What's the difference? Is there something I need to do differently?

Tobacco cigarettes

We all know how tobacco cigarettes work. Produce a fire (lighter- flame) at the end to get the dried weed smoldering, inhale through the filter to draw oxygen to smoldering flame and the burning paper/tobacco mix generate smoke as long as there is 16% oxygen in the atmosphere. You can inhale as slowly or quickly as you like. All the burning end needs is the rush of oxygen from the inhalation to produce more smoke. The heated smoke passes through the filter into your mouth and lungs, filling them with the feeling of the heated smoke and its 4000+ chemicals - dozens of which are known to cause cancer but one of the chemicals is NICOTINE the reason you smoke. Then there's tar and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT among others - including nicotine. You can repeat the puffing process until the tobacco and paper end are burnt down to the filter. You then discard the filter.

Personal Vaporizers/E-cigarettes

Personal vaporizers/electronic cigarettes operate entirely differently. There are several models and configurations but ultimately they all use a liquid, an atomizer and a battery to produce vapor. The key difference is the absence of fire and smoke. Vaporizing takes a little time. a slow, steady, extended puffs will generate a good amount of vapor. Quick, hard puffs won't generate much at all, and will eventually do harm to the atomizer. This is generally the point that people switching from tobacco cigarettes struggle with. for several years now the smokers have been ban from smoking anywhere except next to a garbage bend.  After years of lighting up a cigarette and quickly puffing away to get the nicotine fix, often discarding the cigarette with a portion of it still remaining - smokers have to retrain themselves to slow down and expect a slightly different experience from these new devices.  Get your NICOTINE fix and do away with most of the chemicals

Vaporization

The atomizer takes a small amount of liquid in through the wick (typically polyester or synthetic cotton) that sits in the liquid in a small inner tube inside the cartridge. The liquid is pulled into the atomizing chamber and vaporized before being released back down the cartridge to the hole in the end, and into the mouth. Drawing too quickly can force too much liquid into the atomizer and clog it, causing it to stop working. With quick draws, even if the atomizer can keep up, it's not producing the appropriate amount of vapor. A slow, steady draw on the cartridge will produce the proper amount of vapor. The smart chips in the battery of most units will actually attempt to save the atomizer by cutting it off after it heats up and not allow it to activate again until it's cooled down. if you find that you're puffing and it's not working - set it down and let it cool and remind yourself that it's not a cigarette. Slow and steady is the key.

Satisfaction

The right amount of vapor means the right amount of flavor and nicotine. Slow, steady draws produce the right amount of all of these things. Most of our users report that they're satisfied after 2-4 slow draws with consistent vapor production. This is also a big change from smoking. These same users list 15-20 quick puffs required to reach the same level of satisfaction levels with cigarettes.

What CAN I do differently?

Tobacco cigarettes

As a smoker, you're well aware that where you can smoke is rather limited.  For the most part, it's an outside activity unless you're at home or in your car.  There's ash and filter disposal to consider as well. Second hand smoke, third hand smoke, odor and ashes are the main reasons for these restrictions.

Personal Vaporizers/E-cigarettes

As a 'vaper' you're far less restricted.  Second hand smoke, third hand smoke, odor and ashes don't exist. In theory you can use your e-cigarette/personal vaporizer anywhere. In practice this isn't always the case.  People are still becoming aware of these products and aren't always receptive to them being used in their establishments.  Generally, a little discussion and education can resolve the issue but this isn't always true. Yes, we've heard of customers using them in the hospital during treatments, in theaters, on planes, in restaurants, bathrooms, Bingo halls and places of work but where and how you vape is up to you, your discretion, and your willingness to pioneer. 

I can tell you this for certain however (yes it's obvious but it bears repeating as it's still quite new and different from cigarettes): there is no smoke produced.  For fun (or whatever you'd like to call it) I spent 10 minutes attempting to set off a high end smoke/carbon monoxide detector with direct vapor clouds from our SmokeFree unit and was thoroughly unsuccessful. No beep, no blip, no tone - just the steady flash of light from the battery indicator as cloud after cloud of vapor licked the monitor's casing and disappeared.    

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