Hello everyone!
I'm a hardcore gamer, programmer, and IT professional. I quit smoking already, but not because I hated smoking; I hated everything that was in the smoke that was killing me, and how it smelled.
I quit successfully this year, but on occasion, find myself a little tempted. Further, I came to the unfortunate discovery that my asthma, which vanished when I was 15 (because I'd started smoking), came back this past January after I quit. The nicotine to the lungs was controlling it better than any inhaler, so sayeth the doctor, but obviously he wasn't about to tell me to fall off the wagon.
I was big on the flavored smokes (cloves in particular, I went through the whole bad-poetry-on-a-napkin phase), and when I found Blu online, I thought I'd discovered the innovation for me.
Now, however, I'm confused. I'm not someone who wants to quit smoking who is looking for a healthier alternative, but instead, I'm coming from the other end of the spectrum. I'm someone who isn't smoking who is looking for a tobaccoless, tarless, ammonialess way to enjoy the effects of nicotine, both medically and recreationally. This is the opposite of the target market, so I'm not sure which of the many brands and styles of e-cig are for me.
I'm also a technophile so I can't deny I like the look. Also, now that I've kicked the desire to smoke real cigs, I can't stand the taste of normal tobacco, so the "classic" and "menthol" flavors probably won't appeal as much as the coffee-style flavors I've seen.
My primary concerns are reliability, economy of the cartridges, and flavor. I'm not all that worried about the initial cost as long as it's reasonable, so long as the long-term doesn't break the bank. I'd also like something that doesn't look so much like a cigarette, but holds like one (solid black, for instance), so I don't get people freaking out because I have it in my mouth in a restaurant (in my state, it's illegal to smoke in restaurants).
I'm a hardcore gamer, programmer, and IT professional. I quit smoking already, but not because I hated smoking; I hated everything that was in the smoke that was killing me, and how it smelled.
I quit successfully this year, but on occasion, find myself a little tempted. Further, I came to the unfortunate discovery that my asthma, which vanished when I was 15 (because I'd started smoking), came back this past January after I quit. The nicotine to the lungs was controlling it better than any inhaler, so sayeth the doctor, but obviously he wasn't about to tell me to fall off the wagon.
I was big on the flavored smokes (cloves in particular, I went through the whole bad-poetry-on-a-napkin phase), and when I found Blu online, I thought I'd discovered the innovation for me.
Now, however, I'm confused. I'm not someone who wants to quit smoking who is looking for a healthier alternative, but instead, I'm coming from the other end of the spectrum. I'm someone who isn't smoking who is looking for a tobaccoless, tarless, ammonialess way to enjoy the effects of nicotine, both medically and recreationally. This is the opposite of the target market, so I'm not sure which of the many brands and styles of e-cig are for me.
I'm also a technophile so I can't deny I like the look. Also, now that I've kicked the desire to smoke real cigs, I can't stand the taste of normal tobacco, so the "classic" and "menthol" flavors probably won't appeal as much as the coffee-style flavors I've seen.
My primary concerns are reliability, economy of the cartridges, and flavor. I'm not all that worried about the initial cost as long as it's reasonable, so long as the long-term doesn't break the bank. I'd also like something that doesn't look so much like a cigarette, but holds like one (solid black, for instance), so I don't get people freaking out because I have it in my mouth in a restaurant (in my state, it's illegal to smoke in restaurants).
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