In your circle of friends/coworkers/family, are you the only one vapin'?

[texastumbleweed]

I have talked to friends and coworkers about how I ordered e-cigs. None of them have ever heard of them. I will not know a single person, outside of those on this forum who "vape".
Have any of yall converted friends/family/coworkers?

 

[shawnp1]

well since i am a supplier pretty much all of my friends an relatives that are close to me have an ecig an enjoy them alot. but outside of them i havnt run into very many people that have one or know of them at all.

 

[timonette]

I have showed other smokers my njoy & I believe 1 person my have ordered the pink DSE901 from puresmoker. People are fasinated by the e-cig BUT slow/leary to change.

 

[Schroedinger's cat]

I am pretty much the only smoker I know here. The one exception is a daughter of a friend, and she knows one person who uses e-cigs. Her father has a colleague who used them to beat the campus-wide tobacco ban in one of the universities here (which is how I first heard of e-cigs).

 

[dc2k08]

its ridiculous, i have 3 brothers and 1 sister all pack-a-dayers who spend $300 on coughing up phlegm a month. that's a decent percentage of their income and i can persuade not one them to take up e-smoking. i have even offered to buy them one as a gift or give them one of mine as i have amassed a large collection. the answer is still "no" and i am mostly mocked at for my devotion.

only my father, a determined anti-smoker all his life, who grieves daily at his offspring's choice of habit, praises the devices. but this might change as the new year rolls in and some of them go through their annual "i must give up and buy a bunch of NRT crap that fails to work past a month" cycle. i can only hope.

 

[Mommyshann]

Since I got my 901 a little over a month ago my husband and best friend both switched to e-cigs. I also have handed out a crapload of Steve's cards to people (including my doctor who wanted to pass the cards out to her smoking patients) and my husband has done the same at work. I can only hope that a few of those cards have turned into new vapers and they are enjoying the same benefits that I am from my e-cig. For the most part the reaction to mine has been all positive. Everyone seems very curious about it and once they see it they think it's great.

 

[sixstring]

I have talked to friends and coworkers about how I ordered e-cigs. None of them have ever heard of them. I will not know a single person, outside of those on this forum who "vape".
Have any of yall converted friends/family/coworkers?

I can't convince my wife (pack a day salem smoker), my boss (pack a day winston smoker) or any of my clients to even try it...

I've gone from 30 basic light 100's a day down to about 3-5 a day, and they're still unconvinced. WTF???

 

[clarke187]

my girlfriend got a health e cigarette because it was cheap, I'm getting her a kb yentl like mine next week (when i get paid) because i doubt the health will work that long..

 

[texastumbleweed]

wow amazing. wonder what the aversion is? what is their excuse?

I can't convince my wife (pack a day salem smoker), my boss (pack a day winston smoker) or any of my clients to even try it...

I've gone from 30 basic light 100's a day down to about 3-5 a day, and they're still unconvinced. WTF???

 

[CaSHMeRe]

I personally think you really have to *Want* to find an alternative. I have seen lots of people that could care less about their health and have zero intention of finding alternatives that may in the end be *healthier* then the already proven killer ... (ie: big tobacco)

 

[sixstring]

wow amazing. wonder what the aversion is? what is their excuse?

I have no idea.

The throat hit is the same as a real cig (when done properly) , the nic rush is the same, etc, etc. At least to me... I don't get it...

 

[LakotaRose]

Since I work at home, I'm not around smokin' coworkers anymore. But I'm hoping to convert my sister. Also, the lady who cleans my home is interested, so I gave her Steve's card.

Some time ago, I was at a liquor store explaining e-cigs to the clerk who asked me why I was buying a shot glass (to use instead of an egg cup holder). That was the only time I had ever spoken to him. A couple weeks later I went back and he was standing there grinning at me. He said "You've got it in your trunk, don't cha". Got what in my trunk? A tire iron? World's smallest man? I have no junk in my trunk, for my behind is flat as a wall. I have no idea what he was talking about. I can only guess that he also found e-cig.

Tumbleweed, speaking of behinds, remember to chart those heinies for decubiti POA. It'll make your coders happy.

 

[texastumbleweed]

none of my patients have decubiti....all my patients are young healthy soldiers. best job in the whole world. livin' the dream.

Since I work at home, I'm not around smokin' coworkers anymore. But I'm hoping to convert my sister. Also, the lady who cleans my home is interested, so I gave her Steve's card.

