Leaderboard

It's possible that the drop broke the coil in the atomizer or possibly something internal in the battery when you dropped it. As Tam said first thing to do is change the atomizer.

I googled, "smok v8 stick blinks 4 times" and got a link to this information: 1. 8 seconds protection:the LED light will blink 5 times when the power button is held for longer than 8 seconds,and the battery will automatically shut down the output. 2. Resistance protection:when the atomizer resistance is lower than 0.1 ohm or higher than 2.5 ohms,the LED light will blink 4 times and the battery will automatically shut down the output. 3. Low voltage protection:when battery capacity is lower than 3. 3V,the LED light will blink 15 times and the battery will automatically shut down the output. If LED light blinks as below,then it is malfunctioning. 1.LED light keeps blinking. 2.LED light keeps lighting. Solutions: Please try to use coil or tank which resistance is between 0.1 ohm and 2.5 ohms. This means that the coil in your tank is too low in resistance and needs to be changed.

If you took apart the actual atomizer, (coil) then it's the insulating ring of the coil. If you just took apart the tank then it's probably the the insulator between the glass and the base. it's hard to tell what size it is from your picture with no perspective. the coil insulator is small. the glass insulator is large.

"Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers." https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm I like my odds...I think I'll keep vaping.