OT Electronic cigarettes

pharrah2003 wrote:
Love the e-cig topic!

I smoked cigs for a very long time.. Think I came out of my mom with a cig in my hand.
Several years ago, I was really feeling it in my chest. A constant pain/discomfort. But I really enjoy smoking, I am what I call a true smoker, not simply a social smokers. Social smokers can stop when they want, but if you are a true smoker... Its a whole other story.

So about 3 years ago it became very real to me that if I don't do something, this is going to kill me. That is when I started to look into E Cigs. From my research I found "white cloud" aka "Cirrus" to be the best for a true smoke to switch over as some of the other brands.. I don't know what it is, but people seem to go back to cigarettes. I have been an E-Cig fan for 3 years now, no more chest pains, no more sucking in all the tar and carcinogenics (cancer causing chemicals), and have helped numerous coworkers and friends (long time smokers) make the transition and my hubby and even some strangers that come and ask me about it too. Not only health wise am I happy about this life choice I made, but my hubby and I save sooo much money (especially because we were American Spirit smokers), my hands no longer smell gross, with e cigs I can smoke in my car, in the house... The list of benefits go on and on. My work even let's me use it at my desk. It is so funny how many people at my work now smoke at their desk... Productions up, lol.

Yes... I am a very big fan. :)

And though, I didn't go to e-cigs to quit, it definitely would be easier fo me to do it now than then.
Tip: if you are a true smoker at about a pack a day start with extra nicotine one, then work down to regular. I found this helped me to stick to it the first month. Now I can smoke the light or regular just fine.


As for minors having access, I believe the laws make sense as they are for and in relation to what it represents (habit of smoking) which is dangerous. And truth be told, if minors want to smoke... Like we did when we were underage they will figure out a way to do it.. So at that point they can also make that choice it is going to be a cig or an e-cig.

It's similar for me, I went to e-cigs originally because I could no longer afford real cigarettes. New York has some of the highest taxes in the country when it comes to cigarettes. And it was really important that it feel like I was still smoking a real cigarette, or it wouldn't have worked for me. I still loved smoking. October 6th of this year will be 3 years exactly since I've had a real cigarette. But it is kind of funny that I smoked non-menthol as a smoker, but had to switch to menthol for the e-cig. I tried the regular flavor first, but it had this steamy taste I couldn't deal with. The menthol flavoring covered it right up. Green Smoke is my brand. It's a tiny bit more expensive, but I'm still using my original long battery. It's still charging well, going on 3 years now. I've tried some other brands but haven't found any as good as what I got. There really is a big difference in brands.