Category: Smoker’s Show Feedback

Hello Phil,
My name is Robert Wayne. I’m a 49yr old male. I’m a retired E7 chief petty officer of the United States Navy. I entered service at the ripe ole age of 18, 1990 right out of Highschool. I grew up in the Air Force and graduated from Torrejon Air Base Spain.

I had started smoking cigarettes during my senior year, ironically thinking it made me a bad ass while playing a linebacker on one of my schools football teams. ( no, not the European football despite being in Spain, the American version) I started smoking, it was the thing to do, hell at that time drinking age was 16, so, when in Rome right?

Before going to Spain, I had spent just about close to 12yrs of my life overseas, my mother and I following my father around during his Air Force career. Btw, he’s a retired Full bird Col. An A-10 warthog pilot who cross trained to the F-16 Fighting Falcon. And yes, they were both smokers, still are.

Enter my military career, I was eventually a QMC SW/AW Retired navy vet. (Sw is surface warfare specialist, AW is air warfare specialist) during my 20years I was a smoker. And I continued that even after I retired at the age of 38.

I’m now 49yrs of age, I called you and Demi last week on the smokers show, and got to speak to Mike (the god father of vaping) just so I could say I was a few days away from my one year mark of quitting smokes, and totally into vaping. It is April 6th now, 369 days since I quit smoking (call it a military thing, I keep track) thanks to YOU, DImitris and the Innokin brand.

Thank you again Phil Busardo and Dimitiris Agrafiotis, and of course Innokin.
You DO help change lives,

Sincerely,
Rob

G’day Phil,

Wandering through your back catalogue just now and came across another
example of why you and Dimi are invaluable in this idiotic battle.
When I quit smokes and started on this vaping thing a few short months
ago I had NO idea how effective it would be and NO idea of the stupidity
of governments (the world over) and scientific and private groups who’s
true aim is…. I’m yet to figure that out.

Ok save the children, yes but do it where that is needed…..targeting
vaping is creating a war where none exists.
Kids….
will smoke
will vape
will drink
will drive
will fuck that girl/boy they fancy
will get pregnant
and on and on it goes…..

Do we ban smokes….
Do we ban alcohol
Do we ban cars
Or any of the million things stupid kids do growing up
I was there once a long time ago, I’m allowed to call it stupid.

Can government regulate that, stop that….NO never.
What they can do is educate and hopefully get the message across that
all the above is not a real bright choice in life.

Bring in the old guy who’s dying from lung cancer into the schools.
Bring in the kid who cant walk anymore after crashing dads car he took
for a drive late one night.
Or the girl at 14 who’s pregnant and who’s life has been destroyed at
that age.
Bring in the stupid fucker who wants to vape……I don’t fucking know
what ….Evali, vitamin E acetate ?. I’m ignorant here but I think those
ones are past help.

Teach, educate, and FUND the schools….. show the consequences of
making poor choices. You’ll get the attention of some, perhaps a
lot…not all. Get them when they’re young, I can’t think of a better
way.
All this education is fully funded, no need take money from anyone but
smokers. In Australia 17 BILLION per year is collected in tobacco tax.
Does the Australian government spend 17 billion a year on quit smoking
programs….lol you know the answer.
Nicotine patches and the like should be free here given they are utterly
fucking useless ….they are not.

Ok sorry for the rant here but the video in the back catalogue set me
off. I’ve seen it many times in other videos but none more than in this
one…..

The….
Outrage
Disgust
Maddening Frustration

The…..
Sadness
Stupidity
The raw passion for what should be but isn’t….

Common Fucking Sense….why is that so hard !

Vaping works where nothing else does for most, it’s the safest and best
option there is at present.
I’m 62 and not a fighter, I go with the flow on most issues…..call it
apathy, call it old fucker don’t give a shit cause I cant change it.
I DO CARE about this, smoking kills and vaping FUCKING works to stop
that. You want a study?, study me…..just a few days after getting off
the cigs I wasn’t coughing up a lung in the morning , FACT….that
stopped.
And that was the catalyst, I became my father….on his death
certificate smoking was one of 3 causes. I guess I got scared….or wise.

I don’t know what’s behind all this….Big Tobacco, follow the money or
what. I just don’t know what’s behind all the utter stupidity surrounding
vaping. It Works You Dumb Fuckers !

You and Dimi are worth your weight in gold, you do what most of us can’t.
Be a real shame if you disappeared from Youtube. Love seeing you guys
‘chucking a wobbly’ ….aussie slang for Outrage and Fuck This !
Dimi quite restrained and Phil far less so 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7JzaRBpIe8
Love It !

Cheers to you Both
Wayne

Greetings!
I only recently discovered you, Dimi, and the Smokers Show thanks to a mention of you on the website of the e liquid company I purchase from (Alice in Vapeland). I love most of their products so trusted their suggestion of checking your reviews out and I will forever be grateful to them for it. To give you a little background, I was a half-pack a day smoker for almost 30 years. Like you I began my vaping journey around 2008-2009. It started with a cigalike from a C-store and eventually I got up the courage to walk into a vape shop and purchased my 1st mod (innokin itaste vv). I am ashamed to admit that even though I quickly found vaping as enjoyable as smoking I just could never fully walk away from cigarettes. Fast forward 10 years and skip over $1000’s spent finding the “perfect” mod, today I can finally say that I am no longer a smoker and my “dual” use is a pod with tobacco salt nic for when my 9mg regular just isn’t enough. That suggestion was a game changer for me. Since trying that, I have been 2 weeks without a cigarette and currently I don’t even miss them. But the best vaping trick hands down for me has been the Smokers Show. I started binge watching past episodes (next up is #28 so I still have a ways to catch up) and it has acted as a support group for me and absolutely contributed to my staying away from traditional tobacco. Thank you and Dimi a 1000 times for what y’all are doing! I am so very grateful to have discovered your videos. Please keep it up!
Sincerely,
Leslie

