Non Addicts?

[Vapoor eyes er]

I believe it's genetic and the study below shows the risk increases greatly for those that start smoking. Here's a study done with the involvement of 3 countries compiling 40 yrs of data:
Genetic Factors Linked to Smoking Addiction in Teens - Forbes

And another study:
A genetic association for cigarette smoking b... [Health Psychol. 1999] - PubMed - NCBI

 

[drtwain5]

Reading through posts here I have noticed a strong aversion to Analogs/nicotine in general. These post are mainly focused at the addictive quality of the substance. Am I the only one who has never felt the apparently firm cold grasp of nicotine addiction?

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy nicotine and the buzz that it provides but even when I was smoking cigs I never felt I HAD to have one. In fact I just recently stopped smoking them all together a couple of weeks ago due to cost and my girlfriends aversion to them. I'd really like to know if there are any other nicotine users who are not shackled to it...

Nicotine is in the top 5 most addictive molecules known to pharmacology. You are one of the exceptions to this!

 

[szot]

I'm one of those that my last 2-3 years of smoking analogs, I could be having a few beers with some buds and take a few hits and put it down for another month...I thought I'd rather bum a smoke and take a hit every now and then to satisfy my craving and not beat myself up trying NOT to have a hit and then go buy a pack and start smoking everyday again....but I was fortunate that I was able to maintain that will power while still taking a hit every month or so..I don't know any others who were that blessed with that, cause its not the norm...previously whenever I had quit, once I fired up an analog, that was it, I bought a pack and smoked for another 5 years and quit again..a vicious cyscle until 1 day, I just woke up and said that's it, no more..cold turkey but the cravins never stopped so I'd cheat once a month until I finally went to them garbage minis and then the egos..and no analogs ever since in a couple years now..and even vaping, I do little (maybe 30 ML a month..6mg nic) whenever I need that hand mouth thing going..

 

[suspectK]

I was addicted to something way worse, and then, I got on maintenance for it, with something 40-80x's stronger. The last two years, it was paired up with something considered the most addictive and dangerous substance, and for the last year, most people are boggled at the quantities of each. So I kinda laugh when people talk about nicotine addiction..

 

[rader720]

I was addicted to something way worse, and then, I got on maintenance for it, with something 40-80x's stronger. The last two years, it was paired up with something considered the most addictive and dangerous substance, and for the last year, most people are boggled at the quantities of each. So I kinda laugh when people talk about nicotine addiction..

Sorry to hear that, hope you're able to tackle whatever it is.

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[nobreak1970]

I quit smoking 3 years ago. The cravings for nicotine never go away completely. I started vaping last month and I am more than happy.

 

[DetraMental]

I'm not sure what I was "shackled" too. I was a hard-core smoker and thought I'd never quit although I wanted to. I knew nothing on the market could help me because cigarettes were my crutch for dealing with life. It wasn't until a friends sister, who was an even harder core smoker than myself, quit using ecigs that I had a glimmer of hope and it worked! Whether it's the nicotine, the hand-to-mouth ingrained habit, or whatever it may be the ecigs/pv's/apv's have helped me quit and have kept me off of cigarettes. I have known several people who smoked only by bumming cigarettes from others, never buying a pack of there own. They could quit anytime. I wasn't one of them. Two of those people are my siblings. There's your genetics. I'm one of six children. Three never smoked, 2 could drop em in a heart beat and never look back, and then there's me who has to have an ecig around my neck 24/7 to keep the smokes at bay. It's too early for me to say if I'll ever quit vaping.

 

[snowyghost]

the only reason i smoked ciggs was it was the cheapest was to blow and play with smoke. Plus dont get me wrong nicotine does have some nice pluses to it but its always been about the smoke. Then i found these amazing devices that let me do it to way bigger volumes then ciggs do so its been history scene i started

 

[alisa1970]

I'm one of those that literally couldn't go more than 2 or 3 waking hours without needing a cigarette. Like, "get out of my way or you're gonna get hurt" kind of need. I could make it on a 4 hour flight but I would be crawling out of my skin and racing to the designated smoking section as fast as I could without looking like a freak.

No one else in my family smokes, except an aunt who--when I was small--smoked two at a time and I thought that was the grossest thing I had ever seen. Go figure I ended up smoking for 30 years with no quit time.

Everyone's different.

