Just talking with my girlfriend and we were wondering why vaping didn't come about a decade or two before it did. Like in the 90s or 80s.
For the most part the technology is fairly simple. It's not like computer technology which had to get more and more advanced over the years.
It's simple enough that people can build coils, mods and liquid themselves without a considerable investment or needing to own a factory.
The only two reasons I can come up with are either (or both):
1. The battery technology wasn't there. Not sure when lithium ions started hitting the market (late 90s I think?).
2. Cigarette prices and laws didn't push people into it yet.
Seems like once smoking in public places started becoming illegal that's when vaping started taking off shortly after. That could just be coincidence though.
I started smoking as a teenager in the mid 90s. Would have been nice to have never started. If vaping had existed then there is a good chance I would have just gone that route from the start. Which is not good compared to doing nothing, but certainly better in my opinion than smoking.
For the most part the technology is fairly simple. It's not like computer technology which had to get more and more advanced over the years.
It's simple enough that people can build coils, mods and liquid themselves without a considerable investment or needing to own a factory.
The only two reasons I can come up with are either (or both):
1. The battery technology wasn't there. Not sure when lithium ions started hitting the market (late 90s I think?).
2. Cigarette prices and laws didn't push people into it yet.
Seems like once smoking in public places started becoming illegal that's when vaping started taking off shortly after. That could just be coincidence though.
I started smoking as a teenager in the mid 90s. Would have been nice to have never started. If vaping had existed then there is a good chance I would have just gone that route from the start. Which is not good compared to doing nothing, but certainly better in my opinion than smoking.