I was at work today and my mind started wondering as it tends to do when I'm at work.I was thinking my road to vaping and peoples reaction to them when they see me vape.
I started vaping in february after my interest was peaked starting with an article on Yahoo on airlines banning the use on airplanes which led to me doing some research and ending up here on ECF.
I remember however passing by the kiosk in the mall several times watching the vendor puffing away on this fake cigarette.A toy as I looked at it. I never even stopped to look at it.I just brushed it off as a novelty.
Now I have many units,juices,attys and cartos and when I show people I tend to get the same initial response.They seem to have the same toy,novelty preconceptions usually ending in surprise due to the new found respect after seeing it is in fact a useful device.
"Electronic cigarette"
In retrospect I'm thinking it may have been the name that put me off, the reason why I never felt the need to walk up to the kiosk and walk away from butts.The name to me screams fake,Knock off or "wanna be".It just doesn't put it into its own league where it belongs and Personal vaporizer just sounds too serious or would have been to me as a newbie. Im wondering how many others felt the same before what ever reason they decided to learn more.
If you could rename the Electronic cigarette in order to give it a more credible, less toyish,ear catching name. what would it be????
I started vaping in february after my interest was peaked starting with an article on Yahoo on airlines banning the use on airplanes which led to me doing some research and ending up here on ECF.
I remember however passing by the kiosk in the mall several times watching the vendor puffing away on this fake cigarette.A toy as I looked at it. I never even stopped to look at it.I just brushed it off as a novelty.
Now I have many units,juices,attys and cartos and when I show people I tend to get the same initial response.They seem to have the same toy,novelty preconceptions usually ending in surprise due to the new found respect after seeing it is in fact a useful device.
"Electronic cigarette"
In retrospect I'm thinking it may have been the name that put me off, the reason why I never felt the need to walk up to the kiosk and walk away from butts.The name to me screams fake,Knock off or "wanna be".It just doesn't put it into its own league where it belongs and Personal vaporizer just sounds too serious or would have been to me as a newbie. Im wondering how many others felt the same before what ever reason they decided to learn more.
If you could rename the Electronic cigarette in order to give it a more credible, less toyish,ear catching name. what would it be????