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People who vaped but never smoked, do you regret vaping? (feddit.uk)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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)
Why did you start?
Do you regret having ever started? If so, why do you regret it?
Have you noticed any long-term negative health effects from vaping?
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.)
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.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (17 children)

If you want my opinion: Don't get addicted to nicotine.

I've quit vaping. And it's supposedly easy for some people... But for me, overcoming the nicotine addiction has been hard and just shit and taken way longer than I thought. So, I don't know why you're asking all these questions... Just be a bit cautious with nicotine and things like that.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I stopped vaping last week and holy shit dude the nicotine withdrawals are no joke. I'm absolutely miserable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I want to express my solidarity. Thank you for sharing. It also makes me feel less alone. Seems it's easier for some people and not so easy for others. I was always told to push through and remind myself it'll get better. Turns out that's not even half the truth. I stopped vaping a few months ago. And I still wouldn't consider myself fine. The worst stuff slowly faded. But it took me way longer than the one or two weeks i read somewhere. It's the right thing, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Stay strong, friend, I believe in you 🙏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thx. Will do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I’m really sorry to hear that you’re suffering, but I’m curious about what made you decide to quit?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Mostly I just don't want to be a slave to anything.

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