Comments on: Living in the Future…

By: richardn

richardn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:02:37 +0000

Let me be the first to say “WTF are you doing sticking that thing in your gob?”… As much as I enjoy a technical solution to pretty much any problem, this strikes me as about as clever as the time you and I decided to make tobacco tea!

If this was really any sort of reliable/healthy alternative to smoking do you not think it may have received slightly better praise than “one of the best business ideas of the year”?
Oh, and Civics are cool! Convert it to electric!

By: richardn

richardn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:14:46 +0000

and something else that just occurred to me is that the beauty of this product is that any long term negative effects could easily be blamed on the prior behavior of the client…
or in fact they could even advertise this as being so accurate a simulation that it even gives you cancer….

By: dirtymouse

dirtymouse — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:56:01 +0000

i better you it doesn’t even use petrol.

i didn’t read the thing about cigarettes, they look scary.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:49:12 +0000

Although there is definitely some question about whether or not these things can help people quit, chemically it all seems rather simple… and although nicotine is still a poison and therefore bad, this has got to be the more healthy option for people who would smoke otherwise.

BTW If it was as bad as tobacco tea I would be in hospital already ;)

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:22 +0000

My bro in law is using a similar product, the name of which escapes me. He proudly puffs away in nightclubs and on aircraft.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:13 +0000

sounds like he is spoiling for a fight ;)

one real issue with these things is the psychological effect of using them in non-smoking places… I wouldn’t want to try it myself

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:39:18 +0000

Maybe call it Shitty? ;)

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:05:47 +0000

Can you not jam the fake ciggie into the end of one of those party whistle thingies?

Then you could use it anywhere. In the supermarket, on a plane, in the library… anywhere!

Of course, when people saw you sucking away on that party whistle instead of blowing, they might want to tell you that you’re doing it wrong. But then you could just blow a cloud of smoke in their eyes and make them all confused, and perhaps even a little intimidated.