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Sure looks that way to me, too. I never joined a forum to get advice on how to start any of my addictions.
Yes I fully agree..... At first, I looked at this and thought this is either a young college student or even younger kid because nobody in their right mind.. this day and age that is of age to smoke would be on this forum asking about this!! Like it has been said many times, most of us here are hard core smokers trying our best to use this as an alternative to walk away before the last nail gets hammered into the coffin.
Now that you have made that point TV, I would say that is more evident than it actually being a young kid on the forum. Sorry to the OP if this is legit!!! but this has to be the end of the line for those FDA pucks!!
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one post...a strange one at that and no response since? HELLO FDA SPY! JK, but DOES seem lil odd to me
JK, but DOES seem lil odd to me 
Well TV I was thinking the same thing, the troll part. FDA who knows. I'd guess an anti trying to get ammo first.
I certainly would NEVER suggest that someone start smoking. And vaping should only be done by people who are already smokers. I offer no support for starting either. 
Ridiculous question!
Ridiculous question!
Do not start either, we are all just on here to get away from regular smoking, I have not ordered one yet but I am believing that this is a better way to go than my current nasty smoking that I have been a slave to for over 30 years. I have two young children and I sure hope that they never start either, but if I try the e-cigs and that helps me get off the real ones I think that will be a step in the right direction. I will still tell my children that I don't want them to start either one because any addition is like being a slave and I don't want to be one any more
the other day I was in 7-11 and apparently they now sell e-juice there. I just spotted it hanging on the shelf next to the packs of smokes,didnt say anything or ask how much but to my amazement it was really juice.
It appeared to be 5ml and god knows they probably wanted $20 for it lol
Here's a plan. Start smoking cigarettes and then in 15 to 20 years when you find yourself with shortness of breath, when you can't climb stairs without resting, when you smell like an ashtray, when you're treated like a leper by almost everyone, and when you get emphasema or lung cancer, and all the while, while you are despised by almost everyone else, you can feel good about yourself because the tax on cigarettes went to funding the healthcare of children. And if you have any money left by then, you could pick yourself up an ecig starter kit.
I am still researching what way to go for my 1st purchase. I wish I had never started smoking in the first place.
I do believe that this is a much healthier choice for me. I read somewhere that the kr0800? cartomizer is equal to 200 mouthfuls of smoke = to 12 reg cigs? Any body know about this?
I do believe that this is a much healthier choice for me. I read somewhere that the kr0800? cartomizer is equal to 200 mouthfuls of smoke = to 12 reg cigs? Any body know about this?Let me get this straight, you don't smoke but are asking this question of what you should start with?
Let me give you a hint - NOTHING
With all due respect, this is the most bizzare question I have ever seen here.
Please don't be offended but why would you want to start any addiction that will cost you money and time when you don't need it?
I mean, most of us are addicts who are transitioning to another form of getting a fix and you want to start? Noooo, chew gum instead
If this is a serious question - the answer is neither. If you having issue coping with stress then you need a doctor not a cigarette or a PV. Most of us here wish we'd never gone down the tobacco road (see what I did there? 
) and are desperately trying to get off before we get run over. Pv are 'an' answer, not THE answer but one of them. Stress is best helped by meditation and relaxation techniques or doctor prescribed drugs if its that bad.
Don't start then you won't need to find help to stop (and god knows thats hard enough to find without drugs that could kill you faster than smoking does)
) and are desperately trying to get off before we get run over. Pv are 'an' answer, not THE answer but one of them. Stress is best helped by meditation and relaxation techniques or doctor prescribed drugs if its that bad.Don't start then you won't need to find help to stop (and god knows thats hard enough to find without drugs that could kill you faster than smoking does)
To the OP, I will tell you the same thing I told a friend's child some time back when they asked me about why people (presumably I) smoked when everybody knew it was bad.
I was young and I did something stupid. A lot of people do something stupid when they're young; unfortunately, I did something so stupid when I started smoking that I still can't stop sixteen years later. What is addiction? Well, it's very difficult to explain it to someone who hasn't ever had one, so we'll play a game instead.
Here's how the game goes: take a deep breath, and hold it (watch for the kiddo to take a big gulp of air with his/her cheeks all puffed out). Then I tell the kid, "right now, you're going to try to quit breathing." (While kiddo holds breath, I take big breaths and say "ahhh," and generally taunt him/her with how much I'm enjoying breathing the air). Eventually, the kid will give up and start breathing again, at which point I'll say, "why are you breathing again? You couldn't just quit? Well, that's what having an addiction is like. You try and try to stop, but your body thinks it needs these things like your body needed air just then."
Seriously, try holding your breath as long as you can. When you get to that feeling that is almost panicky and your lungs go to rebel and take over, that's what withdrawal feels like -- at least to me, I can't vouch for others' experiences.
If you still feel that you MUST try vaping, for the love of God use a juice or cart with NO nicotine content -- those that have it are just for feeding addictions, and you will be trapped as well if you start blissfully throwing nicotine into your body.
Ultimately, though, it's your decision -- if you want to tether yourself to a substance that is probably not as bad as a "real" cigarette but probably can't be as good for you as not doing either, don't let my experiences toss a wet blanket on your potentially self-destructive, financially bleeding impulses.
I was young and I did something stupid. A lot of people do something stupid when they're young; unfortunately, I did something so stupid when I started smoking that I still can't stop sixteen years later. What is addiction? Well, it's very difficult to explain it to someone who hasn't ever had one, so we'll play a game instead.
Here's how the game goes: take a deep breath, and hold it (watch for the kiddo to take a big gulp of air with his/her cheeks all puffed out). Then I tell the kid, "right now, you're going to try to quit breathing." (While kiddo holds breath, I take big breaths and say "ahhh," and generally taunt him/her with how much I'm enjoying breathing the air). Eventually, the kid will give up and start breathing again, at which point I'll say, "why are you breathing again? You couldn't just quit? Well, that's what having an addiction is like. You try and try to stop, but your body thinks it needs these things like your body needed air just then."
Seriously, try holding your breath as long as you can. When you get to that feeling that is almost panicky and your lungs go to rebel and take over, that's what withdrawal feels like -- at least to me, I can't vouch for others' experiences.
If you still feel that you MUST try vaping, for the love of God use a juice or cart with NO nicotine content -- those that have it are just for feeding addictions, and you will be trapped as well if you start blissfully throwing nicotine into your body.
Ultimately, though, it's your decision -- if you want to tether yourself to a substance that is probably not as bad as a "real" cigarette but probably can't be as good for you as not doing either, don't let my experiences toss a wet blanket on your potentially self-destructive, financially bleeding impulses.
I am going to close this thread. As others have said, if you can help it, don't start. If, even after reading this thread, you still want to start, then PLEASE, for your own sake, go with a 0mg juice. I highly, highly recommend not even starting if you can help it. All of the members here are ex-smokers, or people who just want to cut back on the amount of cigs they smoke.
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