"When are you going to quit that thing?"

[georgiasl]

Ok maybe its just me but I get annoyed with people, friends family co-workers, when they ask me this question. I feel like they should be happy that I don't smoke real cigs anymore. I don't really plan on quitting e-cigs, I like them and they are much safer than my Marlboro menthol light 100's ever were. To me it is kind of like saying to a person on a diet congrats on losing 20lbs but when are you going to lose the other 10. KWIM? Am I the only one dealing with this or do most of you plan on quitting e-cigs at some point?

 

[bogeyjim]

Funny thing, I just got mine on wednesday and the plan was to quit smoking cigs and just do this for about a month or so..... then quit everything.

Well, I REALLY like this thing and have no plans on quitting anytime soon I will probably end up getting some really low nic stuff in a few months and then 0 nic at some point, but I really enjoy this!

So yea, tell em your not gonna quit anytime soon!

Jim

 

[juicefreak]

great analogy about losing another 10lbs

i get that 'when are you going to quit that thing', but it's ALWAYS from smokers. i just blow it off. ppl that don't smoke are amazed that i've been off cigarettes for 7 months.

 

[gregg perrelli]

at least 5 times a week i get asked that same ? by the same people. after 3 months of trying to explain i was quiting cigs not nic i gave up and just ign or them

 

[ruready]

When I found E-cigs, It was by mistake and I had no intention on quitting cigs. I was just fascinated with the whole vapor thing so I thought I'd get one and try it. The minute I opened it, that was the last time I smoked a real cig. It still amazes me that I don't even think about smoking a real cigarette but I have NO plans on quitting my pv. I loved smoking and now I love vaping. simple as that.

 

[gregsgirl71]

I have no intention of quitting this.... I enjoy it way too much! And most people don't ask me anymore..... work on your "stink eye" skills.... they will get the hint eventually! lol

 

[mojofunk]

When I found E-cigs, It was by mistake and I had no intention on quitting cigs. I was just fascinated with the whole vapor thing so I thought I'd get one and try it. The minute I opened it, that was the last time I smoked a real cig. It still amazes me that I don't even think about smoking a real cigarette but I have NO plans on quitting my pv. I loved smoking and now I love vaping. simple as that.

Absolutely! It taps into that whole archetypical racial-memory thing associating the curling smoke with contemplation and relaxation. Makes me wish I had a beard to stroke and patches on the elbows of my velvet smoking jacket. Its like staring into a campfire, it reaches back through history, and it just feels good!

 

[77fro]

dang she got sum serouse watermellons. oh sorry of topic i dont think e cigs or to help quit at all there a healther alternitive with way mor pros then cons and we enjoy then and have no thoughts about throwing them away

 

[Connman]

It would go like this

Them= When are you going to quit that thing?
Me= This one?
Soon as I get another.

 

[ruready]

Perfect connman!!! I'm using that next time. And I'm sure it will b tomorrow I get asked that so many times I should just wear a sign.

 

[georgiasl]

ahem yes off topic 77fro lol

I like your comeback Connman I am def using that one

I guess I thought that since I had quit cigs those that had been bugging me to quit would stop, but now they just bug me about quitting e-cigs. I guess those are the people you just can't please.

 

[Trixie]

As I've stated previously, I took a proactive position from the start, letting folks know that I wasn't using e-cigarettes as a "quit smoking" tool (even though at the time I honestly didn't know if I would or wouldn't eventually drop them), but simply as a safer, cleaner nicotine delivery system. I've fine tuned that answer as I've gone along, and explain that for me I always have and still enjoy the ritual and ceremony of smoking, and now I have found a system of nicotine delivery that allows me to truly enjoy my addiction of choice, like others enjoy caffine, without all the carcinogens and additives that come with the burning cylinders. My delivery is always warm and sincere, and clearly not open for debate - I've only had to "defend" that position once by explaining I wasn't arguing a point, simply making a statement, and then distracted the inquisitor (a dear "love to debate things to death" sort) with a simple "asked and answered" and the introduction of a different unrelated topic. It's possible that someday I may choose to simply stop vaping, but having tried for over 30 years to give up cigarettes unsuccessfully, I honestly believe my current statement is true for the long term, and it works for me.

 

[5cardstud]

You usually find that people that act that way are likely jealous that it wasn't their idea first or that they feel your getting atention they wished they could have. It's just insecurity issues they are feeling.

 

[Daedalus]

I liked to tell people (and I read this somewhere here) that I may still be an addict, but at least I'm not dieing for a cigarette anymore.

Then they usually chuckle, and kindly shut up.

 

[Princessdee]

Just ask them "When are you going to quit coffee?" (Or sodas, Burger King, donuts...whatever)
It makes your point.

 

[jestif]

I just tell people i may never quit.

 

[BobbiBilbo]

The funny thing is, I get asked questions like from "smokers" far more often then from others. I think smokers are jealous.

 

[planetofthevapes]

Ok, the only reason I wanted to quit smoking was because I didn't want to die...I never wanted to give up my stress relieving cancer sticks...however...I finally quit last February (a year ago) and so has my husband...and we have NO intention of ever quitting vaping. I had inadvertantly quit for acouple of months just forgot to charge a battery and kept forgetting and never got the urge to go vape it...then I demo'd it to some lady that was blowing her nasty smoke in my door when she came to pick up her granddaughter from my house and I was fed up with it...so I had to charge it...and figured why waste a brand new atomizer. I then soon realized that I was eating less...and so, I do it to curb my appetite! ROFL! I have lost 40 pounds since I started back up in mid August! I don't plan on giving up! I love my sweet vapor! I could care less about the nicotine, it's all about getting something to do with my mouth other than eat!

 

[MsSki]

I dont plan on quiting the ecigs anytime soon

 

[splunge2112]

have heard the same thing but only from analog smokers. like when am i gonna get off my high horse and come back to sneaking smokes outside in the snow at work and smell like a flaming dirty diaper like them. dont give them no mind georgiasl. at least, like you said, and i say to myself as i chain-vape my new flavors, i am NOT SMOKING!!!! after 25 years the only way i thought it could ever be said that i was not smoking was because i was dead.