© 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. This survey ran from Wednesday, December 17th of 2014 until Saturday, January 24th, 2015. Seventy Two Countries. 7,238 WORLDWIDE participants were used in the final total!
From the beginning this survey was a vision to get a truthful view on vaping from vapers to counter the worldwide negative Public Health, anti-tobacco (you would think with no combustion/no tobacco, ANTI- tobacco crowds would not be in this list), Departments of Public Health around the world, W.H.O (World Health Organization), FDA, CDC & other major entities engage the media with, releasing an onslaught of false and misleading statements. Those entities are rarely retracting any disparities © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. that I've seen. They trust you trust them, and they use that to their advantage. Bans are happening as well. BANS. With that, they are deterring and preventing people who might want to try or successfully using this powerful and disruptive technology with those fore- mentioned bans, taxes, regulations and more. FEW reports have shown the positive sides of vaping and what vapers experience exist, but they
are starting to emerge. Science is working on this. Links are at the end of this report. They exist, they just don't get equal time. WE are here to help change that for you below. Vaping, as an extremely viable choice to stop smoking as the survey will show below, is changing the world & is changing and saving lives by both reducing and eliminating tobacco from our very lives. Some don't like that, and they're doing anything they can to deter this change. We, as © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. vapers, do not know everything. We know what we experience. We know vaping is better than smoking. That's what we're here to tell you. Other goals for this survey were to see what other vapers thought, to have an idea of how it works, to see how long it took for them and other questions within the survey/poll that were important for the world to see. Among other things, it was to create a place to point if there is someone I or anyone else
knows that is contemplating vaping as an alternative to smoking. Our answers. Vapings view if you will, of what we think. Having then explaining it in question/answer form was the key! They have done so worldwide. With a very hopeful original goal of 100,000 as a number as a mark to reach for in total participants, I tweeted as much as this \"amateur\" survey maker could. The undeniable and very appreciated support from the Twitter & Facebook communities was © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. essential in this, and very appreciated. It could never have gotten to over 7,200 people worldwide without YOU. Fourteen questions were posed, and a comment section was available at the end. Each section had a place to answer why they chose “other” and a “Please help us understand why you selected this answer” after the question. A few weren’t fond of that, and most left a comment. I’ll post a few from each one below the graphs.
In this journey I learned many things. I hope it is useful to you in any way. Thank you to all for the Twitter retweets & Facebook shares. Below the results are a few other factors about this survey. You can click on any graph to enlarge it. Thank you ALL. Let’s get to it. The Vaping Truth Survey: © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. Question One: How many years did you smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars?
With 20 or more years at the top, 83% of the answers were 20 or more years of experience with tobacco use. With that much combined experience © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. it is simple to see these users / participants are adults. Noted, “40 or more years” for this question: That group is presumably in their 60’s, are not present on the internet to take the survey nearly as much as what is presumed to be younger participants. Please help us understand why you selected this answer:
-health finally able to quit. vaping. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. is this? that's how long I was smoking. Question Two: How many years have you vaped?
With 1+ years at the top, less than one year right behind, the new users accounted for 63.4% of the top answers. The technology is advancing fast, the success rate with vaping is becoming very clear as opposed to other nicotine reduction methods approved by the FDA. Vaping has yet to be © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. approved as a smoking cessation “device”, but certainly in clear survey style, vapers voice their truth of this, and will be covered (in part) with answers from questions 5, 7, 8 & 10 below. Please help us understand why you selected this answer:
week shy wont hurt the servery especially since its closer to a year then not. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. while then fell off the wagon. Got a decent set-up and started again 4 months ago. Question Three: What strength nicotine do you use most?
