Just curious... Why "e-cigarette" in the title?

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The term "electronic cigarette" is not only ridiculous, it may even qualify as an oxymoron. Wait... Is it "electric" or "electronic"? I ask this, because a mech mod does not qualify as electronic.

You've been around long enough to know why mods are called mods...

Duh.

Hey... why don't we call the whole forum s quonkers corner since there must be 20 or 30 people here who own squonkers who post here!

This is the height of ridiculousness at this point.
 

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E-cigarette still fits as far as I'm concerned. There are mods that look like cigs and mods that turn on by inhaling, instead of using a button.

The more advanced stuff are called different things mech mods, box mods, squoking, etc.

Just be glad pods weren't the first thing or we'd be called podders and people would complain about people podding in public.
 

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Correct me if I am wrong (and I might be) but in 2009 there were no REOS Mods, no ProVari, and certainly no Lost Vape or Eleaf.
Janty (China) and her sister company Joyetech (USA) were making 650mAh battery mods that looked like cigarettes - small and tubular. Cig-a-like products were available. 200 Watt box mods were not. 810 and 901 connectors were the standard. Atomizer were small and disposable. Dripping was the normal way to vape.
They were called e-cigarettes because of their appearance.

But, again, I could be wrong...
 

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Correct me if I am wrong (and I might be) but in 2009 there were no REOS Mods, no ProVari, and certainly no Lost Vape or Eleaf.
Janty (China) and her sister company Joyetech (USA) were making 650mAh battery mods that looked like cigarettes - small and tubular. Cig-a-like products were available. 200 Watt box mods were not. 810 and 901 connectors were the standard. Atomizer were small and disposable. Dripping was the normal way to vape.
They were called e-cigarettes because of their appearance.

But, again, I could be wrong...

Yeah. Just about everything I stumbled across looked like it was trying to hide out in a pack of smokes. I'm not so sure they were even up to 650 mAh.
 

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Was anyone crying when candy cigarettes were the thing in the 70's?

"They have nothing to do with cigarettes!!!! It's just gum covered in paper and molded into cylindrical form!!! They come in boxes with camels on them....cute little camels!!! But it's just gum, dammit! Quit calling them candy cigarettes!!!!"
 

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    Was anyone crying when candy cigarettes were the thing in the 70's?

    "They have nothing to do with cigarettes!!!! It's just gum covered in paper and molded into cylindrical form!!! They come in boxes with camels on them....cute little camels!!! But it's just gum, dammit! Quit calling them candy cigarettes!!!!"

    Not sure what candy cigarettes you had, but the ones I saw were not gum at all and had no paper around them. The were hard, with a texture similar to a sweet-tart (but were not tart at all). You basically sucked on them and they dissolved. They looked like the picture below except they had one pink end to look like it was lit.

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    OH and let's not forget "Big League Chew" gum that resembled chewing tobacco.

    big-league-chew-grape-gum.jpg
     

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    Not sure what candy cigarettes you had, but the ones I saw were not gum at all and had no paper around them. The were hard, with a texture similar to a sweet-tart (but were not tart at all). You basically sucked on them and they dissolved. They looked like the picture below except they had one pink end to look like it was lit.

    cigarette-candy-packs-target-126709-w.jpg
    I remember those too....I think the gum one came first. 20 to a pack....if you blew into the end, powdered sugar came out and made a mini smoke cloud. The kids that put in extra sugar and blew harder to make a bigger cloud ruined gum cigarettes for everybody.:lol:
     
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    The ones I remember came in a cig pack, and they weren't powder, they were chocolate (tobacco colored) with a white end. Also, DELICIOUS. I think they might have been somewhere else that I encountered them, maybe France or Australia though.

    Cultural references from posterity are difficult for me. I'm currently watching "Everybody Hates Chris," well I'm done, and on to "Criminal Minds," which LOLOLOLOLOL for me is like reading old therapy books, one most memorably from the Fifties in which the therapist described in grave detail like, how to make an asbestos doll with the kiddos, using powdered aspestos. So I am really enjoying me some made up FBI Serial killer profiling, it's hilarious :)

    I always loved those candy cigarettes, but my mom was against them. I found ways.....

    Story of my life, really :) My mom claims I came out of her shouting, "It's a boy!" She kind of has a point. :)

    Anna
     

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    The ones I remember came in a cig pack, and they weren't powder, they were chocolate (tobacco colored) with a white end. Also, DELICIOUS. I think they might have been somewhere else that I encountered them, maybe France or Australia though.

    Cultural references from posterity are difficult for me. I'm currently watching "Everybody Hates Chris," well I'm done, and on to "Criminal Minds," which LOLOLOLOLOL for me is like reading old therapy books, one most memorably from the Fifties in which the therapist described in grave detail like, how to make an asbestos doll with the kiddos, using powdered aspestos. So I am really enjoying me some made up FBI Serial killer profiling, it's hilarious :)

    I always loved those candy cigarettes, but my mom was against them. I found ways.....

    Story of my life, really :) My mom claims I came out of her shouting, "It's a boy!" She kind of has a point. :)

    Anna
    Asbestos doll?:wub:
     
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