Ive only been vaping about a week, and all my friends smoke analogs. Its kind of what drove my analog habit. i thought, well they all smoke, and look fine, its no big deal. We are all late 20's early 30's and work out and look fit and healthy. Its amazing that we wont eat too many carbs and suppleness vitamins, protein and try to limit alcohol to be in shape and be fit, but all smoke analogs. A friend of mine and I would smoke on the way to the gym! Its kind of an unspoken thing that we all knew was bad, but accepted because it was accepted in our social circle. When we hang out someone would light an analog and pass the pack around. The rule is "if you got a pack, share it" If I was driving a friend, he would have no hesitation to light up, hand it to me no questions asked and light one for himself without even asking. Even if I didn't ask or crave an analog, at a party etc, one of my friends would always say "hey man lets go outside and burn one" and I would drop what I was doing or who I was talking to and go smoke. For poker night we would always have it at one guy's house because he lived alone and we could smoke analogs inside the whole time. At the end of the night there would be ashtrays, beer bottles, and cups filled with butts and ash all over the place. None of us made an effort to quit, or even mentioned the fact that it was unhealthy. It was just a habit we all shared. We all just consider ourselves smokers and thats it.
Anyway, I have been vaping and smoking way less (in fact its been two days since Ive had an analog for the first time in 10 years). Ive been trying to convince them all to switch, but for the most part the general feedback i get is: "If I'm gonna smoke something, i would rather have a cigg" The ones who have tried it say "Nah, i dont like that fruity taste, I want to taste tobacco" or "Man, that stuff is artificial chemicals, its probably worse for you" even when I explain vaping and say its safe. My most frustrating comment was after I showed them my setup, and how much the basic price was and price for juice "You could have bought like 3 cartons for that! What a waste of money, and its not even real smoke!" One that angered me was last night on the way to the gym, my friend lit a cig and I pulled out my 510 and vaped. He said "Dude you look like an idiot puffing on that thing, here have a cig" (to which I declined)
Its not that they are trying to be offensive, but I guess that if someone doesn't even want to accept that smoking is damaging or quit smoking and switch to vaping there is nothing you can really do. Anyway, i am two days analog free and making the transition well, I slip now and then but now analogs are getting more and more repulsive to me. Happy vaping, and thanks for all the positive support, this forum is really helping me!
Anyway, I have been vaping and smoking way less (in fact its been two days since Ive had an analog for the first time in 10 years). Ive been trying to convince them all to switch, but for the most part the general feedback i get is: "If I'm gonna smoke something, i would rather have a cigg" The ones who have tried it say "Nah, i dont like that fruity taste, I want to taste tobacco" or "Man, that stuff is artificial chemicals, its probably worse for you" even when I explain vaping and say its safe. My most frustrating comment was after I showed them my setup, and how much the basic price was and price for juice "You could have bought like 3 cartons for that! What a waste of money, and its not even real smoke!" One that angered me was last night on the way to the gym, my friend lit a cig and I pulled out my 510 and vaped. He said "Dude you look like an idiot puffing on that thing, here have a cig" (to which I declined)
Its not that they are trying to be offensive, but I guess that if someone doesn't even want to accept that smoking is damaging or quit smoking and switch to vaping there is nothing you can really do. Anyway, i am two days analog free and making the transition well, I slip now and then but now analogs are getting more and more repulsive to me. Happy vaping, and thanks for all the positive support, this forum is really helping me!
