My e-Cigarette Experiences…

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Reader Glenn has brought another blog to my attention, and most specifically an article that gives more information on the recent announcement by the FDA warning of the existence of nitrosamine in e-cigs.  Yes…  there is nitrosamine found in the e-cig cartridges tested by the FDA – but it’s the amount in comparison to other products that are currently approved and available for purchase that’s the interesting thing.  Read more here!

Woo-Hoo!!!  A whole week!  And still no negative signs to speak of.  I’m fully thrilled with my E-Cig (E8) and now that I’m getting better at using it, I’m really finding that it’s working better than when I first started.  There are most certainly a few things to do that you don’t with analogs, but now that I’ve got a pattern of usage taking form, I can honestly say that I KNOW this little device will improve my life in many ways.  I’ve got friends, acquaintances and more that are seeing me vaping and wondering about it, and I’ve even sat next to a smoker at an outside table at the local Starbucks and chatted for nearly a full hour while he killed of 4 or 5 analogs and I took a few puffs off my E8.  No desire to grab a smoke and go for it.  No issues at all except that I actually found the smoke that drifted my way was quite offensive.  In fact…  I’d like to apologize for that stink to those non-smokers around me.  It’s quite nasty!

At any rate…  I LIKE the Menthol cartridges.  They’re not as minty as I’d like them to be, but they are pleasant.  I also like the Flu Cured.  Pleasant and light with a flavour just somewhat familiar.  I can’t place it yet, but I might.  And finally, the Cherry.  They are sweet – but I find it quite nice.  I’ve already said how it reminds me of my old Cherry Cavendish blended pipe tobacco, which brings with the taste some fond memories.  So I’ll keep a few of those on hand for the quiet times.

I’m betting that the Menthol will be my main flavour for now…  and I am likely to try the slightly larger and higher capacity E9 in the next month or so.   But for now, I have to go and order some more cartridges for my E8. 

Happy Vaping!!   And please…  remember to use my link on the image to the right of the E8 kit.  It’s only about 5% that I get for this link, but it’s certainly going to help me to keep this blog alive and active.  Cheers!

njw

Well, the month of July 2009 is nearly over, and so is my first week of being tobacco free!  It’s been a very easy week, and I’ve had my E8 close at hand and ready for use at a moments notice.  The first week has taught me a few things that I will share with you in this post, so be sure to read the whole thing to ensure that you get the most benefit from my findings so far.  Also, I have an update from our friend Glenn.  You may recall he is the one that was waiting for his Blu order – and actually received it 10 days ago.  Well…  I received an email from Glenn this morning, and I’ll share some of his thoughts with you as well.  So…

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A well written letter, and one that I agree with fully:

http://cagecanada.blogspot.com/2009/05/e-cigarettes-letter-to-health-canada.html

Also, be sure to read the follow-up correspondence found here:

http://cagecanada.blogspot.com/2009/07/correspondence-with-health-canada-on-e.html

njw

Yes…  over 100 hours have passed now since my last analog!  I’ve dealt with excess heat, family driving me insane, work issues and a few other matters of somewhat higher than normal stress levels, and still I don’t even feel like I need a cigarette.  So do e-cigs work?  MOST DEFINITELY YES!  I’m quite sure that since Friday noon when I started with m E8 I would have burned about $45, and I’m only down 7 cartridges in 4 1/2 days.  And this first few days have been a little better stress test than would be normal for me, so I’m pretty sure that 10 of these cartridges will last me around a week.  So that’s 8 packs (40 cartridges) per month at a total cost of around $60 – or about a week’s worth of tobacco!  Net expected savings – try $180+ per month – or more than $2,000 per year.  Not bad!