The nicotine question, with 68% saying 1-12 mg nicotine strength is what they use. NO nicotine is only 3 percent, while 36mg strength is “0”, © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. comments during the survey discovered higher powered devices (cloud blowers) use very low strength and the higher the nicotine strength relates to a stronger throat hit for the user. (discovered two weeks into the survey, the answer “12-16” was in the choices twice and left alone.) Please help us understand why you selected this answer: to get rid of my addiction to ANYTHING; so I slowly
reduced my nicotine level over 2 years until I reached 0mg. I still love vaping but it's a relief to know I don't physically need it and that I can put it down at any time. 6mg. pacifier at 36mg © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. tried going lower yet. I did start at 12. When that didn't seem to be quite enough (I got headaches the first couple weeks) I went up to 18. Then back to 12, then 9, then found a flavor I love (heaven help 'em if they stop making it!) and it only comes in 8, 12, and probably higher. It's been perfect. I'm sure I could go lower, but I'm not really bothered about the nicotine.
I've been told -24 depending on throat hit low nic....personal pref. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. Question Four: Do you smoke and vape?
Dual use as it’s commonly referred to in the media and public health arena, participants could choose more than one answer if desired. “Other” answers mostly commented that they never smoked, while “I quit smoking” and “I haven’t smoked cigarettes © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. since I started vaping” were the same answer. Please note, the smoking cigars, pipes, using snus or dip/chew use only made up for 13% still using tobacco once they started vaping. Answers below this graph speak for themselves as vaping is a viable alternative to tobacco. Please help us understand why you selected this answer:
having issues with my PV (flooding, too cold, etc.) smoking. EXCEPT for four cigarettes in the first two weeks because I had some \"technical difficulties\" with my e-cig. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. Dec 25. time I started. but they had me on like 12mg nic. and that just
wasn't strong enough after I switched to 24mg I haven't touched a cig since. I needed that smoke before bed. One cigarette a day. When the pack was empty, I was able to quit completely. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved.
Question Five: How long did you try vaping before you stopped smoking? Noted is the 2% saying it did not work, powerful evidence from vapers themselves show that ONE © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. DAY is all it took at 42%. This is a very important figure to note. In total, 75% said vaping stopped them from smoking within a MONTH. Trial and error is probably the main reason with this 1 day figure not being higher. This can help a reader conclude that nicotine strength, taste & backups are the key to success with vaping. Later on question 10, we’ll show what doesn’t work. Please help us understand why you selected this answer:
stopped smoking. t down the number of cigarettes, within one week I was not smoking any cigarettes and have not had one since. up another cigarette. That was my Goal and even though tough for the first week, it worked. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. stly preferred the taste of vaping from my first puff and never got nicotine cravings despite having smoked 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes a day. everyone around you smokes cigarettes and your only allowed to vape in designated areas alongside other smokers who have no regard for you or the fact your trying to quit
vaping. No more cigarettes from that day forward. instead. cigarette. Absolutely no desire to see, sme © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. stopping. I never wanted another cigarette. Absolutely no desire to see, smell, or taste one. smoking
Question Six: Is vaping in your opinion, a gateway to smoking for anyone? Noted up front, 15 percent said yes. One of the battle cries of many organizations is that vaping is a gateway to smoking. Vapers, who are former smokers with many years’ experience and should know, say no by 83%. “Other” was a combination of © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. unsure, possibly, maybe and other words & phrases similar and made up 2% of the answer. Please help us understand why you selected this answer: anyone who transitioned from cigarettes to vaping. YUCK!
there's just no comparison. I can't imagine anyone choosing smoking over vaping. Cigarettes are expensive, dangerous (deadly!), smelly, and they make you a social pariah. ash? someone would move on to a more expensive habit that tastes bad and smells so strong . But without © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. ecigs these same people would just go straight to cigarettes. I started smoking when I was 14 and that too was illegal and surly wasn't influenced by ecig's. people from even starting. vape. Vaping replaces smoking.
would ever go from a great flavor to the flavor of a cig opinion, if kids start vaping they may be the same kids that previously would have been teen smokers. No one has to tell me vaping would be preferrable. vaping is totally different. tting all the cardigans, tar, © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. and I can breath better and taste stuff a lot better. smoker. effects ould be? Most use it to quit smoking. Even if someone who didn't smoke started vaping they would more than likely choose a juice
with 0 nicotine. The nic level in juices make the flavors taste different and give a \"throat hit\" that none smokers probably wouldn't care for. the nasty taste of a cigarette? anymore. I doubt anyone would vape and the start smoking. Having different flavor options creates a negative © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. association with cigarette smoke and the smell and taste of traditional tobacco products. vaping. Question Seven: Health benefits you've noticed since vaping?
