Telling parents

[Naturesbeast]

Hey guys so I've never smoked real cigarettes and i don't plan to...ever! my whole family smokes and i just don't see the benefiet. vaping is different to me, it isn't something im addicted to and its more of a social setting time waster.

Parents always telling me to never smoke etc (even though they always have, lol) I have been vaping for a few months but only with friends and by myself. Pretty much hiding it.

Would coming from me, someone who has never smoked, how would this look to them? I'm tired of hiding from them about this.
Any tips or suggestions? I'm 18.

 

[V8per228]

Well you could always introduce it to them as the solution to their addiction... And show them the benefits and use your knowledge of vaping to get them on board. Best way is wait till they are smoking and just bust a cloud out...starts the convo every time

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[wonner]

I would keep my mouth shut as long as possible.

They don't need know until they need to know.

 

[Jarbs]

try to help your parents quit smoking. if not, karate chop their cigarettes.

 

[Painter_]

Hope you are vaping 0 nic!

 

[Halcyon2501]

Hope you are vaping 0 nic!

This. I don't see anything wrong with your vaping, as long as you don't include nicotine. No reason to get addicted if you aren't already.

 

[StarsAndBars]

Let me get this straight... They smoke? And you're 18? I wouldn't ever suggest that you disrespect your parents... No sir, that's not where this is heading, but I'd just tell them flat out. They may not be happy about it but that should be about the end of it. It would be like my dad telling me not to drink and drive after picking me up from school with a beer in his hand. Good luck

as others have said, I couldn't in good conscience recommend that you start vaping with your clean virgin lungs, but who the heck am I?
seriously just tell em' flat out.

 

[Naturesbeast]

This. I don't see anything wrong with your vaping, as long as you don't include nicotine. No reason to get addicted if you aren't already.

Yep, 0 nic. So i mean there isn't really any harm in doing it looking at the casaa pages. Just don't know how i want to bring up the conversation.

I've lived with a smoking family, in the house, cars everywhere for all my life. the 2nd hand smoke has already screwed my lungs. As far as i can tell, this isn't any worse then what iv been exposed to

 

[RoseB]

Hope you are vaping 0 nic!

I agree no point in picking up nicotine if you're just doing this as a social thing

 

[Amraann]

I would think that they would be happy that you did not start smoking.

 

[Ken_A]

Coming from the other end of life...
I just don't understand what the deal is.
Are you telling them that you are taking some sort of illegal substance? Dating the boy next door? Making an xxx movie?

Vape them if you got them. And if they are shocked, ask them what they expected? That you would smoke instead? It's healthier than what they do and the vapor isn't nearly as dangerous for them as the smoke is for you.

Have you tried just saying.... "I didn't really want to smoker, but I've found this fantastic alternative..."
?

 

[Rickajho]

This is kind of a touchy subject at this point in the history of vaping. While we can't say definitively there is no harm in vaping, what's the benefit of doing it just for the sake of doing it either?

Another toss of the coin comes up with: If you didn't have vaping as an option... would you have picked up smoking instead? We need about... maybe another generation to get some good answer to that question. And absolutely - as long as there are two choices in the marketplace - vaping and smoking - vaping is the far better option.

As to your question, if you're an adult you get to make adult choices. Unless there is some "living at home, their house their rules" in play you aren't telling us about.

 

[FearTX]

Having raised 4 kids all of whom are over 18 now. I always appreciated honesty over anything else. There may have been a few times that I got an ear full of something I did not want to hear but I never had to wonder if I was getting the truth.

You are 18, you are making your own choices, your parents raised you, give them a bit of respect and consideration and tell them. You should also share the vaping knowledge with them. My 30 year old son was the person that made my seriously look into vaping. He started and wouldn't stop talking about it, next thing you know. I was vaping.

Stay at 0 nicotine, you do not need the addiction part of it. No reason to start that

 

[Naturesbeast]

Having raised 4 kids all of whom are over 18 now. I always appreciated honesty over anything else. There may have been a few times that I got an ear full of something I did not want to hear but I never had to wonder if I was getting the truth.

You are 18, you are making your own choices, your parents raised you, give them a bit of respect and consideration and tell them. You should also share the vaping knowledge with them. My 30 year old son was the person that made my seriously look into vaping. He started and wouldn't stop talking about it, next thing you know. I was vaping.

Stay at 0 nicotine, you do not need the addiction part of it. No reason to start that

Thank-You for the nice response. Really true about the honesty!! Think i've made up my mind.

 

[K_Tech]

Tell them that you're addicted to some illegal substance.

When they start freaking out, tell them you're just kidding, you're just into vaping. They'll be happy.

Okay, just kidding. I'd be up front about it, and who knows, maybe you'll get one or two of them off cigarettes!