As a nicotine addict you don't quit smoking anymore than an alcoholic quits drinking. You take up a non-smoking and like an alcoholic you need to appreciate that the next drink could see you back on the sauce. Longest I took up non-smoking was 4 years but a big bike ride up to Lake Eyre in flood put paid to that when the BIL and I were sitting in the William Creek pub caked in mud and enjoying a cold beer and he suggested it was Marlboro Country so what about a packet? Back on the smokes within a week like I'd never stopped and so was he for a number of years before a hiccup with an operation and anaesthetic and he took up non-smoking again ever since.
Now that flummoxed Yankee Sue that was particularly fond of her strawberry daiquiris among other alcoholic delights she liked to share with the girls (bear in mind while I could put away the booze with the best of them in my young biking days give me a coffee and a smoke by then and now a vape) Prrrardigeee (Yank drawl) how could you go back smoking after four whole years?? Well it's like this Sue. See that strawb daiquiri in your mitt, well you put that down right now and tell yourself not another drop of alcohol is going to pass those lips for the rest of your days and how do you reckon you'd go? Big light bulb humungous pennies dropping moment right there folks. Not a smoker or drinker but you're a bit too partial to the choccies or soft drink than is good for the waistline and the ticker there...?
So now we've got that all straightened out we can talk about harm minimization for nicotine lovers and those of you who have other wee pecadillos can get educated about that at the same time so you don't become a bunch of kneejerk wowsers still believing smoking and vaping are all one and the same. There are qualified medicos among others trying to make the ignorant see the light-
http://www.nnalliance.org.au/newsBut wait a minute shock horror we're all going to blow ourselves up along with a whole lot of fluffy kittens so the Gummint has to ban it!!
http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/25/man-left-with-horrific-burns-after-e-cigarette-blows-up-in-pocket-and-sets-fire-to-his-leg-5717749/Yes folks the atomisers run off rechargeable lithium batteries but get this. You can use single purpose built lithium batteries with the 510 male protected end on them and they'll be quite safe to chuck in your pocket unattached to the clearomiser head and in any case you can turn them off as extra insurance. Nevertheless like mobile and laptop batteries and chargers you buy brand name ones(like Aspire, etc) from bricks and mortar stores because they have the same safety circuits too. What that dummy had in his pocket no doubt, were the other alternative 18650 lithium cells (similar to AAs) that you use inside of 'mod box' battery setups as well as torches, etc. Chucked a few of them without protection circuits in his pocket with a bunch of coins or his car keys did he? Would you do that with alkaline AAs even? Somewhere in the world there's one born every minute and I trust our bright spark is a much better civil engineer than he is an electrical one.
The missus GF has taken up vaping really well these last 2 weeks relying on my newbie advice and experience and I'll talk about that some more for the smokers wondering if it will suit them as I found there's a bit to it if you want to be really successful. Do it well first up but for now focus on that 95% safer, socially innocuous and bucket loads cheaper.
