Yep, we've probably all got plenty of it. What's funny is how people's tunes change over time. Many who initially criticized or laughed at me are now congratulating me after more than a year off the smokes. I just remind them of how I used to smell.
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personally it secretly puts a bug up my ... when my vaping is put in a condescending or dismissive light. i've received all of the following:
1. are you ever going to go back to cigarettes again (in a context where cigarettes were superior to this "substitute" of mine).
no. i quit cigarettes. i don't want to smoke tobacco, and i don't want to inhale the products of combustion.
2. you think it's better for you, but it's not.
there are plenty of academic studies concluding that vaping is at least the lesser of two evils. as for my personal experiences i no longer wake up hacking my lungs out, i no longer indulge in random coughing fits, i can climb stairs and hills without being winded, my cats don't wheeze. these are all improvements by far. if there is some long term unforeseen chronic damage, i'm sure i can still avoid a lot of the damage done by consuming smoke. for now and before we reach that point (if we do), i will enjoy improved health.
3. it's still bad for you because you're still addicted nicotine, which is toxic.
nicotine is a toxic substance, but definitely not in the typical dosage from a pv. again academic studies have concluded that nicotine alone is not really much more disruptive than caffeine. an addiction is never something that really should be worn as a badge of honor, but despite this purist ideal that is emerging as an archetype for health our society (like many) still retains some socially acceptable daily addictions. caffeine? and my "need" to consume these substances definitely doesn't involve reaching a potential overconsumption, because it is uncomfortable.
4. you didn't really quit, because you're still inhaling some sort of secondary product.
i quit tobacco. i participate in no way in the tobacco industry. vaping does not involve combustion. sure i excuse myself to indulge in a vaping session, as i would a cigarette, but i at least see the two as very different beasts. it would be nice to not feel the urge to excuse myself for a moment to have some "me" time, but it's also not a very human practice. i'm sure there are more people in the world who periodically excuse themselves to indulge in some mild stimulant than not. i find no reason to be apologetic for it, nor do i take it as representative of some sort of weakness i have.
for the most part i keep this all to myself if i feel i cannot adequately represent my views to whomever this other person may be, but like i said, it secretly puts a bug up my .... i just let them vent and add it to my mental inventory, and keep on keeping on.
personally it secretly puts a bug up my ... when my vaping is put in a condescending or dismissive light. i've received all of the following:
1. are you ever going to go back to cigarettes again (in a context where cigarettes were superior to this "substitute" of mine).
no. i quit cigarettes. i don't want to smoke tobacco, and i don't want to inhale the products of combustion.
2. you think it's better for you, but it's not.
there are plenty of academic studies concluding that vaping is at least the lesser of two evils. as for my personal experiences i no longer wake up hacking my lungs out, i no longer indulge in random coughing fits, i can climb stairs and hills without being winded, my cats don't wheeze. these are all improvements by far. if there is some long term unforeseen chronic damage, i'm sure i can still avoid a lot of the damage done by consuming smoke. for now and before we reach that point (if we do), i will enjoy improved health.
3. it's still bad for you because you're still addicted nicotine, which is toxic.
nicotine is a toxic substance, but definitely not in the typical dosage from a pv. again academic studies have concluded that nicotine alone is not really much more disruptive than caffeine. an addiction is never something that really should be worn as a badge of honor, but despite this purist ideal that is emerging as an archetype for health our society (like many) still retains some socially acceptable daily addictions. caffeine? and my "need" to consume these substances definitely doesn't involve reaching a potential overconsumption, because it is uncomfortable.
4. you didn't really quit, because you're still inhaling some sort of secondary product.
i quit tobacco. i participate in no way in the tobacco industry. vaping does not involve combustion. sure i excuse myself to indulge in a vaping session, as i would a cigarette, but i at least see the two as very different beasts. it would be nice to not feel the urge to excuse myself for a moment to have some "me" time, but it's also not a very human practice. i'm sure there are more people in the world who periodically excuse themselves to indulge in some mild stimulant than not. i find no reason to be apologetic for it, nor do i take it as representative of some sort of weakness i have.
for the most part i keep this all to myself if i feel i cannot adequately represent my views to whomever this other person may be, but like i said, it secretly puts a bug up my .... i just let them vent and add it to my mental inventory, and keep on keeping on.
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If you enjoy it who cares what they say really..I have a friend that is a former smoker and he always said something about me smoking and now he says stuff about me vaping..luckily he doesn't give me too hard a time or I would just stop talking to him period..you know what former smokers problem is?..that want to smoke one really bad so they are uptight when they see you doing it. BTW most people make themselves feel better by knocking others 
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