Does anyone still vape like they smoked?

[Stewart Jarvis-Grove]

What stumped me the most about vaping when i started was how do i know when to stop.

When i lit a cigarette i smoked it until it i notice it got close to the end or if i didn't notice burnt my fingers. Then about an hour later i smoked another until that was gone.

When i had my first go on basic starter kit with a CE4 i thought this is great! but it doesn't burn down like a cigarette so i have no clue when my vaping session should end.

For some reason this still bugs me to this day. So i've come to the conclusion i am trying to vape like i smoked

 

[Hans Wermhat]

When I quit smoking the stinkies, I was lighting one off the .... of the last one. It was terrible for my health, but saved me money on lighters. I still vape the same way. Pretty much non-stop. The biggest difference is when I smoked, I lit one before I got out of bed and took it literally into the shower with me. Now, I wait til I get in the truck to go to work in the morning before I vape.

 

[Stewart Jarvis-Grove]

So you pretty much vape like you smoked then too.

I've gone as far as imagining how many drags i used to take to consume an average sized cigarette or how long it would have taken me to smoke one and i vape for that amount of time or take that many tokes on whatever i'm vaping.

This is sounding way to OCD now so i'll shut up

 

[rico942]

One of the first Ego batteries that I bought had a "puff counter" ...

At the time, I thought that was important ...

Now I vape in the "unlimited" class ...

 

[Hans Wermhat]

When I first started vaping, I was using 24mg juice. I used the symptoms of a mild nic OD as a sign to put it down for a few minutes. I'm down to 3 mg now and it's kinda hard to get to that point, so I just try to put my mod down when I think about it. I find that if I keep my hands occupied, I can forget to vape for an hour or more pretty easily.

 

[Baditude]

I smoked a cigarette about once an hour when I could. The campus at work was smoke-free, so that was always a challenge for at least 8 hours. Hard candy was my go to for work to get me through the shift.

Now that I'm not working, I pretty much vape as much and as frequently as I want. I guess I've become a chain vaper. I'm living at my brother's home, who doesn't smoke or vape, and quite frankly forbids me to vape around him. I either vape outdoors or in my bedroom with the door closed.

 

[OlderNDirt]

I never vaped like I smoked. 15 - 18 puffs in less then 6 minutes on a vape is just a bit much for me. Not to mention, never smoking in the house or in the car, but vape there now.

 

[Stewart Jarvis-Grove]

Ahhh yes vaping inside is a massive bonus and in the car with the windows shut.

 

[r77r7r]

I remember A fella got upset 'cause he had watered his garden in the evening for as long as it took to smoke 1cig and now he didn't know how much water to give it.

 

[corn flakes]

I vape exactly as I smoked. Step outside and have about 10-15 puffs and wait til next time. I judged a lot of things by cigarettes. Driving especially.

 

[VHRB2014]

Well, pretty much. When I lit up a 60 gauge Robusto or Grand Toro, I blew clouds bro. LOL
And I had no problem doing the relight. Ya, they say its nasty and it`ll taste bad, but Id let them sit overnight and finish them off in the morning. RE: Id smoke until I`d had my fill and let them go out, and come back to them. I vape just like this too, I vape until Iv had my fill and then set them down, and come back in a hour or two, or whatever works. Sometimes I`m busy and I wont touch it for 5-6 hours if I have something important to do.

 

[Falconeer]

Yes I do too. I was a pipe smoker, so when I'm sitting chilling out or reading I like to fit a long drip tip so that I have a "Reading Vape" ( pipemen call a Churchwarden pipe a "Reading Pipe" ); when smoking at work got banned I used to keep a small bowled pipe for breaks - now I use a Mutation X V3 Dripper the same way...and yes when I go out my old tobacco pouch is stuffed with as much gear as it was in the smoking days! The pattern of my smoking from first thing in the morning to last thing at night has been faithfully taken over to vaping.

 

[wheelie]

Never really though about it much. I vape when I want to. I smoked for 42 years so I still have 39 years to wean off vaping. LOL

 

[herb]

What stumped me the most about vaping when i started was how do i know when to stop.

When i lit a cigarette i smoked it until it i notice it got close to the end or if i didn't notice burnt my fingers. Then about an hour later i smoked another until that was gone.

When i had my first go on basic starter kit with a CE4 i thought this is great! but it doesn't burn down like a cigarette so i have no clue when my vaping session should end.

For some reason this still bugs me to this day. So i've come to the conclusion i am trying to vape like i smoked

When i first started it was easy to know when to stop , since i didn't know what nicotine percentage was right for me i stopped when i found myself sweating profusely and twitching on the floor .

Nowadays i just vape because it's sitting in front of me , just something to do more than craving a vape.

 

[sofarsogood]

I vape the way I smoked before all the indoor restrictions. The most striking thing about switching from smoking to vaping is how much more relaxed I am in general. I didn't mind the indoor restrictions. In fact, in recent years before I switched I didn't smoke indoors at home. But the restrictions did nothing to reduce my daily cigs, more likely the opposite. There is a puff timer on my evic vtc mini so I'm learning my day to day vaping is consistant. The ml's don't change much either. That consistancy was in my smoking too.

 

[dhood]

I do a lot of work from my home office so I pretty much had one burning almost constantly (hence the 2+ packs a day). Now I have a mod sitting there. I just hit it when I feel like hitting it. I had a puff counter on my MVP2 that I looked at a few times when I started. I usually ran anywhere from 800-1000 puffs a day on that using Evods and 18mg juice. I really don't now how many I do now. And I don't care. I'm comfortable with my Kayfuns and 6-10ml juice and my office doesn't stink anymore.

 

[Stringplucker]

I'm medically retired and relegated to my recliner...I vape all day, anytime I feel the desire. I no longer think that I should set it down...I just do it when the feeling hits.

 

[Mazinny]

Hmm, never really thought about in those terms.

I definitely spend a lot more time on vaping than i ever did on smoking. Organizing gear, building, filling liquid, washing gear, time on forums, reading about vaping legislation and advocacy etc ....

My vaping action is pretty similar to my smoking days ( tighter draw, 2.5 to 3 seconds, mouth to lung ), but i do it more often. 110,000 hand to mouth motions per year when smoking, compared to about about 255,000 now with vaping. I think of it as burning more calories. I'm also fidgeting more in order to burn some extra calories.

 

[Sammcknight]

Hello all. I am new to this, I have been vaping for about 6 months and a friend told me about this site. I don't know a lot about forums or vaping but I am learning both. If you don't mind I would like to join in and say that I vape less than I smoked, but I find myself doing it more and more often the more I get into it, so I believe that it will get to be more...

 

[subwayaznm]

I chain vape sometimes, and make sure that I never run out of my favorite e Liquids. SO I would have to say yes I vape like I smoked. But it's healthier