After spending a fortune, I have a REO, RM2, Odin and am mixing my own. I am finally seeing the financial benefit to vaping. The saving of $4.75 per day, it will take a while to recover the money lost on wasted gear but it will come.
Your number 1 non-health benefit to vaping?
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Ah, that ever elusive, sliding break even point! About the time I can see it in the distance it disappears out of sight again!
I get to argue with ANTZ on ECF!
And you're doing a FINE job of it! Go get 'em! 
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Sappy? Hardly.
In fact, the entire reason I switched to vaping was so my wife wouldn't think I stunk.
I didn't even realize I had any smoking-related health issues until AFTER I stopped smoking.
For me, the number one non-health benefit is when I am visiting with family. When I'm hanging out with my sisters horde of mini booger makers and am playing the "Pull my finger" game, I can blow a huge cloud when they pull my finger and now there is a visual cloud to go with the fart noise. They laugh and laugh and think I'm like a super hero! (which just proves kids are dumb because what kind of a super hero has flatulence as a super power? (not including Spleen in Mystery Men))
my benefits: no more carrying a lighter and legitimately not being able to give people cigarettes.
when i first started vaping i would have people actually get mad at me. they would be frustrated it looked like i could help them out, some people accused me of lying to them becaue i am clearly smoking. just as an aside, i've had people tell me that while vaping a vmod before.
oh! and not having to go to the convenience store because i will need smokes soon (i never used to run out). it's really cozy to just make my order, have it come to the door, and never really worry about much in the moment about when i will have to get more.
when i first started vaping i would have people actually get mad at me. they would be frustrated it looked like i could help them out, some people accused me of lying to them becaue i am clearly smoking. just as an aside, i've had people tell me that while vaping a vmod before.
oh! and not having to go to the convenience store because i will need smokes soon (i never used to run out). it's really cozy to just make my order, have it come to the door, and never really worry about much in the moment about when i will have to get more.
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There are so many non-health related benefits that it's hard to narrow it down to one favorite... I suppose it's down between not smelling and getting to vape inside.
I spend an unfortunate amount of time getting ready in the morning so it's nice to continue to smell nice for the rest of the day. I'm actually feeling pretty traumatized by how bad I must have smelled when I talk to my smoker co-workers and can smell the smoke clinging to them.
However, I love vaping inside. It's so amazing not to have to run outside every time I need a nic fix. It's especially nice when we're watching tv and I don't try to time my cigarette so that I don't miss the beginning of the next show. My husband is pretty terrible about putting a movie on and having it end right before an episode of The Walking Dead comes on. Speed smoking always sucked...
I spend an unfortunate amount of time getting ready in the morning so it's nice to continue to smell nice for the rest of the day. I'm actually feeling pretty traumatized by how bad I must have smelled when I talk to my smoker co-workers and can smell the smoke clinging to them.
However, I love vaping inside. It's so amazing not to have to run outside every time I need a nic fix. It's especially nice when we're watching tv and I don't try to time my cigarette so that I don't miss the beginning of the next show. My husband is pretty terrible about putting a movie on and having it end right before an episode of The Walking Dead comes on. Speed smoking always sucked...
Gadgets. I dig little gadgets and vaping gives me a reason to acquire and use them.
Most other gadgets get tossed in a drawer or set on a shelf to catch dust. I actually use my vape stuff so it is a good thing.
Most other gadgets get tossed in a drawer or set on a shelf to catch dust. I actually use my vape stuff so it is a good thing.
Not smelling like smoke like others have said. Not popping chewing gum religiously throughout the day after smoking an analog. Also vaping on long drives or in rush hour traffic is oddly calming. I dont sit in fury anymore on the 5 o clock drive home.
I actually don't vape very much anymore except for when I'm having a drink or two.
Which is generally after work and before dinner.
I work from home, so I don't venture out during heavy traffic anymore.
But oh my God, if I did, I would absolutely, positively vape to keep me from killing someone.
