Two days later, I have finally received my starter pack from Green Smoke. I was very excited after reading all these wonderful reviews, and at the same time a little worried the smokes wouldn't live up to their hype. As I said before, though, I didn't have aything to lose.
So...here's my review. I got the starter pack with a 5Pk of cartriges. I gotta say the first one I lit felt just like a Malboro Light. And I enjoyed it even more because I knew that it wasn't hurting my lungs. Looks like this will be even more addictive than a regular cigarette, but this is a good thing if it will keep me alive! I'm sure my children will also appreciate the fact that they can avoid passive smoking now.
We'll see how the rest of this goes, but I'm definitely sold on the idea of green cigarettes. From now on, I will be a healthy smoker. And I'm gonna be spreading the word.
Healthy smoking, at last!
A video review
While I wait for my green smokes in the mail, I thought I'd do a little digging around to see what other people thought of them. To be honest, I should have done this before I bought them - hindsight, eh?
The good news is that I haven't been able to find any bad reviews so far! Most of them are REALLY good, like this one. If I can get it to embed right that is, I'm not the most hi-tech of grandmothers.
Is healthy smoking really possible?
So I saw Dr. Ramirez today. He wasn't entirely convinced at first and he tried to sell me the idea of nicotine patches - again - but after some collective googling we finally found a company that makes electric cigarettes and that he was OK with. It's called Green Smoke and, as you can imagine, it makes electric cigarettes with nicotine but no tar or carcinogens or any other poison.
The starter kit is a bit steep at around $100, but I found a discount code so I managed to save 10% (in case you're wondering it's disc10-6070 but I'm not sure how long it will continue to work). That said, the refills themselves are a lot cheaper than a pack of smokes and they last a lot longer, so as Nigel said I will save money in the long run.
Anyway, I ordered the starter pack and a set of refills. In the meantime I'll enjoy my last few packs of Malboro Lites ;).
Smoking is killing me
Well, it's finally caught up with me. I had my third coughing spell this month on Wednesday and so as usual my husband drove me to the emergency room. They said they'd never seen anyone my age with lungs in such bad condition. Said it's the smoking. They told me I have to quit otherwise I'll be dead in ten years, but I've never had the willpower to do it and I don't think I'm about to start.
One of the x-ray guys suggested I try smoking alternatives, like electric cigarettes, but as I told him, if I can't quit, then how am I going to drop my Malboro lights in favor of some high-tec gadget? He explained that it's the nicotine that gets me addicted. That much I know. He also said that some electric cigarettes also have nicotine, so it's just as easy to get addicted to them. When I asked what, in this case, makes them better, he had some more convincing arguments: They don't contain tar or any of those poisons that are rotting my lungs away. And he said that I could also save money in the long run because an electric cigarette lasts as long as two packs of mine. Which is good because I've been smoking three packs a day for a decade and had I not, I could probably have bought a Porsche instead of a Fiat!
So anyway - I'm off to see Dr Ramirez tomorrow, see what he thinks about these electric smokes. I'm not entirely convinced but if Nigel the x-ray man is right, I might just give them a try. Nothing to lose, right?
