Okay, I know where all this is heading. Taxes on cigarettes are going up, up, up. In some parts of North America, a pack is $7 now, thanks mostly to taxes. Some zealous Florida legislator (where I live) just wanted to tack another $1 a pack state tax on cigarettes. Pretty soon, we're looking at having to take out a bank loan to fill our car with gas and buy a carton of cigs at the Qwikie Mart.
In the meantime, the cost of making things in China is sinking. An e-cig starter kit can wholesale for $9.99 and that's double what it costs to make. Pretty soon, we'll have new technology to make e-cigs as disposable as regular cigs.
Yep, you buy a use-once pack of 20 e-cigs. There's no battery. You just twist the cig and chemicals mix to create heat. The cartridge contains the same nicotine as a single cigarette. You smoke it and then bend it and throw it down. Like that opening scene in "Mission: Impossible," the entire cig goes "poof" and disappears in a cloud of vapor.
In the meantime, the cost of making things in China is sinking. An e-cig starter kit can wholesale for $9.99 and that's double what it costs to make. Pretty soon, we'll have new technology to make e-cigs as disposable as regular cigs.
Yep, you buy a use-once pack of 20 e-cigs. There's no battery. You just twist the cig and chemicals mix to create heat. The cartridge contains the same nicotine as a single cigarette. You smoke it and then bend it and throw it down. Like that opening scene in "Mission: Impossible," the entire cig goes "poof" and disappears in a cloud of vapor.