Hello all!
It's my 2nd day of e-cigs and I am already completely obsessed by and immersed in "vaping culture" and ready to toss out my remaining "logs."
I have so many questions.
Let me start at the beginning. I was at Mardi Gras in New Orleans when a friend of a friend let me try a few tokes of her e-cig, which I think now was some model of eGo. Her flavor was pomegranate, which was a bit crazy-seeming, but I could immediately imagine that this would be something for me.
I came home and told my S.O., who is a vehement anti-smoker and long-time Volcano user of another substance completely which shall here go unnamed. He was delighted and ordered me up the eGo-T starter kit, which came yesterday and which we immediately both tried.
I had no idea what to do with this new thing, so I sucked in a huge puff and got an immediately sock-o headache to the back of my head. Took my migraine medicine and took to my bed for a few hours. But as I was lying there, feeling better, I was obsessed with the idea of the different e-juices out there and so eventually got up and drove down to the local smoke shop, which doesn't carry any nicotine mixes but rather disposables and some other starter kits. So I bought a Blu disposable for about $10, came home and, when I finally felt better, tried that one. A much lighter, more aromatic taste--like the way unused pipe tobacco smells, so sweet and delicate--with a vanilla-ish finish! I loved it.
Anyway, I found an online vendor and ordered some sample e-juice flavors and some juices I KNOW I will like, such as toffee/coffee and vanilla. And now I'm on my way!
Questions remain: How do you alternate e-cigs with analogs in the transition phase? Last night I did smoke 3 Camel Lights. Is that weird, to mix? Do people usually vape the same way they smoke, i.e. a puff once every 30 seconds or so? (I have always been sort of a get-down-to-business smoker, and finish cigarettes fast. For this reason, I guess, it was hard to know when to stop--there's no automatic stopping point, like when your cigarette has burned down to the filter!)
Also, last night, vaping during my normal smoking hours (only at night, right before bed, usually with a nightcap or glass or wine), I didn't feel at all weird. Today, I tried a hit off my Blu while sitting in bed reading, and I felt that weird, constricted sense in my head again--not as strong as the headache from yesterday, but there just the same. Does anyone else have this? I am taking smaller puffs or hits or whatever you call them today. Do puffs (long or short, how long or how short the interval in between them) also vary with users? Is there a "right" and "wrong" way to do it?
Thanks for having this great forum here, btw. I have read a lot already, in just two days, and am very grateful it's here, that people are so well informed and also so welcoming. It's like this awesome club I never knew existed, much less wanted very badly to join! Thanks in advance for any replies.
It's my 2nd day of e-cigs and I am already completely obsessed by and immersed in "vaping culture" and ready to toss out my remaining "logs."
I have so many questions.
Let me start at the beginning. I was at Mardi Gras in New Orleans when a friend of a friend let me try a few tokes of her e-cig, which I think now was some model of eGo. Her flavor was pomegranate, which was a bit crazy-seeming, but I could immediately imagine that this would be something for me.
I came home and told my S.O., who is a vehement anti-smoker and long-time Volcano user of another substance completely which shall here go unnamed. He was delighted and ordered me up the eGo-T starter kit, which came yesterday and which we immediately both tried.
I had no idea what to do with this new thing, so I sucked in a huge puff and got an immediately sock-o headache to the back of my head. Took my migraine medicine and took to my bed for a few hours. But as I was lying there, feeling better, I was obsessed with the idea of the different e-juices out there and so eventually got up and drove down to the local smoke shop, which doesn't carry any nicotine mixes but rather disposables and some other starter kits. So I bought a Blu disposable for about $10, came home and, when I finally felt better, tried that one. A much lighter, more aromatic taste--like the way unused pipe tobacco smells, so sweet and delicate--with a vanilla-ish finish! I loved it.
Anyway, I found an online vendor and ordered some sample e-juice flavors and some juices I KNOW I will like, such as toffee/coffee and vanilla. And now I'm on my way!
Questions remain: How do you alternate e-cigs with analogs in the transition phase? Last night I did smoke 3 Camel Lights. Is that weird, to mix? Do people usually vape the same way they smoke, i.e. a puff once every 30 seconds or so? (I have always been sort of a get-down-to-business smoker, and finish cigarettes fast. For this reason, I guess, it was hard to know when to stop--there's no automatic stopping point, like when your cigarette has burned down to the filter!)
Also, last night, vaping during my normal smoking hours (only at night, right before bed, usually with a nightcap or glass or wine), I didn't feel at all weird. Today, I tried a hit off my Blu while sitting in bed reading, and I felt that weird, constricted sense in my head again--not as strong as the headache from yesterday, but there just the same. Does anyone else have this? I am taking smaller puffs or hits or whatever you call them today. Do puffs (long or short, how long or how short the interval in between them) also vary with users? Is there a "right" and "wrong" way to do it?
Thanks for having this great forum here, btw. I have read a lot already, in just two days, and am very grateful it's here, that people are so well informed and also so welcoming. It's like this awesome club I never knew existed, much less wanted very badly to join! Thanks in advance for any replies.
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