As I have said before, I spend a lot of time on the road due to my job. A few years ago all I would see around construction sites is workers taking smoke breaks. Now a day all I am seeing is these workers using Ecigs while working. I feel as though this trend is going to catch on very fast, thus putting a big hurt on the tobacco industry that deals with Americans. I can’t speak for the world as a whole but if America is picking up on it then that must mean that other countries are moving towards this direction as well, if not already there. Just in the town I live in alone I can count at least ten different vape shops, not to mention the small vape kiosks in malls, gas stations and big name stores like Walmart to name one.

The simple fact that I have, in my time, never heard of a smoking competition with tobacco but those who do what is known as “Cloud Chasing” have competitions all the time. Not only is this something that is a better alternative to tobacco it is also becoming a hobby for many people. This includes building your own coils that can take on a slew of different shapes and sizes with different breeds of cotton to absorb the liquid. The different the build, the different type of cloud it produces. This alone sets the standard for it being a hobby. Now don’t get me wrong, I know plenty of people who collect pipes, rare tobacco types and many other products that are related with tobacco.

I’ll be honest to my readers though, I’ve tried cigarettes. Used to like them till I had a cough attack years ago, quite cold turkey. When one of my friends got into vaping I was skeptical to the fullest of the term. I didn’t want to try it, I thought it was going to be a gateway back into smoking. I was horribly wrong, It was so much pleasurable and after a night of sharing his I didn’t feel the need for a fix the next day. Even a month went by and I didn’t want more of it. Well, the rest of my friends kicked the butt, literally and all bought into the Ecig market. I was using their Ecigs so much when they would come over that I bought mine. No nicotine, just the oral fixation of puffing on something that wasn’t a cigarette, it helped especially when drinking. I use mine every now and again, but it was something nice to have. Even to this day I do not have that “Oh my god I need nicotine!!!” feeling that most people get.

While I was using my Ecig, my breathing came back to me, I was able to sleep better at night and the cough attacks finally stopped about two months after I quite. I will NEVER go back to it, only vaping if I ever get that urge. Only reason I say this is because most of my friends have told me that I have addictive tendencies that are very unhealthy. this term ranges many topics such as eating, caffeine, video games, you name it. When I smoked my first cigarette I thought to myself “Thats it, this is going to be what kills me in 15 years.” Well truth be told, I have never felt better since I quit and moved onto vaping. As said though, I hardly use my Ecig anymore to. In this writer’s personal opinion, Ecigs are the easiest and best way to get off tobacco. One final note however, just like tobacco in the early 1900’s, doctors used to say it was good for you. We were horribly wrong and look where it got those during that time now? I’m not saying that in 5, 10, or even 20 years from now doctors will come out and find something horribly wrong. It is very possible that they could, it’s just a healthier alternative for the time period. I hope that I see the day that no one smokes tobacco. Until then my friends, fight the good fight, stay strong and Vape on.

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