Originally posted by Treacherous
What will they come up with next? I used to smoke and would have loved this idea back then but to be honest, the only way I stopped smoking and have stayed stopped is by understanding the physcology behind it and breaking the mental associations. Otherwise you just end up repressing or substituting or swapping one addiction for another.

These aren't being advertised and sold (to my knowledge) as smoking cessation devices. I know what you mean about the psychology behind it, though. Once upon a time I had quit smoking for a while, and when I did it was all a mental thing. Wasn't really too difficult because I was in the right frame of mind.

Glad you stopped mate. My partner was only telling me about these tonight, cos people at his work smoke them. Sorry I havent looked into it properly. So they are real ciggerettes? But without the passive smoking thang? WoW. Im even more impressed.

I'm going to try these. Will buy this hopefully next month. I finally found a Canadian address. I'm just curious, since each cartridge is equivalent to a pack of smokes, how much you should smoke at one time, because you wouldn't want to overdo it, but underdoing gives me a bad headache.
I still don't think sharing the vapor indoors with others is a good idea.

Originally posted by Treacherous
the only way I stopped smoking and have stayed stopped is by understanding the physcology behind it and breaking the mental associations. Otherwise you just end up repressing or substituting or swapping one addiction for another.

Yes, but vaporizing is also very different than smoking (or more aptly called, burning). Burning anything at all and inhaling it will harm you. Whether it's paper, nicotine, or anything else. Smoke is bad for you to inhale.

When you vaporize something, it is not burning. It's only releasing certain compounds in the substance (in this case, "cartridges" or this eJuice), depending on how hot the vaporizer/atomizer gets.

No, it's certainly not a step to quitting, however it is most definitely preferable to the alternative, for those that are not quitting. Most of the marketing they are using is true - no more smoke smells on you and your clothing, much much less tar, less carcinogens (again, since not burning), etc.

I will be keeping my eye on this thread for reviews. Don't forget!

edit: p.s. - I can't speak on these particular products of course, I was just speaking about vaporizing as a general method, opposed to combustion.

[edit on 6-11-2008 by scientist]

ooh . . . these would piss off so many uninformed people! Take it to a mall . . . or a high school football game . . . heck . . . use it at work


I would love to buy one just to piss people off and freak em out

I'm less concerned with whether there are dangers associated with it, because while nicotine is a poison, its not a carcinogen, and the only other item suspect in the water is something they keep makeup moist with that, while it may be considered safe, doesn't mean I want to breath it in, but, that would be one out of thousands of other chemicals eliminated, so I'm not sure. There are other ways of getting nicotine, like gum and cough drops, and I had to stop using them immediately. They gave me prestroke symptoms. I have used the patch once to quit smoking, but I went off it too soon I believe and started getting really anxious to the point of hours of it. This may be a good way to wean off tobacco and after a good adjustment, buy a slightly smaller catridge, so to ever so slowly do it. Apparently this is a far less damaging way to feel like your smoking and legally you can do it indoors, even in a hospital bed. But you have to explain them ahead of time and people may still give you nasty looks.

Originally posted by xxpigxx
ooh . . . these would piss off so many uninformed people! Take it to a mall . . . or a high school football game . . . heck . . . use it at work


I would love to buy one just to piss people off and freak em out

Oh yeah. What I would love to do is take a few big drags so the LED lights up the simulated cherry nice and bright, and when people are watching you snub the end out on your tongue. Haha.

Originally posted by mystiq
There are other ways of getting nicotine, like gum and cough drops, and I had to stop using them immediately. They gave me prestroke symptoms.

If you developed prestroke symptoms from gum and cough drops then you may consider asking the advice of a doctor before starting any new implement of receiving nicotine. I dont know if there is a difference between how you absorb it with the gum/drops as compared to smoking something, but I would be concerned either way.

These suckers were actually invented by a coworker of mine.

She got her influence from her sons vaporizer and then compacted it. She has given out a bunch of testers to the workers around here and it seems to be going over well. A very interesting idea but still seems kinda gross to me.

Originally posted by LockwithnoKey
A very interesting idea but still seems kinda gross to me.

What about it seems gross? If a friend of your invented it then they need to do something and get a piece of the pie!

Off course maybe more effective on "light smoker"...
I smoke 1 pack/day (someday 2) from 20 years !!!
I know... that's why planning to stop soon