I think they would change their tone if there was more information available outside of the internet forums. Being in healthcare myself, my sources of info on ecigs didn't come from doctors, who are prescribing nicotine patches as a way to curb smoking, but from my friends who picked up provaris and quit smoking themselves. The more info that gets out there, and the more they see people vaping, I'm sure they will change their minds.
Finally told my Parents
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Btw, I'm an RN as well, and there is no info in the hospitals at all about ecigs.
ask her if she has ever had someone come in for e-cig related injuries? im sure she has seen smokers come in but not vapers maybe this will get her thinking a bit more about it .
hmm...i suggest you to keep trying to get your dad to switch. no one yet really knows from substantial evidence the long-term health affects of an e-cig, but we can all be assured it's a better alternative to the tobacco industry lol.
BC Canada here, been vaping for a little over a month , my cigarettes were $11.85 a pack lol, and I was nearly two packs a day.
try to find a juice he will really like before talking him into trying it,and dont say he should stop smoking and switch(that will happen on its own) it seems to make some people afraid to try them and makes them think your trying to make them quit and they are going to be miserable. so just get him to take a few puffs and leave one with him and treat it like its no big deal and tell him he can use it in places he cant smoke, i got a few people to switch just by letting them use one when they were in doors and it was cold out and they didnt want to go out to smoke.
Ya, give her some time (as you said she's educated) and she'll probably research it herself. If not give her some more info and although she may not "condone" it at least she won't be as worried or upset about it. After all, it's better than smoking,
I wonder what her reaction would have been had you been taking the patch instead of vaping. Is it the nicotine or the puff of a cloud out of one's mouth that bothers her? I'm sure she smells the difference in you lately though. She'll come around just like she accepted the fact you started smoking in the first place I think.
Funny that you say that since she asked me why I didn't just buy the gum. So the cloud of vapor is probably what bothers her the most.
Compared to what's exhaled smoking, the plume from vaping probably is worrisome to non-smokers. If smokes put out as much on the exhale, can you imagine what the air in an average sized room would look like? Pretty terrifying thought to one who only has experience being around smokers.
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My father's a retired doctor from JFK Hospital in NJ and when I told him he congradulated on my choice. I was really suprised by his reaction, I expected an "OK good you quit smoking but your still smoking" type of reaction. Guess the old man's more up to date than I give him credit for.
My mom was the one who got me started on vaping, go figure. As far as vaping for the rich, LOL!!! Smokes here are $9.69 a pack here, and I was a pad type of person. Now, I spend maybe a buck a day on juice.
I'm sorry your mom feels that way. I know it is tough to admit your kid is doing anything, but in my opinion anything they are trying to do to increase the quality of their lives is a win in my book.
My husband recently made a comment about my vaping, and I shut that one up real quick like.
Number one, there are fewer ingredients in my "vape" than in the otc asthma inhaler he uses.
Number two my x rays have shown a vast improvement in my lung capacity.
I don't consider nicotine any more of a drug than caffeine. I "vape" less nicotine a day than I ever smoked.
While your mom may not like your current choice, it is a hell of a lot better than the smokes. The nicotine gum tastes like crap, the patch sucks and the dam pills make you crazy, so far I haven't heard of anyone going crazy vaping.
I started smoking when I was very very young, I have spent more years of my life smoking than anything else. Vaping has been the one thing that actually got me off the smokes. I don't crave a smoke like I did on the gum or whatever.
Your mom doesn't like the vaping because she doesn't understand it and can't control it either. Nicotine gum used to be script only, and it does not have a great success rate. Parents dont' want to admit that their kids are capable of making their own choices, and want their children to choose what they choose and that isn't always the case.
I say congrats on the vaping and getting away from the smokes. Good luck on your journey!
I'm sorry your mom feels that way. I know it is tough to admit your kid is doing anything, but in my opinion anything they are trying to do to increase the quality of their lives is a win in my book.
My husband recently made a comment about my vaping, and I shut that one up real quick like.
Number one, there are fewer ingredients in my "vape" than in the otc asthma inhaler he uses.
Number two my x rays have shown a vast improvement in my lung capacity.
I don't consider nicotine any more of a drug than caffeine. I "vape" less nicotine a day than I ever smoked.
While your mom may not like your current choice, it is a hell of a lot better than the smokes. The nicotine gum tastes like crap, the patch sucks and the dam pills make you crazy, so far I haven't heard of anyone going crazy vaping.
I started smoking when I was very very young, I have spent more years of my life smoking than anything else. Vaping has been the one thing that actually got me off the smokes. I don't crave a smoke like I did on the gum or whatever.
Your mom doesn't like the vaping because she doesn't understand it and can't control it either. Nicotine gum used to be script only, and it does not have a great success rate. Parents dont' want to admit that their kids are capable of making their own choices, and want their children to choose what they choose and that isn't always the case.
I say congrats on the vaping and getting away from the smokes. Good luck on your journey!
"Smoking for rich people"?
Does she get that over the long term, vaping is considerably LESS expensive than cigarettes, not even including the reduced health care costs of not smoking?
That is a very classist thing to say. Let me guess, your mother is a Democrat, right? ;-) Sounds like she's bought into the whole "class warfare" meme.
Kind of like the older generation of inner city African-Americans who see educated kids as being "uppity". Does she understand how bigoted such a statement sounds?
I am on a relatively limited income--I only work part-time, and I'm a "craftsman" so I'm not making big bucks by any measure. And yet, vaping has saved me hundreds of dollars over the last 5 months...
Many Vapers that I know turned to vaping to not only save their lives, but a lot turned to vaping to save money because they couldn't afford cigs anymore.
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