Some time ago, I was at a liquor store explaining e-cigs to the clerk who asked me why I was buying a shot glass (to use instead of an egg cup holder). That was the only time I had ever spoken to him. A couple weeks later I went back and he was standing there grinning at me. He said "You've got it in your trunk, don't cha". Got what in my trunk? A tire iron? World's smallest man? I have no junk in my trunk, for my behind is flat as a wall. I have no idea what he was talking about. I can only guess that he also found e-cig.

Tumbleweed, speaking of behinds, remember to chart those heinies for decubiti POA. It'll make your coders happy.

 

[Gimby]

I have a colleague in work that got an e-cig as soon as he saw mine. Apart from that I have spoken to a few people that know what e-cigs are, but I have not met anyone else that actually use them.

Why people would be aware of them and not use them I have no idea. As soon as I found out they existed I got one straight away.

 

[tonyph]

I got the e-cig to use as a substitute for tobacco in one specific circumstance. I never had any real hope that it would work. A week later I am vaping all the time and yesterday was the first day in over 30 years that I didnt smoke tobacco.
I have only met a few people this week, but spoke to a lot on the phone. They dont believe that the e-cig will work. People have heard of it in the UK but are not convinced. Nobody had seen one in the flesh, seriously considered trying one, or knew anybody else who had. This includes a couple I know who have seriuosly tried to stop smoking. I am getting evangelical about the product. May even buy a lot in and do some distrubution. Not something I need has I already have 2 sucessful enjoyable businesses. Its more that I was lucky though, first e-cig was the 901, I am not sure I would have caught on with a lesser model and I found this forum to give me the information on how to get the best results. I bought a couple of emergency cheap e-cigs localy while waiting for further supplies. They were pretty hopeless and its doubtfull I would have carried on with them.

 

[eyespy]

I work for a company that employs about 100 people - 10 of us are hard core smokers - that's down from around 20 when I started 10 years ago.

All of my 9 fellow smokers were quite facinated with my e-cig when I first got it 4 weeks ago - their initial fasination has now changed to curiosity as to why I am still using it - they all thought it was a gimick which I would quicky lose interest in - now their not so sure

However - none of them have purchased an e-cig for themselves - the reason that prevails is that the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.
Until the medical profession come out and state categorically that e-cigs are safer than cigarettes the vast majority of smokers will stick with the weed

 

[Tumbleweed4829]

I didn't know anyone that used an e-cig till last week when a friend of my mom's showed up with one because I gave her puresmoker's card. I was shocked! It was great to know I rubbed off on at least one person.

Now all the other smokers I know have been interested but not enough to buy one. Smokers and Non smokers reactions have been different. The ones that really get to me are the ones that say things like "So when are you going to quit that?!?" or "Your just switching out one addiction for another; you're still addicted!" It iritates me so bad. It's like I can't win no matter what I do. How about "that is great!" or "whatever helps you quit." sheesh.

Sometimes I think smokers are so addicted that they almost want to put down the e-cig so that they don't have to get off cigarettes. You know, just like we used to give ourselves reasons why we have to smoke so that we make ourselves feel better even though it was bs. Anyway, I'll stop rantng now.

All I know is I'm happy e-vaping and if I got just one person to try it I'm happy. By the way, the woman who bought one is like a chain smoker while out at the bar....she only smoked one cig the whole night...I was so proud! hehehe

 

[e-pipeman]

So far I'm the only one I've seen round here using one. I've had lots of enquiries and people have expressed much interest - but no others that I've seen. Mind you I don't hang out in nightclubs....

 

[shawnp1]

hopefully before long others will to see the advantages that are to be had with e smoking

 

[Soot]

My experience is pretty much the same as others. A month after e-smoking I've experienced curiosity and pointed colleagues to this site. None have (yet) taken up e-cigs.

Eyespy's comment is an interesting one - I hadn't seen the lack of take up that way. I believe the issues are; a)they associated it with giving up smoking (since I have stopped smoking), b)e-cigs are unreliable and takes effort to manage, c)product quality is variable and d)it's perceived to be expensive (perhaps daft on the face of it - but it's more expensive than the next pack of cigs - which is when a, b & c justifies the decision).

I'm sure some smokers will say they'll stay with 'the devil they know' - but this isn't really credible. I think it has more to do with association with quitting and the feelings of denial that come with 'giving up'. Coming in to Christmas these thoughts are deferred for the New Year.