I really am sorry to those that are trying to forget about smoking and hope that I don't trigger the urge to with this post, I hate it with a passion now because of the grip it had on me, but I remember how every god-darn movie and show I watched had a smoker in it and it would make me wanna jump back on the wagon (freakin hollywood, they're all sellouts 
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View attachment 321016 Hey guys I thought I'd throw this pic up right off the bat, because I don't want this to look like a smoking promotion thread, it's terrible/unattractive/expensive/life-consuming/tastes terrible/and above all is unhealthy and shortens our priceless minutes we have left. BUT I think we'd all be lying to ourselves if we said there isn't some aspects we missed, otherwise we wouldn't have started in the first place!
Plus I think it's healthy to tell others how you really feel about it, pretending that your ignoring/hating it 100% won't do you any good unless that's how you really feel. It took me ages to quit, and I took the tiniest baby steps toward total adoption of vaping to get my nicotine (which I'm using lower mg for now), and went on and off "the wagon" for a good 6 months I think, I seriously went down by one cigarette every week if that.
I love how I don't have to go outside (especially in -40degree winters in Alaska), and better yet can enjoy my nicotine inside wherever the fun is (such as after an intimate night with the gf
, and she doesn't complain about my ashtray mouth, she actually likes that my breath smells like a tropical fruit jungle ). And tasting that tropical fruit jungle is even better, 1 billion times better than tobacco (anyone that says tobacco tastes good has most likely killed their sense of smell and/or tastebuds, that and if your addicted to something for decades your body will get used to it ) now I can match my after dessert "smoke" to actually taste like my dessert! The biggest plus is that my health has returned, I can do all the extreme outdoor sports I want, I can smell the beautiful forest I hike through, and I actually feel GOOD in the morning now haha. Plus it's another fun hobby with awesome members like ECF to keep me from going crazy in 21st century life.
Anyway enough of rambling about me, back to the point of the thread. What were/are some of the things you really enjoyed about tobacco? Don't be bashful just speak your mind, no-one will be criticized in this thread.
-For me personally the biggest difficulty of transitioning to vaping was the nicotine consistency, I found that vaping was too smooth an onset because I was so used to cigarettes KICKING me in the head, with a huge amount of nicotine (although I didn't realize at the time that there was super high mg juices out there), and naturally when you smoke the same brand, rolled the same way, with the same amount, and the same number of cigs every-day my brain freaked out a little when I was getting a more gradual, prolonged, and smaller nicotine rush from my first aspire et-s (which didn't work as well as my current mods/rda's, wish I would've tried those first).
-Another aspect I missed at first was the different feel of the nicotine rush that cigs had, which I really theorize is due to the other BAD additives that they threw in (i've tried organic cigarettes and they weren't nearly the rush of name brands), and those extra chemicals literally give you a different feeling "high" if that makes sense, the fiberglass that they throw in allows your lungs to soak up alot more than they should (which is a scary thought now) and "opens-up" the rush feeling. Now vaping pharmaceutical grade nicotine feels just as good. I think a good way to describe how I felt at first was cigarettes were like the rush you get from a cup of coffee, you get caffeine and the cocoa bean alkaloids which also act on your brain, as opposed to caffeine pills (vaping) which have a "cleaner" but more "hollow" caffeine rush than coffee does, and the pills don't make you feel all warm inside.
-Another was the obligation or sometimes excuse to go outside to smoke, I've always had a "connection" with nature that I feel wrong if I go without, and taking a smoke break (especially while at work, because you had a valid excuse to ditch
) was almost like a ritual or meditation for me. Just getting away from the crazyness to go outside and have a quiet smoke while thinking about life, and social smoking with others at bars especially. I know this can be fixed by going outside like I would while smoking, but it just feels silly now that I don't have to, and since I vape all day I don't always take those little meditations because I'm not FORCED to, which is a blessing in disguise.
-Finally, and this is one I still give in too, smoking while drinking, oh god this is the hardest part as any smoker/drinker will tell you. You can't replace a good'ol fashioned tobacco cigarette when your nice and tipsy
. Like I said I'll still bum one off of a buddy when the whiskey hits me, it's just heaven, and I don't know why vaping just doesn't fill that gap. But oh well it could be worse, at least I'm only smoking one every month or so, maybe even further apart. Don't get me wrong vaping feels almost as good, but I'm too clumsy when it comes to vaping while drunk, I'd probably vape my cotton before I realized my juice AND wick were gone bahaha.
-All in all, I'm glad I went through that terrible habit, because I know what I'm "missing", and more importantly I know myself better, I think I came out tougher knowing my own limitations, and addictive nature, without too many scars thank god.
