Why did you start vaping?

[Thyestean]

Wow. Not even 100 people yet? Where are all the people who did the other one?

 

[Webby]

I have spent many hours the last few days trying to educate myself on how best to fight the FDA ban on ecigs. There are so many threads, such as the ECO thread that started off great and led me to CASAA, but then just ended. It would help us newcomers if someone could go in and combine or eliminate the threads that are really no longer pertinent ...

You and CASAA are doing a great job, Kristin. Thank you so much for a 'new lease' on life!

Thanks for the kudos! (kudoses? kudosi?) It's funny - every time I start to "clean up" and archive some threads in the CASAA forum here on ECF somone posts something that requires a link back to an earlier ECO thread.

 

[DC2]

Funny but I did not like the tobacco or menthol flavored liquids, I enjoy flavors like peach and fruit punch. There is certainly not a lack of variety when it comes to flavors, its just finding the brands that taste the best. Right now I am hooked on Peach OMG and melon Hookah flavor.

I'm sure the FDA will assume from this post that you are 13 years old.
Because you wouldn't like any of that if you were of legal age.
:ROLLEYES:

 

[catlvr]

They all apply to me to some degree or another, but I started to quit smoking again. I was so disappointed in myself for failing the first time (made it alittle over a year cold turkey) and when I found out about e-cigs I was thrilled. But now that I'm vaping I don't know if I want to quit or not. I am enjoying this too much to worry about it for the time being. If it happens it happens. Time will tell. Plus I'm stocked up too much to even think about quitting now he he.

 

[bornagainst]

My main reason was I finally got tired of hearing how bad I smelled by people who I had to work closely with. Also, my other half didn't want to say anything....

And yes, I smelled bad because of the analogs ONLY, just in case you were wondering.

 

[kristin]

You and CASAA are doing a great job, Kristin. Thank you so much for a 'new lease' on life!

As Webby said - thanks for the kudos. We are trying!

Now if we could just get all of the cancer and smokefree organizations to start looking at ecigs for their potential & promise vs how they could be a threat we'd be doing great!

 

[rtbob]

The main reason for me is definitely #3. I see every day I work my future. Drowning in my own snot on a ventilator or maybe I'm one of the "lucky ones" who get lung cancer and go comparatively quickly.

 

[kristin]

Come on folks - I'll need more reponses than this for it to be of any use!

 

[Mickirette]

I had given up on quitting cigarettes, I ordered this little gizmo (PV) to help my lungs out, they didn't like smoking as well as I did. Surprise(to me) I have not smoked a real cig in almost two months. WOW! I'm doing good.

 

[timmah34233]

I vape because analogs got too expensive. They raised taxes on them more times than I can count. I'm in VA and smoked an off brand and they cost $4/50 per pack. I know that is a lot less than what some people pay, but it is still too much.

Angelique? OMHP! ("Thump, thump... thump, thump...")

I'm in Florida. Prior to my switch to PV, the way I managed my nicotine addiction within budget was to roll my own since the early 2000s at about $13 a can, equivalent to a pack-a-day habit. Not long ago, suddenly the massive price hikes caught up to rolling tobacco: Costs TRIPLED overnight!

That was it for me. I had to switch to PV. It's saving me money AND my health! Plus, at my gigs, people are curious to know all about "the issue" when they see me vape. I may wear a cape.

Mounting positive evidence is enhanced by lovely Kristin's first and seventh (the best number) questions that tell all: I ain't gonna quit being addicted to nicotine. Not no way, not no how. I am in a minority population, except in bars. Too bad. Get used to it. Some people were born to nicotine. I am one such person.

Montezuma's revenge? The natives actually had some good things to contribute to human life prior to their near elimination. Nicotine is justice. I am a nicotine addict. Like it or not, know it or not, I bear a highly convoluted burden.

I am a soldier of love.

 

[bogiediver]

I went with #3 as a best fit...

My situation was to get back the smoking experience - just the mechanics of it. I quit analogs 8 months before trying e-cigs. But the urge was returning as Seasonal Affective Disorder started setting in with the coming of winter, short days and no motorcycling. The e-cig allows me to have the hand-to-mouth, inhale, exhale experience without the smoke, tar or nicotine...

Health benefit and $$$ savings sure make it even better...

