Minnesota just passed a tax increase on cigarettes and now they're up to $8 a pack.

Thanks a lot, motherf**kers!

Will be looking into E-Cigs as well.

man-up and quit cold turkey.
people that say its impossible have no spine.

pipe tobacco.

I don't have anything to say about e-cigarettes, I know next to nothing about it, but I presume you are trying to quit smoking?

After 20 years I've quit recently (though I wasn't really a super-hardcore smoker), and it's been tough, but it feels so good. I picked on chewing piles of gum instead of e-cigs to help out when the cravings got pretty bad, but so far I'm handling it.

It's also been hard trying to ignore my mind attempting to fool myself ("You can get away with having just a few pufs, that's it, and then smoke no more"). But on times when the temptation was getting too big to handle, I would inject some needed motivation by googling about all the hineous effects smoking tobacco has on your body.

Damn, it's been a month since my last cigarette and just 30 minutes ago I was feeling once again the back of my head screaming for a smoke.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, good luck, keep it up and take care, it's worth it.

What is the point of smoking if there's no smoke? Tell me when there's Eblowsmokefrommymouth

Hey I am looking to get nicotine E-Cigarettes in Canada. Does anyone know a site that sells and ships nicotine E-cigs here?

Something cheap would be preferable so I can try it and I am not out a lot if it gets seized.

Just a friendly reminder, i noticed some people said that it doesn't help you give up, it's not designed for that, it's to replace the smoke with vapour.

What is the point of smoking if there's no smoke?

There's enough vapor that looks sufficiently like smoke, but with a few extra "cool party trick" benefits.
Like, for instance, being able to blow a semi-permanent "mad scientist"-like dense fog-like layer in a glass on top of your drink.

Side-note, my nicotine intake has roughly doubled from my earlier days of cigarette smoking, but my "nicotine budget" has gone down by at least 80%.

Side-note, my nicotine intake has roughly doubled from my earlier days of cigarette smoking, but my "nicotine budget" has gone down by at least 80%.

...I tried these I think they are rubbish :|

You can literally buy this: http://i.imgur.com/uWTbgoc.jpg

Get an ego 510 (or 510 compatible) 900mAh battery starter kit. Throw in a 900mAh pass through battery.
Get a couple of T3 tanks and pick up extra carts (elements) for them.

Best juice I have found for throat hit and vapor produced is vaporstaton. Partial to Tennessee myself, but also can dig Tampa, Texas, Frisco, and RY4. All sell for $14 for a 30mL bottle.

Batteries last all day and the pass through can be used while you are Eve'ing it.

The vapor that simple set up produces for me is equivalent to when I smoked. A little pricey on the initial investment, but not spending $ on analog cigs adds up real quick and that investment is quickly recovered.

What is the point of smoking if there's no smoke? Tell me when there's Eblowsmokefrommymouth

I'm on Day 2 of trying the e-cigs and I like them. You can blow smoke from them, they are pretty much identical to "real" cigs except for the fact that they are a bit heavier.

I was thinking about trying them but this thread tipped me over the edge, so thanks to Akita and Andski and everyone else that spent some time talking about the subject.

Just to add one point, as opposed to gum, patches, microtabs, lozenges, etc, the difference for me is that you get the instant hit of inhaling.

@Andski, I've just started to get my feet wet as it were, so I have bought a couple of disposables. The nice lady in Tesco informed me when I bought them that it was cheaper to buy the rechargeable and I will do that once I have used up the last disposable.

I've been using Socialities for a few months now and I'm down to one or two real cigs a week... they ship world wide, as far as I know.

Do they really feel and taste like Ciggys?

Cause that's what put me off them, I found they had no kick.

Do they really feel and taste like Ciggys?
Cause that's what put me off them, I found they had no kick.

Vape snobs will tell you that branded cartomizers are inferior, you should make your own, etc. but I'll say that I've been using that BLU kit for about three months now and I've become accustomed to it in the same manner as I was smokes. I can change batteries mindlessly in the car, it's a thing to fidget with at my desk, and I can lazily use it so long as I remember to plug the charge-pack thing in every day or so, using the same micro-USB I use to charge my phone (less wires. Yay.)

Sure, I could probably get better vapor, lower cost, etc. going with one of the mini-hookah monstrosities, but it isn't nearly as convenient, and if there's one thing I don't want to expend extra effort for in my life it's a vice.

Vendor lock-in and low battery life are not something I consider convenient. You don't need some monster battery tube mod with a custom coiled and wicked rebuildable atomizer to have a good vape. A $20 variable voltage battery and $5-10 tank atomizer are convenient, easy to work with and have superior battery life to any cigalike, not to mention the fact that you get a much wider range of flavors, nicotine strengths and VG/PG ratios to choose from.

I found it can be a bit tricky getting the dose right at the start as there wasn't any info that I could find so it was just a try it and see approach for me.

Taking 3 - 4 deep inhales every half hour or so seems to work ok with the 10-Motives E-cigarette and a refill lasts about a day and a half and is supposed to be roughly equivalent to 25 normal smokes. So as long as getting about that much use out of each refill it's like being on a 25 a day habit.

Some nice indepth info, thanks folks. I've just looked at the selection available locally, the CE4 looks to be pretty good, but I'd like some opinions from people more experienced with vaping before I splash out -ú40 on something that might not be any good.

Best start with at most a quarter tank, just in case you don't exactly like the liquid you started with.

He could also get one of these as well

Day 6, I haven't murdered anybody which is good. This needed a bump because it's so damn helpful.

>.> Maybe it is time to try and Stop again...

Stopping? Heck no.

I've stopped for 5 years once, a year as well and a couple months.
I was fine cold turkeying myself erry time, but I just really enjoy my smokes.