Social smoking question...

[iDiannasaur]

The majority of my friends smoke analogs, and each time I've socialized with them we'd sit outside, smoking and drinking. What worries me is that my e-cig won't be enough and that I'll crave the experience and go back. Does anyone have any advice/experience to share on my concern?

 

[Train2]

Have you quit smoking? I still recall, the last couple analogs I lit tasted NASTY, after just a week or so of vaping - that's why I quit! Only had to remind myself a couple times ("self, remember how nasty that was? Why bother?"). And every weekend, I'm in a REALLY extremely smoke-filled place - and did NOT have any cravings to smoke...

I DO recommend this - bring a backup! I pretty much always have 2 batteries and 2 juice options with me (in case a battery or a coil goes bad)...

 

[RobinBanks]

This is obviously something that is going to differ from person to person, but so far I've personally been 100% fine with it.
At work I still go to the outside "smoking area" to vape and see my smoking buddies. Aside from actually not really liking the smell of their cigarettes it hasn't effected me at all. I haven't been tempted even slightly. If anything it reinforces how glad I am to be a vaper now.

 

[Robino1]

Keep some higher nic liquids on you in case you need them. Really think about how that cig smoke smells

If you're using a vv device, crank it up a notch. Maybe get them interested in your PV. The more you talk about it, the more likely you're going to appreciate your switch.

 

[Aaron1100us]

I don't go out much but I have several friends at work who I would go outside to smoke with. I still go out with them and their analogs but I have my PV. Analogs don't even sound good and everyone thinks my PV is pretty cool. I'm trying to convince them to switch over.

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[retired1]

The majority of my friends smoke analogs, and each time I've socialized with them we'd sit outside, smoking and drinking. What worries me is that my e-cig won't be enough and that I'll crave the experience and go back. Does anyone have any advice/experience to share on my concern?

The few times I've been around people who are smoking, I have to stand up wind. At this point, the cigarette smoke really bothers me. I have no problems at all whipping the APV out and taking a vape while they're smoking. And mine smells a whole lot better, too!

 

[belsenj]

My SIL was worried when I went to vaping that she needed to be away from me and smoke. I assured her many times thar it was a non-issue. After 38 years of smoking non stop, I went to vaping and haven't looked back. Even tried an analog on my 1 month anniversary and threw it out the window and grabbed my vape.

You will be fine....

If you start vaping at 24 and then 18 for a couple of months, you have no worries. I have just knocked myself down to 12 and I notice I have some anxiety, but it's OK. I know why. I will be happy to cut down on the nic.

That's the greatest thing about vaping - it's really easy to cut down on the nic. If I'm vaping too much, I get that headache. Than I don't want to vape. Plain and simple. Just like that cigarette headache you get the next morning - you don't smoke too much that day.

 

[iDiannasaur]

I've always had a weird relationship with smoking. I can pick it up and quit instantaneously, but whenever I'm around people who smoke, I often do as well, and then I continue the habit in private until I quit again, whenever the need arises. I have no craving for analogs, and I imagine the taste would be gross as well as the smell if I tried it again.
When I switched to an e-cig the first time, I had no desire to start smoking again until I was with someone who brought it up. Then I got hooked on the habit, and when I got my eVic I dropped it and haven't touched it since. Given that this time around I've put a lot more money into vaping, I am scared that I'll pick up a pack of analogs and abandon my mod.
It's just anxiety, I suppose. Playing with settings and juices this time around is fun for me, and becoming a bit of a hobby so maybe I shouldn't worry so much, but it's good to be prepared for that first time around smokers.

 

[angelicames]

I work with a lot of smokers and vapers. In the first few weeks it was super difficult. I swear they could have licked the cigarette and threw it on the ground and I would have still wanted one. However, by week three the smell of smoke made me grossed out. So it made it much easier. Telling myself why I quit in my head made it much easier. I had my own reasons for quitting and I know from prior experience that one cigarette turns into 2 then 2 turns into a pack. Some people can easily transition between smoking and vaping, I am not one of them.

 

[Zee2006]

Like you most my friends smoke analogs, more importantly my hubby does, so I'm around it most of the time. Personally it hasn't bothered me at all, I don't even notice the smell. My first 5 weeks I still wanted a smoke, after 38 years of a pack and a half aday, I think that was just normal. What worked for me was telling myself I would never take another puff and sticking to that. When the head games would hit (the mind saying oh have one it won't hurt) I just grabbed my e-cig.

Now it just taste so much better there's simply no way I'd want an analog over my sweet tasting vape juice

You'll be fine just talk yourself through it and vape on!!

If your lucky you'll start converting the people around you, feels great to know your helping others!!

 

[iDiannasaur]

That would be nice, to get a few more people around me interested. One of my coworkers was curious, and I offered to give her my old Ego-T to get her started, because she really wants to quit. Besides my best friend, who has a provari, the others are a little too intimidated by the size of my mod to inquire further. I think I'd benefit by finding a few more vapers in my general area; I've dug a little and saw that they do exist, I just haven't found them yet!

 

[peterforpats]

The majority of my friends smoke analogs, and each time I've socialized with them we'd sit outside, smoking and drinking. What worries me is that my e-cig won't be enough and that I'll crave the experience and go back. Does anyone have any advice/experience to share on my concern?

yes, don't smoke.

