Electronic cigarette smoking, anyone?

Was concentrating on the work at hand when my seatmate told me about the reason for the ruckus several rows down our desks. Apparently, a colleague was sharing with everyone his packs of electronic cigarette. It was the first time I heard about this e-cigars and so after exclaiming my surprise at this and after looking at the racket from a distance (i can even see some faint smoke), I just went back to my PFDs.

But later on, when my seatmate, who was not a smoker took a puff, I asked him how it was. He then led me to our colleague's desk and together, they convinced me to try and take a puff. Told me it was safe as there's no carcinogen on it. Curiosity got the better of me so puff I did. It was awkward, having a cigarette-like stick on my mouth. When I didn't feel anything, I puffed a long one. Until I instantly felt some smoke on my lungs. Drat I can still even feel the smoke up to now, some 6 hours later, wuhuhu. It was sweet though. But most of the afternoon, I feel drugged, on a high. So that's how smokers feel...Won't be on it though. My throat doesn't feel well now.

Anyways, E-cigarettes are the latest addition to smokers' alternatives when they can't smoke on public places. It has a scent that similar to tobacco flavor and contains only water, nicotine and propylene glycol which the FDA deems safe. Supposedly electronic cigarettes doesn't contain cancer-causing agents. Check this out. And oopps, didn't know one still have to exhale the vapors. No wonder I feel bad up to now. I kept it all in! yikes! And still, it's not for people under 18, and not for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Yikes!

A curious experience. Especially one taken right in the office, where cigarette smoking is banned, in front of colleagues and the department manager at that!