Has anyone quit real smoking?

[steph77sings]

Just wondering how many people have completely quit smoking, for how long, and how they feel in comparison.
I have smoked for about 12 years and have cut back from a pack a day to 8 cigs a day, so i think with the ecig I can stop completely, but my husband smokes alot and has a really bad smoker's cough, so I'm hoping if he can quit on these.

[Sun Vaporer]

Steph--Most of us have from what I have read--very easy with the e-cig. The patch, gum, and the pills are a joke--Sun

[georgini]

analog free since 1/20/09. not really very hard at all for me.

[Chris From Cali]

Yup I don't smoke anymore. I'm not saying I havn't picked up an anolog. But I was at about 140 analogs a month, now it's maybe 1 a month, IF that. (Usually when I'm around freind who still smoke analogs) I hate the taste and the smell especially

[fenez]

Yup completely off cigs, 1st time ever! I'm 39 been smokin since i was 18 2 packs at least a day. In all honesty it's almost too easy this way.

[Houdini]

I've totally quit after 30 years. See the box in my post here. What is it 40 days now without one cigarette.

[smokingclam]

I will have 1 month come Sunday with out a cigarette. I was just like your husband with the cough everyday and lungs full of fluid. I can happily say that is gone already and I'm feeling pretty good. I smoked 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day for 31 years now. It definitely works as I can attest. Still addicted to nicotine but that's another battle for another day. Just happy to be off the cigarettes for now.

[breakfastchef]

You will likely see a lot of posts to your question. First, the e-cigarette is no a smoking cessation device. It can only be marketed as an alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. That said, I chose to try e-cigs as a way to quit smoking tobacco. Today marks the second day in 32 years that I have not had one analog cigarette.

My early impression is that these devices are successfully supplanting much of the addictive and habitual aspects of smoking tobacco products.

If you are seriously interested in e-smoking, you should be aware that it is not as simple as buying a kit and puffing. There is a learning curve. You will want to learn to make your device perform optimally, experiment with puffing and inhalation styles and get used to refilling your own smoking cartridges to save money.

[steph77sings]

Thanks for sharing these things. I am a singer (can you tell) and now at 31, I'm noticing my voice doesn't sound like it did even a year ago, so it's time to stop. My main issue is that I have depression and anxiety and a cigarette is kind of a self-medication. But if I can take in the medicating nicotine without that harmful smoke, maybe I can save my voice AND not lose my mind trying.

[frigga]

Since I've started vaping at the end of January, I've had maybe a pack total. I had an atomizer fail on my first unit and of course wasn't informed I needed a spare... (doh!) so I was out of an e-cig for a couple weeks. So during that time because they tasted NASTY I probably had about 3/4 pack, had a couple analogs here and there just to finish my pack since then... but I can truly say, I don't miss them one bit! I've noticed a lot of positive changes in that duration. The only thing that's kind of strange with the transition is that feeling of being "light headed" due to the air constriction, but that's a good thing not to experience!!! It is a learning curve but it's probably the easiest one I have done thus far... I'm stoked with my progress in quitting analogs, and am confident that I'll be able to step the nic levels down soon.