Not because of the nicotine, necessarily, but to keep me occupied and distracted.
Not sure if this counts entirely as non-health: but I compose (just some hobbyist singer-songwriter stuff) and I can definitely tell that I'm able to produce a stronger tone and an extended vocal range ever since I began vaping, it's nice as it allows me to take songs in different directions than I'd otherwise be able to.
I haven't had to "go outside" to smoke since I left my last job with a large corporation in 1993. I was not gonna let anyone tell me I couldn't smoke in my own house or the business that I own. So to me, the biggest non-health benefit is not having to go out to buy cigarettes anymore.
Any of you folks ever think about how much the gas for those trips to the Stop & Rob cost you? Or the other crap that you bought while you were there?
Any of you folks ever think about how much the gas for those trips to the Stop & Rob cost you? Or the other crap that you bought while you were there?
Are we talking non-physical health benefit, or non-mental health? Let's split hairs!
I've said this elsewhere in the forum, and I firmly believe that I can't be the only one out there who had / has the problem: cigarettes were enabling my death wish.
I'll also drop the Kurt Vonnegut quote again to demonstrate:
“The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide.”
For the longest time, I was thinking the heart attack just couldn't come fast enough. So I'd just sit at home and smoke myself silly.
Vaping allowed me to step back and look at the reason(s) why I was smoking. Yeah maybe the patch or gum might have done it, and vaping just coincided, but one of the biggest fears I had of quitting cigs was all the mood swings / withdrawal. In my own little messed up world, I couldn't afford that. And it kept me smoking. So, by logic, vaping has helped me to not totally flip my wig by being functionally similar to smoking.
It's only been a little over 60 days for me, so I have a lot of other issues to look at still. A lot of damage control, too. But definitely on the upswing.
I've said this elsewhere in the forum, and I firmly believe that I can't be the only one out there who had / has the problem: cigarettes were enabling my death wish.
I'll also drop the Kurt Vonnegut quote again to demonstrate:
“The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide.”
For the longest time, I was thinking the heart attack just couldn't come fast enough. So I'd just sit at home and smoke myself silly.
Vaping allowed me to step back and look at the reason(s) why I was smoking. Yeah maybe the patch or gum might have done it, and vaping just coincided, but one of the biggest fears I had of quitting cigs was all the mood swings / withdrawal. In my own little messed up world, I couldn't afford that. And it kept me smoking. So, by logic, vaping has helped me to not totally flip my wig by being functionally similar to smoking.
It's only been a little over 60 days for me, so I have a lot of other issues to look at still. A lot of damage control, too. But definitely on the upswing.
I was a scuba instructor and smoked... but I found that by having my last ciggie the night before a water session and not having one in the morning allowed me to increase my tank time by almost double... I considered the thought of the hemoglobin wasnt locked up with CO and allowed my oxygen capacities to be more effective, thus the longer tank time.... I tried this experiment many times and found the same results.... morning ciggie = 3 tanks during the open water class, no ciggie in the morning was 2 tanks ( well 1 full one and another ending at 1200psi)...
And did I mention that I don't have to smokecarpet gluefire ......ant as mandated by the government? For my safety, of course.....
Quit long ago using patches so can not credit vaping... Also quit before my state mandated the fire ......ant in January 2010 so have never tasted it. Do remember friends and coworkers complaining about the taste for a few months until they got used to it. Could it actually help quitters stay quit?
Anyone quit and start back both before and after their state added fire ......ant notice a difference?
Ashtrays. Ashtrays. Ashtrays.
So glad those things are gone.
Cannot tell you the number of times they would accidently get knocked over. What a pain to clean up if you have carpet. Even if they didn't get knocked over, the ashes can easily blow out of them and the ones outside were disgusting after it rained.
So glad those things are gone.
Cannot tell you the number of times they would accidently get knocked over. What a pain to clean up if you have carpet. Even if they didn't get knocked over, the ashes can easily blow out of them and the ones outside were disgusting after it rained.
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