Cigarettes don't make enough smoke.

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ENAUD

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I haven't smoked since about one week after I started vaping. I was still only familiar with Ego type batteries and T3 BCC tanks at the time, and never even thought about how much smoke vs. how much vapor. All I knew at the time was that those little ( they didn't seem little at the time) ecigs were staving off my urges to light up a cig. I had five smokes on me when I tried vaping for the first time. Those lasted me the week, having one or two in the evening. That one week night I lit up a Winston from a "last pack" that was purchased for the occasion just before bedtime. I still have that pack with 19 nails still in it. I know that I can have one anytime I want, as long as I am willing to endure my loving wife's wrath :-x if I do ;)

The volume of smoke compared to vapor volume issue never came to mind for me, but the convenience factor has at times bothered me. I was easier to be a smoker, just grab a pack and go, knowing full well that there are hundreds of thousands of places everywhere to resupply. Vaping, not so much...
 

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Cigarettes will look a lot better after the FDA's Deeming Regulations take affect and only tiny cig-a-likes with sealed carts are the only thing left on the market.

Anyone joined CASAA? Anyone written to their elected officials? Anyone provided their comments to the FDA? Anyone provided CASAA material to local B & M's? I bet crxess has done some if not all of these.
 

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The fact you're not smoking, while living with a smoker is amazing. I'm lucky, my partner never smoked and hated that I did. I'd be in a heap of trouble if I lived with a smoker. The attraction of cigarettes is too strong. But staying a non-smoker at this time is a stronger desire.

I find it interesting that smokers still try to offer me a cigarette. Often perfect strangers do. I work in an office next to a hotel. I still go outside to vape as I enjoyed the breaks when I was a smoker. Almost daily a stranger offers me a smoke. And when I ask why, they say they know someone who vapes, but always bums one. I tell them I don't bum them, nor do I want one, but I do thank them even though I think they're just trying to make themselves feel less bad about themselves for smoking.
I wish the people around where I work would feel more bad about their smoking.

They act superior when I'm sitting there with my PV and they're burning up their paychecks....lol
 

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Haha. I couldn't find my pv last night and ended up buying a pack of cigs(first pack in 2 weeks) and found myself very disappointed in the amount of smoke. I don't vape anything fancy but I am used to clouds. Anyone else who has smoked since starting vaping been disappointed by this?
Oh yeah, definitely.

I still smoke a cigarette whenever I feel like it, which is maybe once every few months.
And it never ceases to me amaze me how little vapor they put out, and how little throat hit they have.
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For those of you who miss the "beginning" and the "end" experience...
Or the "ritual" experience...

I've been dripping on a simple 510 atomizer for over five years now.
Putting in three drops to get started (the "beginning") is about as much work as lighting a cigarette.

And halfway through I put in three more drops.
And when the flavor starts to wind down I have reached the "end" and put it aside.

That's my new "ritual" and it very nearly just as good as my old ritual.
:)
 

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Oh yeah, definitely.

I still smoke a cigarette whenever I feel like it, which is maybe once every few months.
And it never ceases to me amaze me how little vapor they put out, and how little throat hit they have.
:)

Last time I smoked a cigarette, it didn't put out any vapor. Just smoke :confused: I'm just kidding :p I really love blowing clouds so no more stinkies for me!
 

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Oh yeah, definitely.

I still smoke a cigarette whenever I feel like it, which is maybe once every few months.
And it never ceases to me amaze me how little vapor they put out, and how little throat hit they have.
:)
Yeah, I suppose I do this, too, meaning I've had 4 cigarettes since last October. Not even whole ones as I find them gross now.

You just get curious once in a while or something.
 

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Been vaping since December and loving it. Started with a ego t with a evod on top. Liked it, worked well. Then I bought a eroll, gave me more of the traditional experience I was used to. After a few months using these I found myself smoking cigs more and more. So I bought a mvp and a aerotank. Then a cartel and a magma. Now I have absolutely no desire at all to smoke. I think the biggest thing for me was getting the flavor up. With smoking I tolerate the smell and taste. With vaping, I love the smell and taste. With my magma built to around .7 ohm the flavor just saturates my taste buds, it opened my eyes to what vaping really can be, and why smoking sucks.

