My random observations, idiosyncrasies, advice, gripes etc. after about 1 year as a vaper:
1) I heartily wish that we (everyone) would stop talking about "smoking our e-cigs". It's patently obvious that the association of PVs/vaping with cigarettes/smoking is doing far more harm than good. The concept of sustaining a nicotine addiction via reduced/managed harm, combined with the illusion of "smoking", is baffling enough for most non-vapers, smokers and non-smokers alike. We confuse the issue further with language that links vaping with smoking.
2) Direct dripping all the way! If I was to do it all over again, I would simply buy an eGo with a drip tip and a pass-through attachment, and that would be my advice to anyone starting out.
3) Addiction is intensely personal and responses to switching from smoking to vaping are hugely variable depending on individual circumstances. That said; IMO if you really want to have a cigarette, just do it. Buy a pack if you feel that you need to. Beating yourself up for "falling off the wagon" is buying into the guilt-ridden, "all or nothing" mindset and I think it's counter-productive. Just keep vaping and bear in mind how much less you're smoking now than you used to, and how much better vaping tastes.
4) I never intended to quit smoking. In fact, my major motivation for vaping in the first place was that I was so sick of being treated like a third-class citizen as a smoker. I *loved* the idea of being able to vape whenever and wherever I wanted to. That paid off in spades and everything else (improved senses of taste and smell, better CV endurance, the fact that niquid tastes far better than smoke) is icing.
5) I'd rather switch than fight.
1) I heartily wish that we (everyone) would stop talking about "smoking our e-cigs". It's patently obvious that the association of PVs/vaping with cigarettes/smoking is doing far more harm than good. The concept of sustaining a nicotine addiction via reduced/managed harm, combined with the illusion of "smoking", is baffling enough for most non-vapers, smokers and non-smokers alike. We confuse the issue further with language that links vaping with smoking.
2) Direct dripping all the way! If I was to do it all over again, I would simply buy an eGo with a drip tip and a pass-through attachment, and that would be my advice to anyone starting out.
3) Addiction is intensely personal and responses to switching from smoking to vaping are hugely variable depending on individual circumstances. That said; IMO if you really want to have a cigarette, just do it. Buy a pack if you feel that you need to. Beating yourself up for "falling off the wagon" is buying into the guilt-ridden, "all or nothing" mindset and I think it's counter-productive. Just keep vaping and bear in mind how much less you're smoking now than you used to, and how much better vaping tastes.
4) I never intended to quit smoking. In fact, my major motivation for vaping in the first place was that I was so sick of being treated like a third-class citizen as a smoker. I *loved* the idea of being able to vape whenever and wherever I wanted to. That paid off in spades and everything else (improved senses of taste and smell, better CV endurance, the fact that niquid tastes far better than smoke) is icing.
5) I'd rather switch than fight.
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