You got your stilletos, your fishnet hosiery, maybe even a garter belt for those special occasions, when you are hitting the clubs or on a man hunt...why not add an all black e cigarette (sans nicotine, or with, up to you...) to the look.
Imagine yourself, leaning up against a wall, non chalently blowing wisps of smoke through your glossy, cherry lips, your skin tight dress and glistening skin attracting attention from all over the room. The smoke only adds to your mystery. It doesnt have an unappealing smell, doesnt leave you tasting like an ashtray, and if you go with the non nicotene kind, won't even hurt your health. Win win.
I had a lot to learn about e cigs, but as a prop for a sexy look, they cannot be beat. If you want to learn more, check out the link at the top of my blog page to E Cig 101.
Read more about the revolution below...
It was at a Ladi6 concert at the Powerstation recently that Nick Dwyer was tackled by a security guard.
He had taken out an e-cigarette and was taking a drag when she accosted him.
"But as soon as I said, 'no it's electronic', she was fine and started talking about getting one for herself," he remembers.
The breakfast radio host had tried several times to kick his smoking habit. Patches, lozenges, the Allen Carr quit smoking book ... nothing worked.
But when he started to have problems with his voice, he decided something had to be done.
The answer was e-cigarettes, filled with liquid nicotine and available in a range of flavours, including one similar to the Dunhill Blue he used to smoke.
Dwyer smokes them on air, in the back of taxis and even on planes.
"I haven't had a single cigarette in five months," he says. "I used to smoke a pack or a pack-and-a-half a day but I love this stuff.
You get the nicotine hit and you're holding something that in every way, shape and form feels like a cigarette."
Now, the Herald on Sunday can reveal that electronic cigarettes are more effective in helping smokers quit - and keeping them smoke-free - than nicotine patches and non-nicotine cigarettes.
That is the finding in world-first research, which Auckland University associate professor Chris Bullen will present to the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Spain today.
E-cigarettes have been around for less than 10 years, but their popularity is soaring in the United States and Europe.
From a few thousand users in 2006 to millions this year, e-cigarettes are now a billion-dollar industry.
The proportion of US teenagers who say they have tried e-cigarettes has doubled to 10 per cent over the past two years.
In New Zealand, 6 to 8 per cent of young people say they have tried e-cigarettes; a third of those who smoke say they have tried "vaping", as it's been dubbed.
Next week, e-cigarette vendors will show their wares at an expo in Anaheim, California.
At Vapefest in Las Vegas the same weekend, more than 50 companies will offer free samples and discounts on the latest electronic cigarettes, ranging from traditional tobacco flavour to coffee, grape and cherry.
But in a throwback to the 1940s and 50s when tobacco companies paid Hollywood actors including Betty Grable, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra to promote their product, a new generation of stars is now popularising e-cigarettes.
Jenny McCarthy, former Playmate of the Year and wife of Hollywood A-lister Jim Carrey, has built a mass media profile on American talkshow The View.
This year, she became the face of Blu e-cigarettes, one of the most popular brands in the US. She says in an TV advertisement that one of the reasons she switched to them is because smoking turns men off.
Read more here
Imagine yourself, leaning up against a wall, non chalently blowing wisps of smoke through your glossy, cherry lips, your skin tight dress and glistening skin attracting attention from all over the room. The smoke only adds to your mystery. It doesnt have an unappealing smell, doesnt leave you tasting like an ashtray, and if you go with the non nicotene kind, won't even hurt your health. Win win.
I had a lot to learn about e cigs, but as a prop for a sexy look, they cannot be beat. If you want to learn more, check out the link at the top of my blog page to E Cig 101.
Read more about the revolution below...
Sexy and safe? How new fake cigarettes help smokers quit
By Susan Edmunds 10:00 AM Sunday Sep 8, 2013
World-first research shows trendy new electronic cigarettes are
more effective than nicotine patches in helping smokers quit - so, to
the consternation of health workers, tobacco companies are buying up
e-cig brands
Jenny McCarthy is the face of Blu e-cigarettes. Photo / AP
He had taken out an e-cigarette and was taking a drag when she accosted him.
"But as soon as I said, 'no it's electronic', she was fine and started talking about getting one for herself," he remembers.
The breakfast radio host had tried several times to kick his smoking habit. Patches, lozenges, the Allen Carr quit smoking book ... nothing worked.
But when he started to have problems with his voice, he decided something had to be done.
The answer was e-cigarettes, filled with liquid nicotine and available in a range of flavours, including one similar to the Dunhill Blue he used to smoke.
Dwyer smokes them on air, in the back of taxis and even on planes.
"I haven't had a single cigarette in five months," he says. "I used to smoke a pack or a pack-and-a-half a day but I love this stuff.
Now, the Herald on Sunday can reveal that electronic cigarettes are more effective in helping smokers quit - and keeping them smoke-free - than nicotine patches and non-nicotine cigarettes.
That is the finding in world-first research, which Auckland University associate professor Chris Bullen will present to the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Spain today.
E-cigarettes have been around for less than 10 years, but their popularity is soaring in the United States and Europe.
From a few thousand users in 2006 to millions this year, e-cigarettes are now a billion-dollar industry.
The proportion of US teenagers who say they have tried e-cigarettes has doubled to 10 per cent over the past two years.
In New Zealand, 6 to 8 per cent of young people say they have tried e-cigarettes; a third of those who smoke say they have tried "vaping", as it's been dubbed.
Next week, e-cigarette vendors will show their wares at an expo in Anaheim, California.
At Vapefest in Las Vegas the same weekend, more than 50 companies will offer free samples and discounts on the latest electronic cigarettes, ranging from traditional tobacco flavour to coffee, grape and cherry.
But in a throwback to the 1940s and 50s when tobacco companies paid Hollywood actors including Betty Grable, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra to promote their product, a new generation of stars is now popularising e-cigarettes.
Jenny McCarthy, former Playmate of the Year and wife of Hollywood A-lister Jim Carrey, has built a mass media profile on American talkshow The View.
This year, she became the face of Blu e-cigarettes, one of the most popular brands in the US. She says in an TV advertisement that one of the reasons she switched to them is because smoking turns men off.
Read more here
