What Keeps You Vaping – Flavour, Nicotine, or the Ritual?

General New to Vaping
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Curious to hear your thoughts on what really keeps you vaping these days.

For me, it started as a way to quit smoking, but over time I realised it’s become more about the flavours and the calming routine. I still use nicotine, but at much lower levels now, and half the time it’s the act of vaping itself that helps me relax or focus.

So I thought it’d be interesting to ask:
What’s the main reason you vape right now?

  • Is it still about replacing cigarettes?
  • Do you vape mainly for the flavours?
  • Has it become more of a ritual or habit than anything else?

Also, how has your vaping journey evolved? Are you using disposables, pod systems, or back on rebuildables and DIY mixes?

Let’s share stories—always great to hear how different (or similar) everyone’s path has been.

Looking forward to your replies!

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I started on a Smok pod a bout 12 years ago. That lasted a month till I figured out 19mg/ml wasn’t cutting it after smoking 40 to 50 cigarettes a day for 40 plus years. Moved to Mods and RTA’s and dropped the nicotine down to 6mg/ml. Been there all this time.
If I’m truthful I missed the hand to mouth motion as much as satisfying a nicotine addiction. Spent the first four years mixing following mixer’s and seeing how they constructed their recipes till I got going mixing my own recipes that were vapeable. Still vape other people’s recipes to this day, along with my own.

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Good topic! For me, its flavors. Like you I use relatively low nic (3mg) or none, and typically freebase. Can’t stand anything above 6, and don’t like salts. I always have about 3-5 devices loaded with different flavors on my work desk and loop thru the different flavors. They all stay in one place, and I generally don’t take any vapes with me (pockets), so my vaping is just for pleasure and confined to about 9^ft2.

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Hi All,
For me, it’s two things. First, I found I really like the flavor experience and mixing my own juice. My personal recipe database contains almost 2000 recipes and their remixes and revisions. I love cooking and vaping is a lot like cooking to me, only without the calories! Second, it helps keep me off “other substances.” I’ve managed to cease using nicotine completely, so it’s my one remaining vice.

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