eleanore

I suppose you have a point. I personally like the smell of tobacco (not manufactured cigs, but high quality rolling tobacco), but no doubt the horror I am describing can not compare to emphysema, lung cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer, and so on.

Thanks everyone for your input. See, this is what I'm afraid of. I do not want to lose my taste for cigarettes. I have always like the taste of cigarettes. If vaping makes me dislike actual cigarettes I will be very, very unhappy.

I went down to a store today that sells ecigs and liquids and the like to try things out. When I asked to try something out the guy at the shop gave me an eGo with some RY4, which I *think* was dekang liquid. I assume this because 1) I hear that dekang provides 90% of the market and 2) the stuff tasted awful–– a burnt, chemical, tin-like taste. I've read of a few other people reporting similar problems with dekang liquid, though I wouldn't be able to tell if it was the liquid or a dry wick or something else. Now, as I said it tasted terrible, but what I really found horrifying about the whole thing is that since taking a few puffs from the vape (it's now about 12 hours later), whenever I EAT or SMOKE (I use rolling tobacco, not regular cigarettes) the first thing I taste is the lingering scent of the eliquid/vape. I lift a sandwich to my mouth and feel the lingering taste of the vape. I light a cigarette and taste the vape. Drinking is normal, and unless eating or smoking I don't notice any taste in my mouth. It's bizzare, and actually I feel weirdly violated. It's been slowly dropping off–– by now it's very subtle and just when I smoke. With the first thing I ate though (bread) it was kind of shock, like drinking milk when one was expecting water. The thing is, I have no intention of quitting real tobacco, but I would like to have an ecig for those times when it comes in handy, which could be daily. However, if it's going to interfere with my enjoyment of regular tobacco and food, that's a serious problem. I noticed also that the first few cigarettes I had after the vape left me somewhat unsatisfied, and thinking about the vape. This got me considering the possibility that dekang (if it was dekang) is producing product intended to make analogs less satisfying in comparison. I doubt whether this is actually the case, but given the unregulated market and the historical methods of large businesses, it would also make perfect sense. It's what you would expect, really. So really I'm looking for any answers. I've dug deep into the internet looking for someone reporting this same experience, specifically the taste of vaped eliquid lingering in food and in smoke, but haven't found anything. The fact that the taste can seem completely gone until eating something or lighting a cigarette is inexplicable to me. Was it just the liquid I was using? I feel like there must be some other people out there who had this experience when they were just getting into vaping as well.