My husband and I always reach an impasse every time we discuss his smoking habits. Obviously, there are so many reasons why I wanted him to quit the bad habit against his single selfish reason of getting some kind of a relief from nicotine every time he is stressed. But I can’t believe he is stressed out all the time as he is smoking all the time, whatever his mood is. And so I told him he is addicted to it – a statement that he kept on denying which triggers our daily fights. I told him we’ll compromise on the matter and for that, he will have to agree in using the electronic cigarettes instead of his regular tobacco cigarettes.
My husband was a little dubious and somewhat reluctant about switching from smoking to vaping though. He doesn’t really believe that electronic cigarettes can help him control smoking more so stop from doing it. He said he has heard a lot of negative issues surrounding electronic cigarettes too – issues about legality and safety. I was trying real hard not to laugh at him. Now he’s worried about safety issues? Why wasn’t he worried about the real safety issues regarding tobacco and nicotine?
I told my husband that whatever health issues there are, they are nothing but allegations and were not proven true (and I’m sure they won’t be). Besides, tobacco cigarettes are proven to have not only nicotine but also 4000 more toxic substances while electronic cigarettes only have the nicotine that he’s addicted too so getting worried about health is somewhat ridiculous. So really, electronic cigarettes are definitely less harmful than regular cigarettes and I’ll stop pestering him to stop smoking if this vaping thing will not work for him.
I went for the “sure kill” while my husband was giving it a serious thought. I told him, as much as I am worried of his health, I’m also worried about our daughters getting sick with him smelling like a walking ash tray all the time. He must also be concerned with the fact that our kids don’t like talking to him anymore; in fact, they seem to be avoiding him and I really understand why. It is because he smells so bad from smoking. Electronic cigarettes will make sure he won’t have a repulsive smell anymore and then he can have bonding time with our daughter anymore.
I don’t know which of my reasons have finally made him go for electronic cigarettes but I’m just thankful that he is giving it a shot. After all, he can still get his nicotine though in smaller dosage every day. I hope he’ll eventually get over his nicotine addiction in no time though.