I think I'm doing it wrong

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Maker

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My story: I bought one to use in the car as my wife does not smoke and hates it. The first day i found i had only smoked 3 cigs, i was a pack+ a day smoker of over 25 years. after day 3 i went to have my 1st cig outside, this was at night had not smoked all day, and took 3 puffs. It tasted like crap and i was like "why am i doing this". As i said i had no intention to stop smoking. Actually i would get angry at my wife for even suggesting it saying "you knew i smoked when you married me". You could have my smokes when i die!! was my mentality. Not sure why it was so easy for me. Was it that i started out with a mod? was it that i had a decent juice right off the bat? or was i really ready to quit and just didn't know it? At this point i think this thing can work for anyone that has even the slightest idea of quitting. It worked for me and i was no where near ready to quit.
 

Tnscooter

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I had the same feeling at first, I had spent about $100 and was still wanting to smoke analogs and felt it wasnt going to work for me. I received my kit on christmas eve and with the holidays and work I didnt get started for almost a week other than a few puffs. I ordered more accesories and juice and just figured I would keep trying, then about $150 into it and reading on here alot and buying a pack a day I figured I just had to do it. It has been 15 days with no analogs, I used the 18mg nic and 1 10ml bottle of 24mg nic as a back up but I dont think the nic is as important as the action because I still went thru withdrawls but not as bad as the last time I tried stopping. It is not easy but well worth it, I have been vaping near constant the first week and almost constant the next, and the juice flavors changed the more I didnt smoke analogs and changed in a good way. I dont have much experience but the more I try things and read on here the better the experience is, since the beginning I have been dripping and it works great for me with the ego xl batts and the pt, so just keep on, keepin on and if it is meant to be, it will be, I am in no race with anyone. The coffee and the cheesecake at Madvapes are my favorites but I have several samples I vape as a change and the price isnt bad either. Scott
 

Rosa

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Has there ever been a study done on second hand vapor?

Not that I know of. My understanding is that it is water vapor that we see when we exhale. We inhale nicotine, PG (or VG) and flavor and nicotine is absorbed in our mucous membranes and the PG (or VG) binds with the water in our bodies and then when we exhale it binds some more with the water in the air so that what we see is the exhaling of our own body's water and the moisture in the air. I don't know what happens to the flavoring.

Anyway, we suspect that we may exhale trace amounts of nicotine (basically undetectable but it would depend on the vaper) but it's mostly just water vapor. So that's why it's important to drink plenty of water when you vape.
 

Zal42

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My understanding is that it is water vapor that we see when we exhale.

Not actually so. What we are seeing when we exhale is vaporized PG and VG. It's the same stuff generated by fog machine used in stage shows and dance clubs.

Which is a great way to allay people's fears about it, I think, because in one hour of being near a vaper, a person will inhale less of the fog than in 10 minutes of being at some dance clubs!
 

PapaBloog

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Has there ever been a study done on second hand vapor?

Yes, there has - although they are not touted or even considered. The studies conclude that there are only very minute trace amounts of nicotine remaining in the exhaled vapor ... there is a very formal study happening right now called IVAQS (the Indoor Vapor Air Quality Study) which specifically focuses on e-cigarette vapor -
 
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