The history of e-cigarettes and vaping traces back to 1963 when Herbert A. Gilbert patented the first “smokeless non-tobacco cigarette,” though it never gained commercial success. The modern e-cigarette was invented in 2003 by Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist, who sought a safer alternative to smoking after his father’s death from lung cancer. His design, commercialized by Ruyan in 2004, […]











