Newbie here and this is my story:
I joined the USAF in 2003 as an 18 yr old non-smoker. I started smoking about a year later for probably the same reasons as most. Boredom, excuse to get outside, social environment, drinking... I found out that more work seems to be accomplished out in the smoke pit anyway.
About three years ago, a buddy of mine was vaping on a Blu out in the smoke pit. Me being instantly attracted to any electronic gimmicky thing, had to get a starter kit myself. It seemed a bit of a novelty at the time, and I liked the idea of being able to "smoke" inside during extreme weather. I believe that Blu has improved on their product since then but at the time it didn't change my regular smoking one bit. I would get one or two good drags out of a cart and nothing even close after that. I wasn't trying to quit at all, I was just looking for a supplement and to quit smoking in the house. The experiment ended in failure.
About 4 months ago, I was out in the smoke pit and another buddy of mine was vaping on an eGo and putting out plumes of vapor. We got to talking, and he offered for me to try it. I was blown away! I had to vape it two or three more times just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. It was like a real cigarette, but it tasted much better! I decided that I would give vaping a try again sometime in the near future.
Two months ago, I moved from Georgia to northern California. After buying my first carton of cigs after the move (yowch!), my encounter with my buddy instantly came back to mind. Again, the previous reasons were there as justification...vape inside, avoid extreme weather, but now save a couple of bucks.
So now we're down to one month ago. I went to ivape.net, bought a KGO starter kit, a bottle of juice, and stepped into the world of vaping. I cut down immediately from 1.25/pad to 1-2 smokes a day. After a week, I just stopped all together. I was trying to finish off the half carton that I still had and there's no way I'll be able to do it now haha. Just the thought of having a smoke now makes me feel sick.
I got to say thanks to all of you that I was discretely getting information from while I was starting this journey. I have since expanded my knowledge to try out different resistance cartos and attys, tanks, and now my first mod (lava tube) is on it's way. I think after I settle down a bit I will eventually start to save some money haha. But my health in the long term is worth more to me.
I joined the USAF in 2003 as an 18 yr old non-smoker. I started smoking about a year later for probably the same reasons as most. Boredom, excuse to get outside, social environment, drinking... I found out that more work seems to be accomplished out in the smoke pit anyway.
About three years ago, a buddy of mine was vaping on a Blu out in the smoke pit. Me being instantly attracted to any electronic gimmicky thing, had to get a starter kit myself. It seemed a bit of a novelty at the time, and I liked the idea of being able to "smoke" inside during extreme weather. I believe that Blu has improved on their product since then but at the time it didn't change my regular smoking one bit. I would get one or two good drags out of a cart and nothing even close after that. I wasn't trying to quit at all, I was just looking for a supplement and to quit smoking in the house. The experiment ended in failure.
About 4 months ago, I was out in the smoke pit and another buddy of mine was vaping on an eGo and putting out plumes of vapor. We got to talking, and he offered for me to try it. I was blown away! I had to vape it two or three more times just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. It was like a real cigarette, but it tasted much better! I decided that I would give vaping a try again sometime in the near future.
Two months ago, I moved from Georgia to northern California. After buying my first carton of cigs after the move (yowch!), my encounter with my buddy instantly came back to mind. Again, the previous reasons were there as justification...vape inside, avoid extreme weather, but now save a couple of bucks.
So now we're down to one month ago. I went to ivape.net, bought a KGO starter kit, a bottle of juice, and stepped into the world of vaping. I cut down immediately from 1.25/pad to 1-2 smokes a day. After a week, I just stopped all together. I was trying to finish off the half carton that I still had and there's no way I'll be able to do it now haha. Just the thought of having a smoke now makes me feel sick.
I got to say thanks to all of you that I was discretely getting information from while I was starting this journey. I have since expanded my knowledge to try out different resistance cartos and attys, tanks, and now my first mod (lava tube) is on it's way. I think after I settle down a bit I will eventually start to save some money haha. But my health in the long term is worth more to me.
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