Entry 8/22
8/22
I guess I would be scared to vape in the bathroom at the hospital too but I am curious about the nicotine inhaler .... Never heard of it...does it look like an asthma inhaler? Do you only get one puff and then done? You never know when you'll land in a hospital and I have to know these things!!!!! Lol
That's what I thought too, at first, but no it's actually this little half-cigarette, sort of torpedo-shaped looking plastic bit, that's open on both ends (Hershey's Kiss for size comparison):
Inside it is this cartridge that contains a little sponge-like center with menthol and nicotine (claims 10mg nic, 4mg "delivered"), among other undisclosed ingredients:
The cartridge is foil-sealed on both ends, which are pierced upon closing it up inside the holder. Then you just sort of puff on it, and it draws air in from the end and through the cartridge. There's no way to tell when it's "spent" except when the flavor starts to drop off; I presume each cartridge is supposed to be about the equivalent of one cigarette since they told me I'm allowed up to sixteen of them a day, but so far I've only had one yesterday and one again today, just taking a few puffs here and there when I feel like it. It is definitely much stronger when I first load it though, than when I pick it back up after a while, so maybe I should be asking for more of them. I have no idea how much they (or any of this, really) cost, since the gooberment is picking up my entire bill. Or at least I presume they will be, anyway, since so far I haven't paid a cent for health care (prescriptions, doctors' visits, even elective surgery) since I got approved for the state health plan last year.