Why everyone is addicted to ELF BARs. | Disposable Vapes
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2022
- People of all ages are smoking disposable vapes, and ELF BARs are the ones that I see the most. Why the sudden rise, and why can't people stop? Why are they seem to be even more addictive than cigarettes, how will they affect our health, and what about the environmental impact? Let's dive into this topic and find out.
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Why everyone is addicted to ELF BARs. | Disposable Vapes
Trying not to constantly look at comments but I've just been through these and I have to say thank you to everyone that left a comment, whether it be a compliment on the video, a story about or own experience with e-cigarettes, or to disagree and present another argument. I put a lot of effort into researching and editing this so it's really nice to see people enjoy the production and to engage with the content!
A couple of things keep coming up so I'll try and respond here:
A few people have pointed out that this is actually separate from big tobacco and big tobacco are actually completely against vaping as they are losing out on this. From what I've read and based on some other comments there isn't completely true to completely false. Of course big tobacco would rather people continue smoking cigarettes and spend a lot of money to try and keep people doing that, I don't disagree. I also haven't read anything that links a specific BT company to ELFBAR. However, they know that vaping is coming to replace smoking eventually and they still want a part. Many people have pointed out in the comments that companies such as Phillip Morris, Japan Tobacco, and Marlboro all have their own ventures into disposable vapes, such as Juul. But, it does seem like right now the battle is being won by ELFBAR.
Some people seem to think I'm completely against vaping. Of course in an ideal world nobody would smoke anything, drink alcohol or consume sugar. But, that isn't the case, and I do two of those things myself on a regular basis. Vaping is clearly very helpful for a huge number of people in quitting cigarettes and compared to cigarettes is much less harmful to your body, thanks to everyone that shared their own stories about this. My issue is with this new emerging market of disposable vapes and the seemingly sinister way they target certain groups. Undoubtedly, there are health implications from vaping and an addiction is an addiction and can affect your physical and mental well-being. I do think that people who don't smoke already shouldn't touch vapes. But, banning them outright would of course just leave a lot of people going back to cigarettes.
"Prop 65 warning is on loads of stuff." - Yes, it is. My bad on that one.
Some people pointed out that they can do whatever they want. Well, yeah, I'm not your mother...
I did make sure everything I could back up everything I said here with research but this is ultimately an opinion piece and the way that sources are interpreted is always going to be skewed by personal bias. Anyway, thanks for the responses to this video. And thank you again to everyone who complimented the production quality on this video, it means a lot and I hope to keep improving!
You're doing a great job. I made an extended comment but you're right about most of the things. Elf bars and geekbars are indeed not from big tobacco. They're from geekvape. Normally à trustworthy vape brand making great mods and tanks in the past. That is making it even worse. They act like big tobacco. And making the disposables very attractive for minors. Disposables are to easy to use. As a long term vaper I'm refusing to buy any disposables. Grtz
Hey thanks for the video and info ❤ when I live a little longer imma think back to this vid
This doesn't get talked about but ceramic coils are a health risk, breathing in the particles can give lung disease years later. Most coils are cotton and metal and coil makers of larger vapemods like uwell no longer make ceramic coils but smaller mods like juul clones do use ceramic
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@@trevtall1094 we need to get people to care. i hate elfs, i’m hitting on swft right now which is even more dangerous material wise. i could give less of a shit what goes in my lungs, and that’s the problem. we’ve been told hundreds of times how vaping and smoking will kill us, so we don’t really bother to use safer ones. i’ve recovered from a deadly muscle relaxer addiction that literally killed me, and i still can’t get off of nicotine. awful thing it is
Born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the stars, but born at just the right time to get addicted to vaping…
At least vaping isn’t as destructive as other drugs but it can definitely still have negative effects especially if you’re not sure what the correct way to use it is. I didn’t start having moderation til about a year ago before that I was destructing myself mentally n physically
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@@AJBuddha well nicotine is more destructive then psychadelics and weed for Sure
@@Cheatfourtwentyarguable depending on mental health pychs can lead to pychosis and schizophrenia whereas the worst thing you’re gonna get from elf bars or cigarettes is cancer/copd long down the line
@@Andrewtatesbiggestfan yea but its honestly ur fault the only way to get psychosis from psychs is If U either have mental illness alr and do em. Or U Take fucking 1000ug early on in both cases thats Ur fault. Overall psychs are Safer imo
I vaped for a bit over 2 years. Was a chain vaper, and recently quit for the 7,000th time. So far 27 days no nicotine. I have urges, and oddly enough they've gotten stronger with passing time, but I've learned to accept them as they are and think in the long-term. After doing it for 2+ years, I finally realized one of the worst decisions someone can make nowadays is to start using nicotine, especially vapes. You get such a nice buzz which is reinforced in your mind as a reward system. No wonder so many people do it.
However, it is extremely possible regardless of your circumstance to quit nicotine for good. We were all born non-smokers, and that's the greatest line that helps me get my head straight. You gotta always tell yourself you're only getting 2-3 seconds of pleasure, and tolerance can add up quick. It just begins to be more of a physical addiction than a mental addiction. If you're having trouble just know you can and will quit if you really put your mind to it. I know it's not an extreme hard drug like the other illegal substances, but it's a very freeing feeling knowing you're able to control yourself, and quit being a slave to a plastic device filled with a cock-tail of chemicals. Good luck everyone :)
i've been trying to quit for so long and man its so hard, something that has helped me though whenever i quit is telling myself that the reason i feel like this is because its my body healing. glad to hear you're free from that shit
@andrewcurry4522 Ikr😂 who tf would be dumb enough to smoke or vape?
@@meddler9721 Thanks man! And yeah it can be tough because of the general routine. That's a good way to think of it too. The reason you feel bad when you don't do it anymore is because your body is just trying to reach homeostasis and be at it's normal state again like any non-smoker out there. Good luck:)
@@hunterhedwall2220 exactly g good luck to you as well
good thing u realize its bad because its all in the mind not your body, after the 2 weeks your body doesn’t need nicotine anymore so its your mind that craves it, teach yourself that its a bad decision = cravings go away
After “social smoking/vaping” at a wedding and ending up with one in my pocket the following morning, I was astounded to find out there’s nothing recyclable about them and the whole thing goes to landfill. So I thought I’d at least use it for its purpose before having to get rid of it. Shocking how fond of vaping I became and how quickly. Found the appetite suppression quite alurring and the taste very craving crushing. When binning it I considered buying another. And that’s from someone who’s never smoked. Mental.
I've been scavenging batteries from em
@@uwultimaatti4639 make sure you're careful when wiring up those cheap chinese batteries together. Often the ratings are simply false. test them before you use them fs
" I was astounded to find out there’s nothing recyclable about them and the whole thing goes to landfill."
Genuine question: Do most disposable vapes have parts that can be recyclable?
@@cwcpants140 You can even add the charging port to them if you know your circutry. But yeah, both the plastic and batteries can be used again and/or recycled. But it not easy to take it apart quickly, so it would fall into a landfill. To much cost to process
@@evanmcgeorge9942 Yeah, you can never be too careful
As someone that works in a shipping warehouse and sees all sorts of products: that California warning is on EVERYTHING, not even just on consumables, it’s on shelves, bikes, etc
That diminishes it’s value or it’s seriousness, whatever you wanna call it. That’s why law enforcement very rarely puts out alerts for missing children, most kids are found quickly and safely so they don’t put out the notifications because they don’t want the public to get desensitized to it. They’ll put it out if somebody witnesses an abduction, but not for any missing kid.
@@franko8572 exactly, and to clarify I’m not trying to downplay how harmful vaping is. Just pointing out basically what you said. The warning means nothing when I see a shelf that I’m not going to ingest the chemicals of anyways
@@megaweasel706 💪 😃 👋 ✌️
It was on my 3d printer too
They should put a warning on everything about the California Governor.
