Yes, I know. Smoking is bad, mmmmkay.
I understand that inhaling the particulate smoke of ANY burning substance is putting chemicals, and particles into your lungs.
I also understand that the moment anyone makes a smoking topic there are two likely distractions:
1) It's just bad, people who do it are bad, and I love telling people that I am smarter than they are.
2) Smoke weed instead, it cures everything and I love telling people that I am smarter than they are.
Please don't derail this in either of those two directions. I don't need to hear #1 and I will ban for #2 (you don't want to test me).
My question is this.
I know of a lot of people who DO smoke cigarettes. I used to myself, a long time ago and I was able to quit. But I am seeing more and more people using e-cigarettes (or "vaping" which I guess is the hipster term for it).
I am pretty up to date on the physics, medical aspects, health risks, consequences etc. for cigarette smoking. However, I am not as well-versed or up-to-speed on vaping. From what I can tell, it is an atomizer that uses a liquid (of varying compositions and flavors) and the vapor is inhaled.
Does anyone have any first or secondhand knowledge of this? Anyone smoke e-cigs? What are the positives, negatives, differences, etc.
If you have reviews, data, links, I would appreciate it. But I would not appreciate this topic falling victim to distractions 1 OR 2.
Thanks in advance.
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Edited by Payola: 2/26/2013 1:59:33 AMOne of my friends has switched to e-cigs and it seems to be going good thus far. I've also been told they have some pretty nice flavors. Try google if you want to know more.