New vaper, possibly accidentally-on-purpose ex-smoker
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Awesome posts, Jaka. Definitely not a tl;dr scenario, at ALL.
Much like you, this was an accidental switch for us as well. I was a menthol smoker, tried a couple juices that were menthol flavored, and now all of a sudden I'm a maple-tiramisu-cotton candy-grape smoker. Not all at one go, lol.
I love love love the options. My b/f has stuck to strickly tobacco flavors though, he hasn't branched out. I'm working on it though.
Thanks for sharing your story, I literally want to print it and hang it up in my cube. I stealth vape a lot so I could just point people in the direction of your story incase I get caught, haha.
Cheers!
Much like you, this was an accidental switch for us as well. I was a menthol smoker, tried a couple juices that were menthol flavored, and now all of a sudden I'm a maple-tiramisu-cotton candy-grape smoker. Not all at one go, lol.
I love love love the options. My b/f has stuck to strickly tobacco flavors though, he hasn't branched out. I'm working on it though.
Thanks for sharing your story, I literally want to print it and hang it up in my cube. I stealth vape a lot so I could just point people in the direction of your story incase I get caught, haha.
Cheers!
Yeah, I'm having a hard time believing that one too...
If he said, "This one time I smoked 6 packs in a single day", I'd believe that.
But to say "Six packs a day" implies that you regularly smoked six packs per day for a signifigant period of time. Like at least a couple weeks.
Assuming 8 hours per day to sleep....
16 hours = 960 minutes per day.
6 packs = 120 Cigarettes
960/120 = 8
You'd have to light a cigarette every 8 minutes.
I don't think so.
I have a hard enough time believing those who say 3 packs a day.
Even if you say "But I didn't sleep"
Ok, smoking 24 hours a day straight, that would be every 12 minutes.
I still don't buy it. Not for a significant period of time, like a couple weeks.
A weekend, OK I'll buy that......But not enough to say "I smoked 6 packs a day"
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I was having a really bad week. Really bad.
* Fired from job under suspicion of theft because my manager took out $100 during my lunch break and didn't leave a slip
* Diabetic best friend / roommate had to go to emergency room (leaving me suspiciously absent from work after lunch, leading to above)
* Dad diagnosed with prostate cancer (later turned out false alarm)
* Grandmother hit by a car
* Friend hit by a car
* Boyfriend dumped me
* Car towed and impounded
* Cat poisoned by neighbor
...and yes, my dog also died. I kept asking people to play the record backwards already.
Warning: smoking six packs a day may require smoking more than one cigarette at once. This is difficult to do while driving, especially if crying.
Really bad week.
It wasn't much more than a week. I couldn't afford it, and it was making me pretty sick. And yeah, it was chain-smoking and sometimes smoking more than one at a time, pretty much all day every day. Not saying it wasn't a messed-up thing to do, or that I'm proud of it. It's just that cigarettes have been my antidepressant of choice since I was 16 or so, and I was in dire need of some antidepressing just then, and I was blindly smoking more and more convinced that eventually it would make me feel better. Mostly it made me really queasy and too lightheaded to concentrate on any one thing long enough to get too upset.
Wonderful post! I am right behind you, no analogs for almost two weeks now and I dont even miss them. In fact, they are kinda repulsive to me now. YAY!!
My husband's grandfather smoked 5 packs a day, everyday for 50 years! He literally lit one cig from another all day long. When my son was born (21 years ago) he wouldn't come to hospital to see him because he couldn't smoke in the hospital! We didn't smoke "around the baby" just in the other room once we came home. Duh! The baby still gets the smoke! So naive at the time.
Jaka, that was so well written, you seemed to have captured the feelings we all have into words. This post will be an inspritation for many new people. Thank you for taking the time to write it.
I believed the "six packs" statement.
But I had to remind myself that not everybody smokes their cigs down to the finger-skin like me... lots of folks light up and smoke it half way and put it out only to light another one a minute later (maybe they think they'll be able to just smoke it half way -- yeah, right!)
But I had to remind myself that not everybody smokes their cigs down to the finger-skin like me... lots of folks light up and smoke it half way and put it out only to light another one a minute later (maybe they think they'll be able to just smoke it half way -- yeah, right!)
So for those who were curious about the outcome...
I took my friend her new kit last night, and packed up all my accessories and sample-size juices in a lunchbox for her to try, and we hung out for a few hours. I showed her how to pull to get good vapor and warned her about getting liquid in her mouth and taught her how to refill cartridges and all the good stuff I learned here. We had a little vaping party.