I’ve been vape free for 2 months and I’m proud of it after smoking constantly for almost 2 years I’d be winded doing sports or walking up lots of stairs. I’m so happy I made the choice to just finally quit and go cold turkey
Oh wow that's a huge achievement! Congrats
@@harrywalbyoff thank you!
Congratulations!
How much is the physical difference? How much better do you feel after quiting?
@@yourfunnyfaves2249a lot, trust me
As someone who transitioned from normal cigs to a good quality vape I can definitely say the addiction is way harder to break than traditional cigs. Way easier to hide, more socially acceptable and the ability to just puff indoors without commiting to a whole ciggarette by going outside possibly in rain or at night is a massive problem. On the other hand a vape can be a great tool to actually stop if one is commited enough. You can start buying liquid with decreasing nicotine content extremely gradually so that you do not even notice the withdrawal, at the end start mixing 0 nic liquid with a low % one and transition to 0 entirely. Once the physical addiction is dealt with the psychological need to pick up a cig/vape can be dealth with on its own without the nasty withdrawal symptoms.
Tell that to a life long smoker who's addicted to all the random combustion chemicals😂. The vape generations just had easier upbringings with softer parents. Kids claiming they developed sponge lungs after 2 years of vaping
@@theredgoblin562 There are many people that have been lifelong smokers who have quit by switching over to vaporizer and doing exactly what @d_boi9345 has done. I started vaping in 2010 and stopped completely in 2021. I enjoyed vaping because I kinda turned it into a hobby. Either way, my last year of vaping was 0mg Nic. I STILL thought that I was addicted to it. At 0mg Nic it was all psychological that that point.
A year of 0mg NIc was what made me stop completely. You're right though, the psychological need is something that was very tough to break.
The physical and mental side of quitting isnt that hard if you put your mind to it it's everyone else always on them every where you go
@shane long tobacco smoke is the worst by far but the one that gets me is actually seeing a vape or someone puffing on one that's when I get antsy to puff to
as someone who has been casually enjoying nicotine products for a long time, i recently picked up an elf bar for a concert and found myself pretty quickly addicted to it. there's no way to tell how much you're having, to even attempt responsible use. they all have thousands of puffs in them. at least with a cigarette you can tell you've had several (by smell/taste/irritation)...i'm not about product bans and i ask myself if these things should be available for anyone
Imo every single thing sold with nicotine needs not just a warning label but instructions or other resources on how to quit. It’s really not that hard to do but most people don’t know how to.
Banning stuff doesn’t work, just creates criminals. we’ve been there a thousand times already.
I have been smoking for 7 years but consistently for maybe 4 years, just stop, anything that produces a cloud will fuck up your lungs big time! I am currently scared of going to bed cause I feel my breath getting shorter, my throat soring and it reminds me that we are mortal. If you respect yourself to any degree I would consider stopping smoking/vaping this instant. This happened overnight btw so there is absolutely no telling when or if it will happen to you, but you don’t want what I’m going through right now, I’m only 22 and since yesterday no longer a smoker! Sorry if you didn’t need to hear this but it’s time.
there's no way to tell how much you're having
- I've never tried tobacco, yet I'm a nicotine user. Personally, I have no problem feeling the effect (heart rate, agitation, better performance). If you feel nothing then the Elfbars do not contain as much nicotine as the cigarettes. The thing provides less nicotine, and 2 orders of magnitude less harmful chemicals. It is inconceivable to me why would anyone consider banning e-cigarettes before banning all tobacco products first.
Think of it like a measurement for cooking, too much it’s garbage and too little it’s not enough. disposables in my opinion are horrible, a vape that I can fill myself, for a lack of better words it could be “weaker” or “stronger” than an elf bar or even a cigarette if I wanted. With everything moderation is important.
@@RomanShein1978
Smokeless tobacco products are relatively harmless statistically, certainly more-so than vaping. You'll struggle to find empirical data on non-American ST products suggesting otherwise. Such products are easy for American adults to get and actually cheaper than the local largely unregulated garbage.
A friend who vaped for a short time told me the reason she quit was that she went into a vapestore and saw a mother with a 4-ish year old kid, asking the kid which flavour she should buy.
NAH THATS CRAZY
@@ryanrxi crazy, sad and, unfortunately, true
Lolz i saw a mother with some child picking wine together once
ik someone who would do that
@@1marcelfilms lmao my dad took me a couple of times but he never asked me which one i wanted to get 😂
What blows my mind is that no one ever knows elfbars are actually extremely easy to refill, but everything is driven towards being thrown away to just buy another one. We've lost our old ways of repair, being innovative, conserving, and self servicing anything we use, and so lazy as to not even feel like popping a cap off a thing to refill it.
It's mind blowing what they'll make disposable for more profit! The only way is to have regulation against it because if it's more profitable for the companies and more convienient for the users it just won't stop when all we do is keep saying how bad it is for the environment.
Don’t do that tho the coils burn out and you can’t change those and after a while the battery will give out
Or just buy a caliburn for $30 and refill it a pod will last like a month it's so much cheaper
@@itsmichael3363 what do you mean? nothing happens to the coil, you just refill it like any other vape, don't run it dry, and it lasts idk how long, i've had one over a year. no problems, still charges fine, i fill it, hits perfectly, blows clouds.
@@TinyTonyGOD true, or like a vape pen 22, 22 bucks, excellent quality, hits like a rig
I’m a 15 year old high school student and I can say with confidence that there are waaaaay to many children that are getting put on to nicotine because of vapes because they’re easy to hide and they are just so cheap I could get a vape just by asking to go to the bathroom at school and finding someone in there with one (which there always is without fail) and a couple bucks in my pocket they’re so easy to hide in-fact kids vape DURING class it’s like a game they play to see who hits their vape the most before getting caught and like you said in the video it’s not like teens are just now starting to smoke but I feel like disposable vapes are giving this new generation of kids way more opportunities to start smoking
Do they have the weed ones too?
@@Freud_Mayweather yea but those are harder to find since most of us are just broke high school students and those usually cost like 6 times the price of a nicotine vape that doesn’t mean they are hard to find though just take longer to get I could ask someone to get me one and expect to have one by the end of the week
@@jahyeet1137 carts are like 40 bucks they arent that expensive. do yourself a favor and dont ever smoke weed. it doesnt fuck you up, but you can’t ever unfeel that feeling and you’ll lust for it. it will turn from a fun time to habitual and will 100% open you up to trying other drugs. trust me. not to mention it kills your brain cells and you cant remember shit after a while.
@@Freud_Mayweather good ones £50-80 most cheap ones are spice
@@Freud_Mayweather Mine does, there quite common to come by. I’d even go as far as to say Nicotine and Weed pens/vapes are about the same on popularity. In my school at least.
I started smoking Marijuana since my teenage. Got addicted to Crack for over 8 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 2 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Scotland . Really need!
Hey! Yes very sure of Dr.benshrooms. a single dose of shrooms saved me from Alcohol addiction. 6 years clean. no cravings. this doesn't sound weird to me in any way shape or form.
I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice!
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episode, enough to start working on my mental health.
I work in a smoke shop and we sell Elf Bars. They're by far and away the most popular product we have, and it's wild the lengths people go through to get them.
After trying it for a day or 2. Some people might notice they don't feel as good as if they don't vape. They might not feel like normal
Now they're making vapes from 5% to 6% nicotine from what I've seen.. rough
Are you Russian to sell vapes?
