The growth of e-cigs where I work

[TNT]

There's about 250 employees in our office... since the first e-cig appeared in late December, 14 of us (that I know about) have bought one. If 25% of the adult population smokes, statistically, we have about 60 smokers. 14 of 60 is a bit over 20%... in two and a half months. The number may be higher... it's not unusual anymore for vapers to outnumber smokers during breaks.

Granted, that's far from scientific, and not all the users are committed to quitting cigarettes completely, but that's still a pretty interesting number. Particularly interesting is that I've never seen an e-cig in the wild anywhere but at work.

Also worth noting is that we're a high-tech company, so all of us know to do our internet homework before buying anything. For many of the 14, it wasn't so much that we were eager for an e-cig. Rather, "$40 for a decent starter kit? I'd be silly not to at least give it a try."

It'll be interesting to see what March of 2012 will be like. Will it just be a fad, or will the numbers continue to grow?

 

[Liv2Ski]

Now you know why there is so much interest from Gov't and FDA. vaping is growing exponetially. By 2012 we will have even cooler mods and more things to spend our $$$ with this hobby. vape on and convert the rest of the office.

 

[JohnnyMac]

I find it extremely interesting. In the same way that I started smoking, talking most of my fiends into trying a cig (regrettably), I have tried to convince every smoker that I know to make the switch. It has just been fun, amazingly enough, to quit smoking because of the new experience.
So far I have only convinced my girlfriend and one guy at work to try it out. My girl likes it about half as much as I do, still quite a bit, and the guy at work has only had his for a week so only time will tell.

One day soon analogs will be illegal and e cigs will be the new thing to smoke!
...If only...

 

[DeeLeeKay]

I bought a starter kit for the owner of a local bar. She now wants me to have an ecig party to sell these to all her friends. I have been drafted to sell them locally(most do not have computers and are not willing to put the time in, but what to use them).