Right now, my BF Right now, my BF does not buy any smokes - he's "quit". However, when he visits smoking friends, they bum him enough to restart a nice couple days of nic'ing $%#$%iness. "Social smoker" is just... so not a good idea. Quitting, yay, I'd support him... quitting forever and ever and ever .... err... The end result is him smoking about 2-3 packs a month in bursts, with stomach & other problems while on them, sliding into mood issues, sliding back into normal... then going out with smoker friends to restart it.
We were looking into e-cigs as a possible temptation replacement while he is out with smokers... probably low nic at first? Maybe eventually no-nic? I'd guess he's far more addicted to the habit - especially around others - than the nic itself if he keeps crashing on and off it?
However, he is almost anti-tech, or well, anything requiring assembly. I can help him set one up, do the occasional tweak/maintenance... but I don't smoke, and so much of this doesn't mean much to me. He says get him something he can have "vanilla or mint or something" with. He's likely to toss it in a pocket and have it sit neglected on a shelf on weekdays - though his glasses do manage to survive.
So, looking for something not outrageously expensive (not saving on cigs, just on stress), that he can basically just work, easily, and that I could set up and probably refill for him, and how much of what we'd need for him to be able to say... stuff enough parts in a cargo pocket for a weekend of accompanying smokers on their breaks, hopefully leaving it as no harder than bumming cigs, and perhaps tasting better (and smelling better and leaving him without constant stomach issues)?
I really just keep getting lost in most of the recommendation threads. It's hard for me to guess how much he'd need, how long the parts last, and such. Since I wouldn't be using it, it would be hard to fiddle with a lot of mods or a dozen brands or know what to adjust to make it better, but he really just wants to be handed one and not deal with it.
We were looking into e-cigs as a possible temptation replacement while he is out with smokers... probably low nic at first? Maybe eventually no-nic? I'd guess he's far more addicted to the habit - especially around others - than the nic itself if he keeps crashing on and off it?
However, he is almost anti-tech, or well, anything requiring assembly. I can help him set one up, do the occasional tweak/maintenance... but I don't smoke, and so much of this doesn't mean much to me. He says get him something he can have "vanilla or mint or something" with. He's likely to toss it in a pocket and have it sit neglected on a shelf on weekdays - though his glasses do manage to survive.
So, looking for something not outrageously expensive (not saving on cigs, just on stress), that he can basically just work, easily, and that I could set up and probably refill for him, and how much of what we'd need for him to be able to say... stuff enough parts in a cargo pocket for a weekend of accompanying smokers on their breaks, hopefully leaving it as no harder than bumming cigs, and perhaps tasting better (and smelling better and leaving him without constant stomach issues)?
I really just keep getting lost in most of the recommendation threads. It's hard for me to guess how much he'd need, how long the parts last, and such. Since I wouldn't be using it, it would be hard to fiddle with a lot of mods or a dozen brands or know what to adjust to make it better, but he really just wants to be handed one and not deal with it.
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