I'm sincerely interested to hear what "hooked" others and whether their transition to vaping was easier than mine or not. (and you vapers that started vaping for no reason/never got addicted...shaddap)
).View attachment 321016 Hey guys I thought I'd throw this pic up right off the bat, because I don't want this to look like a smoking promotion thread, it's terrible/unattractive/expensive/life-consuming/tastes terrible/and above all is unhealthy and shortens our priceless minutes we have left. BUT I think we'd all be lying to ourselves if we said there isn't some aspects we missed, otherwise we wouldn't have started in the first place!
Plus I think it's healthy to tell others how you really feel about it, pretending that your ignoring/hating it 100% won't do you any good unless that's how you really feel. It took me ages to quit, and I took the tiniest baby steps toward total adoption of vaping to get my nicotine (which I'm using lower mg for now), and went on and off "the wagon" for a good 6 months I think, I seriously went down by one cigarette every week if that. I love how I don't have to go outside (especially in -40degree winters in Alaska), and better yet can enjoy my nicotine inside wherever the fun is (such as after an intimate night with the gf
, and she doesn't complain about my ashtray mouth, she actually likes that my breath smells like a tropical fruit jungle ). And tasting that tropical fruit jungle is even better, 1 billion times better than tobacco (anyone that says tobacco tastes good has most likely killed their sense of smell and/or tastebuds, that and if your addicted to something for decades your body will get used to it ) now I can match my after dessert "smoke" to actually taste like my dessert! The biggest plus is that my health has returned, I can do all the extreme outdoor sports I want, I can smell the beautiful forest I hike through, and I actually feel GOOD in the morning now haha. Plus it's another fun hobby with awesome members like ECF to keep me from going crazy in 21st century life. Anyway enough of rambling about me, back to the point of the thread. What were/are some of the things you really enjoyed about tobacco? Don't be bashful just speak your mind, no-one will be criticized in this thread.
-For me personally the biggest difficulty of transitioning to vaping was the nicotine consistency, I found that vaping was too smooth an onset because I was so used to cigarettes KICKING me in the head, with a huge amount of nicotine (although I didn't realize at the time that there was super high mg juices out there), and naturally when you smoke the same brand, rolled the same way, with the same amount, and the same number of cigs every-day my brain freaked out a little when I was getting a more gradual, prolonged, and smaller nicotine rush from my first aspire et-s (which didn't work as well as my current mods/rda's, wish I would've tried those first).
-Another aspect I missed at first was the different feel of the nicotine rush that cigs had, which I really theorize is due to the other BAD additives that they threw in (i've tried organic cigarettes and they weren't nearly the rush of name brands), and those extra chemicals literally give you a different feeling "high" if that makes sense, the fiberglass that they throw in allows your lungs to soak up alot more than they should (which is a scary thought now) and "opens-up" the rush feeling. Now vaping pharmaceutical grade nicotine feels just as good. I think a good way to describe how I felt at first was cigarettes were like the rush you get from a cup of coffee, you get caffeine and the cocoa bean alkaloids which also act on your brain, as opposed to caffeine pills (vaping) which have a "cleaner" but more "hollow" caffeine rush than coffee does, and the pills don't make you feel all warm inside
.-Another was the obligation or sometimes excuse to go outside to smoke, I've always had a "connection" with nature that I feel wrong if I go without, and taking a smoke break (especially while at work, because you had a valid excuse to ditch
) was almost like a ritual or meditation for me. Just getting away from the crazyness to go outside and have a quiet smoke while thinking about life, and social smoking with others at bars especially. I know this can be fixed by going outside like I would while smoking, but it just feels silly now that I don't have to, and since I vape all day I don't always take those little meditations because I'm not FORCED to, which is a blessing in disguise.-Finally, and this is one I still give in too, smoking while drinking, oh god this is the hardest part as any smoker/drinker will tell you. You can't replace a good'ol fashioned tobacco cigarette when your nice and tipsy
. Like I said I'll still bum one off of a buddy when the whiskey hits me, it's just heaven, and I don't know why vaping just doesn't fill that gap. But oh well it could be worse, at least I'm only smoking one every month or so, maybe even further apart. Don't get me wrong vaping feels almost as good, but I'm too clumsy when it comes to vaping while drunk, I'd probably vape my cotton before I realized my juice AND wick were gone bahaha.-All in all, I'm glad I went through that terrible habit, because I know what I'm "missing", and more importantly I know myself better, I think I came out tougher knowing my own limitations, and addictive nature, without too many scars thank god.
I'm sincerely interested to hear what "hooked" others and whether their transition to vaping was easier than mine or not. (and you vapers that started vaping for no reason/never got addicted...shaddap)