@@d1ssolv3rthat's harsh
I got addicted back in 2019 for social reasons. I was 19 so a little late to the game I suppose, but it took me having severe health consequences (throwing up everyday, severe headaches, horrible digestive issues) for me to finally be fed up and decide to quit. Even when I wanted to quit and the health consequences were so severe it took 4 different attempts for me to finally do without nicotine. Thank God I did
I’m on day 3 fighting to quit nic and weed after 3 years of constant all day use. I developed chest pains and stomach issues so I figure it’s the perfect time to quit
@@cryptobbc3435 you got this!! It's hard but so so worth it
I would quit vaping then start again soon after, constantly for years, then one day I took an eighth of shrooms and while I was tripping I came to the realization that I don’t need to vape anymore. The shrooms also helped me with bigger problems in my life and redirected my trajectory upwards. If y’all can get them and are open to the idea, I suggest it.
@@awesomebeast7509 I took mushies a few times but nothing really came to me during my trips
@@soymilkman thank you! Health is wealth!!
It's honestly terrifying and I'm about to be hypocritical of myself for a moment.
I've been vaping for i would say 5-6 years. I'm only 21 and I started when I was about 14-15 when a friend of my older brothers had a vape. I was amazed by it hearing it was better for you and nicer than cigarettes. I had never even touched a cigarette not once in my life, nobody in my household had ever either. Within weeks I had gotten my own from this friend and I thought I was so cool walking around with my own. I would be in school vaping in the toilets with all the lads passing it around having a laugh. It was awful to use back when nicotine salts weren't common and all you had was the harsh regular nicotine that would burn your throat. At that point we all knew it couldn't be great for you, but we did it anyways. Fast forward to now and I'm almost done my engineering degree while spending nearly every second of the day with the vape in my hand. It's not a disposable but it has the same nicotine and chemicals in it. Thankfully it's too obvious with the massive clouds that I couldn't get away with using it inside unlike my classmates who use disposables inside. I always say that if I wanted to quit I could easily do it, all I have to do it throw it away and I won't waste my money on one again. But I know deep down it can't be that easy. Constantly using it everyday, making sure it's filled and charged, it's like a child I care for that's destroying me. I realised how addicted I was when, after five years of using the same vape, the button doesn't even click anymore. I sit there jamming down the button a fraction of an inch to get a hit.
I plan to quit once I'm out of college and to never use after that. I've noticed the increase and impact of using the vapes, especially disposables, around me and how literally everyone is hooked. I know I'm in no place to say it but they are terrible and will control your life. If I could go back 5-10 years I would tell myself to never touch them in the first place.
The one person I admire is my old best friend who never took it up. The rest of us in the group all got into it heavily and are still all using them. He tried it once or twice but just never liked it and I don't get how. He is the only person my age that I know who doesn't vape or smoke and I applaud him for it. It is the worst addiction out there as its so common and socially accepted that nobody would tell you that it's wrong. It sounds bad but I would honestly rather be an alcoholic where people would tell you that you need help and that there actually is help for the addiction. There is no help and nobody out there who actually tells you to stop vaping. It's completely down to the individual at this point. I hope that I can quit when I do, hopefully sooner than I plan, and that other people around me can do the same. Maybe this will help someone realise that it's not worth getting into it or keeping it up as it will inevitably control you. Good luck lads.
@@SpursFanForLyfe100why’d you have to say this? This guy is writing his story and you have to come on here just to put him down?
I read it
@@SpursFanForLyfe100 I read all of it. Take your rudeness elsewhere.
read the entire comment, im in the same situation (start vaping 15, nowadays 21)... expect to quit after ending accounting college degree...
@@gtabiking1126 you right that was mean. I erased it. Thanks for correcting me. For that imma take the time out to read the man’s comment. ❤️💜♥️
I was in middle and high school just when vapes were starting to get big. I distinctly remember box mods being really popular for a while and people I knew would kinda geek out about the components of their mods and the wattage they could put into a pull. This was a bit more niche though and was mainly being used by people who had already smoked cigs and I didn’t notice the “normal” kids really using them much (I hung around really sketchy people in high school). I think it was just that those box mods were relatively expensive, parts broke all the time, they would leak out juice all over people’s pockets, and there was really no way to be discreet about it. You could hear that air flow and the popping of the coils from around the room. But when juuls started to get big around my junior and senior years, it was shocking how many people I was seeing vape. People who would have never smoked a cigarette and were unlikely to get something as bulky as a mod, and the disposable cigarettes (blus) were really shitty and harsh. Within one year, vaping was present in essentially all social circles and people would either get vapes themselves or be annoying and bum off others. Many of my friends regret it after a few years out of high school and wish they didn’t start. I have chronic health issues that make any kind of vaping/smoking extremely uncomfortable for me when done for more than a day (extreme sinus inflammation that moves from my nose to my inner sinuses around my face and coughing fits that would start within a week or two of smoking or vaping once or more a day). Even though that sucks, i am glad that it kept me from overindulging as I would likely also be struggling with nicotine addiction now too if it wasn’t so immediately uncomfortable for me.
The looks at the marketing and shady tactics was a great eye opener, very insightful and well put together. Thank you.
One thing to note, that thing about containing chemicals that may cause cancer in California is something that’s written on almost every product sold. Even on chairs. Idk if it’s to prevent random people trying to sue the company or if it’s a genuine thing that has a 1% chance of causing cancer and Californian laws makes it compulsory to write this
its a law that basically makes anything that could possibly cause cancer to have a warning, there is a lot of stuff that can cause cancer so its very common to see, idk the full history or when the law was passed but its quite hard to change and the warning is everywhere, doesn't really matter though cause cigarettes have a warning tied to different legislature so its not gonna make people skeptical of nicotine addiction since a parking garage can also give them cancer.
Imagine getting ass cancer from a chair😭
@@BD-1-And-Only bro imagine 😂😂 your comment made me laugh too hard
@@alexstrauss5264 I'm starting a petition to put the warning on bottled water.
Yeah this is so true. I remember reading that warning on an electric bass I wanted to buy. Like...I'm not gonna inhale or eat it lmao
way too high of quality for a channel with only 150 subs. keep up the work, you've already got better production than most channels making similar videos. looking forward to more!
Thank you so much, really kind
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I started vaping around february last year, and yes, ELF Bars are really the most common ones I buy, I also tell myself that I'm not addicted and that I can just stop any time but later I figured its not that easy, I hope I can stop soon as it really does not help my financial situation lol
These were originally designed for inside of Prisons in the USA. I don't know if it's the same company, but these disposable vapes were definitely originally used for this. the design even looks so similar.
EDIT: might not be the very first usage, but was definitely one of the earliest inside of the west. I remember seeing a documentary about a Warden of a Prison that worked to get these things produced and available in his Prison, as it helped curb some of the illegal activity. You can likely find this info if you look for it.
I watched that documentary. It was so good!!
@@itsdune079 Yeah, was good. I think I might have seen it on Netflix.
@@D00M3R_MAVS I saw it on RUclips. Randomly showed up in my Recommended one day
It’s sad as the July started my nicotine addiction, and it was ironic as I smoke cigarettes now because it’s cheaper to roll your own in bulk. It’s not a good habit, and it’s not cool. I just wish I would have done things different. Hopefully I can quit someday. Thank you for spreading awareness
I have faith in you bro❤
Switch to cannabis, way better and healthier high.
Hope you kick it, I never got addicted to nicotine but definitely have done hard drugs.
Nah smoking cigs is cool
Don’t be so hard on yourself
I've been on and off with them. Started vaping because I tried it at a nightclub, and combined with alcohol it was fun. Even had one in my bag for months without using it other than when I went out. One day I decided to vape a bit while watching RUclips. Huffing on it like a chimney. Next day I watch RUclips again but now it feels wrong because Im not getting that head spin. And that started the vicious cycle.
Its not just the substance itself that can addict you, but linking them to an activity you like to do say like driving to work or watching a movie that can be just as addicting, because of the action of using it whilst doing that activity is gone, it feels like somethings missing increasing the craving physchologically. I have gotten to a stage where I don't buy them anymore, but still use others peoples while out on the weekends, which so far I've been able to control without too much of a craving for about 5 months.
