Anyway, back to the point of all this post. I am 72 today and apart from an 18 month tobacco abstinence period back when I was 54 or so, I have been a dedicated smoker since I was 14. It was the thing to do then, it was normal. Go and see your doctor and he'd be sitting there, smoking. Spend the evening nursing a glass cup of Expresso in the new coffee bars back in the 50s, everyone was smoking. Cinema, ditto; same for department stores.....anywhere and everywhere. Bachelors (the brand of ciggies!) were my poison of choice, with a short period of those elegant Du Maurier in the red flat flip up box; short-lived because they were more expensive.
In my latter years I've stuck to Silk Cut Silver, the very lowest tar and nicotine that you can buy and as I used to say to anyone who wanted to try one, "don't give yourself a hernia inhaling - there's nothing there".
Last month I went on a rare visit to UK for my niece's wedding. It was freezing and I spent a great deal of time outdoors in the wind and rain having my ciggies (no-one else smokes and I was banished from the house). Everyone was either just getting over or just acquiring a vicious cold and bronchitic-type cough and there was no escape for me. That was nearly a month ago and I'm still wrestling with the aftermath. I gave my germs to D, el jefe, and he gave them back.....and so it goes on. Last week, el jefe wondered if I should not smoke and try to get rid of this whooping-type cough. It was obvious he was worried.
I saw an ad in our local internet forum for vaporised electronic ciggies so gave the guy a call and he visited that evening with all his wares. I chose the psychadelic-looking one in the picture above. It's light, neat and does the business. I get a nicotine hit (there's a choice of strengths from 6-24 mg) a cloud of vapour that looks like smoke but isn't, and a lovely vanilla smell as that's the ejuice I've chosen. I've got a standby of cherry, also very fragrant. I just have a puff now and again, rather than light up and smoke (or let go out while I'm busy) a whole ciggie. I've removed the ashtrays from my desk and side tables so the areas are now clean - so is my keyboard that used to get silted up with ash, along with the front of my clothes!
And I don't want a real fag. Aint that amazin'!
No, I don't know the long-term effects of using ejuice and I don't care at the moment as I'm breaking the tobacco habit. I'll keep you posted.
