My first time posting although I've been lurking a good bit.
Thanks for taking me back to the day. I'm 53 and I remember when a pack of cigarettes were 25 cents out of a vending machine. Mom and dad smoked a lot, and often us 3 kids were in the car, windows up, or in the house, windows down (20 degrees below zero windshield factor in ILL in Feb)... and of the 3 kids, 2 of us smoke. And of the 2 that smoke, we are still cancer free, at 50 yrs of age. Not saying smoking is healthy, just saying that there's a lot of propaganda out there now that stamp smoking as the kiss of death. It's also now become a moral issue... as if you are judged now as being slightly scum of the earth if you smoke. People love being judgmental.
I think all the focus is coming from an agenda that has nothing to do with concern for our health, I'm just not smart enough to figure out what it is. lol. Call me pessimistic.... but I really don't believe the decision makers operate from a stand point of altruism. (unless altruism has somehow become profitable? lol)
Anyway, when I get time I'm going to read through all the interesting responses to your post. I hadn't committed myself to quitting smoking for health but to save money. I tried e cigs (808 thread, smokeless image's batteries and cartomizers) and did pretty good for 3 months but had some frustration with filling carts all the time, charging batteries, cartos tasting funky after I just refilled them, etc. And finally, when an order didn't arrive for 2 weeks, I bought a pack of cigarettes with the motto "they light the first time every time, no fuss".
I was also having some random physical irritation. No rhyme or reason, but sometimes I'd take a hit, and my lungs would immediately rebel and kick the vapor out, and then they would burn like I'd ran a mile or something. Sometimes one juice would do it, and another time, that same juice would be fine, but a different juice wouldn't be. I had planned on investigating tanks, mods, etc so that I would have a longer lasting battery, and not have to deal with cartos and batting.
So it's been 6 months since I stipped ecigs but I still played with the idea of coming back, and I'd still check the forum for possible solutions.
WELLLLLL.... SMOKELESS IMAGE (and now I'm about to sound like a commercial) came out with their new X2 batteries and clearomizers. The biggest battery lasts about 13 hours of vaping. At a really great price. The reviews on the clearomizers were great. So! I just got them Fri, and BLAMMY! I'm so hooked again. Lovin it. They were there in my dreams and saw what I wanted.
Didn't mean to write a book. Thanks again for the great post and the flashbacks!
Thanks for taking me back to the day. I'm 53 and I remember when a pack of cigarettes were 25 cents out of a vending machine. Mom and dad smoked a lot, and often us 3 kids were in the car, windows up, or in the house, windows down (20 degrees below zero windshield factor in ILL in Feb)... and of the 3 kids, 2 of us smoke. And of the 2 that smoke, we are still cancer free, at 50 yrs of age. Not saying smoking is healthy, just saying that there's a lot of propaganda out there now that stamp smoking as the kiss of death. It's also now become a moral issue... as if you are judged now as being slightly scum of the earth if you smoke. People love being judgmental.I think all the focus is coming from an agenda that has nothing to do with concern for our health, I'm just not smart enough to figure out what it is. lol. Call me pessimistic.... but I really don't believe the decision makers operate from a stand point of altruism. (unless altruism has somehow become profitable? lol)
Anyway, when I get time I'm going to read through all the interesting responses to your post. I hadn't committed myself to quitting smoking for health but to save money. I tried e cigs (808 thread, smokeless image's batteries and cartomizers) and did pretty good for 3 months but had some frustration with filling carts all the time, charging batteries, cartos tasting funky after I just refilled them, etc. And finally, when an order didn't arrive for 2 weeks, I bought a pack of cigarettes with the motto "they light the first time every time, no fuss".
I was also having some random physical irritation. No rhyme or reason, but sometimes I'd take a hit, and my lungs would immediately rebel and kick the vapor out, and then they would burn like I'd ran a mile or something. Sometimes one juice would do it, and another time, that same juice would be fine, but a different juice wouldn't be. I had planned on investigating tanks, mods, etc so that I would have a longer lasting battery, and not have to deal with cartos and batting.
So it's been 6 months since I stipped ecigs but I still played with the idea of coming back, and I'd still check the forum for possible solutions.
WELLLLLL.... SMOKELESS IMAGE (and now I'm about to sound like a commercial) came out with their new X2 batteries and clearomizers. The biggest battery lasts about 13 hours of vaping. At a really great price. The reviews on the clearomizers were great. So! I just got them Fri, and BLAMMY! I'm so hooked again. Lovin it. They were there in my dreams and saw what I wanted.
Didn't mean to write a book.
Thanks again for the great post and the flashbacks!
