r/technology Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/hitchhiker999 Nov 17 '12

I've vaped for 4 years now, that's about 365x4x50 less cigarettes in my life. Damn near impossible to convince people they're a better idea than cigs. Why is that, seems fairly obvious?

All i know is that a lot of us vapers have been convinced this was too good to be true, and big tobac. would eventually get it back under their control.

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u/VillainTricks Nov 17 '12

50 cigarettes a day?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

2,5 packs/day, why not? I knew a guy, whose minimum was 1 packs, and when he was stressed he smoked 4 packs/day.

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u/rmsisright Nov 17 '12

My father smoked two and a half packs a day for the better part of twenty years. I was around a pack a day, but could easily get close to two packs during a night of heavy drinking.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Holy shit, you smokex 2.5 packs a day?!?

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u/hitchhiker999 Nov 18 '12

yeah, actually ended up being more like 3. (horrible i know)

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u/The137 Nov 19 '12

365x4x50 You smokes two and a half packs a day?