Anyone give or receive an E-cig/pv as a gift? Good or bad idea?

[izabella]

My sister's bf gave his parents an e-cig to try, and they didn't take to it at all. But the idea stuck in MY head after she told me about it, which is why I went researching later even though I was skeptical.

I wish someone had given me a kit! Even if it was one of the bad ones, it would have gotten me started.

 

[kreapster]

Thanks again everyone. Hearing all this has made My Mom and I realize we need to wait for the interest to come from them.

Seems that the successful stories were of the people that were actually interested in trying it for themselves. Whether they took a drag off a friends or a relatives PV, it was their choice to ask to try it. Ownership of our choices is important. What we don't want to do is turn off any interest that may come in due time. Just wished I lived closer to them. I know for a fact if my bro saw me vaping he'd be curious and ask to try it.

 

[JustaGuy]

No one gave me a kit, so I gifted myself. No one in my family's even heard of it before me.

I told my dad of vaping. He's been smoking since before I was born and I had smoked 32 years! I got him a couple of disposables to illustrate the concept, reminded him it could be much better than those if he's interested. Getting a whole kit for him was too complicated. He thought they were fun, somewhat like the real thing and good toys...I'll try again later.

 

[izabella]

Thanks again everyone. Hearing all this has made My Mom and I realize we need to wait for the interest to come from them.

Seems that the successful stories were of the people that were actually interested in trying it for themselves. Whether they took a drag off a friends or a relatives PV, it was their choice to ask to try it. Ownership of our choices is important. What we don't want to do is turn off any interest that may come in due time. Just wished I lived closer to them. I know for a fact if my bro saw me vaping he'd be curious and ask to try it.

Just mention it every now and then...about how amazed you are that this is working for you and how happy you are that you tried it because it's been so easy even though you weren't sure it would work for you. Don't push him to give it a try, and don't talk about it all the time. At some point, his curiosity may get the better of him and he'll start asking you questions. And if you get together for Thanksgiving or something, bring some extra supplies so he or his wife can try it out!

My sister never pushed me to stop smoking, and even when she told me about her bf buying an e-cig for his parents, she was just telling a story. Her intent was not to get me to try them. But, apparently, I tucked the thought away in the back of my head and it popped up into my mind 6 months later.

 

[untitledblue]

I received my first ecig from my uncle (who is a doctor) as an incentive to quit smoking. I have not falling off the wagon since. So yeah, I think it could be a good idea, but only if you are close to the person you are giving the ecig to.

Think of it this way, at least it's better than receiving a 1 year gym membership on Christmas from a relative....

 

[Raynen]

I just bought my friend her own eGo kit for her very belated birthday gift. She knows about it, but I was going to get her a 510... but she wasn't thrilled watching me curse at my poly-fil and carts every other day. She LOVES the eGo though!!

 

[jamesthompson]

I sent one to my grandmother who is a heavy smoker. She did not like it and was a bit afraid. The only time she uses it is when she does video chats with people so she does not need to go outside and smoke. Sometimes I think people may just be afraid of technology.

 

[Wil]

Just mention it every now and then...about how amazed you are that this is working for you and how happy you are that you tried it because it's been so easy even though you weren't sure it would work for you. Don't push him to give it a try, and don't talk about it all the time. At some point, his curiosity may get the better of him and he'll start asking you questions. And if you get together for Thanksgiving or something, bring some extra supplies so he or his wife can try it out!

My sister never pushed me to stop smoking, and even when she told me about her bf buying an e-cig for his parents, she was just telling a story. Her intent was not to get me to try them. But, apparently, I tucked the thought away in the back of my head and it popped up into my mind 6 months later.

I really think this is your best bet... I've given away three kits to people who are interested in mine, and it's worked out great for each of them. There are several other people I'd love to see go this route, but they aren't interested. I'm not so much concerned about the money involved, but I don't want to push anyone, as I know what a turn-off that can be.

 

[nicadd]

Three family members have gotten e-cig sets with extra liquid, atties and batteries from me "out of the blue", and all three have not only stuck with them, but converted other people to vaping. One was trying to quit smoking analogs, another was getting grief from his girlfriend about smoking, and the third had been griping about not being allowed to smoke in the house. The trick is probably confining the gifting to people who are "ripe" for trying an alternative to analogs.

 

[kreapster]

Agreed. I am seeing a pattern with most of the replies. The person on the receiving end has to be interested or ripe.

My sister never pushed me to stop smoking, and even when she told me about her bf buying an e-cig for his parents, she was just telling a story. Her intent was not to get me to try them. But, apparently, I tucked the thought away in the back of my head and it popped up into my mind 6 months later.

I am also finding a pattern with what Izabella said. Not only did that happen with me but I read through the Success Stories thread and found many people did that exact thing as well. Once we became aware of vaping, we file the information away for when we are ready to use it. I found a pattern in the time frame from first becoming aware of vaping to actually making the jump seems to range between 4 and 8 months with many stories. It's like we have to wrap our brains around the idea and we don't even realize it's happening. I was not in the market to quit nor did I ever think of it. Four months after I became aware of the e-cig I shocked myself with the words "I wanna quit smoking". Looking back on it, when I was made aware of vaping as an alternative my reaction was HUH, ok, interesting and I went on with my day never even giving it another thought for the next 4 months, so I thought! Guess my brain was doing some pretty incredible things without me knowing it. When I did breath the words "I wanna quit smoking" the next day I was buying an e-cig...