What you do for a living? How did smoking affect your work Vs. Vaping?

[Phild0]

It is fun, but the unfortunate part of being a truck driver is how often you deal with another driver blowing smoke in your face during a conversation or dinner at the hole In the wall joints that still allow smoking inside. It makes it tough sometimes and there is really no getting away from it.

However I do get the chance to show a bunch of drivers my vape gear. I am thinking about starting a Mobile vape shop out of my sleeper.

 

[dbeast64]

Well,well,well............

Recently started a new job and there are quite a few vapers BUT,we have been thrown out in the elements w/ the rest of the smokers

 

[Vapenstein]

ok I am going to break character for a moment so forget this post after you read it

I'm a Corrections Officer in a 1400 bed county jail. The complex is spread out as it was built and then added on to in three projects across 3 decades. When I smoked, the running from one end of the complex to the other to go break up a fight was starting to kick my ..... Or the four years I worked in segregation you ended up fighting a lot due to the nature of the inmates housed in that unit. One minute is a long time in a fight, ask anyone who's ever tried their hand at MMA. If you're getting north of forty and you've smoked your whole life, those fights take a lot out of you, despite that they're over quickly.

So today I'm pushing 50 and I've vaped the last 4 1/2 years instead of smoking. The difference in stamina is pretty huge. The infrequent crisis moments don't take nearly as big a toll on me as they did toward the end of my smoking years, and it's nice having some gas left in the tank when the dust settles instead of feeling like you pushed yourself to your very limit. The health benefits of vaping were apparent to me very early on. Better yet, with today's equipment health isn't the only motivation to keep vaping. Sticking with it paid off big, because the vape I get today on my gear is better than it's ever been. I would never, ever take a cigarette over vaping if I had a choice between the two.

 

[Wakefulpanda]

I'm a content manager for all PBS New York stations as well as others from other states. I usually stealth vape at my desk or go outside. There are no rules against vaping at work but I don't want anyone to start making any, so I keep it mostly hidden.

 

[Alien Traveler]

I was a farm hand, cowboy (alien cowboy, to be precise: no guns. Have you ever helped a cow to deliver?), construction worker etc. I smoked as a coal train everywhere.

For most of my life I was (am?) in science and consulting. About any type of science. “What’s wrong with these contact lenses? How different is morphology of bone of this mice line? Does glue on this sticky tape looks different compared to this one? Does rotor blade of the chopper was broken due to fatigue or something else? Have surgeon hit with his blade an implant? Do you really prefer bourbon to cognac? ” OK, maybe not the last one. And, of course, some regular science, for myself and collaborators. From the very beginning I enjoyed smoking in my lab. Then (surprise, surprise…) it was prohibited. But I still enjoyed smoking, but only next to a fume hood. Then (nor surprise this time) I found out about vaping. I can again vape around my equipment… if nobody is around.

 

[Jovey]

I had a great career once....what i did doesn't matter. However, i smoked for 38 years and after suffering a heart attack in 2011, double bypass the very next day....the lightbulb came on for me. At least i thought.

Was in ICU for 9 days due to complications with inability to get my oxygen level up. They was going to incubate me (which if you've ever had that done, you know it's terrifying). Finally i was moved out of ICU and in two days was released....hooked to an oxygen tank. Was told that IF i ever picked up another cig, i risked collapsing one of my bypasses.....that scared me, for awhile.

Two weeks later, no longer on oxygen...i went into a deep depression (normal after heart surgery)....i picked up a cig! Four years later and having one bypass collapse (imagine that) as well as a leaky heart valve....the lightbulb came on again and this time it was as bright as it could be!

So yeah, smoking cost me my career...but it almost cost me my life. Vaping saved my life.....literally!

 

[Say10]

Former restaurant owner and current consultant. I don't need cigarette breaks and don't smell like an ashtray.