I have been looking for the appropriate place to drop some positive news. I have been hitting all the wrong places in this forum.About the ecig in the military. Here's the article. Combat E-Cigarette in Demand by Civilians - Press Releases: PR Newswire - SunHerald.com
The ecig in combat.
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I love that fact that our military is handing out ecigs! Could be helpful if we have to storm the FDA building some day... LOL.
I thought you couldn't smoke in the military any more. This is obviously a PR piece, but it seems that it was picked up by a real paper...at least for their web site.
Did the ban for the military go through? Last I heard they were proposing a ban to be phased in over the next 2 decades. Regardless, I still find it amusing to think of the military evolving from handing out cigarettes with meals in Nam to ecigs in Iraq. It does look to be more PR then anything else though.
no we can still smoke in the military. my commander lets me smoke mine in the break room
PR, but still makes sense. I've heard the old saying never 3 on a match was because by the time the third person lit their smoke on the same match it was enough time for a sniper to hone in on them.
If anything smoking in close combat would alert the enemy from the smoke smell and also cig butts left behind!
If anything smoking in close combat would alert the enemy from the smoke smell and also cig butts left behind!
When I first started looking for Ecigs I found one that had no light and "stealth"
SS Choice No. 7 Stealth Micro Starter Kit - ECigarettesChoice.com
Glad I found ecf before I bought, this was the first place on google search.
SS Choice No. 7 Stealth Micro Starter Kit - ECigarettesChoice.com
Glad I found ecf before I bought, this was the first place on google search.
I believe that this is a pr piece. But it did state that the ecig was being used in Afghanistan and Iraq. The point I was trying to make is, That the military is a closed group, and could entice others to try the ecig. The argument for the ecig could be, if it is safe enough to give to our troups, it must be safe enough for the public at large
STEALTH E-cigarette (Military Version) design was released to soldiers last summer and has been battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan with overwhelming success.
Read more: Combat E-Cigarette in Demand by Civilians - Press Releases: PR Newswire - SunHerald.com
Read more: Combat E-Cigarette in Demand by Civilians - Press Releases: PR Newswire - SunHerald.com
If it is true that the Military will allow our men & women to use e-cigs, we need to get a hold of someone in the USO for distribution. Bet we can find an e-cig Co. to sell for wholesale & send them to the USO. I will kick in $100.00. Someone higher up on this Forum should start a new thread for this. Bet we can make a difference.. We need to help.
An E-cig makes a hell of a lot of sense for use in combat. Many military folks smoke (damn near everyone when I was in though that was a few years back) But the cherry on a cigarette makes a very good target for a sniper (just aim for the bright red light .. boom headshot!!)
Something like a Prodigy or another manual smoke with no LED would work very well in that enviroment. The only problem I'd see would be getting power to it. Traditional smokes work well in the field since all you really need is a source of fire to use them and some sort of lighter has other uses than lighting smokes.
An E-Cig on the other hand requires a lot more supporting hardware to operate. Spare batteries, chargers, juice, atomizers, switches etc.
Still if one could be designed to run off some other equipment that soldiers tended to have with them anyway or posibly a solar powered recharger of some sort that might work.
Hell would be cool to build one that looks like a 20mm round would have room for a battery in one of those and would be funny to see someone puffing on a bullet.
Something like a Prodigy or another manual smoke with no LED would work very well in that enviroment. The only problem I'd see would be getting power to it. Traditional smokes work well in the field since all you really need is a source of fire to use them and some sort of lighter has other uses than lighting smokes.
An E-Cig on the other hand requires a lot more supporting hardware to operate. Spare batteries, chargers, juice, atomizers, switches etc.
Still if one could be designed to run off some other equipment that soldiers tended to have with them anyway or posibly a solar powered recharger of some sort that might work.
Hell would be cool to build one that looks like a 20mm round would have room for a battery in one of those and would be funny to see someone puffing on a bullet.
Many of my friends who are in the service use E-Cigs now. They have found that 1) it doesnt give off as much heat. 2) the LED is easily able to be hid without effecting the preformance. and 3) no butts to be tracked by the enemy.
Some one in another post had bought a power pack with a usb outlet. A couple of those could fit the bill. Could charge the batteries during a lull in the action, even use a pt in the field.
Ha Ha Ha... I love the fake article.
It's an advertisement for Smoking Everywhere's new product line... SS Choice
SE's home office is in Florida, but they also have a distributor in Texas.
It's an advertisement for Smoking Everywhere's new product line... SS Choice
SE's home office is in Florida, but they also have a distributor in Texas.
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