 

[rader720]

the only reason i smoked ciggs was it was the cheapest was to blow and play with smoke. Plus dont get me wrong nicotine does have some nice pluses to it but its always been about the smoke. Then i found these amazing devices that let me do it to way bigger volumes then ciggs do so its been history scene i started

I do love the vapor clouds you get. It behaves different from smoke but I feel like it allows for better smoke tricks due the the thicker look to it.

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[justagirl]

]I'm one of those that literally couldn't go more than 2 or 3 waking hours without needing a cigarette. Like, "get out of my way or you're gonna get hurt" kind of need. I could make it on a 4 hour flight but I would be crawling out of my skin and racing to the designated smoking section as fast as I could without looking like a freak. [/B]
No one else in my family smokes, except an aunt who--when I was small--smoked two at a time and I thought that was the grossest thing I had ever seen. Go figure I ended up smoking for 30 years with no quit time.

Everyone's different.

Me too. I don't feel that way about vaping which is nice.

 

[ppeeble]

I was a 30 a day smoker for 35 years. The last time i tried to give up cold turkey was around 12 years ago. I lasted 6 months but thought of nothing else but smoking for the whole six months. I went to bed at 8 P.M. every night because i couldn't handle not smoking whilst being awake. I don't think i smiled once in that 6 months.

I really don't know if my addiction was physical or mental but it was very real. I Hated people who could take it or leave it. I Hated people who stopped smoking with no apparent cravings. I Hated people who lectured me about smoking.

One year ago i found out about e-cigs and bought an eGo and ce4 clearomiser. Since then i have progressed through the usual P.V.s to where i am today, a hobbyist vapor. I havn't had a cigarette for a year and i am so grateful for this. The most wonderful invention to come out of China, for me, is the e-cig.

P.S. I have also stopped hating non-smokers and ex-smokers !

 

[alex_nz]

I think I smoke more likely because of the "action" - bring to the mouth - draw - inhale - blow out. Why? Because when I'm sitting at the cafe I usually smoke 10 analogs in 1 hour - if I'm at home I smoke 1 every 6 to 8 hours. So on a Sunday I can live with 2 or 3 analogs whilst during the week when sitting in a cafe or bar I empty a pack in one night. (Included feeling terrible for the rest of the night.)

The nice thing: With an PV I can "smoke" 0mg nic - and no need to think " Oh my cigarette is finished already. Next one."

Additionally most if the times when smoking I don't feel the effect of the nic. Maybe because I am simply to busy doing other stuff. For example while typing this I usually would have smoked 2 analogs without even enjoying them.

 

[Cadaveris]

I started smoking when I was 15, around the same time I was diagnosed with schizo affective disorder. I think that the nicotine calms my nerves, and my wife says if I need the nic and I think it helps me, to get it. I am now just over a week with no smokes and vaping is giving me the nic I need without the harmful crap cigs do. For me it may have been a complete mental addiction, anything I could do to convince myself that life will get better, even if it was just to go smoke every 45mins. Life is hard for me, and smoking always made me hate myself for it, but with vaping I'm getting what my mind needs to feel better, whilst simultaneously feeling better for not smoking.

TL;DR: Vapes > Smokes but I still need my nic.

 

[Ozwald]

I will say I'm most definitely addicted & not just to all the other chemicals or the activity. I started vaping about a month ago, more to save money than anything else. I didn't even try to quit. I've been keeping track of how many analogs I smoke per day in a spread sheet & it's interesting to watch the fairly steady decline. Yesterday was my best so far, only 5 smokes when I was normally in the 30-40 range. I think I've had 2 so far today - that first one in the morning is tough to get rid of & the vape just doesn't do it for me... yet. (The 2nd one today was when I was in the car this morning & my tank clogged on me )

I know I'm addicted to nicotine because this vape thing is actually working. I'm not suffering the side effects at all that controlled my life for the first month after quitting, or even forcing myself to cut back. I've definitely had the nicotine headrush before. Once when I quit I tried the nicotine inhaler (which was garbage & I'm not sure they even make it anymore). When I was really wanting a smoke, I'd go to town on that thing. First the headrush & then it'd just make you sick. Not fun. But that's the whole thing behind an addiction - it's not something you necessarily *want* to do.

Either way, I decided that I'm in this for the long haul & this little 808 from Smokesation just isn't going to cut it for much longer. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a Provari.