That’s the thing I do it driving and only crave it when in my car ? It’s like my thoughts take over is that what craving is?
Holy fucking shit that's literally identical to my experience. However I feel like I'm currently cycling back into using them in circumstances besides when I go out. Thank you for sharing.
@@serene4961 well yeah...you've trained yourself to crave it in your car
Yeah, I only do it when out with the boys and take a max of like 8 puffs. After them I tell them to not let me vape. I will never buy one of these myself so I dont even get the opportunity to get addicted. But I never got into the situation of me asking for a 9th puff after telling them to not give it to me anymore anyway - so I still have it well under control, I guess. I also dont do it nearly every night. I do it like every 2 or 3 months max. Probably even less frequent. As long as you pay attention to when you do it and then actively avoiding doing it when in these situations should keep you away from getting addicted. After all stopping is not nearly as difficult as long as you are actually really commited to stop doing it. Its not like a serious cocaine or heroine addiction. Its just nicotine.
Yeah I smoke cigs and vape as well, and my biggest issue with both is association. I smoke cigarettes when I’m out of stuff to do at work sometimes and I vape during loading screens on games. Combine with that my adhd need to have 2 things going at once and I feel off if I can’t vape inbetween. Definitely not good
I’m 20 and quit smoking after 5 years of doing it. I use a smok mod vape so it can be reused. It’s actually helping a lot, the flavour actually helps me stick to vaping instead of smoking again.
I think more needs to be done to stop all non smokers getting them though
I’m 28, I started smoking cigarettes when i was 17. Used vape to quit like 8 years ago but found quitting the vape itself much harder. I picked up smoking again a year later and I’ve tried out elf bars about 2 months back and I’ve been constantly buying them. One elf bar lasts one day, 48 cigarettes worth of nicotine. This is crazy.
I am highly suspicious of the actual quantity of the contents for example I have regular ecig with 2ml tank and that tank does me two days , which is around 20 cigs , elf bars say they have that much yet they last a day and I use them no more than my ecig so I doubt there is as much as they claim ...but yeah vapes way more addictive... luckily I find disposables to have too much flavour which actually puts me off them and I make my own juice at home for my ecig so I keep my nicotine down and do nice 50/50 Pg VG mix .... honestly they should just stop selling all nicotine products then it's problem solved
This is an important message mate, honestly you put the work in and it shows. Best of luck and thanks for doing your bit.
Elf Bar is literlly for Kids! Not for smokers to come of it. As a smoker i can tell Elf Bar does not pleasure as a cigarette, and has also nicotine salt (nicotine salt is not so strong like nicotine, but lasts longer) in a low dose. As a beginner you wouldnt get nic sick from an Elf Bar, you just get these tingles from nicotine. And this is nice, and this is the problem.
@@leolatzug yeah this is the problem, disposables aren't really an alternative for cigarettes for people who are actual smokers. It's as though they say its for people who want to quit smoking but secretly its just so they can make a profit from all the kids that want to buy it. It's disgusting.
I'm a med student and honestly, when you get taught what this stuff does to your body it makes be kind of scared of what could happen to my friends who vape in future.
What does it do?
The only down side to smoking a vape is looking like a twat, but health comes first.
@@juli3td3lta44 to quote Hopkins medicine:
Nicotine is a toxic substance. It raises your blood pressure and spikes your adrenaline, which increases your heart rate and the likelihood of having a heart attack.
And I'm sure your same med school tells you how safe the vaccine is 😂
@@OtogiGaming I’m sure the rest of your material’s great but this comment is a bit 2021
We have ones that look just like those, but under a different name, and yes I agree. I found myself vaping more when using the disposables than when I was on my Custom vape setup(RTA, Drippers etc) or even the pod devices, and not just a little more, MUCH more, like the cravings were more intense, initially I nicked out pretty quickly too, only after just a few puffs. I have stopped vaping now and the only nicotine I get is from a tobacco pipe maybe once or twice a month. But Everytime I am going to a braai or something the thought of grabbing a disposable does cross my mind.
Amazing editing, great work!
Those things are terrifying. I'm a young adult, and I'm currently witnessing the effect they have on a friend first-hand. He was a non-smoker, never even considered smoking a cig in his life when I first met him. But, because of things like social pressure and the 'trendy' advertisement, he got into vaping. At first he'd only do it every now and again on parties, taken from others. Then, he began buying some himself and would go for a puff every now and again. Now, he does it every 15 minutes if not more often. In fact, vapes have gotten him into cigarettes as I've recently seen him buy a pack. Ik he's an adult and can make his own decisions, but I just wish there was something I could go. He's already at the point where quitting seems impossible to him (which he'll ONLY admit when he's tipsy, when he's sober he'll deny that ofc)
This is the reality for so many people nowadays. I just wonder what it will take to make them stop, probably nothing
It’s strange though that nicotine is only seen as a bad and addictive drug…it’s seen as pointless. Why isn’t alcohol viewed the same way? I don’t like alcohol but I love nicotine…are people allowed to like nicotine? Genuinely asking, and trying to get you to question your thinking. Wouldn’t you rather someone get into nicotine through vaping as opposed to smoking? Why is it logical to only use vaping to quit smoking but you can’t just pick up vaping one day? People had to randomly pick up smoking knowing how bad it is so isn’t that way more embarrassing?
@@tbvolcomskater Sure, I'd prefer if a person around me vaped rather than smoked. It's far less intrusive and the smell doesn't make me want to throw up. However, it'd be preferable if the person was not on nicotine altogether. The entire 'threat' of vapes is how they expose a generation that is largely disinterested in smoking to nicotine.
And no, the substance is not just 'seen' as an addictive drug. It very much IS one. The way it affects one's brain makes it incredibly difficult to leave behind once you get into it. It doesn't change the way you behave or perceive the word like alcohol or various illegal drugs, but that doesn't make it harmless. Almost everything can become an addiction, but nicotine is faster and more difficult to leave behind than most things. You don't simply 'like' it; you just become dependent on it. While I've not done it myself (and don't ever intend to do so), I've seen how strong the addiction was for both of my parents who never managed to quit and with my friend who's VEEEEEERY quickly lost control and cannot imagine himself quitting after just a couple months.
U sound like a woman are you his girlfriend?
@@staypositive5718 yes, because caring for a person is feminine, right?
As a 14 year old secondary school student I can confirm that vapes, while looked down on by a majority of students, are being used my many students. I once overheard a girl say "only 10 minutes till i can get that elfbar" before the end of school.
@@2daneck.a you don't care that their products are clearly a target for young people to get into smoking as its a flavour people will like, forgetting the nicotine existence and what it'll do too them in the long term... off you go lad, go have another think about what you said, more younger people have these elux/elf etc. Than older people.
Sad mate, remember though dont be swayed by popularity, the fact you already know this is wrong, stick with it. Dont be pressured due to its popularity, dont get me wrong, we all have experience of difference things throughout life but stay away from them vapes, it doesn't become something in moderation, its something that becomes a habit and they don't realise it.
@@thedarkriddler7318 Of course man, im just glad most of the people I hang out with agree that vaping is uncool. However I do feel bad for the people that are addicted but its a shame that there is not much I can do.
NGL I have stopped being friends with people because they start vaping
BS u just can go to the toilette and vape
I use ElfBar, I've been vaping for years and only just started on these.. I have given up cigarettes, yet I still have an addiction that I just can't kick. I vape way more than I ever smoked. Great video Harry,
Fantastic video my friend, very well done! I would like to share this video with my community of recovering and current addicts at healing 2gether
I went from smoking 20 cigs a day for 6 years to vaping. My health is so much better and I can´t wait for the day I can quit completely :)
make the choice, you hold the key. good luck fellow friend i’m tryna quit cigs😊
Thank god for the people that invented vaping! without them i would not have quit smoking cigarettes. As much as people hates vaping it is fckng helpful for quitting cigarettes, i feel so much better!
