Early lessons learned by a new vaper:
- it takes a bit of practice to learn the inhaling
- have different strengths available
- the subtler flavor mixes are usually less satisfying (presumably from years of smoking out the taste buds - I assume that may change later)
- to heck with cleaning out the clearomizer ... How else will you discover french pipe tobacco and vanilla are really nice together, or that Camel flavor gives that missing hit to a subtler flavor (no I don't smoke pipes or Camels - just Canadian cigarettes)
- start with really simple hardware choices (you are probably going to buy a lot more anyways so make your learning curve as easy as possible)
- when you do experiment with alternatives, employ your local intravenous-restricted-subtance expert to fill the #%%!!*^*!!! Phoenix for you (lovely to vape, but for someone who can't even get the bubbles out of the syringe a little challenging to say the least ... When they need refilling strong liquor will definitely be involved)
- texting gloves with the holes in the index fingers work really well for holding your ecig while walking the dog (put inside glove with mouthpiece sticking out the index finger hole and you're good to go)
- don't think you are the only one if you discover that you are addicted to other things in the tobacco as well as the nicotine, and need to taper off a bit more slowly to avoid problematic symptoms.
- if you have only one battery allow an extra hour or so a day frantically looking for it until you figure out to put it on a lanyard. Be prepared to tuck lanyard and all into your bra when you discover the ecig may swing into things on the lanyard. Be prepared to discover that while an ecig down your bra can be concealed by a big coat, you have to remember not to unbutton the coat. Be prepared to discover that coat or not, there is no delicate way to retreive an ecig from your bra on a public sidewalk.
- be prepared to be frantically looking for your single battery even when you know where the analogues are. Be prepared for a short-term anxiety disorder while you worry that you will lose it/break it/drown it by dropping it in the sink or the dog's water dish. Be prepared for some anxiety from your mailman when you start to haunt him in anticipation of the arrival of your extra batteries.
- be prepared for your dog to take up residence in front of the door to the bathroom where you keep your ejuice, as he is convinced there is now a new exit through which you must have escaped because you have been in there so long. Be prepared to now have to do the oops-don't-step/trip-on-the-dog dance every blasted time you use that bathroom.
- the ejuice ban in Canada, while of concern, is not the crisis one might imagine as there is a determined and supportive community.
- you may find it is not a good idea to be in front of a computer looking at an ejuice sale with credit card in hand while freaking that in Canada they are trying to take away your nic-juice
- in the event of a colossal natural disaster you could always call me as I now have enough higher-nic ejuice to supply the entire West Coast until reinforcements arrive
- ... and should the latter warnings above be a bit late, keep reminding yourself that having panicked and already spent the next couple of months cigarette budget can only strengthen your commitment to vaping ...
Still learning!!!
- it takes a bit of practice to learn the inhaling
- have different strengths available
- the subtler flavor mixes are usually less satisfying (presumably from years of smoking out the taste buds - I assume that may change later)
- to heck with cleaning out the clearomizer ... How else will you discover french pipe tobacco and vanilla are really nice together, or that Camel flavor gives that missing hit to a subtler flavor (no I don't smoke pipes or Camels - just Canadian cigarettes)
- start with really simple hardware choices (you are probably going to buy a lot more anyways so make your learning curve as easy as possible)
- when you do experiment with alternatives, employ your local intravenous-restricted-subtance expert to fill the #%%!!*^*!!! Phoenix for you (lovely to vape, but for someone who can't even get the bubbles out of the syringe a little challenging to say the least ... When they need refilling strong liquor will definitely be involved)
- texting gloves with the holes in the index fingers work really well for holding your ecig while walking the dog (put inside glove with mouthpiece sticking out the index finger hole and you're good to go)
- don't think you are the only one if you discover that you are addicted to other things in the tobacco as well as the nicotine, and need to taper off a bit more slowly to avoid problematic symptoms.
- if you have only one battery allow an extra hour or so a day frantically looking for it until you figure out to put it on a lanyard. Be prepared to tuck lanyard and all into your bra when you discover the ecig may swing into things on the lanyard. Be prepared to discover that while an ecig down your bra can be concealed by a big coat, you have to remember not to unbutton the coat. Be prepared to discover that coat or not, there is no delicate way to retreive an ecig from your bra on a public sidewalk.
- be prepared to be frantically looking for your single battery even when you know where the analogues are. Be prepared for a short-term anxiety disorder while you worry that you will lose it/break it/drown it by dropping it in the sink or the dog's water dish. Be prepared for some anxiety from your mailman when you start to haunt him in anticipation of the arrival of your extra batteries.
- be prepared for your dog to take up residence in front of the door to the bathroom where you keep your ejuice, as he is convinced there is now a new exit through which you must have escaped because you have been in there so long. Be prepared to now have to do the oops-don't-step/trip-on-the-dog dance every blasted time you use that bathroom.
- the ejuice ban in Canada, while of concern, is not the crisis one might imagine as there is a determined and supportive community.
- you may find it is not a good idea to be in front of a computer looking at an ejuice sale with credit card in hand while freaking that in Canada they are trying to take away your nic-juice
- in the event of a colossal natural disaster you could always call me as I now have enough higher-nic ejuice to supply the entire West Coast until reinforcements arrive
- ... and should the latter warnings above be a bit late, keep reminding yourself that having panicked and already spent the next couple of months cigarette budget can only strengthen your commitment to vaping ...
Still learning!!!
