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Congrats! It'll be 7 years for me at the end of next Feb!
DIY = Do It Yourself. Refers to making your own eliquid instead of buying premade. Look here: DIY E-Liquid
Vivid memories.FLASH BACKS??? what is it?
I smoked for 37 or 38 years. I didn't think I could ever quit. I thought I was going to die a horrible death from emphysema.
Than the miracle of vaping came along. On Feb. 27th, it'll be 7 years since I've smoked a cigarette.
Than the miracle of vaping came along. On Feb. 27th, it'll be 7 years since I've smoked a cigarette.
The contraversial Kayfun V4 is what i use daily. And i don't use anything else. A half decent "dual battery" box mod wouldn't go a miss, with two Sony VTC4 18650 batteries and maybe a few spares for when those need charging (so a decent charger as well - "XTAR", "NIGHTCORE", something branded and reputable.
The component which matters most is the vapourizer. My authentic Kayfun V4 gives a throat hit unlike any other tank i've ever owned. For me throat hit tops the list of requirements before flavour, aestetics, usability etc.
You can find a Kayfun V4 clone for very little. Lots of vendors sell them. It's not a new to the market device. Though there could be plenty of other recommendations which will come your way too. And because the Kayfun V4 is over engineered some people tend to slate it. But it does work and it does what a lot of RTA's don't do - "gives a great throat hit". Everyone wants the latest thing, and the fan boys piss all over a recommendation if it conflicts with the latest most newly released piece of crap. The V4 aint that !, it works perfectly, just over engineered that's all. An authentic will cost well over $100 if you can find one. Svoemesto, the company who made them stopped production of the V4 some thime ago now.
I hope you make the right choice for you.
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Not so much as a minute of overlap. Last smoke at bedtime; first vape (beyond an earlier try of a friend's equipment, at which I coughed like a madman) in the morning. For the first few years I smoked a "commitment cig" on my "vapeversary" to test my resolve. Even the first year, I had a hard time with the taste and stink. By the third or fourth year I just forgot to do it, and haven't bothered since to dig up a smoke to test my resolve - I figure I must be pretty well done with smoking.
DIY - Do It Yourself. In relation to vaping it almost always means mixing your own juice, Although it can refer to winding your own coils, or even building your own mods (the battery power supplies).
FLASH BACKS??? what is it?
Originally it was a technical term which referred to a stylistic device in fiction (film and books) where the storyline was interrupted to show or tell a scene from the past, which usually explained the background of the current scene.
It entered the common vocabulary with drug use (as much slang does). It was used to refer to an experience by people who had previously used hallucinogens (I seem to recall that naming illegal drugs is forbidden here) where at a much later time the feelings and sensations returned so strongly as to seem like experiencing the drug again.
It has now become a fairly common way to refer to any strong memory or sense of deja vu. It is normal (in English, at least) for terms to make the progression from technical term, to drug slang, to common use.
I know it can't be marketed as such but personally YES. Was a heavy smoker and now I am not. Plus I vape 0 to 3mg. Vaping worked for me and improved my health.
Only if you want to quit. I made the decision to quit for real, for good- knowing it would be incredibly hard after 40+ years of smoking, and quitting a few other times. I only vaped originally only to get me through the hard part. But since I always loved smoking, but hated being a smoker, I found I really enjoyed vaping, and wasn't too worried about continuing it.
It was still hard the first couple of weeks, but within a month or so, I was craving a vape, rather than a cigarette. Vaping didn't completely satisfy at first, but I was committed. I no longer really needed them, but just tried a cig out of curiosity at the 3 month anniversary. It wasn't terrible, but it did have a certain nastiness in the mouth and lungs that vaping doesn't cause. It also gave me a headache. I could almost feel those 4,000 noxious carcinogens in my body again.
I'm 6 months in now, enjoying vaping, even as a hobby. No way I'll ever be a smoker again...at least as long as I can vape. With the quality of juice and equipment these days, using vaping to quit is almost like cheating - you don't really give up anything good. You still have kind of the same habit, but you can vape indoors most places, no coughing, no lingering smoke stink, breathe much better, sex is better, smell things much better- tons of advantages, but you still get to do essentially what you were doing before, with much lower health risk. It's kind of great.
It was still hard the first couple of weeks, but within a month or so, I was craving a vape, rather than a cigarette. Vaping didn't completely satisfy at first, but I was committed. I no longer really needed them, but just tried a cig out of curiosity at the 3 month anniversary. It wasn't terrible, but it did have a certain nastiness in the mouth and lungs that vaping doesn't cause. It also gave me a headache. I could almost feel those 4,000 noxious carcinogens in my body again.
I'm 6 months in now, enjoying vaping, even as a hobby. No way I'll ever be a smoker again...at least as long as I can vape. With the quality of juice and equipment these days, using vaping to quit is almost like cheating - you don't really give up anything good. You still have kind of the same habit, but you can vape indoors most places, no coughing, no lingering smoke stink, breathe much better, sex is better, smell things much better- tons of advantages, but you still get to do essentially what you were doing before, with much lower health risk. It's kind of great.
that is why i want to switch from smoking to vaping. thank you very much for your share. best regards.
thanks for your detailed description on the feeling.
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