Try moving the nicotine levels down! Then move to free nic, then quit, another alternative you can do is when you get the urges to drink flavored water!! Hope this helps :)
I bet in time you'll find out just how much worse they are than cigs. They are so much more powerful with so much % of what you're inhaling and they'll keep you addicted for much longer than cigs ever will because of those reasons. Good luck on quitting something that's designed to keep you addicted and buying more.
Vapes have a lot of cigs in so nothings that dif
I’ve noticed a couple things when observing my friend who vapes (she uses an vuse alto). On top of flavour and amount of nicotine an addiction factor for vaping is how easily you can hit it at any point, it creates a compulsion that can be acted on immediately.
Even further is that I think (I do not know completely if this is true) the disposable elfbars are not bought where you have to fill them with juice or replace coils, which makes it even easier for anyone to use them.
Source for this is just completely what I’ve seen. While this only slightly aligns with the point of your video lol I thought it’s worth mentioning. This is a super well put together video awesome job
I don't go out much, so I didn't really know about these till recently. I switched to a vape a few years back (using nicotine crystals) but after running out of coils last year I ended up back on the tobacco again. A friend was smoking one of these when they visited me, and I decided to buy some for myself. I was quite amazed at how good the flavours were, for such a little thing. They are easily as good as the flavours my big vape can produce with the best liquids.
I haven't had an elf bar flavour I haven't liked so far, and at 5 for 20 quid they're a great deal. I still smoke tobacco, but I've managed to cut back so much due to these little guys.
It's like alchopops in the 90's though, right (Hooch etc) although I'd argue cocktails are the original alchopop, LoL. cocktails get you hammered and taste amazing.
Suffice to say I've never vaped and never will. But I'm seeing sadly children as young as 11 in primary school smoking vapes and finding them accessible somehow in the UK... Anyways congrats on 100 subscribers once you do hit it mate, first of many more milestones to come on the channel. Glad to say I've been here since 40 subs.
It's something I saw a little bit of when I was in school but it's increasingly common now! And thanks very much, I hope you keep enjoying my videos!
@@harrywalbyoff
this just popped up
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High school I get that but anything earlier is just sad
I’m quitting rn and I’m 15, it got to the point where it hurt to inhale I was doing it so much, I’ve been off it for a day now tho
I dont approve of underage vaping, but at least they aren't smoking. NO ONE will ever prevent kids from getting there hands on things and experimenting.
Nicotine addiction from vaping was so easy to get ahold of in high school, where every bathroom had a teenager in it hauling on a vape who was friendly enough to encourage you to try it. It took a lot of determination but after about 5 years of vaping I made the decision to quit. There was no better way to do that than to surround myself with people who encouraged me to do better for myself. Slowly, I cut the nicotine out, from .5mg, to .2mg, to .12mg, to .06mg, and eventually 0 nicotine in my vape. I did 0 nic for a couple weeks before realizing my addiction was gone, and I barely got any cravings using this method. I recommend you quit, I too used to think that it was “impossible”.
did the same thing and in all honesty... it did make it really easy.
I’m around a year and half free started vaping at 19 and quit at 22. My biggest push was the idea of pre mature aging , as well as my teeth. Two things I take very seriously that vaping has a very large impact on. Why would I wanna be 35 and look 50 just beacsue of vaping. Good luck everyone you can do it!!
Wish I would have figured it out sooner. I’m 32 and genuinely feel like I’ve aged faster than my peers because of smoking and vaping. Don’t go back to it!
@bullockwagon5994 me too. Don't go back! Wear sunscreen too while you're making good choices
Great video! Thank you for making it
I was addicted from 16 - 22. I got this app called Quit Vaping and it tracks how long / how much money Ive saved when quitting. So hard to quit but seeing how much money I saved really flipped the switch for me. Been off for a whole year now, I can't even look back, no cravings, and I deny whenever someone tries to give me one.
That’s awesome. I keep saying “this is my last one” but it always end up not being my last one. Seeing my family do makes me want to quit for them
Good work bro 👍
Appreciate y’all. If you vape then vape. If you don’t want to then don’t. If you are in limbo then it’s up to yourself to stand up for who you want to be. Don’t live your life saying I’m trying to stop but I can’t cause that’s not a good way to live. Choose a side and be who you want to be, cause no one can be you.
@@maanibeatz same with me bro i vaped from age 14-19 and used the Quit Vaping app to quit aswell. Im almost 2 weeks off nicotine.
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I vaped for just over a year and stopped cold turkey about a month ago and I haven’t looked back! For such a small channel this content quality is insane! You’re going big places man!
Thanks for covering this!
TikTok truly is one scary, unregulated marketing monster.
Wholeheartedly agree with this video. I vape because I was stupid enough to try cigs in my teens, but I use a refillable mod with a very low nicotine concentration. I haven't smoked once in over 4 years now. It really bothers me that there's so much waste from these disposables. And it bothers me even more hearing from young people 'I only vape when I drink' or 'I only vape when x' or 'I can stop anytime I like', as if to imply that they're above it's addictive potential. No point trying to tell them that's how pretty much every nicotine addiction starts.. But hey ho they will find out the hard way I guess. At the end of the day though, it's still better to be addicted to vapes than cigs, and if the new generations can use vaping culture to completely oust tobacco from society, then I see that as a win to be honest. But yeah, elf bar and brands alike are absolutely up to some sinister shit that needs to be controlled before unnecessarily harsh restrictions are imposed on responsible vapers such as myself.
Im from the states and surprised that either this has only recently become a problem in the UK or it just came to your attention, I remember when juul came out 8 years ago I was 13 and tons of my peers started then and its been a constant since then. Great video, loved the quality.
Its the same in the UK tbh, although the advertising and nicotine content laws are different
@@erinkinsella91 laws on certain chemicals used is also banned.
We were still smoking cigarettes at that time
I'm from Italy so we follow EU Laws...advertising nicotine products is forbidden here (nowadays you can only find Vaping Ads on social media even though that is illegal). The first time i heard of E-Cigarettes ( I'm talking about refillable ones i was 17. It was early 2019). Disposable Vapes in Italy became popular last summer. I saw an Elf bar for the first time in July 2022 and back then only 1 shop in my 50k town sold them. nowadays they are sold in a lot of tobacco shop but the most popular alternative to cigarettes is and still remains IQOS (even though it is an illegal good in the US in became extremely popular in 2021.) I'd say that teens and young adults vape, lower class people smoke cigarettes and higher class people use IQOS (it's seen as a status symbol)
I'm from Italy so we follow EU Laws...advertising nicotine products is forbidden here (nowadays you can only find Vaping Ads on social media even though that is illegal). The first time i heard of E-Cigarettes ( I'm talking about refillable ones i was 17. It was early 2019). Disposable Vapes in Italy became popular last summer. I saw an Elf bar for the first time in July 2022 and back then only 1 shop in my 50k town sold them. nowadays they are sold in a lot of tobacco shop but the most popular alternative to cigarettes is and still remains IQOS (even though it is an illegal good in the US in became extremely popular in 2021.) I'd say that teens and young adults vape, lower class people smoke cigarettes and higher class people use IQOS (it's seen as a status symbol)
How the hell do you only have 910 subscribers with such high production quality? The videos are good as hell
althought i watced this smoking my elfbar 600, i still find it very interesting and you did your research for this video, appreciate it :)
I'm 12 and u have helped me understand the importance of quitting and when, I used to think of quitting in my head it felt wrong but now it seems right thank you
Another thing is that I’ve seen people never smoke cigarettes before start smoking cigarettes. It does not happen often but the fact that it’s happening is something to be aware of . If the nicotine addiction is strong enough it wouldn’t be strange to see someone hit a cigarette for a quick fix until they get another vape
Great video well researched and edited! I got a sub ohm mod after nearly 10 years of smoking (heavily towards the end) and it helped me quit cigs while also craving less. After a while I decided to try an elf bar as a step down from the box mod, I started using them for about 3 months which ended with me getting hooked again on nicotine so much worse than what I was when I was smoking ciggies. It got the point of me finishing one in a single day I knew I had to stop with the elf bars. Not to mention they gave me an awful cough and my chest/lungs would hurt. Switched back to using my box mod which made the cough and pain stop. Between the health issues and the high levels of addictivness it really is quite worrying how prominent they are in our current society especially the youth.
