Cigar Smoking, Pipe Smoking, Shisha Smoking, Cigarette Smoking. (might want to include lonely old alcohol in this picture)
Although vaporizing might have been put on the map as a "cigarette substitute," I long for a paradigm shift. Calling ourselves "ex-smokers" or "non-smokers" seems to me a denial of the fact that many of us vapers enjoy vaping a lot more than (what we call here) analog smoking. This is why I consider myself to have *accidentally* quit smoking. A lot of us here have found that not only is vaping much healthier, it provides more of our much loved smoke, tastes better, has more variety, and appeals to our inner hobbyist/collector in ways that are distinct from what I listed above.
I say we stop being defensive of this vice of ours and start acknowledging that vaping is a valid form of pleasure as distinct from the others. Vaping is NOT subordinate to tobacco.
-Abe
Although vaporizing might have been put on the map as a "cigarette substitute," I long for a paradigm shift. Calling ourselves "ex-smokers" or "non-smokers" seems to me a denial of the fact that many of us vapers enjoy vaping a lot more than (what we call here) analog smoking. This is why I consider myself to have *accidentally* quit smoking. A lot of us here have found that not only is vaping much healthier, it provides more of our much loved smoke, tastes better, has more variety, and appeals to our inner hobbyist/collector in ways that are distinct from what I listed above.
I say we stop being defensive of this vice of ours and start acknowledging that vaping is a valid form of pleasure as distinct from the others. Vaping is NOT subordinate to tobacco.
-Abe
