Until yesterday, I smoked a LOT of cigarettes. I benefit from nicotine's effects and wasn't aware of a viable replacement for tobacco until recently. A friend of a coworker had an e-cigarette and let me try it, and I was impressed. I finally ordered one because the appeal of a vast reduction of health risk plus the major cash savings was really strong.
I still feel like I want to smoke a cigarette all the time, but I hit my ecig instead. It's helping. I tried to smoke an analog and it was harsher than I remembered and I couldn't finish it. I haven't thought about it aside from the fact that I have to change my habits; paper and plant to electronics and mist.
I haven't noticed any withdrawal effects. Then again, I have a headache and I am kind of irritable, but that is par for the course on any given day.
I look at it like I'm embracing the future. Technology is making my life better by allowing me to keep my vices while reducing my health risks.
I worry that it's going to be banned, what with the catch-all "it appeals to children!" label. A. I'd rather my child smoke an e-cig than an analog, because teenagers experiment and they're likely to try something. B. Flavorings aren't there to seduce kids into smoking. They are there because adults like flavors, dammit. C. Society's viewpoint on smoking is not positive and that stigma extends to things like the ecig, so hopefully as this technology proliferates we will start to see society differentiating between vaping and smoking.
I still feel like I want to smoke a cigarette all the time, but I hit my ecig instead. It's helping. I tried to smoke an analog and it was harsher than I remembered and I couldn't finish it. I haven't thought about it aside from the fact that I have to change my habits; paper and plant to electronics and mist.
I haven't noticed any withdrawal effects. Then again, I have a headache and I am kind of irritable, but that is par for the course on any given day.
I look at it like I'm embracing the future. Technology is making my life better by allowing me to keep my vices while reducing my health risks.
I worry that it's going to be banned, what with the catch-all "it appeals to children!" label. A. I'd rather my child smoke an e-cig than an analog, because teenagers experiment and they're likely to try something. B. Flavorings aren't there to seduce kids into smoking. They are there because adults like flavors, dammit. C. Society's viewpoint on smoking is not positive and that stigma extends to things like the ecig, so hopefully as this technology proliferates we will start to see society differentiating between vaping and smoking.
