Did you cut down before quitting?
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I didn't completely stop smoking until late November--I didn't really keep track because I wasn't intending to quit. The overpriced Smoking Everywhere 2.0 I bought a year ago got lost not long after purchase and their customer disservice was unable to send me the right atomizer and based on that experience, I didn't expect to ever quit smoking but just hoped to cut back when I got my first 510...but when I discovered I could go days at a time without an analog once using the 510, I ordered additional supplies and bought one last pack of analogs...a few weeks later when I still had nearly half a pack left and a neighbor asked to bum one I shrugged and said, "here, take the rest. I don't really want them anymore" The week before Thanksgiving I forgot to bring batteries with me to work so I choked down a couple analogs, but from that point on I've made sure to not repeat that mistake and I try to carry a Camel dissolvable around in case of emergencies--I don't really care for the taste, and I miss the vapor when I don't have it, but most of the time now I'd rather just suffer through a nic craving than endure the flavor of cigarette smoke.
I took a drag off the analog a lady friend was smoking a while ago and just the one hit grossed me out more than the first cigarette I ever smoked (which surprised me how much I didn't dislike) and I gratefully took several nice big hits on my Xhaler to get rid of the taste! So yes, I did cut down and the last few cigs I had were just "experiments" to see if I still liked them.
The problem I always had trying to quit smoking was actually a fear that I would have to deprive myself of the pleasure not just in the moment, but forever. I could quit and deal with it "one day at a time", but eventually I'd find some sort of excuse to re-start. Thanks to e-cigs, I don't have that fear. I don't have to give up what I enjoyed about smoking (the physical activity, the boost of "focus" for my ADHD brain, the calming substantiation of a real "break"--people who've never smoked don't know the joy of asmoke vape break, watching the clouds of smoke/vapor float peacefully away, and the social aspect); but I now have the FREEDOM to give up what I hated about smoking (stinky clothes, bad breath, difficulting smelling, tasting, & breathing, nasty lingering coughing fits that turned a common cold into a miserable case of bronchitis, etc).
I love the fact that I have stopped smoking, but I'm no quitter!
The Devil's Thadvocate in me loves that I stopped smoking by breaking many of the "rules" traditional smoking cessation programs tell you to follow. I didn't "set a quit date and stick with it"...One day I simply realized that I hadn't had a "real" cigarette in a few days but since I didn't want one.
I took a drag off the analog a lady friend was smoking a while ago and just the one hit grossed me out more than the first cigarette I ever smoked (which surprised me how much I didn't dislike) and I gratefully took several nice big hits on my Xhaler to get rid of the taste! So yes, I did cut down and the last few cigs I had were just "experiments" to see if I still liked them.
The problem I always had trying to quit smoking was actually a fear that I would have to deprive myself of the pleasure not just in the moment, but forever. I could quit and deal with it "one day at a time", but eventually I'd find some sort of excuse to re-start. Thanks to e-cigs, I don't have that fear. I don't have to give up what I enjoyed about smoking (the physical activity, the boost of "focus" for my ADHD brain, the calming substantiation of a real "break"--people who've never smoked don't know the joy of a
I love the fact that I have stopped smoking, but I'm no quitter!
The Devil's Thadvocate in me loves that I stopped smoking by breaking many of the "rules" traditional smoking cessation programs tell you to follow. I didn't "set a quit date and stick with it"...One day I simply realized that I hadn't had a "real" cigarette in a few days but since I didn't want one.
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I was a pack a day of American Spirits for over a decade. Got an e-cig & used it when I got it. Smoked 5 analogs the next day & two the day after that, all while vaping too. By the third day & ever since I haven't had any. I'll occasionally (once a month, if that) ask a friend ripping analogs for a drag & it only re-fortifies my belief/the obvious fact that analogs are horrid & e-cigs are the bomb. I made no effort to reduce the # of analogs I smoked, it just happened naturally once I got my first e-cig. An easy transition for me.
I smoked for 24 years.
I got an e-cig for an international flight in Feb last year... (I hated the thought of using a patch, they always made me feel bad) I smoked and vaped till April, I was down to 5 analogs a day and just decided to quit altogether.
It was never really my plan, but once I was only smoking the 5 it seemed like a good thing to do, so I did.
I got an e-cig for an international flight in Feb last year... (I hated the thought of using a patch, they always made me feel bad) I smoked and vaped till April, I was down to 5 analogs a day and just decided to quit altogether.
It was never really my plan, but once I was only smoking the 5 it seemed like a good thing to do, so I did.
I really struggled for about 3 months. But we had a trip coming up that was ALL no smoking. 11 days! Planned and paid for by my husbands job. OMG!!
I got my ecig in Jan. and right away went from 2 packs a day to 1/2 pack. But I got stuck, mentally. I just didn't want to give up that little piece of rebel that likes to piss people off. I new once I quit I could never go back and it scared the crap out of me! I even tried some stupid little toothpick size mini cigs instead of my regular 120s They just frustrated me and I finally quit.
The ecig was great in the no smoking hotels, the no smoking cruise ship and on the airplanes.
I had tried to quit only once before- half-heartedly for 2 days on the patch. Yuck. But I watch my hubby and others quit and start many times and decided I would just die early, but happy. My 901 and 401 changed that for me.
