Cutting Down vs. Totally Quitting

[NotYingYang]

I haven't totally quit analogs but have cut down to probably a fifth or so of what I use to smoke. Has anyone experienced positive effects of just cutting down as opposed to quitting totally? If so, what are these noticeable effects?

[Frankie]

The main effect is you will be able to quit completely much easier than from a high nic addiction.

[mixxy]

I wasn't really planning to quit smoking when I happened upon the e-cigs.. but after doing both for only a few days I started to notice that I really did "enjoy" the e-cig so much more than the real thing. I'd been putting my real cigs out before they were completely finished for a long time (I had started to think of them as being very annoying) and really liked the fact that I could take a "puff or two" on the e-cig... and then put it down until I wanted it again.. without that feeling that I had to "finish" it! Maybe I was just really ready to do this... but the e-cig has made it SOOOO much easier!

[ZambucaLu]

I cut down by about 2 packs but still haven't completely quit. Even with that, I noticed a couple of things I am really grateful for: I used to get this cough at night when I laid down to go to sleep....annoying little bastard it was....kind of like a post nasal drip. I don't have that anymore....nor do I have any "coughing fits" in the morning. Also, I haven't had even an inkling of a cold since, despite the fact that my son had a cold last weekend and usually, when he gets one, I seem to get it to. I didn't this time. I was really thrilled about that!

So despite my continued smoking, I do believe the decrease has improved my respiratory system tenfold.

Lu

[bluewolf]

I went from 2 1/2 packs a day to 1/2 pack a day. I sleep a little better.

[briitts]

I just want to quit quit quit!

Cant wait for my 901.

[CosmeticAndrea]

I know I'm fooling myself but I class my self as a non smoker as I only ever smoke when I go out for a drink in town, which is sad to say only once a month if I'm lucky.
I beleive if I was to say never ever it would be on my mind more not to smoke.
Does anyone else feel like this?

[Ladycats]

I don't think of it as "quitting" anything ..... I just think of it as "change" ... I've changed the way I get my nicotine ... and for me, that's the bottom line ..... getting my "fix" ... the method of delivery .. is optional

[spike]

Agreed, I'm not quitting and never intended to - just changing the way I get the nicotine. But now, come to think of it, I don't miss the paraphernalia - ashtray, cigarettes, lighter, cup of coffee, book - major operation just moving from room to room - so irritating. And the humiliating experience in the cattle-pen at Heathrow (a fiercely air-conditioned open enclosure in the middle of the waiting areas) where the addicts were herded and the morally superior could watch them getting their fix - all orchestrated deliberately by BAA - never forgotten that, all gone now of course.

That said, I still smoke a couple in the morning with coffee and a few during the day when I feel like it. Otherwise, I have reduced my cigarette intake by around three-quarters, an unintended benefit. So I shall see where it leads me without pressure.

[SpaceCadet]

As from last Monday, I've gone from 12-15 a day down to 4 or 5 - I NEED a lovely menthol analog before work, at lunch and straight after work! That said, I'm still looking for a menthol juice I love (second one is in the post right now), and with the right juice may just be able to kick the smokes - my other half would love that too. He's never smoked.

However, already, even on 4-5 gaspers a day, my sense of smell and breathing are improving, and my coughing has reduced massively. This should help with the altitude on the forthcoming visit to Lake Tahoe

Oh, and it's saving cash on the gum I was always having to chew after a cig!