Steaming Brilliant???

So, a friend of mine went out last night to a bar. The state of Illinois is smoke-free, no smoking in any public places, that means restaurants and bars, people!! My friend, Meg (and no, her full name is NOT Meghan!!) encountered a man smoking in the bar she was patronizing. The owner was not happy, but allowed it to go on. So, Meg took it upon herself to investigate the matter further. The man was not smoking tobacco cigarette's, but he was smoking electric cigarette's.

WTF are electric cigarette's???

Apparently, these cig's are made up of a rechargeable battery, nicotene cartridge and a vaporizor. You inhale like a regular cigarette, it feels like a tobacco cigarette, but you exhale steam, no smoke!!! You don't ingest the harmful chemicals you get in regular tobacco cigarettes. I went to the web site for this product today and found some interesting information. One nicotene cartridge equals 2 packs of cigarettes. The battery life lasts through 2 or 3 nicotene cartridges and the initial charge of the battery takes 3 hours. Nicotene cartridge strength comes in Full, Medium, Light, None and Menthol and Non-menthol.

The starter kit is $130 which includes:

1 - Cigarette - styled Atomizing Device - Comes in Black, Burgundy and White
2 - 3.6V Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
1 - 3.6V Lithium Battery Charger
1 - Cartridge Pack (4 cartridges = 8 packs standard cigarettes)

Nicotene refill cartridges come in packs of 5 for a cost of $30.

So, my question to both my readers is, if you were a smoker, would you buy this product?? I wonder if this will catch on? Meg seems to think so!!