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I set myself up for the test not too long ago. Went out drinking with some friends, got smashed, went home early, and stopped and bought a pack.
I had been wanting to experience the side-by-side comparison for a while, but was too nervous. So, drunk, I sat on my porch and with my ecig in my lap, lit a regular cigarette, took a drag, and exhaled. Then I picked up the ecig, took a drag, and exhaled.
I went back and forth like this for a while, but it was just not as satisfying as I remembered it. The taste of a regular cigarette is awful in comparison to a good vape, and the there was a sickly-like throat hit (almost feeling like I got hit in the lungs) in comparison to the strong hit I got from my Inferno. I didn't even finish the regular cigarette - didn't even want to. I'd been smoking for 10 years.
It was a little sad - I had so many good (and also many bad) memories as a smoker and I really felt like I cheated myself. Live and learn.
I had been wanting to experience the side-by-side comparison for a while, but was too nervous. So, drunk, I sat on my porch and with my ecig in my lap, lit a regular cigarette, took a drag, and exhaled. Then I picked up the ecig, took a drag, and exhaled.
I went back and forth like this for a while, but it was just not as satisfying as I remembered it. The taste of a regular cigarette is awful in comparison to a good vape, and the there was a sickly-like throat hit (almost feeling like I got hit in the lungs) in comparison to the strong hit I got from my Inferno. I didn't even finish the regular cigarette - didn't even want to. I'd been smoking for 10 years.
It was a little sad - I had so many good (and also many bad) memories as a smoker and I really felt like I cheated myself. Live and learn.
We're all different, which is something you will most definitely learn the longer you stick around.
But my estimate is that about 70% of vapers hate cigarettes now, 20% can tolerate them, and 10% still like them.
That 10% may be a little high.
You'll never know which one you are unless you try, which I hesitate to recommend.
But if you are a firmly entrenched in vaping, you should be fine.
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People are individuals. Individualism is interesting, not scary..... if you let it be so.
Most vapers who quit because they realize that continuing to smoke is pointless seldom go back. It's when you quit because you think you should but really don't want to that you have trouble.
You have to get it straight in your head that cigarettes are the most likely things to cause a premature and painful death. Then, it's easy.
Younger people don't get it ... yet. They have a few years before they realize that death is an ultimate reality.
You have to get it straight in your head that cigarettes are the most likely things to cause a premature and painful death. Then, it's easy.
Younger people don't get it ... yet. They have a few years before they realize that death is an ultimate reality.
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I've read a lot of posts about "The Test". I'm afraid to test myself with "The Test". I fear I would like it and fall back into smoking too easily. Plus, I would have to change my banner down below. I feel if I picked up a cig I would be betraying myself and it would negate all of the abstinence I've achieved so far. Then it would be like starting from square one again.
One of the things with vaping that concerns me is that maybe it is "too close" to smoking. It so resembles the act of smoking that maybe I'm not distancing myself enough. And the nicotine addiction is still there. For instance, if someone quits smoking cold turkey(no NRTs), as time passes the thoughts, cravings, and urges would eventually recede and fade away. Whereas with vaping, the similar actions and sensations, plus the ongoing nicotine addiction keep the chances of relapse in close proximity IMO. It's almost as if, by vaping, I'm inadvertently keeping myself too close to the danger zone.
Now I realize there are many people who quit cold turkey and go back to smoking at one point or another for whatever reason. But there are many that are successful as well. And I've heard some cold turkey quitters still have cravings even years later. Everyone is different.
I'm not knocking vaping. I think it's a viable, healthier alternative to smoking. But I can't help but wonder if I'm not putting enough space between myself and that old, rotten habit.
P.S. I haven't tried 0mg juice yet. But even with that you still have the similarities: hand-to-mouth, inhale, exhale, vapor, etc.
I feel if I picked up a cig I would be betraying myself and it would negate all of the abstinence I've achieved so far. Then it would be like starting from square one again.One of the things with vaping that concerns me is that maybe it is "too close" to smoking. It so resembles the act of smoking that maybe I'm not distancing myself enough. And the nicotine addiction is still there. For instance, if someone quits smoking cold turkey(no NRTs), as time passes the thoughts, cravings, and urges would eventually recede and fade away. Whereas with vaping, the similar actions and sensations, plus the ongoing nicotine addiction keep the chances of relapse in close proximity IMO. It's almost as if, by vaping, I'm inadvertently keeping myself too close to the danger zone.
Now I realize there are many people who quit cold turkey and go back to smoking at one point or another for whatever reason. But there are many that are successful as well. And I've heard some cold turkey quitters still have cravings even years later. Everyone is different.
I'm not knocking vaping. I think it's a viable, healthier alternative to smoking. But I can't help but wonder if I'm not putting enough space between myself and that old, rotten habit.
P.S. I haven't tried 0mg juice yet. But even with that you still have the similarities: hand-to-mouth, inhale, exhale, vapor, etc.
I haven't had a cigarette since nov 3 2010 @ 3:30am I'm afraid if I do take one hit off of one I might like it and I would immediately want to choke down a pack of cowboy killers. I probably wouldn't but I would be afraid to try
I occasionally will have a stinkie when walking the dog - and other times no. I just know I don't want to smoke
cigs anymore. That being said, I don't mind the smell of ciggy smoke on people, nor do I stay away from them or
whatever. To each his own.
cigs anymore. That being said, I don't mind the smell of ciggy smoke on people, nor do I stay away from them or
whatever. To each his own.