I am one of those youths that got into nicotine through vaping back in 2021. I was 20. What I smoked back then wasn’t as addictive for me because it would keep me up at night and get in the way of of studies. But when I started using elf bar 1.5 years ago, I was hooked. They were so cheap in my state and hit in the perfect way. I didn’t realize how truly addictive they were until I lived in a state where they were illegal and craved them for months.
Well spoken-great presentation-please do more!
Content like this is great to see, especially from such a small channel. I hope this reaches the ears that need to hear all this. Best wishes Harry
I think it's a case of blaming the product and not the consumer, making vaping sound scarier than it is actually fuels young people to being more interested.
Literally doing nothing
I remember being a freshman in high school.
There would be the “weird kids” smoking cigs across the street from the school before going in. They were the social out casts. Nobody vaped
Fast forward to my senior year vapes had taken hold. Essentially everyone had one, especially the younger kids. People would hit the in the bathroom so much, a teacher started being assigned to watch the bathroom in between classes. This was in 2017 I can only imagine what it’s like now.
Yeah my 15 year old niece just got suspended from school for vaping delta 8 in the bathroom at school 😒
I picked up cigarettes about 6 years ago. I quit 3 times in the first 2 years. I picked up vaping 4 years ago instead of starting smoking again. For four years I was unable to quit vaping. They’re so much more addictive. I got sick at the end of 2022 and wasn’t able to vape because my lungs were so full of mucus. I used that as a jumping off point to quit. It’s been 19 days now and this the longest I’ve been without nicotine since early 2019
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i’m blown away by the video production and quality, keep it up brah
Thank you for this video, I really appreciate it. I'm 47, I started smoking at age 12 and was pretty much irreversibly addicted by 17. I have been battling with quitting since my early 30's but unfortunately the social acceptance of cigarettes, their availability andmy highly addictive personality have meant that in times og grief and stress, I return to the habit. I have now successfully transitioned myself off cigarettes and onto a vape (I no longer use disposable) and I am happy to say cigarettes are finally disgusting to me. In Australia they (cigarettes) are frightfully expensive (around $40 for 20). Younger people, it is literally like burning money but burning money is healthier, just don't pick up nicotine in the first place that's the easiest thing to do 😊
You should try getting e-juice less potent in nicotine over time. And also try to schedule your hits. This is so you can ween yourself off as a alcoholic might, or really any addict.
Scheduling your “hits” or smoke breaks or whatever, is the key though. Many will lower the nicotine percentage and think that is all they have to do, but don’t realize they makeup for the lower concentration by simply vaping more. Not only ruining the entire point of weening yourself off but taking even more money out of your pockets that vaping normally already does.
@@grassywasss6978 Oh God, in Australia e-juice & nicotine are a nightmare. First of all it's illegal the sell/purchase ejuice with nicotine in it, you can only buy nicotine free ejuice legally. You then have to go get a prescription for nicotine salts (a liquid) and add it to the ejuice yourself. It this point in my life I am just happy to be Heroin free (5 years) and now cigarette free (9 months). I'll get myself off vapes eventually but for now I'm just happy to no longer be a pin cushion that smells like an ashtray
@@ohnoitsthecatman738 great work! I was a heroin addict in '04 and quit, then eventually became an Ice addict. I'm 7yrs clean off smoking shabs, but smoking cigarettes was costing me up to 40 buck's a day! Just got my first vape 4 day's ago and have already saved one hundred bucks. Got some bad stomach aches from vaping to much, but I now realise how strong they can be and am still on a learning curve. I think I'm gonna have to get the 5 vapes for 100 deal because the government just passed the new law in May, so I don't know how long we'll be able to get them without a prescription! Take care and congratulations on your sobriety 👍
Holy shit a pack of cigs is $40 there??
@@d1ssolv3rIKR!
I'm about to start selling cigarettes in Australia!
I smoked briefly in 2011-12. I was still in a house where smoking was prohibited. Vaping, however was seen then as safer and I was even able to lie and say there was no nicotine in them if anybody questioned. This was during the boom of vaping, and boutique liquid
I got into the hobby of building coils, and the sensory kick of blowing out gigantic plumes of smoke. I didn't realize until after I quit, 11 years later that I was self medicating for anxiety. I was vaping nearly every breath and one day just got sick of it and quit cold turkey.
I started vaping when it was still a niche thing, people were "cloud-chasing", people were making all of these complicated rigs - it was alot of DIY.
I used four mg, normal nicotine juice, to quit my moderate smoking habit at the time (picked it up again after vaping, quit for good earlier this year).
these bars contain TWENTY mg of the far more potent nicotine salts. 12mg normal nicotine was advised for pack-a-day or over smokers. Only a very small subsection of people did that much, to catch a palpable buzz. And then these bars exploded onto the market. People didnt know what 20mg nic salt meant.
i used to be addicted to vapes for about 3 years. I quit for about 6 months go which was rlly hard(had to completely cut my friends and change my habits). i started in 7th grade. i was hesitant at first and have been raised to hate cigs. my best friend started and slowly i did as the flavoring made it feel not damaging to me. Once hooked i couldn’t stop i tried many times and it took a tremendous amount of will power to. a lot of old friends are still addicted and have smoked for longer then me. vaping is a huge concern for our generation and the health of children as our body’s are still developing. if you read so far please for the love of the green earth never pick up smoking you will regret it and it is disgusting.
Nothing is “disgusting” about vaping dude. The flavor tastes so good & they don’t smell. I have a regular vape not a disposable one & I’ve been vaping for about a year. Nothing is 100% safe even too much water is dangerous for you.
@@badgalkia10 What an awful perspective
@@badgalkia10 I find my behaviour disgusting when I plan my day around nicotine
You do realize there is zero evidence vaping is even bad for you, no one has ever died or been hospitalized from vaping regulated nicotine vape products. The only people who have ever been hospitalized were people who were vaping an unregulated butter popcorn flavor which was quickly taken off the market. There's also no evidence nicotine is bad for the development of the brain. Nicotine isn't even bad for you in itself, it's seen as bad because it's what makes you addicted to cigarettes, and cigarettes are very bad for you. There's evidence nicotine actually reduces the chances of getting Alzheimer's, so it's actually beneficial. Maybe there could be some long term health problems from vaping we haven't seen yet as it's still quite new, but so far there's zero evidence vaping is bad for you.
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I only started vaping last year but I can already feel the impact of addiction. Thanks for the video and the message !
I like this video a lot. just someone explaining some facts, without exagerated hype or anything. Thank you for pointing out these monsters
Been a smoker for nearly 10 years. My ‘heaviness’ has varied massively over that time, ranging from around 8 a day, a pack a day to a short period of time where it was two packs a day.
Jumped on the elfbars for the past 18 months or so and only smoked cigarettes while on holiday.
As a smoker the elf bars are 100% less harmful, at least that’s how I feel. When I was smoking I couldn’t go to the gym as effectively and my cough in the mornings was horrendous. None of that with the elfbars, I feel healthier generally too.
