Silliest Thing I've Ever Seen.......

desertgrandma · 05-27-2009, 08:30 PM

So today we're at the local mall. We pass a kiosk, with a guy smoking a cigarette. That in itself made me take a second look........hereabouts you don't see anyone smoking anywhere indoors. Its illegal.

So I stop, and ask the guy what he's selling. Its something called an "Electronic Cigarette". Here is what the back of his card says: (I had to get one, knew I had to post here!)

""Smoking Everywhere is a rechargeable electronic cigarette, that is completely non-flammable and uses state of the art sophisticated micro-electronic technology to provide users a real smoking experience without the fire, flame, tobacco, tar, carbon monoxide, ash, stub or smell found in real cigarettes"

I was speechless for a moment, then started laughing. Here is a guy with smoke coming out of this thing that looks like a cigarette, but it isn't real, no nicotine, etc. Has it become the "cool" thing to do now?

Here is the site:

http://www.smoking-everywhere.com/

So, I ask you.......Is it just me?

kazbates · 05-27-2009, 08:46 PM

:stairingatscreeninamazementwithadumbfoundedlookon face:

uh. . .well, maybe. . .

um. . .

Nope. . .I got nothin'

Greg Anos · 05-27-2009, 09:18 PM

That's sillier than bettin' on the Rangers to win the World Series....Red

Andybaby · 05-27-2009, 09:51 PM

I've seen these around for a while. I cant think of anyone who would use them, but they are getting more and more popular so I assume some people are

oh, and it DOES have nicotine in it

desertgrandma · 05-27-2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andybaby

I've seen these around for a while. I cant think of anyone who would use them, but they are getting more and more popular so I assume some people are

oh, and it DOES have nicotine in it

Unbelievable.

mklynds · 05-27-2009, 10:52 PM

I saw these featured on a late night tv infomercial. I honestly didn't stop long as I thought it might be the most ridicules thing I ever laid eyes on. Of course I've never been a smoker so maybe I'm missing the point.

RWood · 05-27-2009, 11:15 PM

I was as stunned as DG when I first saw one. A friend's daughter graduated from high school last spring she and all of her girlfriends were smoking them. The parents didn't seem to care since "it doesn't have any nicotine." (Forget that the packaging says otherwise, the parents bought that BS.) I've seen a bunch of them since then and it always seems to be females smoking them.

nohmi2 · 05-28-2009, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Unbelievable.

There's a sucker born every minute.

Sweetpea · 05-28-2009, 02:09 AM

They've been around for some time now. There was even a great commotion over it here. It's not allowed to show tabacco commercials anymore but is the electronic cigarate part of that or not?

Peverel · 05-28-2009, 02:37 AM

I know some people who have used them to help them give up smoking. Moved onto e-cigarettes and then cut down until they stopped.

carld · 05-28-2009, 03:13 AM

I don't think these are a gimmick or a "sucker's bet." I've read about people using them to quit smoking, and I'm all for anything that reduces that nasty, filthy, dangerous habit.

Jill75 · 05-28-2009, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andybaby

I've seen these around for a while. I cant think of anyone who would use them, but they are getting more and more popular so I assume some people are

oh, and it DOES have nicotine in it

I dont get the point. If it still have nicotine in it, why not just smoke the real thing?

Peverel · 05-28-2009, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jill75

I dont get the point. If it still have nicotine in it, why not just smoke the real thing?

As a 9 month old non-smoker, all I can say is its not the nicotine that is the real nasty in cigarettes, its all the other junk and chemicals that are added to it as well. I found once I was off the actual cigarettes and using nicotine inhalers and nasal sprays, that giving up of the nicotine was relatively easy.

Still get the odd craving but still off the cigarettes so far

Dylrob · 05-28-2009, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jill75

I dont get the point. If it still have nicotine in it, why not just smoke the real thing?

No smoke. No tar.

Being asthmatic, and yet having several relatives that smoke, I welcome this future.

GeoffC · 05-28-2009, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nohmi2

There's a sucker born every minute.

05-27-2009, 08:30 PM	#1
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Silliest Thing I've Ever Seen....... So today we're at the local mall. We pass a kiosk, with a guy smoking a cigarette. That in itself made me take a second look........hereabouts you don't see anyone smoking anywhere indoors. Its illegal. So I stop, and ask the guy what he's selling. Its something called an "Electronic Cigarette". Here is what the back of his card says: (I had to get one, knew I had to post here!) ""Smoking Everywhere is a rechargeable electronic cigarette, that is completely non-flammable and uses state of the art sophisticated micro-electronic technology to provide users a real smoking experience without the fire, flame, tobacco, tar, carbon monoxide, ash, stub or smell found in real cigarettes" I was speechless for a moment, then started laughing. Here is a guy with smoke coming out of this thing that looks like a cigarette, but it isn't real, no nicotine, etc. Has it become the "cool" thing to do now? Here is the site: http://www.smoking-everywhere.com/ So, I ask you.......Is it just me?

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05-27-2009, 08:46 PM	#2
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	:stairingatscreeninamazementwithadumbfoundedlookon face: uh. . .well, maybe. . . um. . . Nope. . .I got nothin'

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Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,492 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	That's sillier than bettin' on the Rangers to win the World Series....Red

05-27-2009, 09:51 PM	#4
Andybaby Wizard Posts: 1,279 Karma: 1002683 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Device: PRS-700	I've seen these around for a while. I cant think of anyone who would use them, but they are getting more and more popular so I assume some people are oh, and it DOES have nicotine in it

05-27-2009, 10:52 PM	#6
mklynds That guy, no not that guy Posts: 337 Karma: 2846 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: PRS600 Red	I saw these featured on a late night tv infomercial. I honestly didn't stop long as I thought it might be the most ridicules thing I ever laid eyes on. Of course I've never been a smoker so maybe I'm missing the point.

05-27-2009, 11:15 PM	#7
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I was as stunned as DG when I first saw one. A friend's daughter graduated from high school last spring she and all of her girlfriends were smoking them. The parents didn't seem to care since "it doesn't have any nicotine." (Forget that the packaging says otherwise, the parents bought that BS.) I've seen a bunch of them since then and it always seems to be females smoking them.

05-28-2009, 02:09 AM	#9
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	They've been around for some time now. There was even a great commotion over it here. It's not allowed to show tabacco commercials anymore but is the electronic cigarate part of that or not?

05-28-2009, 02:37 AM	#10
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	I know some people who have used them to help them give up smoking. Moved onto e-cigarettes and then cut down until they stopped.

05-28-2009, 03:13 AM	#11
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I don't think these are a gimmick or a "sucker's bet." I've read about people using them to quit smoking, and I'm all for anything that reduces that nasty, filthy, dangerous habit.

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