E-cigarettes.

[Leo tickles]

So my girlfriend brought over one of the more expensive E-smokes out there here. It was 45 dollars, plus 15 for the little nicotine liquid.

At first it made me very dizzy so I gave up on it right away. But now, a few hours after trying again, I've been able to smoke it without any ill effects. The taste is different and not having to light a fire makes me... feel blah about it. Another issue I'm having is that I don't really know when to stop.

I smoke 100's and sometimes chain smoke. Usually if I smoke too much, I get a heart burn like feeling in my throat and know that I should probably relax on the smoking for a while.

With this E-smoke, I've been puffing for about an hour and I still don't feel like I've smoked a full cigarette, but feel kind of sick like my body knows that I have.

Honestly, it makes me just wanna light a real one.

Any smokers here decided to make the switch and or try one of these E-cigarettes? What were your results?

 

[Bothersome]

My mom smokes those, and I think she prefers the real thing as well.

Of course, cigarettes are so monstrously expensive that she's been forced to smoke these weird flavored cigar-cigarette things.

 

[The pear]

Well, I'm attempting to quit at this point in time, but it's failing dramatically. I tried the E-Cigarettes, I liked them, but I had the same problem, I enjoy flicking the ash, and lighting it, and watching it slowly burn and degrade as I smoke it, so if I wasn't quitting anyways, I'd definitely say I won't be making the switch, probably.

 

[chicago]

I never found an E-Cigarette that had the same taste or feeling as a real one. Plus, there's something kinda creepy about smoking some mysterious liquid out of a cigarette looking cartridge that was made in China.

 

[C.A.B.]

I never found an E-Cigarette that had the same taste or feeling as a real one. Plus, there's something kinda creepy about smoking some mysterious liquid out of a cigarette looking cartridge that was made in China.

more accurately... "...'steaming' some mysterious liquid out of a cigarette looking cartridge that was made in China...." ...not to mention, the hot lithium battery end is now in your mouth. The first explosion lawsuit is only a statistic away.

 

[ji minycricket]

I've attempted to make the switch, but to no avail. Personally I appreciate the convenience of one when out at a bar or a friends house where I can't smoke inside, especially in the fall/winter. The downside is that it just doesn't have the same feel that I truly enjoy from smoking. I'm a bit of a masochist and kind of appreciate the roughness of a smoke i.e. lucky's, also the weight of an e-cigarette is kind of awkward. Ideally like when a lot of new technology comes out it'll evolve over time and they'll be able to amend some of the flaws kind of like cell-phones from the 80's in comparison to now. Fortunately I don't think it'll take 30 years either for such an improvement so I'm keeping an open mind in the mean time.

 

[Cosmo_ac]

I own one, and I felt it was usefull for quiting, and in the long run, much cheaper, plus I could smoke it indoors and not have to go into the winter weather. They worked for me, but i've never been what you would call a "Heavy smoker".

 

[Leo tickles]

After doing some research I figured out why it may not be working for me. The regular cigarettes have some chemicals in them that make the nicotine transfer into your body faster. I'm all about instant gratification when I'm smoking so it makes sense that I can puff on the E-cig for a good while without feeling significant effect since the nicotine is coming into my body naturally, without the helpful push from that other shit.

So while cheaper and overall better for my health, I'm choosing the regular smokes because of the effectiveness that E-cigs can't match as of yet.

 

[Jagermeistered]

After doing some research I figured out why it may not be working for me. The regular cigarettes have some chemicals in them that make the nicotine transfer into your body faster. I'm all about instant gratification when I'm smoking so it makes sense that I can puff on the E-cig for a good while without feeling significant effect since the nicotine is coming into my body naturally, without the helpful push from that other shit.

So while cheaper and overall better for my health, I'm choosing the regular smokes because of the effectiveness that E-cigs can't match as of yet.

Thanks for the update. I think we will both be on the same boat then. 🙂