Fake cigarette claims to be 'healthier'

SUNRISE, Fla., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida company is billing its product, a battery powered device that looks like a cigarette, as a "healthier way to smoke."

The company, Smoking Everywhere, said the Smoking Everywhere E-Cigarette contains no fire, tobacco or smoke but it does release a jolt of nicotine with every drag to satisfy people with the addiction, WFAA-TV, Fort Worth, Texas, reported Thursday.

The company's Web site describes the fake cigarette as "the healthier way to smoke."

"With this device, you can actually enjoy smoking without the bad parts of the cigarette," said Ohad Naim, Smoking Everywhere's franchise owner and operator at the Grapevine Mills Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. "There is no tar, no tobacco (and) no bad chemicals that can cause you cancer."

Naim said the product also comes in flavors including cherry, chocolate and mint.