Time.....vaping Vs Smoking

[kitsune]

Warning !!!! This Post may Ramble--feeling a bit nostalgic...

In 3 days I will have been vaping for 8 months (and not smoking). I have been thinking about the time spent on vaping vs when I smoked. (Forum time not included)

When I smoked:

average time to smoke a cigarette 5 minutes (or so) times 30 = 150 minutes/day spent just smoking.

When at work-- going out to smoke every 3-4 times/shift, 2 cigarettes, 15 minutes--12 hour shift = 45 minutes - 1hr, smoking and travel/walking time. plus time spent trying to keep out of the smoke so as not to smell too strongly. Then add an extra 5 minutes each smoke before and after work-another 20 minutes or so--at home--another 60 or so minutes.

When I am working--I am looking at about 180 minutes/day.

Thats an awful lot of minutes per day Just smoking.

Thats not including the time spent waiting and thinking about having a cigarette. Then getting to a smoking area etc, etc.

Vaping:

Mind you this will be a little harder to break down as the routine is significantly different and more fragmented.

*Research, shopping and ordering--lets say if I were to give it a daily number--10 min/day.

*Getting supplies--batteries, atts, PCC, liquid for when I am going to be out for the day or working-- 10 minutes/day

*charging batts and organizing things at the end of the day--15 minutes/day

*Vaping is a more continuous day long thing-and since I can essentially vape as I go its very hard to give the actually vaping a time.

* Dripping, Topping, cart maintenance, switching batteries--20 minutes/day

* So lets go with 60-80 min/day for basic vaping

Just between basic vaping and not smoking I figure I am saving about 90 - 100 minutes/day

I realize this does not include my time playing with new toys, trouble shooting, mixing and playing with new flavors.

If I were to include those items--Lets say an hour/day--I am still saving 30-40 minutes/day.

(sorry if any of my math is off--I blame sleep deprivation)

I often hear people commenting on the amount of time or the hassle that are involved with vaping, dripping, topping, filling, stuffing, finding, buying.... However, I figure it is still less hassle and time than when I was smoking.

There are definitely more steps involved in vaping--but at almost 8 months in, I have developed a routine and pattern that works for me.

None of this includes the savings on future DR. visit for smoking related problem.

Dripping/topping through out the day can be a bit of a hassle, but not near the hassle and time wasted looking for and getting to a 'smoking area'.

Any way Just a thought......

Anybody thinking about vaping--I would strongly recommend giving it a try. Nothing else has even come close to keeping me away from cigarettes for 8(pain free) months--I can't even imagine going back to smoking for any reason---I really, really like being a non-smoker !!!!

Happy Vaping to All

Lisa

[jmhester]

Now this is an interesting thread! You put it in a way I never thought about. Think about the time required to go buy analogs, hunt down lost lighters, etc. My wife will spend 10 minutes digging in her purse for a damn .99 lighter!

[kitsune]

I can't believe I have already forgotten about the lighter hunt !!!! have gone so far as to use the toaster coils.

[FTJoe]

I can't believe I have already forgotten about the lighter hunt !!!! have gone so far as to use the toaster coils.

Toaster coils? That's all you got? And you think you're an addict?

This probably should be a separate thread. But if it got hot, I would use it to light an analogue. Remove some tobacco because the paper would go up easier without it, if I could get the paper lit, the rest would follow. I actually scolded people who threw away lighters that had gas, but no flint or vice versa. Outside where I smoked I always had two, one had flint and the other gas. My wife said I was an idiot, I agree in general, but in regards to this, I thought it was rather simple and elegant as I used one to light the other!! Told you I was cheap!!

Edited January 19, 2010 by FTJoe

[VapOrDie]

LOL I've gone so far as to use a lighter with just the flint and plucked cotton lint from my sock to light a smoke, worked like a charm though. Thanks again Les Stroud! hahahaha

[Lordvapor]

I often used a soldering iron to light an analog...

Great thread!

[kitsune]

I remember when I was young--my dad bending over the gas stove top to light a smoke and whoooosh--no eyebrows.

[Brian]

I remember when I was young--my dad bending over the gas stove top to light a smoke and whoooosh--no eyebrows.

I did that once when I was about 13.

Haven't thought about time spent vaping vs. analog. Just happy not to be smoking.

[FTJoe]

I remember when I was young--my dad bending over the gas stove top to light a smoke and whoooosh--no eyebrows.

I'd get a buzz on and absolutely...what's that smell? Though I've only had the "singe" thank goodness. Soldering iron - yes, blowtorch, yes, if it glowed, I used it. I mastered the art of getting rid of the plug of tobacco to leave just paper in order to light on the blazing campfires we would have. Still lost a lot of hand and arm hair, but I just couldn't take leaving it in the fire afer a while, holding it long enough for the tobacco to catch. Especially being a chain smoker outside and drinking, this occurred many times and hurt even after all that Rumplemintz and Guinness.