Why Did you buy an e-cig?

[NathanS]

I want to know why everyone bought there first e-cig? Please take the poll.

[mouse]

I just became curious after reading about e-smoking on another forum. It was pretty much on impulse without too much thought, TBH.

Having said that, I was amazed by how quickly I chose to cut down my analogue smoking habit once I'd got the e-cig. I'm still smoking a bit, but when my duty frees run out I might well stop altogether.

[ladybug51]

I have COPD and it scared me when I found out from being hospitalized. I really didn't have a choice. I'm too young to die. My life just started again. A nurse told about electric cigarettes. Started googling and watched videos. I haven't had a real cig since I go one. Hopefully I can quite but I enjoy the role play of smoking. If I do quit, I'll still smoke 0 Nicotine for the pleasure of it.

[GabbyD]

I checked "other" because my first thought was that I could get some nicotine when I'm with my dad. He's that horrible "anti" type who used to lecture restaurant managers before they banned smoking in restaurants here. And I also got a new car, with no ashtray, and I didn't want the mess and smell in there. We saw the e-cig on our local news, talking about it being a way around the smoking bans. I googled and here I am. I had no idea I'd be quitting analogs! But I've now been over 24 hours without one and I think I'll keep heading in the right direction.

[slianfoxob]

i checked "other" because my main reason was pure and utter vanity. i wanted to end the days of smelling like an ashtray.

quitting, health benefits, etc. were all just added bonuses.


Foxy

[apachedug]

I got mine out of curiosity, mostly--I stumbled across an ad for one of 'em on YouTube last June, and after 28 years of smoking (25 cigs a day) I was feeling a little anxious to cut down on my smoking.

I figured it might help me reduce the analogs to 15-20 instead if it was everything it claimed to be. (But I doubted it.)

Apparently it was all that and then some--after using it for a week, I walked away from real cigs for good, & I've never looked back...

(I honest to God didn't think it would be that easy.)

[Misty]

Just like Foxy..it was the smell on my clothes, hands and hair!
Really got the point when in China on business and after smoking in our hotel non-stop in preparation for those 20 hrs non-smoking, then smoking in that god awful "steel box" at the airport..I let my hair down in the airplane and this huge whiff of ashtray emanated all around me..

Somehow that moment in time and with winter coming , it was enough for me to really look into these e-cigs at least for travelling and work..the rest , stopping analogs just came as a surprise..

[threespeed]

Spotted Ruyan Vegas by chance on the internet, I think it was tech news or tech site.
Looked it up found this site and decided I would either smoke healthier or give up using this method.

I have been smoke free but vaping since late October 2008 .
3 smoking related deaths in the family in the last 5 years have given me an extra incentive, but I have found this the easiest method so far to give up tobacco cigarettes.

Must give a special thank you to the service from E-Cigs.co.uk, Online Store & Electronic Cigarette E Liquid - Totally Wicked E Liquid Premier Electronic Cigarette fluid & Packaday who helped me with products & liquid. Also members of the forum for help & advice.

People in Walsall NHS have an £30 cash incentive opportunity to give up smoking, if you can stick to an e-cig for 1 month, This would pay for your initial purchase.

Merry Christmas & a Healthy new year.

[ApOsTle51]

i gave up smoking in August for four days and ran out of nic gum , wanted to get a inhalator and started looking on ebay , stumbled on e-cigs where some sellers are selling them as NRT and me not knowing any better thought WOW...cool gadget..so plonk .here i am

[tonyph]

brought mine for when I am working inside at venues where smoking is now banned. When it arrived I was exspecting to be explaining to my wife why we had wasted more money on some silly device that didnt work. That 5 days later I was using the e-cig full time and was not smoking the normal 50 a day was completely unexspected. That I have not smoked any tobacco for 40 days is realy bizarre as I have not made any decision to stop smoking and would have no problem about smoking tobacco if the circumstance arose