“ I feel so much healthier vaping than I did smoking ”
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OF A VAPER Featuring Dan Forest
“ I feel so much healthier vaping than I did smoking ”
I must have been 11 or 12 when I first tried a cigarette . I can ’ t remember who gave it to me . It would have been a friend or someone who I wanted to impress by being ‘ rebellious ’. Like a lot of kids , I ’ d smoke whenever and wherever I found the opportunity to do so . I ’ d hang around in car parks with friends passing a cigarette around . Then I started working , which provided more opportunities to light up . As I was away from home I could smoke on breaks without the fear of getting caught by my parents . I made multiple attempts at quitting over the years , usually for around six weeks at a time . I tried gum but it gave me a headache so for subsequent attempts I just went cold-turkey . Usually , alcohol would knock me off the wagon and I ’ d be back on the cigarettes . It ’ s a trap that a lot of people seem to fall into . The first vape device I picked up was one of those old ones that looked like a cigarette . But it wasn ’ t satisfying at all . It just felt like I was inhaling air so that didn ’ t last very long . Then vaping got bigger , both popularity-wise and in the size of the devices themselves . I decided to give it another go so I bought a vape online . The big appeal for me was that it felt like smoking a cigarette . That feeling of nicotine hitting the back of your throat was always part of the draw for me . And the flavours , of course . I ’ m a big fan of pudding and custard flavours . Unfortunately , I quit vaping and went back to smoking for a while after I lost my vape on the bus . I ’ ve been back on it for a while now , thanks in part to the guy at the vape shop I go to who is always really helpful . Overall , I feel so much healthier vaping than I did when I was a smoker . I love that I can go out clubbing or to the pub and not feel smokey all the time . Hopefully this is it now and I can leave the cigarettes behind for good .
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