What made you start vaping?
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Yeah I'm a sucker for new gear. I've trimmed down my collection a lot, but I get something new from time to time. I just picked up the drop and it's pretty nice.
Yeah, that looks like the iClear 16-c. Not too bad of a tank, but the plastic made its lifespan too short for my taste.
View attachment 720419 My first setups. These started it all
lmao is that a protank? I haven't seen those tanks in ages
Yep. The other is an evod. I never really liked them I switched over to Vivi Novas and I clear 30s and a Cool Fire 1 soon after. Thing was dialed in at 8 watts
I went through my old stuff and got rid of a bunch of stuff. Making a new start with this. I will only buy nice pieces now and they will be when I hit certain milestones of time. I used to do that with watches when I was in AA. I don't worry too much about spending a money on gear. I would spend $300 a month on cigarettes without a second thought, and they were killing me.
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Pre-COPD. I had pneumonia pretty much non stop for 18 mo before I switched to vaping. I always said the threat of COPD would likely be the only reason I would quit smoking. Guess I was right. I continue to vape as I know I would have no chance in hell if I stopped vaping and consider it a minor miracle that even vaping and the threat of a long, slow painful death worked. Vaping's amazing!
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What made me start vaping?
My wife's and dear sweet mother's wishes, not at all for myself or any health, financial or societal reasons.
I traded one habit for another, I believe a less harmful habit.
Certainly have always planned to quit vaping too, over the years tapered down from mid 30's mg/ml nic to 3-4 mg/ml nic. Figure I smoked for 40 years, may take that long to quit everything & walk away.
My wife's and dear sweet mother's wishes, not at all for myself or any health, financial or societal reasons.
I traded one habit for another, I believe a less harmful habit.
Certainly have always planned to quit vaping too, over the years tapered down from mid 30's mg/ml nic to 3-4 mg/ml nic. Figure I smoked for 40 years, may take that long to quit everything & walk away.
What breaks my heart is that his childs first real memory is of his greatest hero dying in front of his eyes. At that age, parents are a kids entire world. I bet he was a good father. Kid looks really happy in the picture of him and his dad. Which was 10 weeks before the other picture was taken. Cancer COPD and death are a known and accepted risk to any adult who uses tobacco products. At 2 years old that kid should be learning about the ABCs, shapes and colors, not cancer and death.
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What made you start vaping?
Because when I would go up 3 flights of Stairs, I would have to Pause and Act like I wasn't Winded.
And when I rode my Road Bike, people Clearly Older than me would pass me. Something that I wasn't used to. And something I used to relish doing to Younger Riders.
Because when I would go up 3 flights of Stairs, I would have to Pause and Act like I wasn't Winded.
And when I rode my Road Bike, people Clearly Older than me would pass me. Something that I wasn't used to. And something I used to relish doing to Younger Riders.
I know I have said a lot on this post but
Long story short... because f**k cigarettes
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That's quite a story, Dom. Thanks for sharing that. I have always had great respect for your postings on ECF, and respect you even more knowing what you have been through. Peace be with you.
I won't go too deep into my own story, but its not that far off from your own. Long story short, I had a successful career as a surgical physician's assistant for over 35 years. I developed a medical disorder which prevented me from continuing my career as a first assistant in surgery. As I was performing a very specialized skillset for all that time, I was not qualified to do anything else to support myself. At age 62 I was too old to learn a new trade. You can't make a reasonable living working minimum wage jobs.
I worked for a year part time at minimum wage for a vape shop. This was like getting a little bit of pay for enjoying a hobby you love and sharing it with others. During this time I applied for medical disability and was turned down. I had been living off savings, and when that dried up, I was evicted from my home, defaulted on a car loan, lost the majority of my material possessions because I couldn't afford a rental truck, and moved what I could fit into my brother's pickup truck to his home. If he hadn't taken me in, I would have been homeless.
Soon after making the move to my brother's home, I qualified for food assistance and Medicaid. I secured the services of a disability attorney. With his help, and after nearly 3 more years of waiting without income, I won my disability case this past December.
At this point, I would like to again thank all my friends on ECF who Payed-It-Forward e-liquid, mods and tanks during my period of unfortunate circumstances.
