One more question...about quitting.

Oktyabr;9245734 said:

Congrats on making the decision to make it work. Having the right state of mind is HUGE in completely making the switch.

All I can tell you is what worked for ME:

No e-cig that looks, feels or works ("automatics") anything even remotely like a real cigarette. I needed to completely disassociate my nicotine addiction with cigarettes. Nice shiny with a pretty button that lights up worked well for starters.

No e-juice that "tastes just like a cigarette" or even tries to come close, at least for the first couple of weeks. I used to smoke menthols also... No tobacco flavored juices, no juice with menthol or mint in them either. The trick is finding a juice flavor you like *better* than the taste of cigarettes and then sticking with it.

Buy backup hardware and even backups for your backups, if you can afford it. An e-cig won't work if you only have one and are waiting for it to recharge, break it, loose it or get it stolen. Same with tanks, etc. One of the best investments I bought for both me and my wife was a cheap lanyard that fits the common eGo style batteries. You don't know how often I have heard friends that are new to e-cigs say "Uhhh... I lost it." Or "I forgot to charge it". Sure, right. Whatever.

I quit with the strongest nicotine I could find which was 36mg, locally. I also bought a bottle of 24mg and I still had some old 18 and 16mg laying around from a few years ago, but it was the first 24 hours or so of that 36mg that made me leave my cigarettes where they belong... back at the store and not in my pocket! I actually got a headache from it after the first day and a half or so and knew that was the time to step it down a notch. I mostly vape 18mg stuff now but keep the 24mg for when I go out to the pub, etc.

You can slowly try to lower the nicotine strength... everyone is different. Be prepared and it won't hurt anything to have some of the "strong stuff" around *just in case*. Once you have a few weeks of zero cigarettes you can pass it off to a friend with that same advice. I used 36mg for a day or so then my wife quit using the same bottle a few days after I did. I passed it on to a friend who is in their first few days right now.

But the biggest thing is having the right mind set and it sounds like you are well on your way in that department! It will take awhile to learn *new habits* of e-cigs and to completely forget the old habits of smoking cigarettes, but it will happen if you keep trying.

Remember, we are all here for you! Best of luck!

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