(You can pick more than one if you like). This one, without splitting the percent within the percent-multiple answers, is very clear. “No” © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. benefits is noted at 2% and that 1% said they HAD health issues they believed were from vaping. That people are being listed on medical charts as a non- smoker on their medical charts is very important, because SOME Doctors acknowledge the difference. Please help us understand why you selected this answer: I added quite a few of the comments left in this section, it is important that these participants had a
voice to their experiences with vaping and are just examples of the last few of the hundreds of comments left on this survey. The testimonies of participants are very powerful in explaining the way they feel. iroved © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. at 16 colour. My sense of taste and my appetite have improved and I have gained weight. This may not seem like good news for some, but I needed it! :) I am a healthier weight now and not too thin.
i have noticed a decline in my fitness, and phlegm on my lungs, i can see i would benefit if i was a smoker. has become much easier because im not out of breath. a week of transitioning. My allergies have been virtually nonexistent. And the nicotine helps prevent my migraines without prescription medication. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. years. I attempted yet again to stop smoking using all of the approved NRT methods and again failed miserably. 6 months after my last cigarette, my doctor confirmed that my asthma is gone. No more inhalers, and I can climb mountains again. aping and stopped smoking I felt much better, and I noticed it first in my lung capacity.
recovery from heavy exertion things tastes better. After a cigarette my vape has an off taste that I assumed was the vape itself at first. But after a cigarette one day I decided to brush my teeth for the second time that day and with a cig breath free mouth my vape really shined! nd just feel.better. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. - 2 packs a day. Since quitting smoking and now vapor, my breathing is definitely great. No more wheeze, no more cough. Haven't had bronchitis or cold in almost 3 years. More energy. Even my skin looks better. I now do treadmill 2-3 miles a day. :) I don't smell like stale smoke. My family will have me around for a long time.
cigarettes and my physical capabilities are like they were 10-15 years ago, rather than being limited like they were at the end of my smoking days. struggle with getting short of breath, I can noticeably go much longer periods in games without the need of a \"breather\" © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. ride, climb a hill, and even hold a conversation while doing so! I feel so liberated! smokers cough, returning flavor of foods etc, I worry if I didn't wait too late to stop. problems and the told me that smoking cigs slows
down the healing process so I talked to my Dr. and he said vaping was much better than smoking. 100% vg..solved it. Nothing big. and taste is stronger than it was before. I'm also less hungry most of the time. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. systems have improved. I noticed that breathing was better.
(which is exercise induced) was a controlled normal peak flow volume averaging 225 liters per hour at rest, because he was smoking over a pack a day in my presence. When he quit my peak flow volume average increased to 340 liters per hour at rest. When I started vaping my peak flow volume increased again to an average of 455 Liters per hour at rest. I still have asthma, but it's not exacerbated by being around tobacco smoke every day. All © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. measurements are using a portable peak flow meter, which I use to determine if I'm having an asthma attack and need to medicate. I have not had to use my rescue inhaler at any point since starting vaping other than when I was sick with an upper respiratory infection in which my lungs were infected. each of the previous 10 years living with smokers.
This last year I've only had one cold and it was a sinus infection and not bronchitis as all the others had been. Much better breathing overall. As my asthma is exercise induced I still have asthma, but I can do more even while exercising, than I could when I lived with a smoker instead of a vaper, and when I wasn't vaping myself. Now I don't get winded. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. quit about 3 months I can breath again I have not used my rescue inhaler for a while oking Question Eight: What real risk do you believe vaping has on your body?