It's been just about 9 months now and I don't have cravings nearly as much anymore. I will always miss my smokes - 34 years is a long time. But I don't miss all the crap that goes with them. I have my womanly voice back! I have too much support from my hubby and boys to ever go back. I couldn't disappoint them like that. And I want to live to see a few more grandkids!!
I got my ecig in Jan. and right away went from 2 packs a day to 1/2 pack. But I got stuck, mentally. I just didn't want to give up that little piece of rebel that likes to piss people off. I new once I quit I could never go back and it scared the crap out of me! I even tried some stupid little toothpick size mini cigs instead of my regular 120s
They just frustrated me and I finally quit.The ecig was great in the no smoking hotels, the no smoking cruise ship and on the airplanes.
I had tried to quit only once before- half-heartedly for 2 days on the patch. Yuck. But I watch my hubby and others quit and start many times and decided I would just die early, but happy. My 901 and 401 changed that for me.
It's been just about 9 months now and I don't have cravings nearly as much anymore. I will always miss my smokes - 34 years is a long time. But I don't miss all the crap that goes with them. I have my womanly voice back! I have too much support from my hubby and boys to ever go back. I couldn't disappoint them like that. And I want to live to see a few more grandkids!!
I had just taken my second drag off an analog when my son walked in with my first pv that had just been delivered. I stubbed out my analog and switched immediately. I've had 1 slip in the week since then because my 20 yr old sat his pack of analogs where mine had always been and I grabbed one out of habit. I almost puked. Now he's using my pv every chance he gets and we both have 510s ordered. Over 20 years of analogs and I haven't really missed em especially since I got my smoke juice sampler pack from Johnson Creek.
The first week I went from a pack a day to 1.5 in the first week. Them by the 8th day and 9th day I take 2 drags a day from a tobacco cig. I believe by the end of the 2nd wk I would have stopped completely.
I bought a locally avaliable e cig and started just kinda playing around with it. Used that although it needed new parts constantly. Ordered a well established brand kit, for the first time EVER thinking I might just quit. Smoked my last analog waiting for the mail...the rest is happy history!
I cut down after I started vaping - before it was 20-30 cigs per day, day of 510 it was 8, day I ran out of juice was 10 
days since I got tastyvapor juice - 4 max and mostly 2. I can see 0 coming up soon. Never tried to quit before - this makes analogs..irrelavent. Really the FDA/Govt health body should look into this as to me its HUGE that dyed-in-the-wool smokers are just spontaneously giving up without a fight. That's kind of what they wanted isn't it? lol
days since I got tastyvapor juice - 4 max and mostly 2. I can see 0 coming up soon. Never tried to quit before - this makes analogs..irrelavent. Really the FDA/Govt health body should look into this as to me its HUGE that dyed-in-the-wool smokers are just spontaneously giving up without a fight. That's kind of what they wanted isn't it? lol
I was at a pack and a half a day until i got my pv. Didn't stop right away but immediately went down to 2-3 a day thanks to the pv . . and now i'm tobacco free. Not the immediate result i wanted but not bad for a month.
Got my first e-cig the Titan (510) On Tuesday charged the battery, Vaped my Titan for the first time, Thought WOW! This is GREAT! Got my anologs threw them in the bin, and no regrets!!!
Man hate to think about it but I smoked for 20+ years, had gotten to 2 packs a day until I got wind of the e-cig thing. I think the upfront cost helped, but when I was done with what I had left in the pack I had, I was done & not looking back. Been done since Oct. 09.
The funniest thing is, I was literally so excited about the PV.... I slowly quit over a week span BEFORE I even got it in the mail. I could have probably just ditched the PV too at that point because I just didn't care. But I do love smoking in all senses. (without the health issues...) Just gonna slowly take it down to no nic and just keep vaping without it.
On the day I quit smoking, January 8, 2010, I finished my last cigarette about 5 minutes before I checked the mailbox for my PV shipment. I haven't even thought of turning back, and I was smoking between 1-1/2 and 2 packs a day.
In the time since I received my first eCig:
One of the first days, I didn't bring enough battery power to work with me on a long day, and on last break bummed a cigarette from a co-worker and smoked it.
I once lit a cigarette absent mindedly, took a couple drags and put it out.
Several days ago, I tried smoking one, out of curiosity. Couple drags and extinguished.
I honestly have no craving for analogs. In fact, the last few times I've taken a drag, they tasted really bad! You could say, other than the few exceptions I listed above, I quit smoking instantly with my first vape.
One of the first days, I didn't bring enough battery power to work with me on a long day, and on last break bummed a cigarette from a co-worker and smoked it.
I once lit a cigarette absent mindedly, took a couple drags and put it out.
Several days ago, I tried smoking one, out of curiosity. Couple drags and extinguished.
I honestly have no craving for analogs. In fact, the last few times I've taken a drag, they tasted really bad! You could say, other than the few exceptions I listed above, I quit smoking instantly with my first vape.
I have not quit smoking---advise, do not have 2 cartons expensive cigarettes on hand when you get your first ecig. Give me time, I will take poll again.
I had ordered my months supply of analogs (6 cartons for my Jan order -- Still have 5 left) about a week before I decided to get my first e-cig, a Janty Dura-C. I immediately went from 1.5 - 2 packs/day down to between 3 and 8 analogs a day. I have been stuck there for about two weeks now. I got a TW Tornado on Saturday and am hoping that this does the trick. It really is a nice pv.
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