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I wish the people around where I work would feel more bad about their smoking.

They act superior when I'm sitting there with my PV and they're burning up their paychecks....lol

Well you just be happy you're not damaging your lungs and just don't let their misplaced superiority get to you!


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Well you just be happy you're not damaging your lungs and just don't let their misplaced superiority get to you!


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It's just that the cracks and constant criticism wear on me at times.

Most of the time I'm content in knowing that I'm spending far less even on my ProVari addiction than they are on their paper and weeds addiction.
 

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It's just that the cracks and constant criticism wear on me at times.

Most of the time I'm content in knowing that I'm spending far less even on my ProVari addiction than they are on their paper and weeds addiction.

A smoker who would criticize you for Vaping is actually masking their jealousy which helps them justify their suicide mission.


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just as dylanlee said the smoke production is disappointing but there is just something about smoking that vaping doesn't quite satisfy. I've been vaping for about 6 months now and i still smoke a pack or two a week. i can't even explain what it is. i almost feel like i enjoy smoking cigarettes because i know i shouldn't. that sounds dumb nd i know that nobody thinks I'm kool (hehe) for smoking but i almost feel like the rebellious side of me drives me to buy a pack. and I'm addicted to the process and finality of it all. vaping is almost too easy if that makes sense. with vaping i fill up my tank and am set for a day or two. or when I'm dripping its just add a few drops now and then. with cigarettes its more of an experience. i go to the gas station, tell the cashier what i want and i still get a tingly feeling like I'm being bad when the guy asks for my ID. and like i said i love the finality of a cigarette. with vaping there is no real beginning and end. i sort of just start vaping and then...vape some more and then...vape a little more...and a little more...and so on. with a cigarette i have to go outside, light it (the beginning) and then watch it slowly shrink smaller and smaller until i get up and crush the ..... i like that. i like how it is its own activity whereas vaping can be done while simultaneously doing almost anything else. i believe that I'm more habitually addicted than i am to the actual nicotine

im sure after the FDA gets their big foot in the door and bans 90% of what we have now you will be sure to get your jollys going down the nearest back alley to a blackmarket vendor in the middle of the nite just the thought and tingly feeling of getting caught or mugged will be sure to put vaping over the top of cigaretts ( just having fun with ya i couldnt help myself)
 

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I've only been smoke free for a week. I got my VV eGo type starter kit in the mail one week ago today. I haven't had a cigarette since taking my first hit from the pv. I've been very, very tempted and came really close to lighting up on Saturday. I just chain vaped for about 5 minutes and the urge subsided.

I know myself too well - if I justify smoking even one cigarette, I'll be able to justify smoking another... and another. I'd be back to a PAD within days. It helps tremendously that my wife tells me every day how proud of me she is for not smoking. So, one week down, forever to go.
 

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I've only been smoke free for a week. I got my VV eGo type starter kit in the mail one week ago today. I haven't had a cigarette since taking my first hit from the pv. I've been very, very tempted and came really close to lighting up on Saturday. I just chain vaped for about 5 minutes and the urge subsided.

I know myself too well - if I justify smoking even one cigarette, I'll be able to justify smoking another... and another. I'd be back to a PAD within days. It helps tremendously that my wife tells me every day how proud of me she is for not smoking. So, one week down, forever to go.

Many of us, myself included can't have just one. Keep it up. After a while the urge to light a stinky goes away altogether!


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I do agree that I miss being able to start and finish a cigarette and have it be it's own thing. With vaping, you're never really done. I do enjoy the vapor production and flavors more. There are some things about smoking I like more, but I don't miss my hands and clothes smelling.


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The 'no start/no fishing' type of thing with vaping is one of the things (amongst many) that I love about it. As a smoker I used to light one as I worked and would end up wasting tons of them to full burn in the ashtray. With vaping--no waste. Letting an analog burn down in an astray is like throwing money into a fireplace.

That being said, I can't even try a cigarette now because the taste just gags me, so the lack of smoke from them would be the least of my issues with picking up a cigarette again.
 
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