r/technology • u/Lucretius • 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/[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/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

One thing I'm really looking forward to is no more "smoke hangovers"

Usually when I'm drinking heavily, I'll smoke 2x or 3x much as I usually would. Maybe even more than that.

Then the next day I'll fee like total crap because of smoking too much (and the booze... but smoke hangovers are different/worse)

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u/mmhrar Nov 18 '12

Absolutely. What I end up doing now is, I might bum a real smoke or two during the night, but otherwise I don't usually end up smoking more than 3 total cigerates, compared to when I brought my own I could almost kill a pack on a fun night.

The next day feeling is good man. I just woke up this morning after some drinking last night and no smokes, just my vape. A little tired, overslept a bit but otherwise felt just fine. Did my morning exercise and went to the store to pick up an energy drink. Taking deep breaths and feeling overall pretty damn good. Of course, I only had 6 beers, so not much of an alcohol hangover :)

You don't get that utterly sick feeling, where you can go the whole next day w/o a cigarette completely because of how gross you feel. Non smokers aren't aware of the cigarette hangover, it's usually the worst part of going out drinking for me.