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My Cigarette Quit Recap: How am I Doing?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

So, it’s been awhile since I posted about e-cigarettes, snus, snuff or the like. Basically I have yet to fully quit nicotine. The good news is I can pretty much not use it if I have to, so my dependence is much, much less than it was when I smoked.

Unfortunately due to the PACT act with Snus I started to use dip a lot. This caused gum recession very quickly, so I now try to stick with my snus when possible.

As far as e-cigarettes go, I still take a puff every now and then, but it’s really uncommon and only when I’m really stressed or something, I get a craving for a cigarette and just puff on that. I haven’t touched a cigarette for 2 years or so now, but I have smoked cigars, very rarely.

Pretty much I use my moist snuff or snus and that’s it all day, and I’m fine. I will be quitting that in the future as well, though I’m not sure about how to approach it.

So yes, the “harm reduction” path has worked for me, but who knows something else other than tobacco may kill me, it’s the risk you take living life. Stress, anxiety, and depression has caused me 100x worse health effects than cigarettes ever did.

GGTS E-Cigarette Review

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Anyway, I’ve had the GGTS for around 3 weeks, maybe a little less.

So far, I’ve had very little issues with it. The only negative that comes to mind right now is that it gets dirty. After 3 weeks (I have no metal polish or anything like that) It’s starting to not look so good. However, when I get the chance I am going to pick up some metal polish. Since it’s not permanent, it’s not a big deal. I have only used it at 6V with 510 atomizers, sometimes I use the i6. I burned out the i3 by mis-using it.

Really, the fact that the GGTS just “works” and has no issues within this period of time makes me pretty happy with my purchase. Any issues I have are related to the atomizer/juices/batteries and not the GGTS itself.

Button works at all times, if I want to switch atomizers it’s a very simple switch. It feels good, it looks good (when polished), and it works well. Maintenance is very low, no fiddling with the switch trying to make it work or breaking atomizer connections. The only thing you have to do to keep it working right is clean it every once in awhile, and take care of your atomizers in the regular way. (e-cigarettes always have various maintenance no matter what you buy.)

Value – 8/10 – decent value, I think it’ll last you awhile and it’s solidly built. Price could be lower though. The price point will discourage more price conscious consumers.

Build Quality – 10/10 – Very well constructed, not sure what needs to be improved.

Looks – 9/10 – Looks sort of depends on your configuration, but almost all of them look good.

Usability – 10/10 – Works every time.

Overall – 9.25/10

It’s a superior device, and *almost* deserves the price it’s set at. I think it could be a little lower, but it’s not bad. I also realize that the price has to do with the exchange rate, so if the exchange rate was correct price would probably be where I’d expect it to be.

Keep in mind I use it everyday and I generally vape about 2-4ml of 24mg juice per day. So it’s been through a lot of use already. Not really sure why I vape so much.. I was only a pack a day smoker, but I never have any signs of taking in too much nicotine. (never dizzy etc) I have to go to 36MG juice to feel that, never happens on 24mg.

BluCigs: A Legitimate E-Cigarette Affiliate Program?

Monday, May 11th, 2009

BluCigs.com contacted me today, they are brand new. They are looking for affiliates obviously, and my website traffic does match for e-cigarettes. Probably because that’s all I rank for on Google :) Anyway, they offer 20% per sale which is pretty good. Another thing, their product doesn’t look scammy AT ALL to me. It looks like an awesome E-Cig that I’ll have to try out at some point.

All that complaining I was doing in my last post seems like I actually can “have it my way”. I really don’t like promoting really scammish products. This one doesn’t look at all like a scam. Their prices are completely within reason for an e-cig, and what’s more, it looks like a really cool product. It charges your e-cig a few times from the pack they give you. You can charge on the go! It only does this about 7 times, but hey, still awesome. The batteries they are using are the newest lithium ion batteries and last the regular amount, somewhat similar to a janty dura-c or a dse901.

Why does this make me excited? After looking at  Smoking Everywhere and MyInLife (Which seem to be the only ones that offer any kind of payout) I was kind of disgusted at their product. That’s why you see me debating in my last post. This program is NOT MLM, which I really despise to be honest. It’s just a regular affiliate program :)

I will be buying this product at some point to test it out for myself, but there are already some preliminary reviews here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/15761-new-here-anyone-heard-blu-e-cigs.html and they’re positive. (Look towards the end of that thread)

So check out this new e-cig here: Blu Electronic Cigarettes