As I'm writing this I'm surrounded by a white mist. The mist is triggered by myself sucking on a battery. It looks like a cigarette, but it's about 50 times heavier and I can't hold it with my lips alone. The end has a red glow that's nothing more than a LED. I don't know why they added that feature. It seems kind of stupid. No one could possibly believe it's a real flame. I don't think this thing could catch on fire even if I held a lighter to it.
I can "smoke" inside. This is the greatest benefit in my opinion. If I'm having a bad day at work I can pull thing from my pocket and take a drag. Liquid nicotine gets vaporized and I inhale it into my body. What I exhale is nothing more than water vapor. It doesn't smell. It's a little cloud of shame. My smoke used to smell and burn when inhaled. I was a badass. I had to go outside in a designated area to smoke. It still pissed people off who walked by because they don't like the smell. It takes practice becoming a smoker. The harder the cigarettes the more practice you need. I remember my first camel wide cigarette. I coughed for a minute straight and felt a huge rush of nicotine. I almost threw up.
Never buy an ecigarette while nic-ing out. I walk into this local shop. The owner greets me. How can I help you he says. I want an e-cigarette that looks like a cig....he finishes my sentence "real cigarette". We don't have those he says. I'm thinking this guy is an idiot. He must have heard that before. He finished my sentence. Now I know I'm in trouble. I'm nic-ing out and surrounded by flute shaped e-cigarettes. They're all "smoking" in there and I'm surrounded by this gay mist. I started walking out and say ok thanks. Then this "salesman" says hold up and I don't know why but I turned around. He was cleaning the apparatus with a wetnap. Come over here he says. This is a quality device. The battery lasts for 8 hours. Here try it and he hands it to me. I took a drag and instantly felt relief. I looked down at this flute looking thing and smiled. I quickly looked at the "salesman" and he was looking away. I'm glad he didn't catch that smile. Are you a converter he asks. I say "No, I'm a human". He didn't even smile. Come on man, you're selling me a cigarette not a car! I say "Do you have any of these that look like cigarettes?". He said no and then I walked out. What would he have done if I told him that I've never smoked before and thought this would be a fun hobby? The salesman would have done what salesmen do. He would have sold me a fun new addictive hobby and put some money in his pocket. In a way he's worse than the guy selling me cigarettes. Atleast I know the cigarettes are bad for me.
It saves me money. Cigarettes are $5 to $6 a pack. I was smoking about $2 worth of cigarettes a day. I spend 50 cents a day now. The refill cartridges last two days and they are $1 per.
I think it's healthier except I think I'm taking in more nicotine than before. They don't have the skull and crossbones on the package anyway. No one told me it was bad for me. It must be ok. I can smoke anywhere now so I do. Whenever I feel the urge to smoke I take a pull. Ahhhhh This die-hard smoker at work said he tried e-cigarettes but it didn't have the same burn as a real cigarette. He's in his 50s. I always hear these stories that start like my friend's grandma eats bacon 3 times a day, smokes 2 packs, she's 90 and in perfect health. I have a feeling the tobacco company pays to circulate stories like this because I don't see it often. I rarely see an elderly person smoking.
I have to put a little rubber cap over the end or it tastes like death. Yeah, that's right. To keep my e-cig tasting fresh I have to cap the end with a little cigarette condom. I left the cap off for just one day and the next time I used it I almost got sick. It tasted like mold or something.
It makes me feel like a douche. I cope by with this feeling by the thought that it's just a gateway to me quitting for ever. I'm only sucking this battery for nicotine and once I get to a reasonable point of dependency I'll just stop all together.
Quitters kick ass. If you're someone who has quit smoking then let me tell you that I have a lot of respect for you. My friend at work and I quit at the same time. She quit for real and I only quit for 2 weeks. She told me only emo dbags use e-cigarettes.
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