My first electronic cigarette.

3 years ago when my health took a turn to the worse, i decided to switch from smoking analogue cigarettes to using an electronic cigarette.


I ordered from a reputable company a kit that had 2 batteries, 2 atomizers, a charging case and spare filters. The idea of getting a charging case was so i can charge the batteries while i am out and about.

At the time, electronic cigarettes were and some of them still are looking like real cigarettes.

When i first started vaping, i needed something that looks like a cigarette rather than say an eGo type which is a lot bigger yet does the job more than excellent.


The drawback of having a cigarette look alike is battery life. Apart from that it does the job very well. Specially now they advanced a lot with the addition of cartomizers which are an atomizer and cartridge rolled into one plus now there are tank cartridges as well so you are spoilt for choice.

I was a heavy smoker before so i was very apprehensive about trying them as i had high hopes that with a vapourette i can ditch the analogue cigarette once and for all and switch to them (vapourettes).

After trying it for a few puffs, i realised that this is the one for me. So i put my rolling tobacco tin in a drawer in the bedroom and thought the big test will be in the morning when i wake up and would want a usual cigarette. So next day when i got up, i took the first puff from the ecig and i thought wow! That is doing the trick. 

Since then i never looked back and carried on using vapourettes ever since.

The reason a lot of vapers (people that use vapourettes electronic cigarettes) end to start with a look like type of ecig is the psychology of the whole thing. For me to make the switch to vapourettes, I had to have something that very much if not identical looked like a real cigarette.

I even tried the smallest one at 88mm long which is almost exactly the same size of the real thing. The big drawback to that size is that you will be charging the batteries more than you will be using it. I did however persevere with the small ones and they have certainly done the trick and I was analogue cigarettes free from then on.

A version of the small electronic cigarette which is made of  a battery,
an atomizer and the filter tip that holds the liquid nicotine.

I have to say this though. A lot of vapers, the more experienced ones say that the small ecigs are useless and a waste of money. I strongly disagree with them. Without the small type hat looks like an electronic cigarette, the majority would still be using analogues to this day. So the small ones have done the trick and when we were in safe waters so to speak, we moved on to something that lasts longer and performs better mainly due to a bigger size which in turn allows for a longer battery life and can accommodate more electronics in it.


 When i first started, i used 18mg strength which wasn't enough for me as i use to smoke Golden Virginia rolling tobacco which is quite strong. So i bought some e-liquid of 24mg and started refilling my cartridges with it. I even went higher and bought some 36mg to try but was too strong for me.

Now i settled on 18mg and if i happen to have a cold or flu i sometimes use 11mg which is weaker.


If you have the intention of quitting smoking altogether, you can try reducing the nicotine intake gradually over a number of weeks or even months. After that all you will have to get rid of is the habit of holding a cigarette or vapourette and of course the vapour itself. Can you do without both? I personally like the habit (hand to mouth) as it is called. The motion of holding a cigarette be it a vapourette or electronic cigarette as some people call it, then there is the vapour production which is a delight to many vapers.


So in conclusion vapourettes electronic cigarettes are certainly a much better alternative to analogue cigarettes and the coming months, years will prove that beyond any doubt.


There is talk that the big tobacco companies are developing an electronic cigarette which proves the point that they are a worthy alternative to the analogue cigarette.


A lot of research has been going on about electronic cigarettes of late and all the signs look like they are much better than patches, inhalers, pills, etc....

They cannot be called smoking cessation devices as they have to pass a lot of tests before they can be recognised as smoking cessation devices but all the signs are pointing that way.


Suffice to say that vapourettes electronic cigarettes or vapour cigarettes are certainly a much better alternative to the usual smoking. No smell, no passive smoking let alone the smell on the clothes.