What is your favorite vaping vs smoking analogy

[Dakota Jim]

Here are my 2 favorites when I am talking to people who are having a hard time switching from smoking to vaping

It doesn't taste EXACTLY like the brand of cigarette I smoked.

I switched from regular Coca-Cola to Diet Coke for health reasons, Did it taste exactly the same?
No, it did not. Did I immediately reject it because of this. No, I did not. Did I get used to the taste? Yes, I did.
Did I have to go through the whole getting used to the taste again every time I "cheated" and had a regular Coke.
Yes I did. Do I alternate between the two anymore? No I don't.

It looks and feels like smoking but it is not as satisfying as a real cigarette.

Picture yourself eating a Snickers bar. Really tasty and satisfying, right? Healthy? Not at all.
Now picture yourself eating a carrot. Same movements as eating a Snickers bar right?
As tasty and satisfying as the Snickers bar? Not at all. Healthier? Definitely
Will I get the same satisfaction from the carrot if I never have a Snickers again? Yes, as time will heal most lost loves so shall it heal this.

Ok, I know there is a problem with the last analogy because who actually vapes carrot flavored ejuice?

Share your favorites with the rest of us

 

[turbocad6]

mine is: smoking is like being in a burning building and inhaling smoke from stuff burning, vaping is like sticking your head over a pot of stew and breathing in the vapors... one can kill you, and the other, not so much

 

[Harlen]

It's like sex with a condom lol lol a ten year old gave me this analogy what is the world coming to ??

 

[DetraMental]

It's like using a kerosene heater as compared to a space heater; one heats oil that put's off a oily black soot and the other heats nice and clean via coils.

 

[X-Puppy]

Not an analogy!

 

[wonner]

Smoking is like a Rembrandt.

Vaping is like a Jackson Pollock.

Both great paintings, but with the Pollock you have to use your imagination.

 

[omyeyes]

It's the difference between wading in quicksand or taking a bubble bath!