We, of the elite, don't care if anyone can afford to smoke, we need the money so the little people must smoke.
Do you plan to quit someday?
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We, of the elite, don't care if anyone can afford to smoke, we need the money so the little people must smoke.
They do, despite the fact that they cannot afford the taxes imposed by their betters.
When excessive taxation makes something people desire unaffordable, the invisible hand finds a way:
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Affording brand-name cigs was never a problem for me, but I was real tempted to seek out alternatives just on general principle; don't let them steal more of what I've earned than is absolutely necessary in order to stay out of jail.
Agree.
I started out at 24mg strength back in 2010. After 2 or 3 years I started to order vendor juice in lower nic here and there. I went to zero at the end, decided that 0 nic was boring, and went back to 3mg. I've been at 3mg strength for around 8 years and no problems. DIY allowed me to experiment with all the flavors and mixes. I finally decided that I'm happy vaping unflavored juice and only ocassionally mix up a flavor just to compare.
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I quit cigarettes last Feb and started vaping. I've gone from 50mg salts down to 3mg freebase and may cut that down but I enjoy vaping. I don't have any plans to quit, particularly with all the pressure now to make me quit. I'm a little rebellious.
My worst month was having to use ryo so my William could get snipped. Luckily after the tax got so high discovered I liked Doral menthol 100s. More than once I've rolled change to buy a pack.
I dream of quitting vaping.
Interestingly, I do not ever dream of quitting drinking. I just feel that vaping is more harmful than drinking. It's my body that tells me the truth. The same part of body that makes vaping, drinking, eating - my head (very important piece of anatomy, with mouth in it).
EDIT: unfortunately (or not?) I do love nicotine...
Interestingly, I do not ever dream of quitting drinking. I just feel that vaping is more harmful than drinking. It's my body that tells me the truth. The same part of body that makes vaping, drinking, eating - my head (very important piece of anatomy, with mouth in it).
EDIT: unfortunately (or not?) I do love nicotine...
Is your body all that tells you this truth? Any evidence? Because aside from future unknowns due to lack of longer term research, I'm not seeing this at all. (Not picking on you, genuinely asking if you have evidence that drinking is less harmful than vaping--of course, dosage makes the poison)
Of course I have nothing to confirm my statements scientifically. It's just my inner voice that is talking. But if I had to chose what I have to drop starting immediately, it would be vaping, not drinking.
When I was 20 I would have given up eating or wearing shoes rather than give up drinking beer. Maybe I could give up vaping now but I haven't got many vices left, or many years for that matter. If I thought I could live 11 more years instead of 10 if I quit vaping I would choose vaping.
I have no plans on ever quitting. I’ve been vaping over 9 years and I ‘m down to 6mg.I DIY all my juice.
I love my nicotine and the ejuice flavors. I plan on staying right where I am at 6mg Nicotine.
My actual introduction to vaping was by trying a friend's vape. I was really floored by the flavor but in all honesty I wasn't thinking that it was a safer alternative than traditional cigarettes and not even the flavor. It was actually far, far less expensive to get my nicotine fix. Being a safer alternative and the choice of a variety of flavors was an added plus.
However, as I got completely off of cigarettes and only vaping it was the the wide variety of flavors that was key in me cutting down the nicotine from 24mg down to 6mg.
The more I lowered my nicotine level the better the flavored eliquids tasted
My actual introduction to vaping was by trying a friend's vape. I was really floored by the flavor but in all honesty I wasn't thinking that it was a safer alternative than traditional cigarettes and not even the flavor. It was actually far, far less expensive to get my nicotine fix. Being a safer alternative and the choice of a variety of flavors was an added plus.
However, as I got completely off of cigarettes and only vaping it was the the wide variety of flavors that was key in me cutting down the nicotine from 24mg down to 6mg.
The more I lowered my nicotine level the better the flavored eliquids tasted
eventually yeah, but right now no... lol. i want to quit vaping at some point, but i am honestly pretty darn happy with having quit smoking. i had a craaaazy cough and a lot of trouble breathing and i'm doing WAAAYYY better in both those regards so i'm pretty happy right now with what vaping has done for me. i do still cough here and there and i'm not breathing as good as i'm sure i should be, but not waking up in the middle of the night in search of air is definitely huge. one step at a time. for now, i'm working on lowering my nic level. i was at super ultra high nic (lol) and now i'm down to high nic. so there's that. my next goal is to make it to 15mg/ml, then 12, then 9, then 6, then 3, then 0... and at that point i'd like to toss all my vapes in the trash and call it a day. if i never make it there, well, i'm still happy having quit smoking, which i'm not sure i would have ever done without the help of vaping. i tried to quit smoking so many times it's just ridiculous looking back on the failed attempts.
i know my best friend feels similar about quitting vaping at some point but like me she's happy with having quit smoking for now. my guess is eventually we'll both reach the point at which we no longer vape or smoke but who knows when that will be!
I started vaping in 2017. I had a 1 1/2 pack a day habit for 40+ years. I started at 24mg. Had my last cigarette in May 2018. I began to gradually reduce the nic level and now only vape 3mg. I am thinking of buying a couple of my favorite liquids at 0mg and mixing with flavorless 3mg to cut down a little bit more for when I chain vape at night.
I can't see actually quitting anytime soon. Though I can see myself trying to go to zero nic at some point.
I can't see actually quitting anytime soon. Though I can see myself trying to go to zero nic at some point.
I don't think I have fully quit smoking cigarettes I just smoked like 5 or 6 the past little while.
There is this saying, "You truly know if you have quit cigarettes if someone you love dies." It's kinda morbid. But as a stress smoker, I buy it. I cannot imagine like, NOT smoking if I had to arrange the kiddo's funeral. I don't think I would go BACK to smoking, but I would smoke a few.
I'm only now no longer coughing. I had a cold or something too but mostly the cigarettes I think.
Yeah, I would return to vaping. But, the most satisfying cigarette to me is the stress cigarette. There is NOTHING to compare. Mainly because I'm like thinking the whole time, "Will this be the one that kills me? Maybe it will be the one that finally kills me!" I mean I SAVOR it and all, I LIKED SMOKING QUITE obviously but when you are really stressed, that's the one you cannot do WITHOUT.
Again, morbid probably but it is what it is. If I were not a vaper, I would smoke myself into a bloated ugly grave, oxygen tank beside me. FACT.
Gotta hose off here soon and do yoga REALLY.
Anna
There is this saying, "You truly know if you have quit cigarettes if someone you love dies." It's kinda morbid. But as a stress smoker, I buy it. I cannot imagine like, NOT smoking if I had to arrange the kiddo's funeral. I don't think I would go BACK to smoking, but I would smoke a few.
I'm only now no longer coughing. I had a cold or something too but mostly the cigarettes I think.
Yeah, I would return to vaping. But, the most satisfying cigarette to me is the stress cigarette. There is NOTHING to compare. Mainly because I'm like thinking the whole time, "Will this be the one that kills me? Maybe it will be the one that finally kills me!" I mean I SAVOR it and all, I LIKED SMOKING QUITE obviously but when you are really stressed, that's the one you cannot do WITHOUT.
Again, morbid probably but it is what it is. If I were not a vaper, I would smoke myself into a bloated ugly grave, oxygen tank beside me. FACT.
Gotta hose off here soon and do yoga REALLY.
Anna
did you try an Oreo cookie instead? (or another treat you like)
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