My story (Grab your favorite mod and juice. it's a long one.)
by Wulf_Haus
My story is one out of millions , but I would like to share it with all of you in ECR.
I, like most of us, started smoking at a young age (13). I started smoking because I thought I was cool; because all of my idols did it. John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino in Reservoir Dogs, Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet, and my Father who I always looked up to. I started smoking because cigarettes were fairly easy to get a hold of. I would swipe a pack from my dad, my friends would get their older brothers to buy them for us,etc.
Right about now you're probably thinking "Hey, why should I care? This story is no different from countless other stories." Well, let me tell you why it's different. It's because when I started smoking at the age of 13 it was already 2010. Yup, you read that right. I'm only 18; I'm one of those dumb kids that we all hate for ruining the E-cig industry. I only started "legally" vaping about a month ago.
The reason I'd like to share this with you is this: I just started vaping and already it's in danger of being taken away from me. In my junior year of high school I was already at almost a pack a day. I only started vaping towards the middle of my senior year ( I just graduated last month) and I was still only 17. I started vaping because in the short amount of time that I was smoking I had already noticed some hugely negative changes. I was coughing up disgusting wads of ick, I had a shortness of breath, I couldn't always breathe right, my teeth were getting stained, and I always reeked of smoke.
When I decided to quit it was difficult, extremely difficult. I was in my senior year and I was stressed out with work and school and nothing seemed better at the end of the day than a couple of stinkies to take the edge off. I was also faced with the obstacle of not being able to legally buy vaping products, so I had to resort to bribing older seniors to buy me EGO kits and juice. For almost a year I was doing this because I wanted to better myself. I didn't want to be one of the countless victim of big tobacco.
Long story short, I truly believe vaping has saved my life. I made a promise to myself that once I turned 18 I would use my power to vote to help the vaping community. I don't want to see this beautiful community destroyed by unconstitutional bills under the false pretense of "saving the children". I was just recently, until a month ago, a child! Vaping saved me, and it angers me so much that the very representatives that are proposing these bills are taking away the very thing that is actually saving lives.
We always see these shock stories about kids being sold vaping products because apparently every vendor is a money hungry monster. That is total BS people! I was able to buy packs of cigarettes at multiple locations without being carded. I was 17! I had tried doing the same at multiple B&M vape shops and I was carded. Every. Single. Time.
I hope my story gives you some kind of insight or a better understanding of where the new adult generation of vapers is coming from. We love vaping just as much as the rest of the community. So, please, get out there and make a difference!
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic...story_grab_your_favorite_mod_and_juice_its_a/
by Wulf_Haus
My story is one out of millions , but I would like to share it with all of you in ECR.
I, like most of us, started smoking at a young age (13). I started smoking because I thought I was cool; because all of my idols did it. John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino in Reservoir Dogs, Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet, and my Father who I always looked up to. I started smoking because cigarettes were fairly easy to get a hold of. I would swipe a pack from my dad, my friends would get their older brothers to buy them for us,etc.
Right about now you're probably thinking "Hey, why should I care? This story is no different from countless other stories." Well, let me tell you why it's different. It's because when I started smoking at the age of 13 it was already 2010. Yup, you read that right. I'm only 18; I'm one of those dumb kids that we all hate for ruining the E-cig industry. I only started "legally" vaping about a month ago.
The reason I'd like to share this with you is this: I just started vaping and already it's in danger of being taken away from me. In my junior year of high school I was already at almost a pack a day. I only started vaping towards the middle of my senior year ( I just graduated last month) and I was still only 17. I started vaping because in the short amount of time that I was smoking I had already noticed some hugely negative changes. I was coughing up disgusting wads of ick, I had a shortness of breath, I couldn't always breathe right, my teeth were getting stained, and I always reeked of smoke.
When I decided to quit it was difficult, extremely difficult. I was in my senior year and I was stressed out with work and school and nothing seemed better at the end of the day than a couple of stinkies to take the edge off. I was also faced with the obstacle of not being able to legally buy vaping products, so I had to resort to bribing older seniors to buy me EGO kits and juice. For almost a year I was doing this because I wanted to better myself. I didn't want to be one of the countless victim of big tobacco.
Long story short, I truly believe vaping has saved my life. I made a promise to myself that once I turned 18 I would use my power to vote to help the vaping community. I don't want to see this beautiful community destroyed by unconstitutional bills under the false pretense of "saving the children". I was just recently, until a month ago, a child! Vaping saved me, and it angers me so much that the very representatives that are proposing these bills are taking away the very thing that is actually saving lives.
We always see these shock stories about kids being sold vaping products because apparently every vendor is a money hungry monster. That is total BS people! I was able to buy packs of cigarettes at multiple locations without being carded. I was 17! I had tried doing the same at multiple B&M vape shops and I was carded. Every. Single. Time.
I hope my story gives you some kind of insight or a better understanding of where the new adult generation of vapers is coming from. We love vaping just as much as the rest of the community. So, please, get out there and make a difference!
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic...story_grab_your_favorite_mod_and_juice_its_a/
