Well it's better than Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System, especially if someone asks "Hey what is that you're sucking on?"
EDIT: dang it should have read page 2 before replying. Baditude beat me to it.
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Why We Should Drop The Term “E-Cigarettes”
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Well it's better than Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System, especially if someone asks "Hey what is that you're sucking on?"
EDIT: dang it should have read page 2 before replying. Baditude beat me to it.
several years ago ,the admins here tried to change the e-cig term over to APV,but it just didn't stick
if we can't change it within ourselves ? the how are we going to change it at all !?!?!?
if we can't change it within ourselves ? the how are we going to change it at all !?!?!?
I'm guessing what you were thinking there, @Opinionated, and why you balked (I apparently don't have the filter you do)- there was a time when I was in HS and college, when we referred to other things as "hoovers." They actually involved Personal Electronic.....Nvm.
Yes- vaping device, etc. are better terms than e-cig. As others have said, we can discuss it all we want, but the public will pick what sticks.
Hmm. Trying to get individuals to use proper terminology? Ya, good luck with that.
LOL .. I am a programmer and don't consider myself a "typist" (lots more to it than just typing)…. but I definitely do understand the points being made
yeah I think anyone who has seen that disgusting interview with the fake, vape demigod, known as Tommy can agree, or at least I hope they do
You can call it what you want, but the message should be that there's no smoke, tars, or bad stuff in an ecig, just refined nicotine. I don't know what name would best describe that.
At any rate, all people who ask need to know is that my ecig is a nicotine delivery system that also produces vapor that simulates smoke, but without the bad stuff in cigarettes. I get to use nicotine without the risk of early death.
That short form would be, "It's a substitute for smoking that doen't produce smoke. It produces a vapor resembling smoke and takes away my desire to smoke. The British Royal College of Physicians researched vaping extensively and found no obvious health risks."
At any rate, all people who ask need to know is that my ecig is a nicotine delivery system that also produces vapor that simulates smoke, but without the bad stuff in cigarettes. I get to use nicotine without the risk of early death.
That short form would be, "It's a substitute for smoking that doen't produce smoke. It produces a vapor resembling smoke and takes away my desire to smoke. The British Royal College of Physicians researched vaping extensively and found no obvious health risks."
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A long time ago, a company called Scotch made some very good sticky tape, selling it all over EU. Nowadays, if you ask for some scotch, you are handed a roll of sticky tape.
Another company called TANNOY from Scotland, as the transistor era begun, made some very good public address systems.
Fifty years later, I hear at the hotel reception, "can you ask over the TANNOY where my kids are?"
May be the e-cigarettes in the future will be called Juul. Or some other brand still to be born.
The process of generalising brand names is tough and unavoidable when it happens. See all the money Google is pouring into the attempt to avoid the use of Google as a verb in a discourse, but if it has to happen, it will, anyway...
Another company called TANNOY from Scotland, as the transistor era begun, made some very good public address systems.
Fifty years later, I hear at the hotel reception, "can you ask over the TANNOY where my kids are?"
May be the e-cigarettes in the future will be called Juul. Or some other brand still to be born.
The process of generalising brand names is tough and unavoidable when it happens. See all the money Google is pouring into the attempt to avoid the use of Google as a verb in a discourse, but if it has to happen, it will, anyway...
On the one hand, electronic cigarette conveys the fact that it's not a tobacco cigarette, but a variation that doesn't burn tobacco. OTOH, it still has "cigarette" in the name, so people tend to think, "Well, it's still a cigarette".
Personal Vaporizer makes me think that the user has respiratory issues and the PV is delivering steam and maybe some sort of medication. Maybe that's true, since it delivers nicotine with or without flavoring.
Most people understand what vaping means and the name needs to enhance their understanding that it's water vapor with or without nicotine. But, it's not exactly water vapor, it's PG and VG steam with flavors and nic.
I still haven't arrived at a name that reflects the true nature of vaping. I tell people I'm vaping, not smoking and they understand that vaping is safe(r) and smoking is not.
You'd think that the industry would have arrived at a nomenclature by now that correctly describes what we do. I just tell people that I vape and haven't smoked a cigarette in the last 8 years.
Personal Vaporizer makes me think that the user has respiratory issues and the PV is delivering steam and maybe some sort of medication. Maybe that's true, since it delivers nicotine with or without flavoring.
Most people understand what vaping means and the name needs to enhance their understanding that it's water vapor with or without nicotine. But, it's not exactly water vapor, it's PG and VG steam with flavors and nic.
I still haven't arrived at a name that reflects the true nature of vaping. I tell people I'm vaping, not smoking and they understand that vaping is safe(r) and smoking is not.
You'd think that the industry would have arrived at a nomenclature by now that correctly describes what we do. I just tell people that I vape and haven't smoked a cigarette in the last 8 years.
Other than referring to e-cigs here, usually as opposed to an analog cigarette - I rarely use the term. Generally, I say, " No, I don't smoke- I vape!"
If I am helping someone stop smoking analogs I also use the term to explain the components and sort of compare it to analogs.
I do not use the word vaporizer - I use box, battery or mod and tank. KISS works for me.
If I am helping someone stop smoking analogs I also use the term to explain the components and sort of compare it to analogs.
I do not use the word vaporizer - I use box, battery or mod and tank. KISS works for me.
Oh, not in Scotland. You'll get a nice bottle of Scotch for sure.
Agree that e-cigarette is bad. When I'm around others that just don't know I call mine a "V-Mod" for vape mod. Some of the non nic using friends and family call it that now. Easier on my life vs attaching "e-cig" to label me as a person.
I'm just a "V-Mod" user to my Dad and others.
I was here when a few posts like this came around and the name of the group. My favorite saying, "It Is What It Is" comes into play here. ...Unfortunately.
I'm just a "V-Mod" user to my Dad and others.
I was here when a few posts like this came around and the name of the group. My favorite saying, "It Is What It Is" comes into play here. ...Unfortunately.
Only fair. After getting hit by a tree trunk one needs a stiff drink.
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