The concept of electronic cigarettes existed on the 1960s, but it has not been widely used until recent years , especially in Western countries such as Europe and the United States. Although many smokers today have successfully used electronic cigarettes to eliminate harmful cigarettes, few people know who invented electronic cigarettes or their history.

In fact, the earliest electronic cigarette can be traced back to 1963. Herbert A Gilbert developed a smokeless and smokeless device that works by heating a nicotine solution and generating steam. His patent was granted to 1965, and in the same year Gilbert proposed the idea of “a smokeless cigarette” for the first time published in one of the most popular mechanical magazines. In 1967, Gilbert cooperated with companies interested in the equipment and began quantitative production, but it never really entered the market. Since then, the smoke-free and smoke-free device has fad from public opinion until it disappears.

In 2000, Han Li, a Chinese medicine practitioner in Beijing, China, suggested diluting nicotine with propylene glycol and atomizing the liquid with an ultrasonic device to produce a water mist effect. This allows the user to inhale the nicotine-containing mist into the lungs and deliver the nicotine to the blood vessels. The liquid nicotine diluent are stored in a device called a cartridge for easy carrying. Han Li, a famous Chinese pharmacist, was once widely regarded as the inventor of the first generation of electronic cigarettes. He used to be a smoker. After his father died of lung cancer from smoking, he decided to find an effective way to quit smoking. Therefore, he worked hard as a medical researcher, trying to find a solution. In 2003, He invented the first electronic cigarette based on nicotine.