trying to quit nicotine vs. just trying to quit analogs?

[Sar]

Eventually I want to cut down to either very very low, or 0 nicotine, but I don't see me giving up the vaping habit. It's a social thing for me, and I enjoy it too much to give up entirely.
I have noticed that I'm cutting down a lot on my vaping, just like everyone says, without even really trying. That habit of, "I'll have a cigarette, and then I'll...(insert activity here) is slowly being broken; I'm not measuring time by smoke breaks any more. I think that's one of the greatest strengths of this method -- since I can pull it out of my pocket any time I want, it's on my mind a lot less. Does that make sense?

It makes total sense. Vaping and the habit of smoking is different to me. Even though we get the hand to mouth action, it's not the same. With ciggys, they were always on your mind and you had to actually go step out side or whatever and the smoke breaks were always okay when I get this done, I get a ciggy, or I'm on the phone, I grab a ciggy. With vaping, you can just take a few puffs when it crosses your mind anywhere and you aren't revolving your life and time around smoke breaks. So I do think some habits are being broken from smoking.

True for me too. The first shock was when I realized that I don't think about analogs anymore, about having a cig. At all! That was always the biggest problem -- I would be counting minutes to the next cig when I was somewhere I couldn't smoke. It was always on my mind.

I also found myself smoking whenever I was outside just to take advantage of being able to smoke. I don't do that with vaping since I know that I don't have to be outside to vape.

I don't know what nicotine does for me, so I am not sure if I want to quit nicotine. If the only thing I am getting from it is addiction, I will want to quit. But if I can't get a throat hit without the nicotine in eliquid, quitting will be difficult. I am hoping that the Prodigy with 510 atomizer attachment will provide throat hit with much smaller nicotine dosage.

I think I will continue with my current vaping routine (24 mg nic) for maybe 3-6 more months just to make sure that I am used to being off analogs, that the habit associated with many years of smoking analogs is completely broken. After that, I will try to ween myself off the throat hit addiction by gradually lowering the nic amount until I am only addicted to vapors. That will probably take another 6 months.

Once I am only addicted to vapors, I'll continue for few more months vaping no-nic liquid, just doing it less.

After that... I'll just buy a really good humidifier for my desk so it blows right at me. That will, hopefully, be the end of my addiction.

Looking at how easy it was to switch from analogs to vaping, I really think I can do this. Of course, if the government bans e-cigs or eliquid, I'll have to do all of this much faster and I am not sure if I'll be able to.

[seminolewind]

I love e-cig and I am a nicotine addict.

I just wanted to give up analogs. Not nicotine. I hope to be able to vap for ever.

Me too. I am finding that the habit was worst to give up. I will stay on my nicotine, but don't feel it'll be a problem to go to zero (if I want). The habit was the killer and it ended pretty easily. The habit kept me smoking.

[squirelsnut]

I've been vaping for about a week and given up cigs 4 days after starting, which I have been smoking for 11 years. I started out by using it when I would usually would go and smoke and it gradually has been dropping in usage, I love vaping and my last solution is to go down to 6mg and then to 0mg b/c I love to vape and not sure if I will completely quit. Now I have gotten the 6mg nic just today and mixed it with the 18 and 11mg and it still hits pretty good and by itself, once I get my 0mg in the mail I will let you know how it hits.

[Graverobber06]

I bought my first ecig more than two months ago because I was going on vacation with my I-hate-the-smell-of-smoke girlfriend and didn't want a reason to keep away from her. I had my last analog two days after I started vaping and after that weekend vacation, I had no more analog cravings (I did have a few dreams of smoking though).

Since then, I've gone down (pretty much) from 18 mg to 11 mg eLiquid. Maybe I'll quit, maybe I won't, maybe I'll go down to 0 mg. The biggest benefit of ecig for me is that I have the option to choose to quit on my own terms-when and if I want to. It's not like the patch or gum which bring you down in an ordered sequence regardless of how you feel towards your recovery.

I love being an ex-smoker and I love being a vaper :-)

[cmacpduff]

Hi. I started vaping May 2nd - my hubby a few days later. Our goals were primarily:
a- to stop smoking analogue cigarettes - they're nasty.
b- save substantial $$$$
c- health and safety (my hubby is disabled and him smoking in bed is a really scary issue).
There are a few more reasons but these are primary. Stage II is to cut down on my nicotine level. I do notice I don't think about smoking/vaping as much - as a result, I often misplace my e-cig. I.e. - want to take a drag and have to look everywhere I've been for the last 1/2 hr.

I would recommend to any new starter to:
order at least 2 extra batteries and 1 extra vaporizer with that starter kit.

You need 1 battery in use, 1 on the charger, and 1 spare when you're out of the house. You really need 3 for regular daily use and 1 for a spare. When the battery or atomizer dies, I've been surprised at how quickly it happens - no warning. One puff you're fine, and the next you're dead in the water - nothing. I went back to analogues for 4 days while I waited for a replacement; something I'm not happy about. Today I'm ordering 2 new batteries - one to replace one of my hubby's that died last night. It looks as though my monthly routine will be to order extra battery, atomizer, and mouth pieces every month when I order my liquid. I'll be ordering a UBS pass through to provide another option. Another problem is they roll and I loose mine. Someone neds to manufacture an e-cig with flat sides and a homing device.

[Vapaway]

I started Vaping 3 months ago..........and never look back, The real reason was to quit analog cigarettes all together. (in which I have accomplished)

[ramblingrose]

I THINK that ultimately its about both for me.
For now, not smoking has been the goal and I can't believe how easy its been to not light up.
When all is said and done, nicotine isn't all that good for us and we're probably better off vaping 0 nic liquids.

One step a time.

Same for me. I usually keep the nic level low; sometimes zero. I would like to eventually be a fulltime zero nic vaping machine, but for the foreseeable future I'm happy being tobacco free.

[Cinnabar624]

I just wanted to quit smoking stinky, dirty, dangerous analogs. Now that I've been off them for a couple of weeks, I've discovered what I've heard other people who've quit say, the smell of old smoke in my clothes closets and in my truck is just plain nasty!! I'm hoping it fades in time with washing and deodorizing. I'm simply horrified to think I smelled like that for the whole 35 years that I smoked!


To me, vaping is all the great part of smoking with none of the down side. I'm so glad not to be a smoker anymore. I never dreamed I'd be able to quit cigarettes at all so, if I vape until they take the passthru out of my hand at the nursing home, I'm okay with that..lol.

[happily]

Decided not to pressure myself with quitting. Just get away from analog's for now. My wife still struggles with analog's and when she goes outside it gets to me. so I leave my e-cig out there and grab it instead. Figure one step at a time. I'll worry about vaping next month or next year.


I'm with cinnabar.........."when they pry it from my cold dead fingers"

[Midnight Toker]

I quit smoking analogs with the help of the PV. In fact, as soon as it arrived I gave up analogs completely. Was it easy? NO!

I gave up the PV because I was still concerned with the safety of the Chinese made liquid. I used the lozenges to help that transition. It was easier than the transition from analogs to PV. Now, I've cut down to only 1 or 2 lozenges a day, and soon I will quit those completely too.

To answer the question, my goal is to get off nicotine completely.