Why do we still call our vapes e-cigarettes:

[Jode]

I apologize in advance because I know I have seen the explanation here, but I cannot find it now that I am having a discussion about it. My husband wants to know why I am not upset by this. I told him that I see the term e-cigarette as a bridge to help those still smoking feel that they are going at the quit thing slowly. I also told him that many people use the terms vape, PV, or one of my favs to chuckle about P.E.N.I.S (I know, but it is fun to act 7 now and again). So my question is in hopes to find a better explanation as to why we do not change the use of the term e-cigarette. Just as a side note, he is a dual user but is not a member here. Apparently this is the first time he noticed the name of the forum I spend so much time on. Help me out good folks.

 

[Boden]

I call them PV's.

You are right, it is to differentiate between a nicotine vaporizer and other types of vaporizers to smokers.

 

[sofarsogood]

Another stab at changing the name is one I'm using lately, like this, EC (ecig)

 

[Jode]

I am not suggesting I think using the name e-cigarettes is wrong or should be changed, just could not remember why it is important that it not be changed. Does that make sense?

 

[Jode]

Another stab at changing the name is one I'm using lately, like this, EC (ecig)

I like that EC, If I am speaking with a smoker or somebody that I think probably has not heard other terms I will still call it my e-cig but more then often I fondly call it my vape, although I have used other fun terms to describe it.

 

[thomas l]

i think it's cause most people associate e cig as a general term .not knowing there more. ei cig like ,apv , mods etc

 

[Susan~S]

I apologize in advance because I know I have seen the explanation here, but I cannot find it now that I am having a discussion about it

Took me a little while to locate this, but here it is. Why It's Called An 'E-Cigarette' And 'E-Smoking'

 

[choochoogranny]

Those who know nothing about vaping MAY only know about e-cigarettes = electronic cigs from the news. Two yrs. ago, I only knew about an electric Blu thingy that looked like a cigarette. Wasn't until I started looking into them that I found out about vaping, mods, tanks, etc. and....... I was a smoker interested in finding out.

Non smokers (most of the general public) have no interest in finding out about vaping, so would only perhaps be familiar with e-cigs if they know anything at all and only because they heard it on the media. When I've used the word vaping or PV or vapor with a non smoker, I get the clueless expression. If I use the e-cigarette description, half the time they understand. When I whip out the ol' box mod with refillible tank with drip tip, their eyes grow big; and, of course, they say, "That doesn't look like a cigarette at all!" THEN I explain the difference.

 

[Belhade]

Because it's better than "my vape mod thingy". Can't call it a PV because, well, I don't always use my Plume Veil.

 

[stevegmu]

If I use the term vaporizer people would think I am smoking the other stuff...

 

[roxynoodle]

Yep, I've found its the only explanation non vapers understand. They ask me what it is, and when I use any other term, I get blank stares. So then I say, "E cig.". And they reply, "Ohhhh."

 

[Lannie]

If I use the term vaporizer people would think I am smoking the other stuff...

Exactly! One of my husband's friends called a few weeks ago, and we were chatting and I told him I'd quit smoking and started vaping (he smokes). He lives in The Big City, and I just assumed he would have heard of vaping, but his response was, "Oh, switched to the 'good stuff,' eh?" sigh... I told him no, it was an ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE, and all of a sudden he understood.

When I first started looking into vaping, I did a search for "e-cigarette" because that's the term I'd always heard. It's how I found this forum. Now I know better, but I'd still know nothing if I hadn't found ECF!

~Lannie

 

[Oberon75]

Even though it's easier to understand, I do think it's time to move on. While smokers might understand it better, the non smokers are pulling out their pitch forks. We really need to seperate ourselves from the Big Tobacco Cigalike.

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[retired1]

Why It's Called An 'E-Cigarette' And 'E-Smoking'

 

[aceswired]

I personally hate the term. But that ship has sailed in pop culture. The battle was lost before it began.

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[Thrasher]

Ummm, I really do think the reason its called an ecig is quite obvious, dont you think?

No one has ever said "check out my ecig" then whipped out a provari.


Besides, it's a,
Personal
Electronic
Nicotine
Inhalation
System.

Anyways

 

[Moonlitwish]

Because our technology has surpassed our nomenclature. I'm prone to calling it my over-the-counter nic inhaler around the clueless. My wife still says she's smoking an electronic cigarette amd refers to the vapor as smoke. I try telling her that's not helping our cause, but for one so young, she is certainly set in her ways.

 

[Oberon75]

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Ummm, I really do think the reason its called an ecig is quite obvious, dont you think?

No one has ever said "check out my ecig" then whipped out a provari.


Besides, it's a,
Personal
Electronic
Nicotine
Inhalation
System.

Anyways

Keep in mind though that the term was coined before our products even existed. Big Pharmaceutical isn't calling their Quick Mist a cigarette. Why should we?

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[edyle]

it's like

'horseless carraige'

easier for potential customer to understand and buy.

after a generation it becomes a 'car' or an 'automobile' or a 'vehicle'

 

[crxess]

AVP!

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