Only 12% think there may be “some”, 11% care and 75% answered less concerned, none and “feel better and don’t care”. These answers come from people with experience with vaping. As with the other questions, some comments are below. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. Please help us understand why you selected this answer: far less all consuming, it does not lead to brochitis and worse, lingering on for weeks. A common cold lasts a few days at most.
far as I'm aware, diacityl is the only concern I have. long-term studies are needed and will be done in years to come. don't stink! My lungs are clearing up and I have not gained a bunch of weight like I did when I quit before. I'm not coughing and hacking up gunk anymore.... © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. above 98% and was vaping while was recovering in the hospital person has underlying conditions due to the nicotine content truth and i can breath.
that tested the concentrates used and found that in a real world application specific flavors or the base fluids have a negative impact on your health, and the specific conditions under which they become harmful, I would make an effort to avoid using those products. come from the flavorings used. More testing is needed. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. ring with tobacco I really feel much better vaping than smoking. I can´t say vaping has no real risk on my body because It means I have all the information about the effects of vaping on the future and that is not true. m at omg will continue to vape because i enjoy it using Tobacco products. Vaping may not be 100% safe or healthy but little in life is. Those seeking
perfection are seeking extinction without realization. urrent science shows vaping as having nearly negligible risk. I've always vaped low power, no diketone juice and am now using temperature control which I feel reduces risk even more. am so much better. I feel like this has given me © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. more quality of life and a longer life too. I don't require it as much as I did when I chain smoked. certainly open to the possibilities that vaping is not 100% safe. However, I will be shocked if vaping isn't proven DRAMATICALLY safer than smoking cigarettes. understand how we can continue to reduce risks.
-term effects aren't known yet. I pray there aren't any. Regardless, I know how vaping makes me feel as opposed to smoking. I don't believe e-cigs are 100% harmless, but I KNOW they're a damn sight less harmful than cigarettes. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved.
Question Nine: Government regulations you would like to see. Obviously 18+ is a concern to the vaping © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. community. Childproof caps and liquid safety as well. 1% said they’d like to see bans like cigarettes. Zero % say they want to see a tax. Please help us understand why you selected this answer: fires and explosions venting i think vapestore staff should be more careul or provide information to less experienced vapours wishing to jump straight into sub ohming n super subohming without
expeience and i think cildproof caps are ridiculous vapers soud know how to store liquid safely and definatly no sales to minors are what I want to see enforced to keep this away from children! We don't want to glorify it in front of them, we just want to live longer to enjoy them (the children) © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. objection to minor sale bans or childproof caps either, it's just that it's not something I would explicitly \"like\" to see (as your question is phrased) since I have no children to worry about personally. The one other thing I would say, regarding childproof caps, is that there's a danger they will give some vapers a false sense of security (they also won't protect pets). The best idea, in my opinion, is to simply keep all of your gear out of the reach of children and pets - whether you believe it's safely
\"confined\" or not. I've never understood why some people seem to find this so very difficult. single element that it touches in that Government regulations typically create inflated prices, regulations that are NOT always based in unbiased, informed realism and generally mass confusion with insane lobbying practices from various special interest groups, I see absolutely no good nor beneficial reason why Government should be involved with vaping. The arguments I have heard © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. from soundbites and read in articles quoting members of Congress are so far out of touch with reality that I shudder to think anyone in Government believes they are qualified to make decisions about the vaping industry. of safety extent they r trying to take it.
something it becomes more expensive and not necessary better. But it would be helpful a way to be sure that batteries, liquids..etc are safe and with good quality (I don´t know if Goverment can guarantee that). About sales, I think is good 18- can´t get access to products containing nicotine. No need for Vapors to bear Sin tax due to BT tax losses. Government thievery! Child proof caps okay but then will come regulation on each and every available piece of © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. equipment. Unacceptable to have a hand full of people dictating the lives of millions.<proven daily in Government decision making> the FDA has proven itself to be nothing more than a taxpayer supported handmaiden to big pharma and corporate profits for health care. Worse than useless.
I don't want them controlling most stuff it will take away freedom of it. self regulating. I do not buy vaping supplies from an unknown source. I research through internet, people and forums. otine kept away from kids until they are 18 but, by-in-large, I think self regulation has been doing a terrific job. I don't see a real need for federal regulation but I do think it's inevitable. In © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. today's world it's really unthinkable to have the US government allow any industry to self-regulate. manufactured devices don't always contain info on battery safety. they should be required to do this by law.