We felt decadent and wicked getting our nic fixes in comfort in the living room, which she renamed "the vaping lounge". I showed her my new Janty Stick and we talked about how much fun it will be as we transition from vaping-to-replace-smoking to vaping-as-an-art in its own right. I promised we'd have another vaping party when my TW order comes in; we're going to try the Absinthe and Parma Violet flavors. I showed her some of the equipment I want, like the GG line, and laughed at myself because my first reaction was that I'd never be able to justify spending that much, even for the Slim, but then realized it was only two weeks' former cigarette money!
One of the more poignant moments was hearing her 5-year-old daughter say she liked Mommy's new cigarette because it didn't smell bad at all.
I ended up leaving both my dark chocolate and spearmint liquids with her (*sob*) to make sure she has enough prefills and refill liquid to see her through shipping times. I didn't have the heart to keep the dark chocolate anyway; she filled a cartridge with it for an after-dinner dessert vape (that won't affect her diabetes!), and once she started really getting the flavor of it, this amazed look came over her face, and she said, "I think I can really do this! ...Yeah, I can do this!" Then she just smiled, closed her eyes, and enjoyed.
I wish I could have recorded that moment for you.
She thanked me, but karma's already given me mine in the form of a week (and a day now) analog-free and not looking back. Here's the real thanks: neither of us would be at this point if it weren't for this forum, and communities like it; the commercialized stop-smoking ecig marketing is little more than a scam making cigarette-replacement seem like a grim necessity, but it's here that I found the information and advice that turn it into a delight that simply eclipsed the other habit.
Thank you.
I took my friend her new kit last night, and packed up all my accessories and sample-size juices in a lunchbox for her to try, and we hung out for a few hours. I showed her how to pull to get good vapor and warned her about getting liquid in her mouth and taught her how to refill cartridges and all the good stuff I learned here. We had a little vaping party.
We felt decadent and wicked getting our nic fixes in comfort in the living room, which she renamed "the vaping lounge". I showed her my new Janty Stick and we talked about how much fun it will be as we transition from vaping-to-replace-smoking to vaping-as-an-art in its own right. I promised we'd have another vaping party when my TW order comes in; we're going to try the Absinthe and Parma Violet flavors. I showed her some of the equipment I want, like the GG line, and laughed at myself because my first reaction was that I'd never be able to justify spending that much, even for the Slim, but then realized it was only two weeks' former cigarette money!
One of the more poignant moments was hearing her 5-year-old daughter say she liked Mommy's new cigarette because it didn't smell bad at all.
I ended up leaving both my dark chocolate and spearmint liquids with her (*sob*) to make sure she has enough prefills and refill liquid to see her through shipping times. I didn't have the heart to keep the dark chocolate anyway; she filled a cartridge with it for an after-dinner dessert vape (that won't affect her diabetes!), and once she started really getting the flavor of it, this amazed look came over her face, and she said, "I think I can really do this! ...Yeah, I can do this!" Then she just smiled, closed her eyes, and enjoyed.
I wish I could have recorded that moment for you.
She thanked me, but karma's already given me mine in the form of a week (and a day now) analog-free and not looking back. Here's the real thanks: neither of us would be at this point if it weren't for this forum, and communities like it; the commercialized stop-smoking ecig marketing is little more than a scam making cigarette-replacement seem like a grim necessity, but it's here that I found the information and advice that turn it into a delight that simply eclipsed the other habit.
Thank you.
Jaka-You are a true friend! I've turned a few people onto the e-cig but none with a nice and heartwarming outcome as yours. Kudos to you and good luck to you both on this wonderful journey of vapeing.
BTW-I love spearmint juice. Have you tried English Toffee yet?? OMGosh it tastes sinful without the sugar or calories!
BTW-I love spearmint juice. Have you tried English Toffee yet?? OMGosh it tastes sinful without the sugar or calories!
Awesome work, Jaka. I'm trying desperately to get my best friend and her hubby to switch over. She has 2 little girls who would benefit greatly from them quitting analogs.
As someone else just said, you're a great friend, and I wish both of you much success and happy vaping (vaping parties too, oh my!!)
As someone else just said, you're a great friend, and I wish both of you much success and happy vaping (vaping parties too, oh my!!)
This is a great story! I'm working on a kit for a friend now too.
There (at least for me ) is a hidden bonus too. Instead of gaining weight quitting cigs I am actually loosing weight.
For some awesome dessert flavors try Ms ts Bakery or Tasty Vapor.
They have me doing the calorie free vape instead of the chocolate cake
Good luck to your friend, and you too!
There (at least for me ) is a hidden bonus too. Instead of gaining weight quitting cigs I am actually loosing weight.
For some awesome dessert flavors try Ms ts Bakery or Tasty Vapor.
They have me doing the calorie free vape instead of the chocolate cake
Good luck to your friend, and you too!
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