Smoking…

Say what you will about smokers. I was one myself for years, quitting several years ago. I don’t regret smoking, I enjoyed it. I’m also glad I quit, but that’s me; your mileage may vary.
Why am I bringing it up? I have a friend who still smokes and doesn’t enjoy going out nearly as much as she did before Hawaii passed laws preventing one from smoking just about everywhere. As I enjoy her company it’s been a bit of trial figuring out where we can go for a bite to eat where she can get out easily to have a puff or two.
The other day I reading an article on virus hunters in the New Yorker (you’ll need a subscription for the full article) and discovered the Ploom. It’s a smoke free delivery system for nicotine which comes from real tobacco. By vaporizing the nicotine (and flavors) out of real tobacco without burning it you are, supposedly, able to avoid all that smoke but still get flavor and your kick.

Hopefully it works and we can once again go out in society. 🙂
Am I buying one for myself? No, I quit smoking a few years ago and have quite enough bad habits as it is. Besides if I get hooked on nicotine again the day will come when I don’t have my Ploom with me and will need a fix. Then I’ll be back to cigarettes and…well I’d just rather not go there.
Aloha!