Anyone actually prefer e cigs to analogs?
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Smoking was something I was addicted to. vaping is something I am passionate about.
After smoking for 38 years, I find it tough, well impossible, to turn to a smoker and say "dude, that thing stinks". Not wanting to make a donkeys ... of myself, I pull out my e-cig and offer it to them to try a couple different flavors I carry around. "Here, want to check this thing out?" I've helped 6 people quit analogs so far in just 60 days. 2 of them came up to me on their own, and asked to try it. They all said "I've always wanted to see what that stuff was all about". So, don't be afraid to promote, without being a jerk of course, and don't be pushy. People really do want to stop smoking, they only need a friendly face and some real information and support. I wish someone did that for me. I agonized over it for a long time. Looked over website after website for weeks wondering if it was all true before pulling the trigger.
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You can count me in with vaping is better than smoking crowd for sure!
I actually find I get less done at home, I spend most of my time reading these forums and shopping for my next vaping purchase.
I actually find I get less done at home, I spend most of my time reading these forums and shopping for my next vaping purchase.
I prefer vaping for a few simple reasons. I am finally a non-smoker after forty some years as a smoker. When you are a smoker you don't realize how repulsive you smell to many non-smokers, only a few ever told me but I know it probably bothered many. The best part is my wife is vaping and not smoking as well. She needed to quit much more than I, I already have non-curable health problems so it wasn't the health thing as much as feeling better, being able to build a little more lung capacity back up and not smelling like a giant ashtray anymore. There have been VERY few times it has bothered me since I got over the hump of no smokes at all, none. So, yes, I have found I enjoy vaping and it keeps the mind off even thinking about smoking nor do I even have any desire at this point. Hopefully it stays that way. 
Hands down enjoying vamping more. Taste better, smells better, and no ash to clean up. Can vape in my car without even thinking about it
As someone who has been wanting to quit for 10+ years, I prefer vaping. I have always wanted to find something that actually was a viable, healthy substitute and vaping is definitely it. I am still smoking, but I quit buying store cigs. I have a cig machine and smoke additive free tobacco. For the last 2 weeks, I have 1 to 3 cigs a day. I used to smoke 2 packs of Parliaments a day. I still like the morning smoke with a cup o joe. Then I have one after lunch and dinner. I did find a killer tobacco flavor from Virgin Vapor though which I think will take my analogs place.
Vape on.
Vape on.
Yep,me too. Like 5 years ago sooner. But I'm happy that I found this site and all the wonderful peeps on it. The help that is given here is top notch.
3 months in I have no regrets other than not finding out about it sooner.
I feel better, smell better, no more ashes or spilled ash trays, no more wheezing, I can walk a flight of steps without feeling lightheaded, I've lost weight, My wife says I snore less deeply, My sense of smell & taste has returned, no more standing in freezing cold/rain/snow/ feeling like a 2nd class citizen, etc etc etc. All the things us former smokers went thru.
I think that's why we vapers are so compassionate and helpful to each other no matter where in the world we are. We've all been there and thought/felt the same things when we smoked and than the amazement/joy/disbelief we discovered when we realized that there is a better alternative.
The vaping community @ ECF is amazing !
I feel better, smell better, no more ashes or spilled ash trays, no more wheezing, I can walk a flight of steps without feeling lightheaded, I've lost weight, My wife says I snore less deeply, My sense of smell & taste has returned, no more standing in freezing cold/rain/snow/ feeling like a 2nd class citizen, etc etc etc. All the things us former smokers went thru.
I think that's why we vapers are so compassionate and helpful to each other no matter where in the world we are. We've all been there and thought/felt the same things when we smoked and than the amazement/joy/disbelief we discovered when we realized that there is a better alternative.
The vaping community @ ECF is amazing !
Never thought that would happen, but it did. Had a battery crisis a few weeks ago and broke out the analogs and thought I was going to be sick.
I use e-liquid as a substitute for 'cigarettes' and other forms of tobacco. See, I'm am so new I still call 'cigarettes' ...... 'cigarettes' ....... and these little tools ........ 'my new cigarettes'.
Analog? I have yet to find how, when or where it was first used to described 'cigarettes'. I would love to know if by chance anyone can refer me to the origin so I may do some reading on it; it doesn't apply by any definition I am aware of, but there is no doubt plenty I do NOT know!
E-Cigarette makes sense, but ........... 'Topper'? Because it sits atop a battery I presume? To me? 'Topper' is a character from the 50's or so on a TV show called.... "Topper" and it was based on film from 1937 also named, "Topper". We watched a lot of old TV while waiting for orders to go "blow someone up". 'Topper' was also painted in a special place on special 'tool' I enjoyed using to execute the task. Ain't no 'Topper' goin' on anything I stick near MY head!
'Analog'? I did read, "because it is the old way". That's a stretch and 'The Urban Dictionary' is a joke yes?
Tom
EDIT: Oh Thanks 'PM' (name withheld for fear of embarrassment) ..... this helped a lot!
Analog Cigarette:
"The common traditional cigarette, a crude, old-fashioned nicotine delivery device, consisting of processed tobacco wrapped in a paper tube, from which smoke is inhaled after being lit."
"So named to differentiate it from the more modern and less harmful electronic cigarette."
"Dude, you're still smoking analog cigarettes? Get with the tech and vape, man!"
by Saint Mike February 16, 2009 <---------- Who the heck was Saint Mike!?
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Absolutely true i have no desire for smoking cigs. Analogs make me feel seriously ill....thanks ecigs
No desire for smoking cigs either. The smell left on you post smoking is the worst thing of all - bar the health effects.
I had given up smoking about 6 years before I took up vaping. I enjoyed smoking in so far as I like the effects of nicotine - keeps me calmer than normal (I have a very short temper), so vaping was ideal for me, as an added bonus my office at home smells like a candy store through vaping
I had given up smoking about 6 years before I took up vaping. I enjoyed smoking in so far as I like the effects of nicotine - keeps me calmer than normal (I have a very short temper), so vaping was ideal for me, as an added bonus my office at home smells like a candy store through vaping
I actually lit up one at only 3 days in and it tasted horrible! Threw it out and I'm vaping full time and enjoy it so much more than smoking.
There is only one thing that vaping does not have that smoking does. Instant gratification. Other than that, vaping outstrips smoking in every way, imnsho.
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