Non-smoker looking to start vaping

[newky]

I consider myself a non-smoker even though up until this past year I probably smoked a pack a year. Just socially and I never let myself get addicted. Then my company said I could get cheaper insurance if I quit tobacco altogether.

Since I have taken an interest in E-cigs. I know they are healthier than smoking but would it be smart for a non-smoker who just likes the feel of smoking to even start? I just can't make up my mind as to how non-threatening they say it is yet.

Any thoughts on if a non-smoker should start vaping?

 

[swedishfish]

No, I wouldn't.

 

[Codex Gigas]

If you only smoke a one or two cigarettes a month, you can get away with claiming that you don't smoke.

 

[newky]

why do you say that swedishfish?

 

[alldayvape]

i wouldnt either for many obvious reasons. However, you can buy a disposable that might last you up to a year if you only use it once a month

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

If you are not addicted to nic why would you risk it. Members here have spent years and many many methods to get off of it. Yes, it is a healtier addiction, but it is still an addiction. Why chance it?
sas

 

[newky]

If you are not addicted to nic why would you risk it. Members here have spent years and many many methods to get off of it. Yes, it is a healtier addiction, but it is still an addiction. Why chance it?
sas

Maybe I am not addicted to the nic, but I do crave the sensation. I mean it is not strong enough that I can't ignore it. But sometimes I just want a cig. I guess I just want the perfect vice to satisfy my cravings.

 

[swedishfish]

why do you say that swedishfish?

If you don't smoke except for one or two a year, why do it? It's sort of a pricey, involved thing to do if you rarely smoke. I vape because I'm addicted to cigs and can't quit. Maybe you'd stick with 0 nicotine and maybe you wouldn't.

I'd also be careful as far as testing goes. I honestly don't know what shows up when they test you. Do they just take your word for it that you don't smoke or do they do a blood test?

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

companies test for nic by swabbing the mouth. If you got tested and it was positive, you could lose your insurance or pay a higher premium.

 

[newky]

If you don't smoke except for one or two a year, why do it? It's sort of a pricey, involved thing to do if you rarely smoke. I vape because I'm addicted to cigs and can't quit. Maybe you'd stick with 0 nicotine and maybe you wouldn't.

I'd also be careful as far as testing goes. I honestly don't know what shows up when they test you. Do they just take your word for it that you don't smoke or do they do a blood test?

As far as I know they just take our word for it. I have never heard of anyone being tested. As far as the frequency, I am sure it would go up if I knew it was a healthier alternative.

 

[mj64]

I consider myself a non-smoker even though up until this past year I probably smoked a pack a year. Just socially and I never let myself get addicted. Then my company said I could get cheaper insurance if I quit tobacco altogether.

Since I have taken an interest in E-cigs. I know they are healthier than smoking but would it be smart for a non-smoker who just likes the feel of smoking to even start? I just can't make up my mind as to how non-threatening they say it is yet.

Any thoughts on if a non-smoker should start vaping?

Respectfully, I don't think you should. I BELIEVE I've traded one addiction for another and lowered the risk to my health tremendously. But I don't know that for sure, and there really isn't any data that says vaping is 'safe'.

 

[swedishfish]

If you're asking for my personal opinion, I'd say no. One or two a year isn't worth getting involved in buying juice, filling carts, charging batteries. I have never vaped a 0 nicotine juice, so I can't tell you what sort of flavor you get with no nicotine.

If I had a 'do over' it'd be that I never ever smoked. Would vaping 0 nicotine lead to vaping nicotine? I don't know the answer to that but why chance it.

JMO

 

[newky]

If you're asking for my personal opinion, I'd say no. One or two a year isn't worth getting involved in buying juice, filling carts, charging batteries. I have never vaped a 0 nicotine juice, so I can't tell you what sort of flavor you get with no nicotine.

If I had a 'do over' it'd be that I never ever smoked. Would vaping 0 nicotine lead to vaping nicotine? I don't know the answer to that but why chance it.

JMO

Thank you, I respect your opinion, I guess I just have to make my own mind up.

 

[unfadeable]

Why? Because you're going to spend alot of money! Not alot lot but if you're like me you will!

 

[newky]

Why? Because you're going to spend alot of money!

I don't know, there is a local distributor that has decent prices and as long as I don't increase the frequency of my smoking drastically I can still get by pretty cheap. Maybe I am chasing after something that is unattainable by thinking I can dabble in this and not get hooked.

 

[db13berry]

If I only smoked 1 or 2 cigs a month even, I would continue to smoke just 1 or 2 cigs a month. No way I would start vaping. The risk of 1 or 2 cigs a month is very very minimal. No one knows what the risk of vaping is yet. I vape because I do believe it is a safer alternative to smoking. I feel much better since I stopped smoking, but I am still an addict to nicotine. If you buy a pv to use just as often as you smoke a cig now, that would be a huge waste of money in my opinion. And I imagine your juice supply would go bad before you used it up.

 

[swedishfish]

Thank you, I respect your opinion, I guess I just have to make my own mind up.

Absolutely! Best of luck with your decision.

 

[Elphaba13]

Would I recommend someone putting something potentially harmful into their lungs? NO!

Just the same as if you asked me "should I take up smoking".

If you are a non smoker, then I think it would be very very silly to take up vaping because you "like the idea of a cigarette". I think if anyone here had a choice, they would not be smokers OR vapers. But we got addicted to nicotine, and this is, in our opinion, better. If you aren't addicted to nicotine, I see no value, only risk. Just my opinion.

 

[newky]

Maybe I should rephrase my original question. I know it would not be cost effective to smoke only a few times a month and buy a pv. I guess I am planning on increasing my usage since it is a safer alternative and there is my real question. should I even start? I know the risk of addiction, and if that is the only real health concern than I am alright with that risk. I guess I am looking for someone who is like me that has started with fresh lungs so I can see if they have had any problems that maybe a veteran smoker has not had.

 

[Sjkader]

Here is my two cents. No one can decide what your going to do, but you did ask and I think you should get options. If your going to do it, then your going to do it. What most have not mentioned is that a lot of non-smokers enjoy the taste of vaping. You could always order a zero nic juice. I am an ex-smoker of 20 years and I vap mostly sweet juices. I dont care for the tobacco flavored juices. This way your not smoking anymore and doing what (from the sounds of it) you want to do.