One of my uncles was a heavy smoker, as based on one of his friend’s story. Oftentimes, when they hang out in my uncle’s office, his friend once told me that my uncle tried to attach one stick of cigarette with the filter detached to another cigarette, and then he’d smoke the two sticks joined into one. That was one of the most unusual stories that I’ve heard from all smokers that I’ve known. You could just continue smoking one stick after the other, but his way of smoking was quite odd. Nevertheless, that one story did convince me how addicted he was to smoking cigarettes.

That was when I was still a child and unaware of everything about smoking. Now that I’ve grown a bit, he did manage to cease his smoking habit, and as a smoker, I did find it hard to believe before he told me how he did quit smoking.

His wife often told him to quit his addiction from smoking simply because it was unhealthy, and he was already feeling a lot due to the declination of his health caused by it. He didn’t mind it, as most smokers would, and continued on his smoking habits until his wife ordered an electronic cigarette online and gave it to him as a present on his birthday.

His first reaction was that he’d never use such device and that it wouldn’t stop him from smoking, as I’d suspect judging from how heavy a smoker he was. His first try of the electronic cigarette was not entirely positive, as he claimed that the pleasure was not as good as what real cigarettes brought. But he did use the electronic cigarette more often eventually, and to his surprise, the number of cigarettes he smoked was reduced to around half of his normal consumption every day.

My aunt was of course happy with how his husband managed to reduce his cigarette consumption, but it didn’t stop at that. After around six months, my uncle had already been so used to his electronic cigarette, and I have never seen him smoked real cigarettes again.

Also check out my other post (http://blogtext.org/aiyeenpark/) on cigarettes.