agreed, Jamie. The 'missing link' of e-smoking is that head-swim feeling you get off the first cig of the day. I describe this as 'hit' and is one of my four requirements from e-smoking (bite, flavour and vapour are the others).
Lack of hit is the sole reason I go back to real cigs periodically. I say it's just to check if they're stinky, but I'm lying to my bad old self.
E-smoking has replicated the back-throat bite, vapour production and to a reasonable extent the flavour of
tobacco cigarettes. Hit is the weak point. We've never had cause to separate this out before, but it looks like that sensation is caused by the additives, and has nothing to do with nicotine.
There is a fifth element (!) but it's less easily quantified. I call it 'business' and it's the physical handling of the
device. I'd be happy to pick up a pack of e-cigs, rip the cellophane, smoke 'em and toss 'em. That would utterly replicate
tobacco smoking. As it is, battery charging, atomiser cleaning, cart changing, dripping etc all combine to obscure the base habit of inhaling nicotine. I'm a slave to the tactile element of the habit so this perturbs me vaguely. On the other hand a habit is a habit is a habit. These elements just need time to bed in.
Emp