Question Ten: What other methods did you try that didn't work to stop smoking before you stopped with vaping? (More than one could be chosen) © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. What didn’t work? Well. See the results. The struggle to stop smoking has been around since the adverse effects have been felt. Overwhelmingly, cold turkey was number one in the total answers, but Nicotine Reduction Therapy like the “patch” & gum were included in this survey and were the highest chosen. The most advertised forms of “FDA” approved ways to stop smoking with other products INCLUDING prescription drugs are overwhelmingly
ineffective and NOT helping smokers quit like vaping does according to participants. Please help us understand why you selected this answer: (Author note: Again, to help others considering using vaping as an alternative, there are plenty of answers below to guide you in making your decision) Vapers have a voice. to stop taking them!!! © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. vaping D work. I stopped for over a year and felt fine - not fighting cravings, just fine. But after a year I was at a party, had been drinking and had a stupid
\"Oh, I'll just have one cigarette\" moment and subsequently relapsed. But this was entirely my own stupidity, I was reckless and paid the price. many years later. This time I didn't stop smoking but afterwards I decided to stop smoking in my flat and either went outside or smoked out of the window. I kept this up for years. I felt that this was a partial success of the hypnosis and I only had one session. At the time I felt that if I could have had more sessions it might well have worked, but I couldn't © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. afford it. I found hypnosis good overall and wouldn't discount it as a helpful tool for stopping smoking. smoked since
ill purchased packs of cigs with the patch then i only went three days cold tyrkey before i lost it. The gum caused digestive issues. Cold turkey worked for a short time because I was pregnant. And Chantix caused horrible nausea and nightmares. any ot these methods, just awareness and a bag of sweets. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. an alternative that was going to help. Most smokers it's just the habits of smoking. caused anxiety. Gum def didn't work. Patch burned
my skin, gave me super weird dreams. Vaping, has had no negative side effects. used nicotine patches but it was really tough and took months. when I have an issue with my vape or run out of eliquid etc the cravings aren't nearly as bad as I remember cig cravings to be. I think it would be a lot easier to stop vaping than stop smoking tobacco. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. dessert therefore I dont take in unwanted calories. And since I started vaping I can laugh without going into a coughing fit my breathing has improved. auriculotherapy. Zyban worked the best, but after 18 months quit I started again and was up to a pack- a-day again within three days... as if I'd never quit! None of the other methods I tried worked for more than a few days at most. You have to want to quit SO badly and have some serious willpower and
motivation... otherwise, nothing will be effective. Vaping replaces not only the nicotine, but the hand- to-mouth action. That was critical to my success. nicotine level, therefore, nausea. Zyban helped me cut back, but only for a week or two. I quit cold turkey with all 3 pregnancies because it made me © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. sick. I quit cold turkey for 6 years once didn't stick. helped me put down the cigarettes vape shop on a whim...and when we tried it, we
decided it would be a great way to save some money as ciggs were getting expensive. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved.
Question Eleven: Bonus troll question/comment. This was the “Troll” question. If there were any people against vaping taking this survey, I noticed only a few “odd” answers, and they were not taken out. In total, I’ll give a 1% possibility that a few tobacco / anti-tobacco or public health officials had © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. nothing better to do than take this survey to try to “hurt” the outcome. I did this survey as an amateur, completely noted that “Vaping Doesn’t Work” was chosen by 20 people with this survey, “I still crave cigarettes” was at 1%. Please help us understand why you selected this answer:
my Mother could have had a longer life. ick of people telling me there is antifreeze in my juice or 10x amount of formaldehyde its just igorant © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. and i think more science needs to come out before people start making conclusions. in quitting, I recommend vaping to. working. a day to smoking sometimes 5 cigs a week or less
anyone, with a little discipline and help. vaping. re many times if I didn't have e cigarette, I know I would have picked up a cigarette. It works and is positive life changing way to quit. © 2015, The Vaping Truth Survey, All Rights Reserved. oral cravings. well as a smoking substitute. How well it works, like any other product, depends on the willingness and determination of the individual. consider it in the event of having no vaping products available. I have bought stopgap vaping products instead of tobacco when I had problems
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