A couple of months ago I was on an airplane when the guy sitting next to my 7-year-old pulls out some gizmo and appears to be smoking. When my son asked what it was I had no answer. I had never seen an e-cigarette. Have you?
As restrictions on smoking “real” cigarettes grow, nicotine addicts are forced to look for socially, and legally, acceptable ways to feed their fix.
As a recovering nicotine addict I will tell you that I can empathize with the need to fill the craving. If I still “used” the e-cigarette might be an alternative. My preferred nicotine vehicle was chewing tobacco. I am not talking about the big leafy tobacco leaves used by many baseball players, but snuff – just a pinch between my lip and gum.
Anyway, let’s get back to e-cigarettes. I asked the man on the plane about e-cigarettes and he admitted he had no idea if they were healthier than regular cigarettes. In fact he could have cared less if they were worse for his health. As long as he got his “fix” he was happy.
Do you think this is the attitude of most e-cigarette users?
This is the first in a series of blogs looking at this new fad.