Jacko, I smoke, and I have used these electronic Cigarettes, but only whilst on a flight.
Now if they were any good, or as good as a proper cigarette I would use them all the time, but sadly they are vile and give me a sore throat. Banning smoking in the pubs in England have contributed to the demise of the Great British Pub, without a doubt, thats the reason I hardly ever bother now, but the plus side to that coin is, I save more money by not going out as regular as I used too and I buy a flight to LOS where I can smoke away to my hearts content. We all have our flaws mate, I like a cigarette, but I dont flaunt it in somebodys face, I never light up in restaurants, and usually smoke outside, (not as cold as England), having said that, go-go Bars are different, and if they allow me to light up, I will.
A guy at work once got smoking banned in the porto-cabin, so as per usual every Sat night he would come in with his curry, but not the Saturday AFTER he got smoking banned, he tried too,
Me ''what do you think you are doing with that''
Him ''I'm gonna eat my curry J''
Me ''Not in here your not''
Him ''Oh come on J, its raining outside''
Me ''So it is, eat it in your car then''
Him ''Can't, the mrs needs it, she's taking the kids to the pictures''
Me ''Looks like your gonna get fuckin wet then doesn't it''
Him ''This isn't fair''
Me ''Life usually isn't, now outside with that stinking tripe''
Now I love curry as much as my mate, but I made him eat it outside to prove a point on how it is to be told on what to do, in the end we all came to a compromise and never lit up at break times, we enjoyed our cigarette in peace, and my friend got to eat his curry on a Saturday night in peace,
This is a topic that will undoubtly go on & on & on, ex smokers are the worst kind, they will bitch about the badness of it, (something they never considered whilst they smoked) and the smokers will go on about it being their choice, there are no winners, both are right in their own ways and both are also wrong.