HOWEVER, and this is a big HOWEVER, I’m more addicted to these things than I have ever been in the past. Seriously, seriously hooked. When I came back from a 5 day break in September where I was smoking, I feel like I was probably in the best position then to quit. I hate how hooked I am. With a cigarette I almost feel like it’s easier. I’ve quit for a couple of months at one point, can’t imagine that at elfbars. I want to stop because of how much I’m spending and how addicted I am. With a cigarette you just smoke it and it’s done.
There’s genuinely a part of me thinking about stopping elf bars, buying a pack of smokes and trying to stop that way as there is less nicotine being pumped into me
Just to add - on the point regarding Dual. Banning vapes is absurd and highly damaging. There is no doubt these things are saving lives of lifelong smokers who transition to vapes. Banning flavours is also ridiculous.
However i do agree more regulation is needed. I would certainly look into banning disposables for instance
I’m exactly the same as you mate. I used to smoke 10-15 roll ups a day. I started smoking elf bars to get off tobacco/cigarettes. I did originally feel better after making this transition, but after 18 months of vaping, I became seriously addicted and could sometimes get through one 600 puff elf bar on a Friday night down the pub. On average I was getting through 7-8 elf bars a week. Certain research says that one single disposable vape is the equivalent to 50 cigarettes… Because of this, I started smoking normal tobacco again, and I’m currently down to about 5-10 roll ups a day. I’m planning to quit nicotine altogether by slowly cutting down bit by bit. I’m just happy I don’t have a sea of disposable vapes in my car anymore.
Wow, this is a great dive into the behind the scenes of vaping, I have no clue how this doesn't have more like
holy shit. the production quality on this. i had no idea till i read the comments this is a small channel. keep up the work man wow
Thanks so much, really kind!
The problem with vaping is that it's so much easier for kids to start up as, the flavours are obviously more attractive to them, and less chance of them to get caught vaping due to the lack of smell of them when they go home if doing it behind their parents back, and it's a social thing and they seem to think it's cool and want to fit in with the crowd.
Literally everyone is doing it and the statistics that smoking is going down may be true but it just means a lot are shifting over to vaping now rather then smoking. And the disposable ones are a nightmare for the environment as you would have people just tossing them to the street when they are done, or even if disposed in a bin, going to landfill with that battery still inside it, these things are gonna cause major issues in years to come.
I noticed this at the club I go to. Everyone who vaped has an elf bar. I remember when the only people who vaped was the 22 year old with a box mod blowing clouds bigger than cumulonimbi
i very briefly worked at a smoke shop (i dont use nicotine and i don't intend on ever starting, i'm just a stoner and i thought it would be a dream job LOL) and i quickly realized that it made me feel horrible working somewhere that sold such dangerous products. it's not like 10, 20 years ago when everyone was buying cigarettes. the people who bought elf bars would get aggressive about it if we didn't have their favorite flavor or if we weren't running a sale. i felt like i was responsible for harming people and making their lives worse in the long run. i lasted barely 3 weeks before i quit/got fired (for not being enthusiastic enough to be there lmfao)
Yeah you just couldn’t show up to work and actually be a good employee… you’re just lazy
@@ACP-GC you're right i am lazy ❤️
Meh, it ain't too great selling a vape to a fresh 18 year old but then you're also helping grandmas getting off cigarettes after like 40 years of smoking. I would feel worse selling crack.
@@VACHONSPARTA i did have to sell crack pipes to a few people so you arent too far off LOL i really didnt want to but what am i going to do? kick them out for asking? we literally had a shelf full of them
@@doobie9185 Bruh youre way too sensitive. First off its the decision of the consumer if he wants to wreck his lungs, not yours. Second, even if you are addicted you are still choosing to feed your addiction. Addiction doesnt take you over like a zombie virus it still comes from within the persons decision making. Third, its always better if the addicted person goes to a shop like yours because if there arent any smoke shops people will buy their stuff illegaly which will harm them in many more ways.
ive quit vaping for 100 days now. I never felt any better. glowing skin, more energy, and save a lot of money too.
Glowing skin? Are you radioactive?
So I was doing a search on how to effectively quite vaping as I became addicted in Feb of 2023 as a way to cope with stress, and watching your video has made regret ever picking up that one my friend gave to me and now I'm even struggling to quit
you can do it! it’s going to be hard & you could relapse as that’s what happens when you’re an addict but trying over and over again to quit is better than vaping for the rest of your life spending thousands of dollars on it
I got into some bad stuff as I was growing up, and started smoking cigarettes when I was 13. I hung around people who enabled my poor choices and started smoking every time I left my house as a teenager. When I turned 16, I started vaping when it really started taking off in the US (2012 or so). I used it as a means to quit smoking and it worked for a few years. Then I picked it back up again when I was at a bar on my 21st, and now I'm back full-circle to smoking cigarettes. It's crazy how much vaping has taken over teenage culture, and the nicotine strengths are crazy. When I started, the highest I remember is 18mg and that was impossible for me to hit without coughing. Now, I've seen 50mg and people hitting it like it's nothing. It honestly blows my mind and it really bothers me that kids are doing it because it's "cool" when they really don't understand what it's original purpose was
It’s really concerning in New Zealand too. A figure found that 20% of year 10’s (14/15 year olds) are vaping regularly. Schools are having to install specialised alarms in bathrooms. I vape myself and it’s hard just quitting because everyone around you does it too it’s hard to ignore the cravings.
I don't go to school in New Zealand, but the amount of people that vape here is shocking. I also vape, crazy when you walk through town now, and the amount of my puffs you see in the gutters instead of cigarette butts is alarming! I put mine in the bin though!
Way more than 20% lol
Parents should be fined and teachers should be allowed to enforce it.
No discipline anymore, parents job to teach their kids and hitting them in the wallet would certainly bring the hammer down on the kid in question.
@@kantaim4195I'm in England and about 40% do it on the regular at high school, probably like 80% have tried one, there's like a whole backstreet vape kingpin business going on with students making money from selling them or getting into vape shops that the ppl that want the vapes are too scared to get caught in
@@owenwba710 yeah about the same in New Zealand except a lot of parents will buy vapes for their own children and their friends. it's horrible
I was incredibly addicted myself just a couple months ago. When I realized how sick it made me feel it lead me to the decision of quitting for good. I’ve been clean for 2 months today.
How have you done this! I literally can’t go 4 hours without
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@@adamgamble5606 imagine smoking a disposable vape lmfao
It’s been over a year for me, it’s scary how I still get urges. Makes me scared for people who haven’t quit yet.
Congrats!
I’m just gonna say I have a somewhat addictive personality and I thought I would get addicted bad (it honestly makes me feel sick,slow and sometimes like throwing up, and even more anxious sometimes when I vape) but it’s not as bad as I thought , I can go without them probably cause of how it makes me feel sometimes but when I get a hold of one I usually always have it near me when I reach for it (or else when it makes me feel sick I put/toss it far away from me) but I try to only smoke one when I feel like Its ok to smoke it (not a craving but like money and if I feel I deserve a treat)
as some one under the age of 21 its hard to stop i can do it for a short time but i just like the feeling it gives me
Currently writing dissertation on influence of peer pressure and impulsivity traits on smoking vapes. When we look at adolescents using vapes its so dangerous health wise. Also, the earlier the age of first use the higher risk of future substance dependence or addiction. I think the worst part is that generally teenagers do not see vapes harmful in the same way as cigarettes, so they are more likely to start vaping because their friends vape.
yo can u share it when its done plz? that sounds very interesting
most of my friends vape but ive made my self a promise, i will never touch one again. I tried it once and it was underwhelming
Heavy metals in the coils
I smoke cigarettes, like a real man😂 i dont think vaping is better for you.