The one area that I’m finding the E8 weak is the flavouring.  I have to admit that I don’t really get the flavours at all.  I can’t tell you if I’m smoking menthol, cherry or flu-cured most of the time, as they all taste somewhat the same.  There’s a hint of tobacco taste in each cartridge, and they are all a little sweeter than I’m accustomed to, so it’s really hard to tell the difference.  Mind you, I’ve been working on the samples that were not labeled, and on a few of the ones in boxes but I may also have mixed them up during use.  So I have to pay more attention to which ones I’m actually using for a few days to see if I can get the flavours down.  But still…  cherry should be an easy one?!  There have been some times when puffing on a cherry cartridge that I’ve gotten a hint of that old Cherry Cavendish I used to smoke in my pipe so long ago.  Maybe the nicotine strength has some play in that part as well…  Still some learning to do, and I will of course share my education with you all here.

That’s all for now… I need to get out of my hotbox office (we hit 35 C today!) and into something cool – like a beer or 3!

G’night!

It’s been 54 hours since my last tobacco (analog) cigarette…  and I feel GREAT!  There’s been no battles or cravings.  Even the morning kick start has been easier than with any other form of nicotine replacement I’ve tried to date.  This morning I awoke for the second morning to take a few puffs off my E8 from e-cig.com and find that it is just as effective as that first smoke in the morning to start the engine and kick down that first morning craving.  And the best part is that I don’t have to go out onto the back deck to have that first hit.   I start the coffee, fire up my web and email software in the office and I’m settled and ready before I finish receiving all the spam! 

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I was advised earlier today, and have just confirmed it, that the Blu e-cig products are no longer being shipped to Canada.  So…  after a three week wait (and if you’ve not noticed, they have extended their catch-up shutdown to August 1), and now this, it’s a REALLY good thing that I cancelled that order.  I’d have waited for more than a month and would just now be told that I can’t get the product, OR worse, I would have received my Blu kit and just found out that I couldn’t get more cartridges or parts from them.

Now… the question that remains is;  will I receive my other order?  Or will the Government that feels that Tobacco is safer force me to be unable to receive ANY e-cig product?  I see SOOO much potential for improvement in my life and health and overall well being by changing from tobacco to e-cigs, and am being told that I can’t.  Starting to smoke was my choice – EVEN WHEN WE WERE BEING TOLD IT WAS DEADLY!  So why are these any different?  Come on Health Canada!  If you want to see Product Safety sheets and such, I can send you to the links – just drop me a line and I’ll be glad to share.

Meanwhile… I’m hoping for some good news soon.  Fingers crossed… as they’ve been for four weeks!

njw

WOW!  I just got the email from e-cig.com telling me that my order has been processed! I just placed that order 14 hours ago, and they’ve already processed it.  I’m already beginning to hope that I might see my first e-cig in time for my reunion next weekend.  And if it does arrive in time for that it will be a killer test and demonstration opportunity for me as I will be in the presence of more than 50 family members, quite a few of which are also smokers, enjoying (hopefully!) my first e-cig in places and at times that they will only be craving a smoke.  So – Mr. Postman – please speed things along and let’s get that package here in the 5 business days or less that is suggested in the email.  Now THIS is getting exciting!  More to come soon so be sure to Subscribe to the feed to stay up to date.

Cheers

I just got off the phone with Blu Customer Service, and I’ve elected to cancel that order.  It’s been 26 days and the order is still pending, so I’ve gone to another source to get started on this journey.  The story is no good if there’s no action, and I just can’t wait any longer to move on.   Now…  I do want you all to know that I STILL like the offering that Blu have come up with, and the price point as well, so there is still a chance that I may try again later when I’m not as anxious to get started vaping instead of smoking.  But that day will be a month or two down the road when I’ve tried it for a while and am convinced that it’s worth the time to try more than one product.  It’s just a shame that I’m not holding my Blu right now (which is about the length of time it SHOULD have taken based on ordering day information). 

Now I know you’re all wondering WHAT I’ve ordered and from WHERE!?

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Consider if you will some numbers.

Assume that each ‘smoker’ in these numbers consumes 15 cigarettes per day.
Assume that each e-cig cartridge delivers on the specs and replaces 15 cigarettes per cartridge.

if 1 smoker is 15 butts per day; that is 5,475 butts per year per smoker.

if there are 47 million smokers in the US alone (2006 stats); they generate 257 BILLION butts per year. 

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