LOS ANGELES, CA, December 22, 2010 (Press-News.org) Actress Katherine Heigl, the star of Knocked Up, Life As We Know It and Grey's Anatomy, recently appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and touted the benefits of eco-friendly cigarettes, also known as e-cigs. During her interview, the conversation turned to vaping and Heigl surprised Letterman by pulling out her all new e-friendly cigarette and smoking it on stage.
"I tried everything," she said. "I did the patch, I did the gum... and went bananas," Heigl said.
After her initial comments on smoking, Heigl pulled out an electronic cigarette and began to smoke it. "Bet I'm freaking you all out right now, huh?" she said.
Heigl then went on to explain exactly what an electronic cigarette is. She pointed out the battery, the filter and mentioned that the unit contained liquid nicotine. As she explained to the host David Letterman, the smoke that she produced while on the show was actually just water vapor.
"You blow out water vapor so you're not harming anyone around you and you're not harming yourself," she told Letterman. "You have no excuse now to smoke a real cigarette. You really don't."
As it turns out, she's not the only one in love with e-cigs or electronic cigarettes. Heartthrobs Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp, as well as veteran sportsman Jose Canseco are also e-cig advocates. In fact, many Americans are now puffing on eco-friendly cigarettes, with many finding them a better alternative to smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes.
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Katherine Heigl Shows Off Her Eco Friendly Vapor on "The Late Show with David Letterman"
Electronic cigarettes send shockwaves across America -- Heigl claims to have finally stopped the addictive habit of smoking by using this remarkable new device.
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[Press-News.org] Katherine Heigl Shows Off Her Eco Friendly Vapor on "The Late Show with David Letterman"Electronic cigarettes send shockwaves across America -- Heigl claims to have finally stopped the addictive habit of smoking by using this remarkable new device.