack by the media for smoking. Understandably, the media believes they are setting a bad example for the youth and non-smokers. Interestingly, press coverage seems to be different for celebrities who are caught smoking electronic cigarettes such as <a href=”http://ecigs-today.com/?p=760″>Kathryn Heigl whose appearance on David Letterman</a> was seen as memorable, rather than infamous. Other celebrities spotted smoking e-cigarettes include Brittany Spears, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton, and most recently – Johnny Depp in his latest movie The Tourist’.

Celebrity E-Cig Sightings

Since former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California vetoed the California Electronic Cigarette Bill, more and more of your favorite celebrities are publicly vaping electronic cigarettes. A number of our readers got very excited after reading about our other story here.

Since you asked for it, we brought it, see below…

Johnny Depp

Jose Conseco

Leonardo Dicaprio

Kate Moss

Paris Hilton

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan Smoking an E-Cig

There are also rumored e-cig vaping sightings of Twilight’s Ashley Greene, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, and the infamous Kevin Federline.

The Tourist, a film featuring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, is the latest example of electronic cigarettes in the mainstream media. The electronic device is used in a pivotal scene on a train when a beautiful and mysterious woman – Elise (played by Angelina Jolie) introduces herself to a heart-sick American vacationing in Venice – Frank (played by Johnny Depp). Depp smokes an e-cigarette throughout the “fortuitous” encounter, which he can because the liquid vapor produced by the electronic device is non-invasive and can be used indoors on a plane, train and pretty much anywhere.

Johnny Depp then explains the benefits of smoking electronic cigarettes being no smell, no left over butts and can be used in a restaurant, car or in your home. The film is set in Europe where electronic cigarettes are even more popular than they are in America; however, the fact that Johnny Depp is playing an American character shows a coming of age for the electronic cigarette. The movie, which is still in theaters, was released December 10th and grossed an estimated 16 million dollars on opening weekend and was nominated for three Golden Globes.

Other mega media moments featuring electronic cigarettes include celebrity sightings, news reports and a ground breaking Katherine Heigl interview on The David Letterman Show when she introduces e-cigarettes to a fascinated Letterman and audience. E-Cigarettes have been featured in numerous human interest news stories on major networks ranging from CNN to MSNBC that have followed this growing trend. Electronic cigarettes were also recently featured in the news after a court ruling declared that the FDA could not ban these products from being sold in the United States.

E-cigarettes are electronic devices which use atomizers to flash vaporize liquid nicotine and deliver it to smokers in the form of liquid vapor. Liquid vapor has many benefits over smoke because rather than burning nicotine into fumes, vapor dissipates in the air creating no second hand smoke or lingering smell. Because e-cigarettes starter kits are reusable, and come with replaceable cartridges, they are more affordable than traditional cigarettes, which is a major reason for their popularity. This product has been around for years but only recently caught the public eye as more and more Americans are making the switch from traditional cigarettes to electronic cigarettes.

South Beach Smoke was recently feature on TMZ for their letter to Miley Cyrus on her bong smoking scandal. South Beach Smoke offered the star musician a free electronic cigarette starter kit and a year supply of cartridges as a “better option” than smoking hallucinogenics from a bong. Here is the letter in full:
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Dear Miley,

Happy Birthday Miley! All of us here at South Beach Smoke hope you had a great time. While your 18th birthday is certainly a cause for celebration, smoking salvia or any hallucinogenic substance is certainly ill-advised. Hallucinogens are notoriously bad for your mental development and operate by unnaturally stimulating your nervous system which can have long term damage. Furthermore there is a risk associated with inhaling fumes produced by the burning of any substance; this includes smoking cigarettes, marijuana or salvia.

We are writing this letter to provide you with a better smoking option. South Beach Smoke sells electronic cigarettes which use liquid vapor instead of smoke so you don’t have to inhale noxious fumes. Our electronic cigarettes come with a liquid nicotine solution in their cartridges, but have a zero nicotine option so you can get that same smoking feeling without the harm associated with an addictive substance. When you exhale a plum of liquid vapor will come out that looks a lot like smoke but isn’t. It really is a better smoking option; just ask Katherine Heigl, Leonardo Dicaprio and Paris Hilton.

There are numerous benefits to using our electronic cigarettes which include the ability to smoke indoors because the liquid vapor is odorless and dissipates in seconds. You can also smoke them in public (unlike a bong), on an airplane (unlike a bong) or in a restaurant (well, you get the picture). Also, electronic cigarettes are rechargeable which means you can bring one with you wherever you go and recharge them with a USB port, car or wall charger. All you have to do is replace the cartridges which come in a variety of flavors. We hope you find our product interesting and consider is as a better smoking option. The standard starter Premium Starter Kit is only $29 and our more advanced version only $49, but we would be willing to ship you one for free with a complimentary year supply of cartridges.

Sincerely, South Beach Smoke
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South Beach Smoke has not received a response from Miley or her representatives at this time, but stay tuned for more updates.

It seems the electronic cigarette is now poised to take on Hollywood by storm, as well!

A-list Hollywood superstar Leonardo Di Caprio has recently been spotted using electronic cigarettes. The 34-year-old actor, whose most successful movie to date is Titanic, was seen puffing away while biking through Manhattan’s East Village with his fellow actor pals — Lukas Haas, Tobey Maguire and Kevin Dillon.

Only a couple of days later, Leo was again seen puffing away on an e-cigarette while grabbing Chinese food with some friends in Los Angeles.

According to his publicist, he had been given a Platinum SmokeStik with a spare white battery by Sebastian Copeland of Global Green at a pre-Oscar party several months before. He has been a smoker of analog (tobacco) cigarettes for most of his adult life, but it looks like he has now decided to take the pragmatic approach to leading a healthier life by switching to electronic cigarettes. He certainly lends the ecigarette a certain kind of cool!

Katherine Heigl, best known for her role in Grey’s Anatomy and movies like Knocked Up, is apparently working to beat the smoking habit, as well. Katherine was also spotted using her ecigarette in public. She said she is doing this for her daughter, whom she and her husband adopted from China in 2009. She is seen using her SmokeStik “Hendu Elite” in the photo below.

The world’s most famous ‘It’ girl, Paris Hilton, stunned clubbers by puffing on what looked like a normal cig whilst indoors – despite California’s ban on smoking.

However, after closer inspection it became clear that she was actually using an electronic cigarette. Apparently her father, hotel tycoon Richard Hilton, was said to have been unhappy with Paris’ casual smoking.

According to a recent article in Life & Style magazine, other celebrities reportedly jumping on the electronic cigarette bandwagon include Kate Moss, Kevin Connelly, fashion model and pop-icon Twiggy, Twilight’s Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene, Posh Spice, Naomi Campbell, Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, Sarah Harding, Taryn Manning, Jersey Shore‘s JWOWW, Welsh actor and musician Rhys Ifans, rocker Tom Petty, American Idol‘s Ryan Seacrest, Danny Bonaduce, and former baseball star Jose Conseco.

Eric Roberts and the Costello Twins enjoying their SmokeStik Platinums

Lady Victoria Hervey enjoying her SmokeStik electronic cigarette.

Kevin Federline puffing away on his SmokeStik Platinum