the Father's Day gift that keeps on giving...

Curt has smoked Black & Mild cigars for years...he's tried to quit several times - would slowly work his way down to just smoking 1 a day...then somehow, he'd pick the pace back up & be right back where he started from

but this Father's Day, i got him a special gift...look closely...

that's no ordinary cigar...that's an eCig! an eCig is an electronic cigarette...it uses an atomizer & eliquid (juice) to create a vapor, not smoke...

the juices come in different levels of nicotine, so u can use them to slowly ween urself off & quit smoking all together...or u can continue to vape - with nicotine, or without...it's not the nicotine in ordinary cigarettes that kill u, it's the harmful tobacco, chemicals & carcinogens that they add to the cigarettes!

*here's just a few of the ingredients that go into the making of cigarettes...

Acetone - ingredient in nail polish remover
Methanol - used as rocket fuel
Naphthylamine - a carcinogenic
Pyrene - a carcinogenic
Naphthalene - moth repellent
Cadmium - used in batteries, a carcinogenic
Carbon monoxide - poisonous gas
Vinyl Chloride - used in plastic materials
Cyanhydric acid - was used in gas chambers
Ammonia - detergent
Arsenic - lethal poison
Dibenzacridine - a carcinogenic
Polonium 210 - a radioactive element
DDT - insecticide
Formaldehyde - used as an embalming fluid

*eliquid & the vapor it produces contain 3 main ingredients: nicotine, propylene glycol, and flavoring...these 3 ingredients are also found in regular cigarettes, but are known not to be carcinogenic, and are approved by the FDA
*source

not only can u get different levels of nicotine, but there r also TONS of flavors to choose from...Curt's currently waiting on an order from Ms. T's Bakery - just looking at her site makes me drool!

we gave Curtis this gift first thing Father's Day morning & he hasn't touched a single B&M since! it takes a little more time/preparation than just grabbing a pack at the store...but he sits down & loads up his cartomizers with the juices he likes, charges his batteries, & packs up his little case each nite - & he's good to go for the next day! plus, he's actually getting into mixing juices & finding flavors/combos that he likes (he's been mixing a tobacco flavor & juicy fruit flavor lately...has some caramel brownie & green apple lollipop on the way!)...it really becomes somewhat of a hobby

he's been getting a huge kick out vaping indoors...he loves the reaction he gets from walking thru the store & puffing away...i just pretend i don't know him! ~lol~ he delivered pizza to the police station the other night & had several cops/dispatchers gathered around, asking him questions about his eCig...he's also convinced a few of his friends to give it a try - they've purchased their own, & given up cigarettes completely!

the kiddos LOVE that daddy is no longer smoking...he's now vaping! ;0) they've forever been on his case to quit (& believe me, they throw up the C word at him every chance they get..."daddy, u're going to get cancer!" ~lol~), so they're super happy to know what he's doing now is safe...not to mention, he's tasting food again, feeling like he can breathe better, & his random headaches are gone!

it's the Father's Day gift that keeps on giving!
:0)

here's a link to the starter kit i picked up for Curt...the price is pretty great for what u get...& if u consider what we were paying for B&M's before Curt got this eCig, it's probably already paid for itself! & here's a video that Cigtechs put out (a tutorial on how to use the 808), in case u're interested in how it works...



also, here's a great link for the argument of eCig vs cigarettes...there r some additional resources linked on that site as well...eCigs r not currently FDA approved, but a much better choice if u ask me!!!

*special thx to our friend Mark for turning us on to the whole eCig thing...& for his help with getting Curt started...Mark has been cigarette free for over a year & a half now, & is quite the vaping expert ;0)