@@Anonymoose66G Good point, I personally think it’s more of a case of teenagers trying it, and doing it with their friends at parties or whatever. Then they make it a habit and get addicted to it because of nicotine
I'm super worried that too many people probably just throw them in the trash, and eventually our landfills will be filled with the little containers. I went on a kick for a couple months and was astounded by how much plastic I accumulated. Needless to say, I'm no longer using them.
That's exactly what happens. Or worse, young lads just throw them on the ground. I see it all the time.
Not just plastic lithium batteries as well
Same, I smoke grass and the amount of dispensary packaging I end up with made me feel so guilty. Cant wait to grow my own and stop wasting.
Lame
Most people where i live don’t even put them in the bin they lob it into a bush, i at least see 5-10 disposable vapes on the floor when walking to school
I appreciate your fair and unbiased approach at sharing the facts and information on this topic. You're definitely a knowledgeable and positive influence and I think more of our generation should look to people like you as an example of how to be objective and mindful of how our decisions impact ourselves, the world and eachother. Great video overall! Subscribed for sure.
they go together so well with the growing pressure on young people to perform well acadamicly. aderall and elf bar, a match made in heaven.
Adderall is prescription medication.
So what? It can still be bought/sold on the black market and abused by people
After smoking roll ups for over 20 years and quitting 100’s of times , I’m currently at 7 years smoke free ..
“In a society that has outed plastic straws from our restaurants and looks down on smoking” that one hit close to home
I just stumbled across your channel. you seem like a really cool guy and the videos are great. however the audio quality is really bad. may i suggest a better mic like a blue yeti or even a snowball? cuz currently the audio sounds like it was recorded using a nokia 3310 which was mainly used as a door stop. Except for that the videos are great, engaging, captivate my attention and such. video quality is also great but id suggest applying a warm color filter because at the moment it looks a little cold. keep up the good work, +1 sub, cant wait to see you grow!
I found my chronic vaping was making my back pain worse , after a bit of research online I found that vaping dose infact damage discs in your back
There's essentially ZERO advertising regulation because if you go on social media you'll see old school big tabacco ads glamorizng elf bar usage. Social media is where people view products. This is definitely a big issue that is going to compound over time.
I believe you still have to disclose that something is an advertisement but yea they pretty much can’t control how an influencer shows it off. It’s also entirely possible that they pay a huge sum for one disclosed ad with an influencer, and have an under the table deal that includes the influencer casually using it in post or videos. These people have a huge effect on the opinions of kids, especially teens, who would much rather listen to the cool RUclipsr than their parents
It's been a few weeks since I've bought my first puff, after 3 years of smoking cigarettes, after which I've decided to completely switch to vapes and gradually reduce the amount of nic inside the oils. I hope to reach nic-free oils in the near future and maybe even quit vaping. I feel quite good actually, I have lost the urge to light up a cigarette, so 50% of the addiction is gone. We'll see how it goes with the nic reduction though.
Space your hits out longer and longer, that’s the easiest way to quit anything at all
I recommend completely quitting, it’s easier than you think. If you have any at all, the cravings will always eventually wear down your willpower in my experience, it’s only when I stopped completely that the cravings finally disappeared, the rest is just discipline from the knowledge that one puff will set me back to where I was.
Hello brother, if you see this, I hope im an angel sent from god.
I quit vaping awhile back thanks to nicotine pouches. Try zyn pouches and those are a smoke free way to get off the bean for good
This is so helpful, thank you. I used vaping to quit smoking and then realised I'd NEVER quit vaping (because it's so easy to do all the time, everywhere - smells fine, why not use in bed/in a public toilet/in the club) so then flipped to using smoking to quit vaping - this worked!! I was so disgusted by the taste of fags that I cut down my usage dramatically and once the tobacco ran out I didn't want any more - was sick of stinking by then. Cravings overcome with sugary sweets and intense regular gym workouts.
Also felt great to quit vaping because the environmental impact was weighing so heavy on my conscience. Those pretty little lumps of plastic will be all that's left when we've burned up the planet.
I did the exact same thing as you.
I wasted so much money in a month that I want to stop so bad, the environmental thing is really true too man. I'm beat to do it!
Phenomenal video. Great work.
Nicotine seems fun at first and that’s how they get you, the first time I hit a vape I convinced myself I wouldn’t get addicted but I really liked the feeling so I did it here and there until before I knew it I was full blown addicted and have been for years now, I’m dedicated to quitting soon and being healthy there must be horrible affects that we don’t understand yet because I can feel it. In my lungs and health even mentally I feel almost docile from them and not as fast thinking, not to mention my physical health like running or swimming has been heavily effected my oxygen retention sucks and it makes me more anxious and nervous than it helps. Hope this helps someone quitting is damn hard too.
ive been saying it for so long, juul was used as a scapegoat for the vaping dilemma here in the U.S, but these disposables are and have been the real issue for years
I hate my addiction. I smoked at a young age from bad friend choices, and switched to disposables about a year after starting smoking. I am much more addicted now then I ever was when I smoked. I’m switching to a reusable vapes as soon as I can get one, then slowly going to take the amount of nicotine down. I hate what they do the the environment and I hate how bad they are for me.
I got drawn to it last year. My dad bought me one so I wouldn’t try one with nicotine from friends at parties. I then tried them and had such a bad throat ache and threw it away
Glad you’re bringing awareness to this issue.
With our smoking rules in the UK it surprises me that they don't make em all beige and make the designs as dull as possible, it'd definitely deter younger people from them. Back in 2015 when e-cigs first became big I was in year 10 and getting a vape was the coolest thing you could do, definitely wouldn't be the case if they looked like what I described above
lol yeah that would stop almost everyone using them
when i was in year 10, in 2020-2021, vaping was seen as really disgusting generally, and wierd. you'd probably be called a bitch for doing it
had one for about a week, my friend gave it to me cause he didn’t like the flavor. really couldn’t get into it idk why but i’m super fucking proud of myself for not getting addicted. threw that shit away after i realized it’s a terrible and unhealthy habit
awesome hair man! Great vid too
I vaped just after i turned 16, and I realised that its very easy to vape in rooms because they dont smell as bad. After 2 months of vaping a lot i could very easily feel the damage when i did intense exercise which led me to stop vaping. So a puff of a cigarette may be more harmful than a puff from a vape, but vapes can be used sneakily anywhere which makes them genuinely worse than smoking for someone that doesn't use a vape to quit smoking because you will find yourself spending all day using a vape, while if you smoked you could only smoke a few cigarettes a day.
Fantastic video. I smoked 1 draw of an elf bar and was hooked straight away. It’s insane how addictive they are. Additionally I keep seeing these flashing lights on the streets in Belfast and it turns out they are disposable e cigs. They are having a horrendous impact on the environment and the amount of children smoking them is terrifying
I would have enjoyed a more nuanced take on vaping as a whole. You should have mentioned the box modds (more traditional vapes) as a better vaping alternative to disposables. Using a rechargeable and refillable device is better for the environment (not perfect just better). Elf bars have a more serious issue of the way they are manufactured. The juice is held in a plastic foam that can be way too easily burned causing not only the "sponge" smoke to be inhaled, in addition to the plastic covering the sponge being melted.
'Nothing Stays Pure for Long" Good One Mate !
I remember when these things first got into the school classrooms back in 2009. I hated vaping back then and I hate it now. The way they came out of nowhere made me sceptical at first glance. I always told myself, that if I ever smoke, it's going to be cigarettes or nothing at all. Cigarettes are dirty and one knows it, but with these things you don't know what you get. It might as well be more chemicals than cigarettes as far as I'm concerned. To get into smoking is also a lot harder than vaping, as vaping "tastes good" and doesn't give you the same nicotineoverdose as cigarettes does. I also know what cigarettes can do as they've been around for more than 100 years and I for one much rather know what I get into when I smoke than be some kind of test object for newer technology.