I am curious to hear from people who started vaping without having smoked beforehand.

I’m curious about these things - feel free to respond to as many or as few of them as you wish. Primarily I am thinking about nicotine, but feel free to reply if you vape something different.

  1. What age were you when you started vaping? Feel free to reply with a vague range (e.g. 12-15) or description (e.g. young teen / adult)

  2. Why did you start?

  3. Do you regret having ever started? If so, why do you regret it?

  4. Have you noticed any long-term negative health effects from vaping?

  5. Do you feel that the socialogical and/or legal issues around vaping are more or less of a concern than health effects? (e.g. having to go outside to vape, vaping being banned/restricted in certain places/situations/countries, the risks of vaping being more legally controlled in future, etc.)

  6. Do you feel that the financial cost of vaping is more or less of a concern than the health effects?

No need to follow the numbered format or anything, this isn’t a survey, I’m just looking for answers to these questions for my own personal curiosity! Also, feel free to add any more information that you wish!

Please only share from your personal experience - no links to news stories or studies, please.

Also, not interested in responses from ex-smokers, sorry - those can be found in huge volume already.

  • Frater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    What age were you when you started vaping?

    Around 50.

    Why did you start?

    A friend was vaping to stop smoking and was complaning about flavors and cost of the juice. I wanted to DIY for him and ended up enjoying the overall experience.

    Note: descreasig nic mg for him, 0mg for me.

    Do you regret having ever started? If so, why do you regret it?

    No.

    Have you noticed any long-term negative health effects from vaping?

    No.

    Do you feel that the socialogical and/or legal issues around vaping are more or less of a concern than health effects?

    Big Tobacco and neo-puritains have teamed up to flood the zone with FUD. A classic “baptist and bootlegger” scenario.

    Do you feel that the financial cost of vaping is more or less of a concern than the health effects?

    DIYing one’s one coils and juice can make the cost quite minimal, and increase control over what you put into your body.

    • Blake [he/him]@feddit.ukOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Interesting, thank you for sharing. What would you say you most enjoy about vaping? How much e-liquid do you get through in, say, a month? Have you ever been tempted to try e-liquid containing nicotine?

      • Frater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        What would you say you most enjoy about vaping?

        • It kept me from stress-eating.
        • I liked the recipe experimentation
        • I have always liked watching how smoke plumes move in the air
        • I enjoyed the math and the physical action of making coils

        How much e-liquid do you get through in, say, a month?

        I don’t remember, it’s been a few years. Maybe a hundred ml?

        Have you ever been tempted to try e-liquid containing nicotine?

        I had bulk nic for making juice for others. I do not enjoy nicotine and would not take it for recreational purposes. There is some evidence that there are neuroprotective aspects, so had I continued I might have added 0.5mg/ml or something for that purpose.

        I stopped because I travel fulltime now and the constant altitude changes caused constant leaking and mess.