I need to brag. My mom has been a smoker for as long as I can remember. She quit for a good many years, then went back. We've been trying to get her to stop because her doctor is starting to come forward with some of the ill effects from smoking, like arterial clogs and what have you. This has still not done the job.
When I discovered the e-cigs, I tried them out to see if they'd keep me off the cigarettes myself. When they did, I showed it to mom. She tried mine, found it easy, and liked that she was still able to get nicotine. Now that she has told my father she quit months ago, she's also hiding her smoking habit (even though I keep telling her she isn't kidding anyone because the smell wafts out of the bathroom and into the living room).
Well, about two months ago she got an eGo-c kit. We even had them set her up with the entire kit in purple, her favorite color. I figured we have the same genes... the cost alone to start up will make her switch. Not. Her excuse... the liquid just doesn't taste like her cigarettes, Salem Lights. She won't try any of my juices with fruit or treat tastes, won't try the cigar flavors, and won't try the alcohol flavors. She only wants the taste of her Salems. She also says she can't figure out how to refill the tank.
I got her back to where she got that eGo-c so many months ago and forced her to taste everything there that even hinted at mint flavoring. The win goes to Dekang's spearmint. I saw the look on her face, and I tasted it myself. The taste was almost exact. We paid... I got her two bottles of that spearmint... I did a step by step on how to fill it while filling the tank for her at the same time... and she vaped all the way home.
She swears she won't buy anymore cigarettes when she's done this carton. We'll see. But right now I feel a slight victory and wanted to share. Normally I am not the pushy type and leave people as is. But this is my mom. And she's got some health issues directly related to her cigarettes, and she knows it. I have tried everything, including trying to explain that she's shortening the life span of her beloved Bichon Frise. I may have finally gotten even a small victory.
When I discovered the e-cigs, I tried them out to see if they'd keep me off the cigarettes myself. When they did, I showed it to mom. She tried mine, found it easy, and liked that she was still able to get nicotine. Now that she has told my father she quit months ago, she's also hiding her smoking habit (even though I keep telling her she isn't kidding anyone because the smell wafts out of the bathroom and into the living room).
Well, about two months ago she got an eGo-c kit. We even had them set her up with the entire kit in purple, her favorite color. I figured we have the same genes... the cost alone to start up will make her switch. Not. Her excuse... the liquid just doesn't taste like her cigarettes, Salem Lights. She won't try any of my juices with fruit or treat tastes, won't try the cigar flavors, and won't try the alcohol flavors. She only wants the taste of her Salems. She also says she can't figure out how to refill the tank.
I got her back to where she got that eGo-c so many months ago and forced her to taste everything there that even hinted at mint flavoring. The win goes to Dekang's spearmint. I saw the look on her face, and I tasted it myself. The taste was almost exact. We paid... I got her two bottles of that spearmint... I did a step by step on how to fill it while filling the tank for her at the same time... and she vaped all the way home.
She swears she won't buy anymore cigarettes when she's done this carton. We'll see. But right now I feel a slight victory and wanted to share. Normally I am not the pushy type and leave people as is. But this is my mom. And she's got some health issues directly related to her cigarettes, and she knows it. I have tried everything, including trying to explain that she's shortening the life span of her beloved Bichon Frise. I may have finally gotten even a small victory.