Comment: Hello Phil. I spoke with yourself and Dimi last night on the show. My name is Danette and I am a 62 year old vapor proudly. I wanted to thank you for all you have done. I have watched you for years and almost every review to learn all that I could. You have and of course Dimi have given me hope. I was so scared with the PMTA that I was even having a hard time sleeping. You see I don’t to die and for me smoking is a death sentence with COPD and CHF. I tried everything to stop smoking and NOTHING worked but I tried. So please for me and the world keep fighting and keep talking until they listen and they will one day they will. Until please know that you matter and you are making changes in this world. Much love to you and yours, Danette #1 fan…..

Phil,

I just wanted to take a moment of your time to say thank you for the Innokin Sceptre deluxe kit that you sent me last week, it is really a great AIO.

After over seven years vaping it amazes me on how far things have come and where it might be allowed to go if the anti’s don’t get their way.

I appreciate all the work that you and Dimitri do for our community and working to help people get away from cigarettes and finding a safer alternative. Thank you for fighting for all of us.

Sincerely,

Tony

The Smokers Show S02E21

I just wanted to thank you for bringing such an excellent point to the table. Your episode about Vaping News gives people a chance for people’s eyes to be opened and see behind the curtain a little bit. This is something so much bigger than vaping, and it is damaging the way people receive information and therefore changing their opinions on things. It is manipulative, and it very dangerous.

Using fear-mongering, and presenting vaping as dangerous we are cloaking agendas as news stories. We wait for a story or event to use and propagandize in this case to fuel the anti-vaping fires.

I just think that is awesome that you have allowed people to see this in a way that related to them with vaping. This is happening with news stories about everything, and maybe it will make people second guess the next story about politics, products, etc.

We don’t have trust anymore, we just have agendas, it seems just like more and more manipulation every day. I will continue to listen to your show and am so glad I found it. Keep it up!

Lindsay

Hi Phil (and Dimitri), Don’t usually do this but just wanted to say what a great job you’ve done with the Zlide. I’ve been vaping for 7 years and hadn’t really taken much notice of what is currently available but my daughter & son-in-law finally decided to give vaping a go so I needed to find them something not too expensive (or big), easy to use and reliable. I ended up getting them a Coolfire Z50 kit each and it is perfect! You’ve thought of everything!

I’m in the UK and started vaping in 2013 when the EU TPD was in progress (threat of medicinal licence & 4mg nicotine) so had to advocate from get go. We are doing OK in the UK now but I am watching the US situation with disbelief and hope it improves for you all. I continue to do everything I can to support vaping and it feels never ending doesn’t it? – I still have to complain regularly to the media here about disinformation and ignorance.

For me (smoked for 38 years) it has been a miracle. It often feels like a losing battle but then I remember how many people vaping will help avoid serious smoking related illnesses and death. My husband never tried vaping, I couldn’t persuade him. Then he got throat cancer and had a laryngectomy. He now breathes through his neck and can’t smoke or vape. As you can imagine this keeps me focused and very grateful to everyone else who also keeps advocating even when it seems pointless and exhausting. I suppose what I’m saying is thank you for the kit but also for everything else you both do, Kate

I am 43 and was a smoker for over 25 year’s. I found your channel when I started vaping and it was so helpful and entertaining that I tell anyone about it when they need help. My girlfriend now watches you too and she has gone from smoking a pack per day to almost nothing. She still struggles when she gets stressed out and let’s ++it gets the best of her. She has been dealing with some serious medical issues for the past 2 years which we haven’t been able to find any medical solution for so it has been really tough so I can’t give her to hard a time when she gives in.

My 68 year old mother who was a smoker for over 50 years (she started back when she was just a teenager) had also been cigarette free since May 5th 2020. She uses the Blu ecig in tobacco flavor. I am so proud of her and I don’t care what she uses as long as it works for her. I have tried to give her some other alternatives but they all seem to make her have that cough reflex and the Blu ecig doesn’t. She enjoys your videos too. So you sir have done a lot for my family and loved ones when it comes to quitting smoking. I just wanted to say thank you.

Comment: Hey Phil,

You are the reason I quit smoking about 8-9 years ago, we always had the same taste for juices, devices (Boge cartomizers come on they rocked!!) and mods. I want to thank you for all your reviews because I liked what you liked I kinda tend to go with your opinion.

I am rocking the kroma-R and the Ares-2 for a few days now coming from a kayfun lite, yes you heated it right, the kayfun always was my favorite in flavor and I’m so used to it. The Ares-2 may even be better (convenient).

Anyways I don’t want to bore you with my already too long of a mail to just say Thank you for being here for me and the community and I love you and Dimi, specially what you both do to contribute to the community.

Regards,
Hamdi

Phil and Dimi love watching the smoker show, just by chance I found it on youtube. My journey started about two years ago. Walking up a set of stairs started to become difficult. I tried quitting multiple times with different methods, the pills, gum and patches. So one day my friend and myself went into a local vape shop, neither one of us knowing anything about vaping. They sold us DL kits with 3mg nic. He went back to smoking and I picked up a Vype in a gas station about two years ago. My friend is still smoking and I’m still vaping. I left the vype behind and now I’m using an innokin Zenith Pro on a Kroma R. I’ve learned a lot watching your Smoker’s show.  I want to thank both you and Dimi for what you do for smokers very much appreciated.

-Dean