Well, I haven't smoked a cigarette in 6 months since I started using the vaporizers. I can smell when someone smokes cigarettes and it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach. My mother who has never smoked a day in her life can not tell I smell like anything. I can smoke my thing in her car with her ( she is severely asthmatic ) and it doesn't bother her scent wise or smell wise, so you can say what you want about the smell but you must be smelling some off brand shitty one. All I smell like is whatever perfume I'm wearing that day. They helped me quit smoking a pack and a half - two packs of cigarettes a day, and I'm thankful for that. Trend? I don't think so. Most people use them to stop smoking cigarettes. The OP is one of the VERY rare cases of people who started smoking just because. Most of the people who use these use them to quit smoking cigarettes. I rarely even use mine anymore. I have all the advantages of being a non-smoker. My lungs have cleared up, my breathing has improved, my oxygen levels have increased in my blood, my taste of food has improved, I can smell a smoker a mile a way, I can run forever and best yet I save hundreds of dollars a month. I haven't touched a cigarette and have no desire to. It's not a fad, it's a way for smokers to get away from cigarettes. I'd never go back to cigarettes and have no desire to. Say what you want, but like I said... most people don't just pick it up as a fad, MOST people do this to quit smoking cigarettes... the OP is the one in a million weirdos who started smoking these for some odd unknown reason.