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Hon Lik Evaluation

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Early Life
Hon graduated from the Liaoning College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1982, majoring in pharmacy. After that, he joined the Liaoning Academy.[2]

Career
After graduation, Hon spent ten years in a state enterprise for plant agriculture, during which he manufactured a ginseng plant[clarification needed] known as an aphrodisiac.

In 2001, while using high-dose nicotine patches to rid himself of the habit of smoking, Hon devised a system on a large console, using food additives as solvents. At the time he was working on vaporization by ultrasound. The droplets formed were too big to resemble tobacco smoke and so he used resistance heating, which got better results. The challenge was managing to scale the mechanism down to a miniature size, suitable for a hand-held cigarette-sized device, and getting the right dose of nicotine, while also getting the right odors from harmless additives.

In 2003,[3] he came up with the idea of using a high frequency, piezoelectric ultrasound-emitting element to vaporize a pressurized jet of liquid containing nicotine.[4] This design creates a smoke-like vapor that delivers nicotine.[1] Hon filed the first patent in 2003 in China for the device.[5] The first electronic cigarette was manufactured the following year in Beijing, China[3] using an ultra-sound technology.[6] It did not have the vaporization system used today but was instead based on atomization, which vaporizes liquids through the heating produced by the electricity of the battery.[4] Most e-cigarettes today use a battery-powered heating element rather than the ultrasonic technology patented design from 2003.[6]

Hon owned only 0.79% of the shares of the company.[citation needed] After the financial crisis of 2007, it was bought by a company in Hong Kong, Dragonite. The aim was to sell the invention to the British tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco, for about 55 million euros. In 2014 the inventor was still awaiting royalties due to multiple lawsuits in the United States and Europe.[2]

Hon was nominated as the 2010 Kcancer Hero candidate for his invention of the e-cigarette.[7]

Hon is also a co-founder of Dragonite International Limited (Golden Dragon Group Holdings Ltd) and he also served as its Chief Executive Officer from October 15, 2005 to October 30, 2013. Hon has been Vice-Superintendent of Liaoning Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine since 1990 and was a Director of Weston Technologies Corp. since October 15, 2003 as well.[8]

Hon sees the e-cigarette as comparable to the "digital camera taking over from the analogue camera."[9] He has said "My fame will follow the development of the e-cigarette industry. Maybe in 20 or 30 years I will be very famous."[9] Hon said in 2013 that "I really hope that the large international pharmaceutical groups get into manufacturing electronic cigarettes and that authorities like the FDA in the United States will continue to impose stricter and stricter standards so that the product will be as safe as possible."[5]

Hon is now said to be working on a new concept called e-hookah for the Middle Eastern and North African markets.[5]

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= Hon Lik = Chinese pharmacist known for being the inventor of the modern electronic cigarette.

Early Life
Hon Lik (or Han Li) is a Chinese native, born in Shenyang, China on September 26, 1951. At 18 years old he worked in a rural area far away from his friends and family, claiming this started his smoking addiction. Eventually he moved back to the city to attend school and study to be a pharmacist. Once he graduated with a pharmaceutical degree from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1982, he joined the Liaoning Academy, where he continued his study of traditional Chinese Medicine. After he finished the Academy, Hon spent the next ten years in a plant agriculture state enterprise. During these ten years he "manufactured a ginseng plant known as aphrodisiac". Also during this time he married his wife in the year 1984 and had his daughter in 1990. Hon's father worked as a planner for the Chinese state and was responsible for the supply of electrical machinery. A few years after his father retired, China opened up to enterprise. Hon's father later passed away in 2004 due to lung cancer.

Career
Ever since 1990, Hon Lik has been the Vice-Superintendent of Liaoning Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where he was responsible for the technology development. Beginning in October of 2003 he also functioned as a Director of Western Technologies Corp.

Within his own company, Hon only owned about 0.79% of the shares. He is one of the co-founders of Dragonite International Limited (Golden Dragon Group Holding Limited), a company located in Hong Kong that is divided between health care, pharmaceutical, and electronic cigarettes. In addition to being the co-founder, Hon also served as the Dragonite's Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice Chairman, and Non-Executive Director for eight years from October 15, 2005 to October 30, 2013. Dragonite ended up purchasing Hon's company after the financial crisis of 2007. Dragonite's goal was to sell this invention for 55 million euros to Imperial Tobacco, the "tobacco giant" in Britain. In 2014, the result of many lawsuits taking place in the United States and Europe had Hon still waiting to receive payments, supposedly a large amount.

Hon was also nominated as the 2010 Kcancer Hero candidate for his invention of the e-cigarette.

To continue his development and innovation in the electronic cigarette industry, in 2013 Hon Lik joined up with Fontem Ventures, another e-cigarette company that is the parent company to the Blu brand.

His Invention
Mr. Hon started his whole journey with the goal to help himself quit the same habit that killed his father - cigarettes. Little did he know that it will be the start to a growing industry where people use his invention for the exact same reason he did. He first got the idea when he forgot to remove a nicotine patch before going to bed. It was at this moment he realized the patches didn't give him the same head rush as compared to smoking, and had him craving "real" cigarettes.

Before e-cigarettes became a worldwide frenzy, Hon worked on other alternative ways for people to use Chinese remedies, like ginseng and deer antler. He had his patients taking pills before he had the idea to "registering his claim to e-cigarettes in the most lucrative market in the world – not China, where there is still little interest, but the US".

In 2001, while still on the nicotine patches, Hon devised a system using food additives as solvents. During this time, he was working on vaporization by ultrasound. At first the droplets formed didn't look like tobacco smoke because were too big. Once he tried using resistance heating did he then get better results. The challenges Hon faced were trying to scale the device small enough to be hand-held and cigarette-sized, having the right amount of nicotine, and the right odors from harmless flavors.

In 2003, Hon came up with the idea to use a high frequency, piezoelectric ultrasound-emitting element to vaporize a forced stream of liquid containing nicotine, designed as a vapor, similar to cigarettes, that delivers nicotine. Filing his first patent in China, the United States, and European Union in 2003, the first e-cigarette was manufactured by ultrasound technology a year later in Beijing, China. When talking with Kaleigh Rogers, Hon mentioned that he "expected the success to be huge and because of this belief it was actually my motivation to go through a very lengthy and harsh development." There was still minimal interest in China, but once firms started selling products in Europe and North America the vaping industry really took off. The first e-cigarette model is named “Ruyan” and it consists of 3 parts: a battery, a plastic cartridge containing a nicotine solution, and a heating element composed of an ultrasonic atomizer. It did not have the vaporization system used today but was instead based on atomization, which vaporizes liquids through the heating produced by the electricity of the battery. Unlike regular cigarettes, Hon's invention does not contain products, such as tar and other hazardous chemicals

In an interview with Nicolas Siridi, Hon Lik mentioned that he is working on another product, the "e-hookah", to be sold in the Middle Eastern and North African markets.