I realized something today, I have been so caught up in the smoker mentality that I have not been forward enough and taking enough chances to demonstrate the vaping experience.
Sneaking around, trying to not offend anyone, thinking that if we are quiet and secretive that we may get a few more months or years out of this before the FDA shuts us down for good is nothing but a mindset that is going to ruin everything for us.
Those days and that kind of thinking is over for me. Sure, it's easy to be in a group of smokers and break the thing out and show it off but it's time to really put my comfort level on the line.
From here on out if I'm near non-smokers I'm going to use my PV, because first off I'm not doing anything that hurts anyone and secondly I bet one of those non-smokers cares about somebody who does smoke and they need to hear the information and see it put into action just as much as the smokers do. Maybe someone will get the information they need to pass on to the smoker that they care about and maybe they will finally be successful in kicking the tobacco habit for good as you and I have done.
If I had quit on chantix, or patches or gum or any other NRT smokers and non-smokers alike would congratulate me and ask me how they or their loved ones could do the same thing and I'm done with being ashamed of my accomplishment just because the way I did it was fun instead of a big uncomfortable drag.
I'm proud of what I have done after so many failures in the past and I know if I can do it so can others but they will never be able to do it if they don't know the product exists and right now they either don't know or some corporation that stands to lose money to the e-cig business is going to tell them about it.
Why is today different to me than yesterday?
Today I was getting a haircut and talking about vaping to the girl since I could smell the smoke on her and by the time I was done I was demonstrating my 510 for everyone in the place and letting them smell the vapor and giving out .com addresses to the smokers and the non-smokers alike so they could find more info and I realized that vapers that have been successful in leaving tobacco behind have a duty to get outside their comfort zones and let people know that they have another choice when it comes to quitting tobacco.
I know it's not easy or comfortable and you are going to run into jerks that are going to try to make you feel bad because you are still addicted to nicotine but I don't care about that, it's not right to punish someone just because they are ignorant and bigoted. The important ones are the ones who want to quit or help a family member or friend quit and you will never even know who those people are until you take the chance of letting people see you enjoy vaping.
If you are ashamed to vape openly what else could people think other than it's something to be ashamed of? If you act like you are saving a life and as sappy and melodramatic as it is to say I believe you are then why in the hell would you ever be ashamed to get out your PV and use it?!?
I know there are problems with my rant but that's up to you to fix as the situation calls for, the important part to remember is you are a pioneer and you are the one with the information that could possibly save a life.
I want you to be proud of what you have done and to be able to look right back at an accusing or angry stare and give even the self righteous people that don't deserve it the knowledge to help the people in their lives.
You are the one that is in the right on this one and that gives you a duty to the people around you and duty is never easy.
Sneaking around, trying to not offend anyone, thinking that if we are quiet and secretive that we may get a few more months or years out of this before the FDA shuts us down for good is nothing but a mindset that is going to ruin everything for us.
Those days and that kind of thinking is over for me. Sure, it's easy to be in a group of smokers and break the thing out and show it off but it's time to really put my comfort level on the line.
From here on out if I'm near non-smokers I'm going to use my PV, because first off I'm not doing anything that hurts anyone and secondly I bet one of those non-smokers cares about somebody who does smoke and they need to hear the information and see it put into action just as much as the smokers do. Maybe someone will get the information they need to pass on to the smoker that they care about and maybe they will finally be successful in kicking the tobacco habit for good as you and I have done.
If I had quit on chantix, or patches or gum or any other NRT smokers and non-smokers alike would congratulate me and ask me how they or their loved ones could do the same thing and I'm done with being ashamed of my accomplishment just because the way I did it was fun instead of a big uncomfortable drag.
I'm proud of what I have done after so many failures in the past and I know if I can do it so can others but they will never be able to do it if they don't know the product exists and right now they either don't know or some corporation that stands to lose money to the e-cig business is going to tell them about it.
Why is today different to me than yesterday?
Today I was getting a haircut and talking about vaping to the girl since I could smell the smoke on her and by the time I was done I was demonstrating my 510 for everyone in the place and letting them smell the vapor and giving out .com addresses to the smokers and the non-smokers alike so they could find more info and I realized that vapers that have been successful in leaving tobacco behind have a duty to get outside their comfort zones and let people know that they have another choice when it comes to quitting tobacco.
I know it's not easy or comfortable and you are going to run into jerks that are going to try to make you feel bad because you are still addicted to nicotine but I don't care about that, it's not right to punish someone just because they are ignorant and bigoted. The important ones are the ones who want to quit or help a family member or friend quit and you will never even know who those people are until you take the chance of letting people see you enjoy vaping.
If you are ashamed to vape openly what else could people think other than it's something to be ashamed of? If you act like you are saving a life and as sappy and melodramatic as it is to say I believe you are then why in the hell would you ever be ashamed to get out your PV and use it?!?
I know there are problems with my rant but that's up to you to fix as the situation calls for, the important part to remember is you are a pioneer and you are the one with the information that could possibly save a life.
I want you to be proud of what you have done and to be able to look right back at an accusing or angry stare and give even the self righteous people that don't deserve it the knowledge to help the people in their lives.
You are the one that is in the right on this one and that gives you a duty to the people around you and duty is never easy.
