Are you physically addicted to vaping?

[Kemosabe]

im the complete opposite. i vape WAY more than i smoked. i actually increased my nicotine consumption by switching to vaping. i increased it a LOT. its hard to tell just HOW much, but i know its a lot. i never used to have a problem fallign asleep at night. id fall asleep on the couch every night for petes sake! now that i vape, i could stay up all night. i could count on 1 hand the # of times ive fallen asleep on the couch since ive started vaping. moreover, i need to take melatonin now to fall asleep. i cannot sleep without it due to the nicotine coarsing through my veins. or maybe ive become addicted to melatonin! ARGHHHHH!

I would say yes in a way but not as bad as I was with cigarettes, I can go an hour without vaping and not be in desperate need to get to my device whereas when I was smoking I couldn't go an hour without having a cigarette.

[Kemosabe]

excellent points. i will add to the puff vs full cigarette notion. with ciggs, i smoked a full one every time i got a craving, unless soemithing weird came up. thats one of of my theories on how ciggs hooks you in, but anyway...taking a few puffs is so much more beneficial than being "locked in" to a entire cigarette. i never liked wasting anything, and saving a half-smoked cigarette was just nuts. thus, i smoked full ones every time!

I don't think I'm as addicted to the nicotine anymore. I'm on 12mg juice, and I can leave it alone for hours and not have that irritability that I had when I was smoking. I also think because I can theoretically vape anywhere, I'm not as tied to getting that "nic fix" going into a restaurant, movie, event etc. where I won't be able to smoke. I used to smoke on the way to the store, smoke one before entering, smoke one on the way out, and smoke one on the way home. Now I can take a few puffs whenever I want, so I don't HAVE to vape like I HAD to smoke. I can also do it inside, so I don't go outside with 2,3,4 cigarettes and smoke them all, then come in for an hour or two. I can take 4-5 puffs and be good for at least an hour or two.

I do LIKE vaping a lot more than I liked smoking though, so there are times when I'm stressed or having a tough phone conversation that I may chain vape. I think that has more to do with the hand to mouth habit than the nicotine though. I'm going to start experimenting with 6mg and maybe even 0 nic to see if I can.

[bodrell]

Yes and yes!

[JENerationX]

excellent points. i will add to the puff vs full cigarette notion. with ciggs, i smoked a full one every time i got a craving, unless soemithing weird came up. thats one of of my theories on how ciggs hooks you in, but anyway...taking a few puffs is so much more beneficial than being "locked in" to a entire cigarette. i never liked wasting anything, and saving a half-smoked cigarette was just nuts. thus, i smoked full ones every time!

Yep.... I wouldn't put a cigarette out unless there was some emergency I needed to respond to, or an act of God (torrential downpour anyone?). I also, like you said in a previous post, HAD to smoke that morning cig on the way to work. It didn't matter if I was hungover and hacking a lung from the night before and didn't even want the cigarette. I knew I NEEDED it because I wouldn't be able to get to another for a few hours. Even though there are times when I sit and chain vape now, in general I'm much more relaxed about it. I've never yelled at anyone to leave me alone for 6 minutes because I have to have my vape. LOL

[Feuille]

Probably am physically addicted to the process of vaping, as well as psychologically addicted. Obviously the nicotine is a powerful agent in the equation though, and it probably would not have occured to me to take up vaping had I not been addicted to cigarettes. Certainly it is enjoyable enough that a non-smoking me would enjoy it if offered a chance to try it. I still smoke a few cigarettes a week, which I don't especially enjoy, but I think it is a WTA issue, or something to do with the smell. I feel this will be resolved when I find a tobacco flavour similar to the roll ups I used to smoke (Cutters' Choice with liquorice rizla). Before I moved to vaping I was smoking frenetically and had come to find it very ennervating and annoying. Vaping by contrast is soothing and relaxed.

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[Miira]

I think so. If I were to somehow lose my PV, I would immediately run to the store and buy cigarettes. I am working on reducing my nicotine dependency, but I don't know if I'll ever kick the behavioral addiction.

[dirfm]

Great thread! I think that I do vape more then I smoked, but as others have stated mentally I am much more relaxed. I am able to put it down for extended periods and it does not really control by behavior like a cigarette did. If I can vape an hour I do, if it is two minutes I am okay with it.

[Iffy]

Are you physically addicted to vaping?

[codysb05]

I'm going to be honest here, I still smoke cigarettes as well as vape a lot. I smoke when I'm at work and I vape when I get home for the evening. I have been cutting back more and more everyday on cigarettes and I'm almost there but I can say that I definitely am addicted to vaping. When I get home I'm excited to start vaping just as much as I'm excited to light up on my drive to work. I will say that I do love the thrill of checking my mailbox for new vape goods, so yes I'm infatuated.
After reading kemosbabe post I wanted to add in that I also have started taking melatonin since vaping. Strange....

[Mr.Mann]

I'm going to be honest here, I still smoke cigarettes as well as vape a lot. I smoke when I'm at work and I vape when I get home for the evening. I have been cutting back more and more everyday on cigarettes and I'm almost there but I can say that I definitely am addicted to vaping. When I get home I'm excited to start vaping just as much as I'm excited to light up on my drive to work. I will say that I do love the thrill of checking my mailbox for new vape goods, so yes I'm infatuated.
After reading kemosbabe post I wanted to add in that I also have started taking melatonin since vaping. Strange....

It's refreshing to read such candor.