Electronic tabs?

So I was sat about yesterday and someone I knew came in saying "I've got these new electric cigarettes wanna give them a try?" And thinking "well I've smoked before, why not"

And they're vile, they're just nicotine, but my biggest issue with them is they're legal to smoke indoors,

In the two hours I was with this person they had at least 20-30 drags on the electronic cigarette, and that's a lot.

The legality of these things means that smokers don't have to go outside to get their fix of nicotine, so they can just have a puff whenever they want, I see them as a useful tool for people who just want to be that bit healthier but don't want to stop smoking.

They're a very expensive up and front lump sum (like 60 quid for 20) but 20 should last up to a month or something.

So let's do some maths:

Assuming the average smoker smokes 20 a day, at about a fiver a packet that's 35 pound a week, over a month that's 140 quid spent on fags, so buying these at 60 quid saves the smoker 80 quid a month in total, not bad so far. Multiply that out over a year gives a saving of 960 quid a year, that'll pay for a decent holiday each year without having the stress of giving up smoking.

Also, they're a pure nicotine delivery system, its just nicotine, none of the bad chemicals you get in a cigarette (such as cyanide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde (which is what they use to pickle dead bodies)) so settle the craving without the large health risks (having said that I'm not sure of the science behind nicotine in relation to health)

Long story short these things are good, but only if used by intelligent people, smoke them as you would a fag, 8-10 drags then you're done, next one a few hours later.

Liam

OUT!
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