I don’t want to quit smoking, I want to smoke wherever and whenever I want, without the hassle, and without “bothering” anyone. This is the answer.

It was January 2007, and I was walking down the aisle at CES in Las Vegas, when I saw a guy standing in a booth “e-smoking”.

Immediately, I saw technology solving our society’s answer to the restrictive new laws and rules about nicotine, AND I saw how I could smoke in the poker room later that night, and even on my plane ride home. I bought a sample unit on the spot, and have been a fan ever since.

Now in the summer of 2009, I’ve personally declared the old 3-piece electric cigarettes to be dead technology, and just not worth buying anymore.

These “electric cigarettes” or “esmokes” whatever you prefer to call ‘em have come down in price alot over the years, but JUST LIKE COMPUTERS, technology has dramatically improved them too, so the cheapest ones are often the older technology, that frankly, stinks.

As fast as people have been trying to make cheap clone devices, there are others making them better, and this video is a 2 1/2 minute glimpse at how they’ve changed, and where we are now, in the summer of 2009.

Don’t get confused by the names, and don’t expect them to be the same from vendor to vendor either.

They usually are called “mini cigs” but they’re not “mini” sized compared to a cigarette, they’re called “mini” the original was really long, and looked like a cigarette holder.

Those old ones only came in black, white, and burgundy colors, but with more and more colors now, and even chrome models with different color and sizes of tip types, your choices are ever-expanding.

In the mean time, I’ll try to keep the ecig stores page up to date with thoughts, news, experiences and maybe a few reviews…