 

[Rickajho]

The majority of my friends smoke analogs, and each time I've socialized with them we'd sit outside, smoking and drinking. What worries me is that my e-cig won't be enough and that I'll crave the experience and go back. Does anyone have any advice/experience to share on my concern?

Go ahead - have one. I dare you.

If you are like the many, many of us everything about smoking gets to be real disgusting, real fast. Within my first week of transitioning, smoking a .... made me feel light headed, slightly dizzy, I couldn't stand the taste or the smell. It was like having a 30 year flash back to all the "fun" things I experienced when I started smoking. As a 30 year 2 PAD smoker I sure as hell didn't see that one coming. I cringe at the thought of smoking one now.

Seriously, if you feel the need - try one. If you are lucky like a lot us smoking a cigarette turns out to be it's own worst negative reinforcement. On the other hand, if you turn out to be one of those few people who find they still really like it, you will know what you are up against and have to work a little harder at staying smoke free. Whatever you find out it's not a fail - it's a quit smoking experiment.

 

[tnt56]

Welcome to our group @ ECF. At first it is hard to get into the social smoking spot. Soon you'll find that they really are as stinky as those things they burn in their mouth.
If you feel the need to smoke a cigarette with them, then by all means do. DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP OVER IT, AND DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE DO IT EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did find it fun to take deep vape and then blow out a cloud. Then just smile and say UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm that was so good. "I'm sorry, were you talking to me?. Oh this thing? It's my PV Personal vaporizer. Yes it gives me the nicotine that I crave from smoking so many years." Then explain everything you can to em. I've done it to an ER Doctor and actually got him interested in the research.
Vape Proud and live long my friend.



(and I still love Robino1's avatar). Whoops inside thought came outside.

 

[ScandaLeX]

The majority of my friends smoke analogs, and each time I've socialized with them we'd sit outside, smoking and drinking. What worries me is that my e-cig won't be enough and that I'll crave the experience and go back. Does anyone have any advice/experience to share on my concern?

I think our minds play unnecessary tricks on us. Based on your own words you have and will continue to be OK. You've already been spending time with your analog friends and apparently your e-cig has been enough. Why look for a problem where there isn't one?

Once I started vaping it seemed my cigarette smoking friend vanished so I had no one I could test this circumstance with. I realized I didn't need to be around other smokers. If I was going to start back it would be a conscious decision to do so. Sure, it would be nice to blame it on someone else but honestly, it's not as if that person placed it in my hand.

Yesterday while coming home from the store I was stopped by some people who said every time they see me I've got something fly. We spent the next 2 hrs talking about vaping and I left them with the ElectronicStix site for the Kanger EVOD. Hopefully I've made some conversions.

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[bhswmc01]

I run into this a lot, too - we have a lot of patio parties during the summer, and I had to keep a few '.... bottles' around for those who still smoke. I just make sure to stay upwind, and use a higher nic juice if I plan on indulging in adult beverages. It can be hard, but it's not impossible!

And if you break down and smoke, don't beat yourself up over it!

 

[iDiannasaur]

Thanks.
If I think about all of the negative things I've gone through with analogs in the past, I really do have the advantage in the situation with a PV. I don't have to fight for the last remaining lighter or have someone crush my pack and break my cigarettes, and the taste is superior. Also pushing a button is much easier than fighting the wind. Sometimes I need to whack myself in the head for not just considering the obvious. I'm a special sunflower!

 

[Zealous]

We're all different of course, but when I hang out in places I used to smoke &/or with smokers I like to use my eroll. It's a decent vape so it keeps me satisfied & I don't feel weird vaping with those that are smoking. I have never wanted to have one of their cigarettes and it doesn't bother me to be around anyone smoking when I can vape too.

P.S. it does help to use a juice that's higher nicotine & also a flavor that's tabaccoish or at least something that won't make your beer/drink taste gross (lol).

 

[Txaggiesaunt]

I was concerned about that also, as we take a yearly trip to the beach with friends. Some still smoke analogs and as everyone knows..... Beach time = Beer time. I did really well, took my Ego with some 555 juice out on the sand with me while we all drank, drank, drank (you get the picture) and I did just fine. I say take your favorite juice with you and also maybe a good tobacco juice with you and give it a whirl. Good Luck and VAPE ON

 

[Eranda13]

I was given a diagnosis of tongue cancer less than two weeks before my 50th birthday. The boyfriend at the time decided to give me a 50th birthday party. It was going to be the first time I was in a drinking/social situation since I had started vaping and because of the tongue cancer I *cannot* smoke anymore.

I was seriously concerned about it, to the point of anxiety. I knew I wouldn't smoke, I CAN'T anymore- but I was totally worried about being miserable, cranky, jonesing for a real cig, snapping at people, etc. He went to a lot of effort to give this party and I didn't want to ruin it- nor did I want to not enjoy it.

I made sure I had lots of charged batteries and lots of cartridges. I made a special stop at my local B&M store to load up so I was sure I was covered no matter what. And then I hoped for the best.

Turns out I needn't have worried. I made it through without even blinking. I vaped like a fool the whole night but I didn't once crave a cig, and there were people there smoking analogs. I was happy, calm, and enjoyed the whole thing

Don't panic- just make sure you have back-ups for your back-ups and you'll do fine.