How did you come across ecigs for the first time

As the title says ..

I came across it on the WP forum by accident while at work.
I am curious as to how much effect the loss of the WP forum may affect take up.

maybe I am a rarity ..

 

I first discovered it mid-late 2009 with my discovery of them on DX. Ordered in a unit, it was shit and forgot about it again until about January 2010.

I am a poster on SomethingAwful.com and they have an ecig thread in the gadgets section I came across, it was at that time I realised there were more to
ecigs then this DX shit, I went from reading the entire SA thread and WP thread and placing orders for decent hardware.

 

saw it on the tourist with johnny depp, and katherine heigl on David letterman, few months later thought i would try my token once a year quit effort with a shitty elusion and havent smoked in 9 months

 

I first saw something on the news then somehow I came across the katherine heigl on David letterman video on youtube. After lots of researching I came across this site and was more than happy with the advice I got here. I dont bother with any other ecig forums now.

 

In 2009 an American friend sent me a link to the "super-sexy" blu-cig ads (everything starts with the porn industry!). We made fun of it, thought it was stupid, who on earth would want to smoke electronically?! A few months later I was talking to another friend about wanting to quit and he mentioned ecigs as well. We both trawled ECF and ended up with 410's and 510's and they worked for a while. I did go back to smoking after numerous problems with my 510 setup, but I'm happy to say that this time around the ego is working out VERY well for me.

So yeah, I think I found out through word of mouth... and maybe youtube for the blu-cig lolz.

 

Word of mouth...

 

work mate in the nightclub was puffin away on one!

 

I actually came across it on whirlpool too. I often read the gadgets section to look for new toys and found the thread there. A few google searches later and I ended up at HC.

 

Was searching isohunt.com for a torrent and one of those annoying ads for an overpriced 510 type .comght my eye. Couldn't believe I'd never heard of them before especially as my body was telling me to get away from the smoke again. Lots of research later and reading this forum and the rest is history. Feel much, much better and haven't looked back!

 

Bought one in a night market in malaysia. It was a piece of crap but got me interested enough to do some research whereupon I found WP and this forum.

 

I found the thread on WP.
I have whimed the mod that closed the thread and asked that a new thread be opened and HoPeFuLLL be banned as its his actions that has forced the closing.
I would urge everybody do the same, I would never have seen these if it wasnt for WP.

 

Word of mouth, friend of a friend.

 

I sent to see a friend at work and he pulled one out and started screwing it together, I thought it was a toy when I saw it light up at the end when he drew back on it, apparently I had an epic "WTF?!" look on my face when he actually blew smoke out of it. After about a million questions on juice, atomisers, batteries, nicotine, etc. I had a toke on his and was instantly impressed. I found this forum later that day after mining google for information and research on them, and ordered my first e-cig the next day.

 

My partner saw them on WP and tried to get me to try it in 2009 - he bought some disposables and they were horrible - so no go.

We tried again in July this year but after reading everything on WP went ego batts and boge carts - end of story...

Michael

 

EXACTLY how it happened for me...I have no idea where i first heard about them, but when i decided to quit (yet again), i just somehow knew what they were and haven't looked back since! maybe some sort of subliminal conspiracy theory going on?!?!?!, lol.
Now 6.5 months off the cigs and loving every minute

 

I was on isohunt and one of those adds for a cheap piece of crap popped up.

Did some research, decided i wanted something that resembled in size a normal cigarette, and (stupidly) bought what is basically a joye 510 for 100 dollars with some horrible flavoured tabacco liquid. Thankfully i also ordered some razbull 18mg juice from freedom smoke...

Thankfully then i did find this and ecf, and the quest for the perfect pv has begun...

 

An add on Facebook

 

I am in china,i found it on TV first and them found,they are pupular on the net.

 

I saw a Blu cig ad in The Rolling Stones magazine and immediately started googling.

 

just grabbed the current data to see how it changes now that the WP thread closed..