Your thoughtfulness and generosity helped me greatly.
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The contributing factors: we had about 6 friend's and family members die from some form of cancer in the two years prior to vaping. My wife smoked entirely too much and was headed for that list of deceased also. And burned tobacco had become entirely too expensive, aprox 400/month for both of us. We've been vaping now for 4 years and I can confidently state it is a hobby, rather than an addiction.
I wanted to blow clouds but decided I ain't about that life. Now I tootle puff to stay off the tobacco.
I smoked for 35+ years. I loved to smoke; didn't really want to quit. But during the last few years I was developing clear signs of impending COPD and emhysema. Coughing up a lung every morning, shortness of breath with a minimum of physical activity, etc.
Over those last few years I had tried to quit using nicotine gum/patches/lozenges, prescription drugs, and hypnosis (twice). Nothing worked for more than 2 - 3 days.
The same week I tried my first disposable e-cigalike out of curiosity, my mother found out she had cancer. She died within 2 weeks. This made me acutely aware that if I didn't quit my smoking habit it wouldn't be long before I would be following my mother to my grave.
After a week of dual use, I was able to put the cigs away forever. Nearly 6 years tobacco free, and never wanting a cigarette since. I owe the rest of my life to vaping.
Addiction is complicated. Why did vaping work when the other stuff didn't? Well, there was the added motivation of my mother dying from cancer. But mainly it was:
Over those last few years I had tried to quit using nicotine gum/patches/lozenges, prescription drugs, and hypnosis (twice). Nothing worked for more than 2 - 3 days.
The same week I tried my first disposable e-cigalike out of curiosity, my mother found out she had cancer. She died within 2 weeks. This made me acutely aware that if I didn't quit my smoking habit it wouldn't be long before I would be following my mother to my grave.
After a week of dual use, I was able to put the cigs away forever. Nearly 6 years tobacco free, and never wanting a cigarette since. I owe the rest of my life to vaping.
Addiction is complicated. Why did vaping work when the other stuff didn't? Well, there was the added motivation of my mother dying from cancer. But mainly it was:
- Vaping supplied the nicotine that I was physically addicted to, without the harmful effects of combustion and smoke. This is called harm reduction.
- Vaping replicated the hand-to-mouth behavior that is so intrinsic to the smoking habit, that the other methods couldn't replicate.
- Vaping replicated my need to inhale and exhale a visible substance, another factor that the other methods couldn't replicate.
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That's quite a story, Dom. Thanks for sharing that. I have always had great respect for your postings on ECF, and respect you even more knowing what you have been through. Peace be with you.
I won't go deep into my own story, but its not that far off from your own. Long story short, I had a successful career as a surgical physician's assistant for over 35 years. I developed a medical disorder which prevented me from continuing my career. As I was performing a very specialized skillset for all that time, I was not qualified to do anything else to support myself. You can't make a living working minimum wage.
I worked for a year part time at minimum wage for a vape shop. This was like getting a little bit of pay for enjoying your hobby with others. During this time I applied for medical disability and was turned down. I had been living off savings, and when that dried up, I was evicted from my home, defaulted on a car loan, lost the majority of my material possessions because I couldn't afford a rental truck, and moved what I could fit into my brother's pickup truck to his home. If he hadn't taken me in, I would have been homeless.
Soon after making the move to my brother's home, I secured the services of a disability attorney. With his help, and after nearly 3 more years of waiting without income, I won my disability case this past December.
At this point, I would like to again thank all my friends on ECF who Payed-It-Forward e-liquid, mods and tanks during my period of unfortunate circumstances.
I never knew your stories. I have a lot of respect for both of you from your posts. Hope things have gotten better for you both.
This right here is exactly why vaping works for me. These are all the things my cigarette addiction gave me a need for.
I smoked for 25ish years. Wanted to quit but the thought of quitting always made me smoke more. Hated the smell of it, hid it from the kids sight but I knew they could smell it. Had always been interested in ecigs, but the cigalikes I tried weren’t enough. Saw someone blow a huge plume from their car in traffic and that was enough to get me to try again. Better gear made all the difference and it’s been well over a year since I’ve had a cigarette. Also save a ton of money now that my shinyitis is pretty well under control.
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