Quitting? Watch out for E-cigarettes!

[wyntrout]

Dang!

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-02-16/story/e-cigarette-explodes-florida-mans-mouth

Wynn:eek:

[Krusty]

:behindsofa: ouch

[wyntrout]

If you wind up near someone using one of those, ask them to aim it away from you and tell them about this news article!

Wynn:)

[Longitude Zero]

I am of the opinion this is a real fishy deal.

[muggsy]

My brother has been sucking on one of those e-cigarettes for over a month trying to quit smoking. I was a three pack a day Marlboro man and quit smoking cold turkey more than twelve years ago. Next to marrying a rich republican woman, the smartest thing that I ever did. The dumbest thing that I ever did was to start smoking. Lungs are a terrible thing to waste.

[Krusty]

:target::target::target::target::hurt:It will be 11 yrs for me on March 12 @ 2300hrs,I did quit cold turkey as well. I calculated the money I didn't spend on cigarrettes and rewarded myself frequently. Lived in Boston at the time and a pack was over 6 bucks. I also remember paying 14 A$ Aussie $ a pack and 25 bucks for 50gr tobacco to roll smokes in Aussie. I had a coworker in Boston who baught 8 packs every day after work 6 for him and 2 for his wife, they had a one yr old son that time, poor kid!

[LaP]

I quit smoking when I was still in the Air Force. At the BX, a carton of cigarettes was $2.30.... that's 23 cents a pack!!!! (It was also back in 1978)

Back then, if you asked your buddy for a smoke, he just threw you a whole pack and said "Ya want me to kick you in the chest to get the suction going?":D

[yqtszhj]

Wow. A guy who works for me has been trying those out. I'll share this with him Monday.

[wyntrout]

I quit twice in college... 1969/70. They were $1.05 in the commissary overseas and $3.25 a carton on the "outside" after I got out of the AF in 1968. The second time I quit... cold turkey... because I was trying to taper off... a few a day... and my mooching buddy was bumming cigs and lights off me all day and night. I said "F**k it" and just quit!

I was working to supplement my $105 a month GI Bill, and his parents were paying his tuition, meal ticket, and spending money. He blew through the last two in a few months... including not buying a meal ticket for the quarter/school year!

Wynn:)

[Cokeman]

Something else to add to the list of things not allowed on an airplane.