Smoking vs Vaping

[VapeAddict]

How satisfied are you with using a PV (Personal Vaporizer)?

Note that this is not for any type of study or research...just personal curiosity. All poll voting is completely confidential and will not reveal who chose which option.

Please feel free to leave any comments below as well.

Thanks!

 

[subversive]

I picked " I am more satisfied with my PV and usually do not want a cigarette." I don't smoke anymore, but I am around smokers quite a bit. Once in a while, seeing someone light up will trigger a small craving. I do have one confession - I keep saying I am 2 years smoke-free, but I smoked a cigarette two weeks ago. I had an argument with a close family member and was pretty upset. I smoked a Marlboro Red down to the filter and enjoyed every second of it. It really calmed me - or maybe I was just feeling the effects from a lack of oxygen! When I first started vaping, I would try cigarettes here and there, and I could never take more than a couple puffs. They're disgusting. Yet I really enjoyed that one. It's funny how my perception of that cigarette was more akin to my pre-vaping self. Just shows that the trigger to smoke will always be there for me, even if it is very easy to avoid smoking now.

 

[WickedSick]

I have tried on several occasions a normal cigarette ( usually when in a situation where I had no juice or no battery) and it didn't work for me. I would light it, make a pull and start coughing and then decide to go on nicotine free for a while more.

 

[VapeAddict]

It's amazing how bad they are now, isn't it? lol...How did we ever get addicted to something so vile? Oh, yeah...all the extra things the tobacco companies put in them to make them more addictive made that happen!

I have tried on several occasions a normal cigarette ( usually when in a situation where I had no juice or no battery) and it didn't work for me. I would light it, make a pull and start coughing and then decide to go on nicotine free for a while more.

 

[dbeast64]

I put them down on Jan 19th when I got my first cig-alike. There hasn't even been a stressful moment at work I've wanted one,I just pop on my 18mg clearo and keep on keeping on until the stress passes....

 

[GregoTX]

I never feel like I "need" a cigarette and am completely satisfied with vaping, but I do cheat when I'm out drinking with friends who smoke. It's kinda like a novelty now, like vaping used to be.

 

[skoot]

I'm progressing along that scale, actually. I'm right between 2 and 3 but as time goes on I'm becoming a 3. I had a few puffs of an analog this weekend and walked away from it to rinse my mouth out. But a week ago I had an analog and LOVED it. I'm just settling into some good gear that works for me, which jumped me from 1 or 2 to 2 or 3.

I'm glad I had the incentive of being a gadget geek to get me into it though, and enough cash to get me the gear. After a 510 starter kit I was ready to give it up.

 

[indianajames]

I never feel like I "need" a cigarette and am completely satisfied with vaping, but I do cheat when I'm out drinking with friends who smoke. It's kinda like a novelty now, like vaping used to be.

This may turn out to be my one weak moment. I've vaped with wine and it was cool the second time, so that's a go. I have a key lime juice that will rock with gin and tonic, so no worries there, either. The big one, and my ultimate favourite in alcoholic beverages will be the tricky one, and that, of course, is beer. (Beer! Hell yes!) I have a tobacco flavour that I love with coffee, so that may be the ticket with beer. Maybe.

Overall, on a regular basis, I have no desire to smoke at all. I find vaping to be superior to smoking in every aspect, with that one remote possibility that beer may make me want to smoke.

 

[dmbryan]

I quit cigs as soon as I started vaping. Lucky I guess. Honestly haven't had craving since. Smoked for 24 years. I have definitely spent some scratch though.

 

[Dave L]

Overall, on a regular basis, I have no desire to smoke at all. I find vaping to be superior to smoking in every aspect, with that one remote possibility that beer may make me want to smoke.

Sometimes in the evening I like to sit with a little brandy while reading on- or offline, and occasionally when I've had a little too much, I'm tempted to light a cig. I don't keep 'em around any more anyway, but I puff on my PV for a few minutes and I'm good again. Otherwise my desire to smoke is zero.

 

[horkus1]

I have no plans to ever be a smoker again but the curiosity of what it would taste like to me now is there sometimes. Luckily, I live with a non-smoker and have not been around any smokers since I quit. If there were a pack here, I would be tempted to light one just to see if it is as gross as I think it will be but there is no way I am paying for a pack just to throw them away. I like the way I smell far too much to do that now.

 

[DC2]

I was more satisfied with a cigarette, and I kind of miss them a little bit.
But I have no problem not having them as long as I can vape.

I still have a handful of cigarettes per year, but I don't sit around thinking about them.
And there is certainly a lot about smoking that I don't miss at all.

 

[Beardy]

I am definitely more satisfied with my pv, overall. Only 1.5 months in so I still have some muscle memory moments like reaching in my pocket for a lighter, or trying to pull my smokes out of my pocket when I get into my car. Those moments remind me that I used to smoke, but those thoughts quickly fade.

The hardest time for me, as far as thinking about smoking, is when I have my first sip of coffee, or after several beers. For me, having a strong tobacco flavor vape almost satisfies the desire...like 90%.

 

[smithy]

Only a few days in but I had a cigarette yesterday and it tasted prettty horrible. Then again, I had one a few hours later and I quite enjoyed it. Hope the former will become more commonplace.

 

[heysteve]

vaping completely eliminates the need to smoke. i realized that after cutting down the nicotine content in my juices from 24mg to 6mg, im more addicted to the action of smoking than really craving the nicotine. now im moving down to 0 mg in my ithaka for all day vapes that ill supplement with the usual 6mg juices I use in my drippers.

 

[syeroc]

I am completely satisfied with my PV's and love vaping. I actually get more satisfaction out of vaping than I ever did smoking analogs. Wouldn't even think about going back now. And it's only been 3 months.

 

[moxiot]

nothing will ever beat a cigarrete with my morning coffee. once i assumed that i moved on. its been 3 weeks now and yes i miss that part of my morning routine but i dont find myself grasping for air when climbing up stairs. fair trade off i'd say

 

[Nacon]

I still once in awhile have a cheat session where I hate the cigarette the entire time and realize it doesn't hit the spot like a vape. Bad habit that kicks in when enough whiskey is involved.

 

[Hoofhearted62]

No urge to smoke since I started vaping.

 

[minigoat]

I really enjoyed smoking cigarettes, if I thought I could survive them with a decent quality of life I would still be a smoker.
I am glad to not be a cigarette smoker anymore, vaping is good and will keep me off them. But I do miss them too.