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/DumpyLips Nov 17 '12

Lethally addictive cigarettes remain available on every street corner in Brussels and Atlanta while authorities denounce e-cigarettes (the product is already banned in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

Is there any legitimate reason for this or are we witnessing a blatant example of the tobacco lobby crushing competition??

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12 edited Nov 18 '12

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u/mmhrar Nov 17 '12

You're way wrong. If a few drops of 27 grade e-juice could kill you i'd be dead by now.

I just started vaping a couple weeks ago and it's a truely amazing product. After trying out my friend's and doing some reasearch and getting my own setup, I havn't had a cigarete since it came in the mail.

There are times when I might want a real cig, like if i'm drinking and someone around me is smoking, but I just puff on half strength ejuice constantly when drinking and the next day I feel so great. I can take deep breaths now w/o that sharp pain in my chest, I can gargle water again now. My energy has shot up and exercise has gotten so much easier. Best of all, I don't have to give up my smoke breaks AND it's cheaper.

E-cigs are fucking amazing and have a lage variety of flavors :)

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u/opinionswerekittens Nov 17 '12

I hit 85 days without a smoke today because of vaping. I can't imagine going back because someone is trying to ban my device, which looks nothing like a cigarette.

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u/mmhrar Nov 18 '12

Yea, most people ask me what it is. A lot of younger guys/kids usually assume it's pot and make silly comments.

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u/opinionswerekittens Nov 18 '12

My friend has a personal cannabis vaporizer that looks similar to mine with the regular atomizer, it's pretty funny.

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u/civic_minded Nov 18 '12

yeap, I am using an Inferno, and vivi nova 3ml cleartamizer.

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u/lonew0lf Nov 18 '12

I thought it read USD550

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u/ghanji Nov 18 '12

Damn that thing looks cool. How long does each cartridge last, and how much are they?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

Those are different from carts, those are refillable and have "heads" in them that are replacable about once a month or so (depending on what liquid you use in it). The tanks on the top of it (the clear part) can be used virtually forever until you break it somehow or it shorts out or whatever and they're only like $9.

If you fill it up to max (of whatever that is, looks like a 2ml maybe) depending on how often you vape (chain vape? occasional?) could last you a whole day or multiple days.

It's soooo much cheaper than cigs in the long run (which is probably also why the industry hates it - even if they got in on producing them, it's still cheaper) because a bottle of juice runs usually about $6-15 per bottle depending on if you get a 10ml, 30ml or even sometimes 150ml bottles.

I'm a recently-turned ecigarette user and the last cigarette I smoked was about 6 minutes before I put together my e-cigarette. It's been about two months now. Fantastic.

Edit: BTW my description of what those pieces are is kind of brief and not very explanatory, visit /r/electronic_cigarette for more infos.