JMHO

-bogie

 

[Haytoni]

This is one I'm going to have to really think about. It's between 1, 3, and 7 for me. I love smoking experience, I love saving the money I do, and I really love all my flavors. I honestly don't know how much I would vape if it weren't for all my delicious flavors. Honestly anymore I think I'm addicted to the flavors more so than the nicotine after 3 1/2 months

Yeah, thanks ..that's what I wanted to say. Those flavors are awesome, well the ones I have. Better than those awful tasting Capri Light menthols, what ever they did to them, they killed it.

 

[kristin]

Come on guys - I'd need at least 500 responses for this to have any impact. Pass the link on to your groups and other forums!

 

[Kogan]

I'm probably in the minority on this, but I quit smoking about three plus years ago. The problem was that I still craved smoking in certain places (like college or at certain friends houses). I also have more anxiety since I quit and knaw on my fingernails.

There was no way I was going back to analogs, (caused breathing problems, I have kids, and I'm a youth pastor), so vaping kinda solves my problems.

 

[xRIPCITYx]

I picked # 3. It was actually the purchase of a vaporizer that i use for other herbs that got me interested in e cigs.

 

[Aunt Cranky]

I have been smoking /not-smoking / smoking / not-smoking for more than 20 years. I'll smoke for 6 months.. a year... two years.. then quit, then pick it back up again, etc. Menthols. The indoor smoking ban hit me hard, and since I don't want to smoke indoors (landlord says "no smoking", and I don't want to subject my pets to the second hand smoke) I was stuck going outside.

So I got into this groove of smoking in the car to and from work, getting up for a smoke when I'm hardcore video-gaming (I play World of Warcraft), etc. but I tell ya, going outside when it's cold SUCKS. I also hate the taste of fire safe cigs.. bleh! I love my nicotine, it helps my concentration, calms my nerves, makes me more pleasant to be around.

I think vaping is going to be a great alternative for me.

 

[miss MiA]

Hi Kristin, first up, I'm another who wants to thank you for all your hard work on these issues!

Next, this could just be me but I wonder if the meaning of answer #6 has some potential to be misinterpreted... I'm taking #6 to be for anyone who took up vaping, even tho they had actually never tried or been a nicotine user before that. If so, I worry that it's possible, even if remotely, some could incorrectly/hastily assume that #6 expresses only the fact that they had never tried ecigs before and wanted to (e.g. out of simple curiosity); not noticing or realizing that it's also expressing that they had never used nic at all before that (yet started vaping anyway for some reason, e.g. sounded fun, interesting, tasty, cool, etc.).

If that misinterpretation seems possible to anyone besides me, perhaps more separation between the 'nic' and 'simulated smoking' parts would keep it clearer, such as:

"6. To try nicotine for the first time, and in the form of simulated smoking."

Instead of:

"6. To try nicotine/simulated smoking for the first time."

...or maybe it's just me being paranoid and OCD-ish!

 

[truthseeker]

Hi Kristin, first up, I'm another who wants to thank you for all your hard work on these issues!

Next, this could just be me but I wonder if the meaning of answer #6 has some potential to be misinterpreted... I'm taking #6 to be for anyone who took up vaping, even tho they had actually never tried or been a nicotine user before that. If so, I worry that it's possible, even if remotely, some could incorrectly/hastily assume that #6 expresses only the fact that they had never tried ecigs before and wanted to (e.g. out of simple curiosity); not noticing or realizing that it's also expressing that they had never used nic at all before that (yet started vaping anyway for some reason, e.g. sounded fun, interesting, tasty, cool, etc.).

If that misinterpretation seems possible to anyone besides me, perhaps more separation between the 'nic' and 'simulated smoking' parts would keep it clearer, such as:

"6. To try nicotine for the first time, and in the form of simulated smoking."

Instead of:

"6. To try nicotine/simulated smoking for the first time."

...or maybe it's just me being paranoid and OCD-ish!

Yup, Bingo! Thank You MIA.
That's what I thought it meant, meaning to try e-cigs for the first time, regardless of past history, so I chose #6.

Now that it's been reworded, the distinction is clear, and I'd like to change my selection to #3 please. Maybe one of our illustrious admins will help me take care of it.

Have a great day!

 

[naughtyca]

Health reasons mostly but the cost of smoking cigarettes is a very close second.

 

[CJsKee]

I had been smoking for 40+ years and knew my health was suffering...but LOVED to smoke. Ran across e-cigs from a link on MSN and, as they say...rest is history. I answered #3. Plus I was sick and tired of paying more and more every time I turned around