Why did you start vaping?

[kristin]

Considering the governments in several countries want to tell us a WHY we vape and regulate ecigs on what they THINK, we need to show them the truth.

Please choose the answer which most closely states PRIMARILY (#1 reason out of all) why you started to vape. What motivated you most to convert or try ecigs?

But please tell the TRUTH, not what you think people want to hear. We do not want to skew the results one way or another. Let it play out naturally! Maybe we'll be surprised at the results, maybe it'll be just what we expected.

Please answer seriously. This is another important survey to show people who just don't get it and protect your right to vape!!

NOTE: If you bought it as a smoking cessation device (NRT) - meaning trying to quit smoking and nicotine altogether, your answer would be #2.

If you weren't intending to quit smoking, but just liked that ecigs weren't as bad as tobacco cigarettes, your answer would be #3.

If you need the nicotine for reasons other than just being addicted (ie. it basically is helping with concentration, panic attacks, depression, etc) your answer would be #4.

 

[kristin]

I was thinking of quitting smoking for health reasons, but wasn't motivated at all. When I discovered e-cigs, I thought it was the best of both worlds - I could keep the smoking experience, but not expose myself to all of the bad stuff in tobacco cigarettes. It's still why I continue to vape. The cheaper cost and the possibility of using it to eventually quit were also factors in trying them, but I have no intention of quitting any time soon. I also don't have any particular need for nicotine to function - it just made it harder to quit tobacco.

So I choose #3.

 

[angelique510]

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.

I was very frustrated that most places won't let you smoke anymore. I had quit going out to dinner. How much fun is a fancy meal if end it by jonesing? Now the money I am saving on analogs goes to eating out.

Then again, maybe you shouldn't tell them either of those, because it shows that taxing and bannning is effective in getting people to quit smoking. We don't want to encourage them. LOL Of course it only worked for me in public. I still smoke at home, but it is 75% less than I used to.

~A

 

[jj2]

I went with the reduced health risk because I always like smoking. I gave up the tobacco, I gave up the nicotine, and continue for the enjoyment.

 

[kristin]

I vape because analogs got too expensive.

Then again, maybe you shouldn't tell them either of those, because it shows that taxing and bannning is effective in getting people to quit smoking. We don't want to encourage them. LOL Of course it only worked for me in public. I still smoke at home, but it is 75% less than I used to.

~A

Go ahead and answer the poll truthfully. It's important we don't skew the results by lying. I don't think you'll be in the majority anyhow.

 

[ejoker]

to quit smoking. within 5 weeks i'm down to vaping 6mg almost continuously, with the exception of early morning and after dinner. i plan to be nic free within the next 2 months. not sure if i'll continue vaping after that or not.

 

[spaky]

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

 

[kristin]

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

Hmmm...that could be a problem for a lot of people and make observers think that people's answers are why they started vaping. I doubt the flavors are what motivated most people to start vaping, lol! I changed it to ask why you started vaping.

 

[Bangers]

It's definitely hard to choose just one. I went with #3 but the first seven do apply to me.

 

[kristin]

It's definitely hard to choose just one. I went with #3 but the first seven do apply to me.

Yes, it'll definitely be more than one answer for most people (me included), but usually one answer will have just a bit more weight than the others.

 

[jennlsnoopy]

I mainly switched to keep the "smoking experience" without all the harm but my #2 choice would have been saving money because that's a big plus too.

 

[kristin]

I mainly switched to keep the "smoking experience" without all the harm but my #2 choice would have been saving money because that's a big plus too.

Yeah, if there had been some way to do a "Rank from 1-10" poll, that's how I would have preferred to have done this!

 

[WonderfulMe]

I chose three. Not for my health originally, but my daughter's. I started vaping only in my car and when out with my daughter because I didn't want to smoke around her anymore. Five might apply a little though, cause it was the ban on smoking with kids in the car that made me start being aware of my smoking around my daughter.

 

[spaky]

Hmmm...that could be a problem for a lot of people and make observers think that people's answers are why they started vaping. I doubt the flavors are what motivated most people to start vaping, lol! I changed it to ask why you started vaping.

OK that makes it easier. Now it's down to 1 and 3 for me. I had quit smoking last January using the patch and stayed off of analogs until August. Then I fell right back into my 1 1/2 to 2 pack a day habit. I was sick of spending the money I was everyday, but loved the smoking experience so much, but hated the health complications that came with it. The worst was when I got sick and could hardly breathe without my chest hurting like it was going to cave in, but I still managed to smoke at least a pack a day.

 

[buttercrunch]

for me it was between #1 and #3, I voted #1, the cost was just getting ridiculous! I wanted to quit inhaling all the poisons, I wasn't having any health problems from smoking, but hated the stinkiness and being addicted. I ordered my first pv just because I was curious, and LOVED it immediately!!!

 

[kristin]

OK that makes it easier. Now it's down to 1 and 3 for me. I had quit smoking last January using the patch and stayed off of analogs until August. Then I fell right back into my 1 1/2 to 2 pack a day habit. I was sick of spending the money I was everyday, but loved the smoking experience so much, but hated the health complications that came with it. The worst was when I got sick and could hardly breathe without my chest hurting like it was going to cave in, but I still managed to smoke at least a pack a day.

Sounds most like #3 to me over #1 then. You wanted to smoke again and the cost didn't stop you from starting up again. If you had just wanted to quit nicotine, you would have gone back on the patch. Unless you intended to use it instead of the patch, then it would be #2.

 

[kristin]

Bumpity bump.

 

[Thyestean]

....bump!


#1 for me as the $14 - $21 per day on real cigs was getting ridiculous otherwise I never would have even tried.

 

[VaporsAreUs]

My sis, she got a blu at xmas used for two weeks and loaned it to me i ordered liquid from tw 36mg tobacco got a dse901 and havent looked back burnt a few attys but i think its something all noobs do at first. I smoked a pack a day for over 12 years

 

[spaky]

Sounds most like #3 to me over #1 then. You wanted to smoke again and the cost didn't stop you from starting up again. If you had just wanted to quit nicotine, you would have gone back on the patch. Unless you intended to use it instead of the patch, then it would be #2.

Yes after thinking about it you are right on this. Had it not been for the chest pains I'm really not sure if I would have gotten into the PVs. I'm just really glad and lucky I found them when I did.

One of the things that I feel will keep me off the analogs is that about a month and a half into using my PV I was out drunk with a few of my buddies and one of them had my old brand, Marlboro Mediums, and I asked to try one. I have to admit I thought it tasted great, but gave it back to him after 3 drags. Then for the next 3-4 days I had that horrible pain in my chest again. Had I not found the PVs there's no telling what kind of problems I could have been creating.