Smoking /vaping

[HarryM1BYT]

How is everyone doing?

I have not touched a ciggy since I stopped and moved to vaping and still vaping 2.5 years now. Jean has stopped 14 months ago and has more or less stopped vaping.

After 2.5 years I have almost worn the batteries out in my 20w and 30w Isticks. They are not designed to be swapped, but I bought a couple of replacements and this morning replaced one as a trial. A fairly painless process which cost me £3.50 per battery, versus around £25 for a complete new Istick and the replacements are slightly higher capacity, 2500mA versus the 2200mA original.

[suffolk boy]

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

How is everyone doing?

I have not touched a ciggy since I stopped and moved to vaping and still vaping 2.5 years now. Jean has stopped 14 months ago and has more or less stopped vaping.

After 2.5 years I have almost worn the batteries out in my 20w and 30w Isticks. They are not designed to be swapped, but I bought a couple of replacements and this morning replaced one as a trial. A fairly painless process which cost me £3.50 per battery, versus around £25 for a complete new Istick and the replacements are slightly higher capacity, 2500mA versus the 2200mA original.

i found it to be the most disgusting thing i have ever tried.so much rather than vape i stopped all together best £50 quid i have ever spent. so far saved hundreds

[Mgt16]

I had a couple of friends tried vaping and it sent their blood sugar through the roof I was also worried about what is actually in them and I find them more unsocial than smoking due to the amount of smoke some of them produce.
But by far my biggest issue is that you don't really give anything up you just substitute which means with most people I've seen you just go back to smoking when the cape machine breaks.

[Sprinter]

Mrs Sprinter changed to vaping a couple of years ago. That extra couple of grand a year comes in handy.

[Nick Greg]

Originally Posted by Sprinter

Mrs Sprinter changed to vaping a couple of years ago. That extra couple of grand a year comes in handy.

Ditto, off to New York in 8 weeks on 2 years saved money. Lie flat seats on plane too. Beats fags any day

[Darcydog]

I haven't smoked for years - stopped well before vaping was thought of. But a mate has moved to vaping and his health has improved. His hacking cough has gone and he is far less breathless.

We kept on at him to do it as it is the products of combustion, the tar the acid fumes and the smoke particles that do the damage with smoking.

So as a nicotine delivery system cigarettes etc leave an awful lot to be desired.

Vaping is a far cleaner way to satisfy a nicotine addiction- and I am no expert but being addicted to nicotine itself is not really the problem as I understand it - the problem was all the other cr@p you took onboard when smoking.

I am still amazed tho at the volume of "smoke" that billows out a car window when someone is vaping!!

[topman]

I'd say 70% of the people that i know that smoke have moved onto vaping it seems hugely popular. Some make their own liquids and are always trying new flavours. Ciggy sales must be down massively?

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by Darcydog

Vaping is a far cleaner way to satisfy a nicotine addiction- and I am no expert but being addicted to nicotine itself is not really the problem as I understand it - the problem was all the other cr@p you took onboard when smoking.

I am still amazed tho at the volume of "smoke" that billows out a car window when someone is vaping!!

It is suggested not to be the nicotine to which you become addicted, but the other elements in ciggies. Nicotine is a commonly used medical drug. It is not the nicotine which does all the damage, rather it is the tar and other rubbish included in a ciggy.

I vape much less volume, than a comparable amount of ciggies. I unexpectedly found I wasn't actually addicted to smoking, so I doubt I am addicted to vaping - I just enjoy it. Cost has been absolutely minimal, just a few pence per day, so why not?

Yes, the billowing 'smoke' looks disgusting and silly to me too - completely unnecessary, but each to their own.

[Heddy]

Forgot how long me and SWMBO have been vaping now. We do enjoy it and yes, cost is minimal. No morning coughs and can 'power walk'lol. The clouds of smoke are caused by people 'sub ohming', not necessary really, just gimmicky IMO.

[jackatesme]

I have been vaping for 4 yrs,not 100% healthy i know, but i feel a lot better and don't have the bedtime cough.
One word of warning,i bought a spare starters set 2 weeks ago,not Chinese made,made in Portugal with euro safety emblems,info stated fully charged after three hours and light turns green. Noticed this was not happening,so kept a careful watch on it. This week i put a battery on charge that was from different supplier,it must have been fully charged when i put it on within 5 mins it exploded and caught fire burnt hole in kitchen worktop. This could have been because of different battery or faulty charger. The supplier gave me a replacement which is now in the garden under a bucket,4hrs and not yet turned green. Moral of story is NEVER leave unattended.
Yes swmbo is not amused about worktop.