"Smoking" e-cigarettes is infinitely better than smoking the real thing.
I used to be a cigarette smoker.
Now I'm what you might call an early adopter of e-cigarettes. I've been "vaping" ("vaping" is short for vaporizing, and is what the kids are calling smoking e-cigarettes these days) for about one year and four months.
This is what I've learned.
Feeding the addiction
Make no bones about it, e-cigarettes provide users with a means of feeding an addiction. The delivery method is different from smoking or chewing, but the end result is essentially the same. You're still after a nicotine fix and puffing away on an e-cig provides it.
Though with an e-cigarette, that fix is provided via inhaled, atomized, nicotine-infused water vapor instead of smoke. If you're addicted to nicotine and an e-cigarette smoker, not using an e-cig for a period of time results in the same withdrawal symptoms as not smoking a cigarette.
Cost, where to buy, and brands
Some of the most commonly purchased and visible brands of e-cigarettes found in New York City convenience shops and online are Eonsmoke, Logic, Blu (Stephen Dorff endorses, so e-cigs still have a way to go in the coolness factor), and Puf Cigs. They offer a variety of nicotine levels in a variety of flavors like mint, tobacco, and watermelon that are meant to cater to light or heavy smokers.
E-cigarettes can be purchased as one-time use, typically for $10 a pop, which is supposed to be good for around 400 to 900 "puffs" and provide the nicotine equivalent of a pack and a half to three packs of cigarettes.
Rechargeable e-cigarettes can also be bought along with refill packs that contain the "juice." The Logic's rechargeable e-cigarettes cost $20 and a pack of five refills costs the same.
Atomizer and refill cartridge.
Twist them together and you're ready to vape.
Compare this to the high price of cigarettes in New York City — around $12 a pack — and this seems like a complete bargain. In other cities where the cost of a pack of cigarettes is much lower, it might not seem like such a great deal.
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