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(8/27/13) After having smoked since high school, I finally gave it up 10 years ago. I broke the habit.
I was sad that I had to give up this comfort, but I was gratified that I had moved on. Enter e-cigarettes. The moment I first saw someone on TV exhaling a cloud of vapor, a little devil in my brain (or maybe it was an angel who felt deprived of simple pleasures) cried out, 'Oh boy!' Was it really possible that I could smoke again? I still missed it.
Not inhaling actual smoke, which I now found disgusting. But here was this substitute that would allow me once again to enjoy the languid pleasure of taking in and releasing a fragrant and tasty breeze. Smoking is so relaxing! I felt uneasy but excited. I bought a starter kit of a simple, generic style (Fin).
They'd sneaked some vanilla into the menthol, which seemed kind of presumptuous. But when I fired up that first cartridge and took a deep draw, and blew it out my lips and nostrils, I was immediately in a billowy Heaven. It was the most enjoyable smoke of my life. Last year, e-cigarette sales in the U.S. Exceeded $300 million.
This year, they will be about $1.7 billion, Bloomberg reports. Within four years, sales are projected to reach $10 billion. That's plain scary.
The big tobacco companies -- Reynolds, Altria and Lorillard -- have already moved forcefully into the e-cig market, each with its own special branding and style. Analysts predict e-cigarette consumption could surpass traditional cigarettes within the next decade, and the Big Three tobacco companies have at least three big advantages in dominating the market, according to the Nov. 19, 2013 issue of the Wall Street Journal: extensive distribution networks, existing customer relationships numbering in the millions, and deep pockets. My plan had been to use the e-cigarette simply as an after-dinner treat. I was determined not to become an actual smoker again -- this was just going to be 'dessert.' Pretty soon, I was using it as a reward for sitting at my computer, being productive with my blog. Throughout the day, I began having a vague sensation, which I came to realize was pleasant anticipation.
What I have missed the most about smoking is that feeling of anticipation: Having something to look forward to. Smoking itself wasn't all that great.
But e-cigarettes are great. They are mouth-wateringly scrumptious! I am puffing away as I write this. My strategy is that when this post is finished, and I hit the 'publish' button, I will be ready to throw away all the paraphernalia and put a stop to this madness.
I hope I can drag the writing process out long enough to try the caramel, chocolate and turkish java before I say 'good riddance' to this whole freaky phenomenon. Or will I be more in its grips than ever? No wonder it's called 'vaping' -- it's melodramatically vaporous! Photo by LA Times.
That dear girl really gets me: I'm tied up to this feeling of smoking, from which I had been so successfully untied. Wouldn't Halloween be a good time to quit?) (UPDATE PART DEUX: Oh my stars -- as Mitt Romney would say -- Halloween is getting so hauntingly close! I'm not terribly obsessed with the e-cigs, so maybe I can keep going a while longer?
I am having bizarre GI problems, but that's probably just a tropical parasite. My lungs hurt, but so does everything else, so why blame smoking?
Do you think Thanksgiving is a good time to end the e-cig indulgence? Or is New Year's better?) ( Oct. 22: I just bought a whole bunch more cartridges just in case I don't quit for a while, even though I probably will.