Interesting. For me I feel it's the exact opposite. It's the very similarity to smoking that makes it more effective long term. Because if a cold turkey quitter gives in to craving, where does he go from there? He's right back in the pit. A vaper, not so much.
I'm still vaping 24mg after over three years of vaping. I plan to drop to 18mg once I vape up the bag full of 50ml bottles of juice I have on hand.
I haven't felt the desire to try the test. It seems pointless. My wife sits next to me at her laptop while I'm doing the same and lights up. She smokes a pack every two or three days, so it's not heavy smoking. I notice it because of the tobacco smoke, but haven't once in the 13 months (since I quit the last 6 a day) wanted to bum one from her. It's uncanny. I just pick up my Provari and vape happily.
I haven't felt the desire to try the test. It seems pointless. My wife sits next to me at her laptop while I'm doing the same and lights up. She smokes a pack every two or three days, so it's not heavy smoking. I notice it because of the tobacco smoke, but haven't once in the 13 months (since I quit the last 6 a day) wanted to bum one from her. It's uncanny. I just pick up my Provari and vape happily.
Chances are you'll find within a few more days/weeks/months that your concerns are not based in actual experience.
But there is the odd chance that this will not be your experience.
We're all different, which is something you will most definitely learn the longer you stick around.
But my estimate is that about 70% of vapers hate cigarettes now, 20% can tolerate them, and 10% still like them.
That 10% may be a little high.
You'll never know which one you are unless you try, which I hesitate to recommend.
But if you are a firmly entrenched in vaping, you should be fine.
Call it 9% because there may be others like me who found the curiosity cigarette sublime. At least, I sincerely hope I'm not the only one.
I suspect that there are those of us who never liked the taste of cigarettes but smoked anyway, others who did not like the taste but acquired the taste over time and a smaller minority that liked the taste from the start. In that respect, like olives.
Everyone from the first two groups is going to find that taste revolting when they go back to it. But if you loved it the first time, you'll love it again, like the first time.
Now don't get me wrong... I didn't like it enough to go buy a pack, far from it. I enjoy vaping and all the benefits of doing so (I can run up 4 flights of stairs and not be winded in the least. Haven't done that in YEARS).
I just wanted to see if staying off the stinkies had the same effect on me as it had on others. All I learned is that is didn't taste that bad. That's all. Not great, not good, just not disgusting. I still hang in the smoking areas at work and I don't "pine" for a real one. The sight/smell/etc. has no effect on me. I'm over the analogs, I really am. Back in the day, if I so much as SAW someone smoking, it made me want to light up. I gave myself what I call "The Smokers Pat-Down". Pat your pocket for your lighter while the other hand looks for your pack of smokes. Don't find your lighter in it's normal place; the search becomes more frantic. Not so anymore.
To paraphrase The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"..... Digital Vapes Killed the Analog Cigs.
I just wanted to see if staying off the stinkies had the same effect on me as it had on others. All I learned is that is didn't taste that bad. That's all. Not great, not good, just not disgusting. I still hang in the smoking areas at work and I don't "pine" for a real one. The sight/smell/etc. has no effect on me. I'm over the analogs, I really am. Back in the day, if I so much as SAW someone smoking, it made me want to light up. I gave myself what I call "The Smokers Pat-Down". Pat your pocket for your lighter while the other hand looks for your pack of smokes. Don't find your lighter in it's normal place; the search becomes more frantic. Not so anymore.
To paraphrase The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"..... Digital Vapes Killed the Analog Cigs.
I guess I'm in the 9% club but like some have stated, while I actually DO like having a smoke, I'm not tied to it like I was. No panic if I don't have any, no feeling of relief/security if I do. It's something I like to do, although I DO like vaping better. Better taste, better sensation on the inhale, better health effects, and no fear.
i still had good morning, post meal, and good night cigarettes for about two weeks after i got my kgo kit last year. then i forgot to smoke at all. tried a few times, could only smoke half of one.
in any case, i think that as long as you didn't enjoy it enough to do it again, you're fine. a visceral distaste isn't mandatory.
in any case, i think that as long as you didn't enjoy it enough to do it again, you're fine. a visceral distaste isn't mandatory.
I'm wondering about cigars.
I was never a big cigar smoker, 6-8 per year max and probably more like 2 per year. I really enjoyed them and will surely miss lighting one up when I'm with the right (wrong?) crew of friends.
I wonder if I'll be able to smoke a cigar and not have the desire to grab a pack of cigarettes after.
I was never a big cigar smoker, 6-8 per year max and probably more like 2 per year. I really enjoyed them and will surely miss lighting one up when I'm with the right (wrong?) crew of friends.
I wonder if I'll be able to smoke a cigar and not have the desire to grab a pack of cigarettes after.
You could always get an e-cigar , and try out something like an oak barrel cider with it.
Having a cigar or a clove is something I struggled with at first too until I found an awesome clove juice (from MBV) and it really does taste about 90% the same as a Djarum Black. I was blown away. It was the first time I actually thought to myself "this tastes like a smoke."
That experience alone was enough to make me realize there is always some form of an alternative to smoking. and I have no desire to do the test now. I see family and friends hacking and wheezing regularly enough to remind me that I never wanna have the temptation to be in their position again.
Having a cigar or a clove is something I struggled with at first too until I found an awesome clove juice (from MBV) and it really does taste about 90% the same as a Djarum Black. I was blown away. It was the first time I actually thought to myself "this tastes like a smoke."
That experience alone was enough to make me realize there is always some form of an alternative to smoking. and I have no desire to do the test now. I see family and friends hacking and wheezing regularly enough to remind me that I never wanna have the temptation to be in their position again.
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