E-Cig Success Rate?

[youfillintheblank]

i'm in a grey area. I rarely smoke any analogs. I will have a cigar once in a while, now that i'm working again I'll probably indulge in a few for my commute. The last time I really smoked cigs was when I went to see AC/DC a few weeks ago. I didn't want my M401 or homemade magnum confiscated! Of course smoking is banned at that venue now, so I hid in the toilet like everyone else for my smokes. Never got busted.

I really notice that smoke smells different now. Like it did before I started smoking. i actually like the smell of sidestream smoke....the smoke that trails off the end of a cigarette.

 

[smokingclam]

Haven't had an analog since I got the e cig. 11 days and counting.

 

[Ladycats]

No analogs since Jan. 2nd .. after the mail arrived

 

[Lithium1330]

I am going back and forward to analogs, but it is not because I don't enjoy the e-cig, my problem is to have it ready to go, sometimes take for ages to get a package with e-liquid or spare atomizers, if I could buy e-cigs and all the necessary to just vaping in an easier manner I'm sure I'll never go back to analogs.

 

[yvilla]

Totally quit since October 17, 2008 (except for two separate days/one pack each day when I had technical problems with my ecigs). Before that, one and one-half to two packs a day for 44 years, mixed in with too many to count quit attempts!

 

[Bellinghamster]

Been using e-cigs for about 5 months, but still smoking analogs until about 3 weeks ago. Finally dialed in the right mix of devices and juice and I don't need the smokes anymore!

 

[swanee]

Quit smoking the day i got my 901 and haven't had a cig since

 

[Niya]

Had to be in the hospital and then a place for rehabilitating my broken bones for a total of 3 weeks. That's all it took to quit regular cigs and use only e-cig. Both places let me, too.

 

[GrimmGreen]

i have probably had.... 3 or 4 analogs since i got my e-cig , but that was because i had no carts left

 

[itsbetterthansmoking]

It has been 16 days for me. Not a single drag of tobacco since I got my e-cigar, which was soon followed by a 901.

I had been a smoker since I was 14 (I am now 41). I gave up cigarettes several years ago and moved to cigars. I was averaging about 10 cigars a day.

While the e-cig does not completely feel like smoking, it is really much better. Now I am just worried that e-cigs will be banned outright in the near future.

 

[Terraphon]

total quitter, here.

Haven't had an analog in 3 weeks and couldn't be happier.

 

[Mark_T]

Day 18 and analog free since my 901 arrived. I am VERY proud and feel a lot healthier already.

Was on a 25-30 a day habit and at 41 years was starting to feel erm.."mortal", if you know what i mean. I have control of my life back!!

 

[merkel04]

I put cut back since I still smoke when I go out drinking. Not sure what it is, but the ecig doesn't feel right when theres a beer in my other hand. Used to be a pack a day though.

 

[lordmage]

my sig says it all

But i have yet to start to bottom out in cost considering i am still new at vaping.
but i thinkk with my 901 i might just start to now

 

[talbrecht]

I don't even have an urge to buy a pack anymore. I will have one occasionally with my wife outside (she hasn't seen the light yet) just so I can spend some time with her while she is smoking her cigs. If not I catch some grief.

 

[Nuck]

Doesn't this poll measure how ecig users are currently using ecigs as opposed to measuring quitting success rate?

I don't think it would be possible to have a realistic quitting poll on an ecig forum given that the people who fail would have very little motivation (outside of social) to even participate in the forum.

Just a thought.

 

[GabbyD]

Best of luck to those of you trying to quit! I did not intend to quit at all when I bought this thing. But I immediately found myself surviving on 3 or 4 cigs a day instead of 30! About a month later, I decided to give quitting a try. Only smoking outside helped that effort as I am inherently lazy (LOL!) and don't like the cold weather. When I first challenged myself to have a full day without any cigs, I worked through a couple of those cravings just by telling myself to sit down and use the e-cig and wait about 15 minutes before making a decision. When I asked myself after 15 minutes if I still wanted to put on a coat and shoes and go outside, the answer was no. Voila, day one. So that's sort of how it worked for me and then day 3 seems to be a tough time for a lot of people, for some reason. Once I got past that, I was excited to see my counter change and now, I have no temptations even though occasionally I have a craving. It's just not difficult to get through it now.

 

[Smo]

I've cut down from pack-a-day to 2, sometimes 3 fags, and i received my e-cig 10 days ago. I never thought of quitting, but it just felt natural to cut down this way. And i have a strong feeling that i will get to 0 analogs as soon as i'll receive my first bottles of e-juice =D

 

[NorthernLights]

Went from 2 packs to none so far !

 

[nitewriter]

WOW! 78.18% out of 87 votes so far have COMPLETELY QUIT with e-cigs! I wonder if any of the NRT's have that kind of success rate?

I think it's great the another 20.69% have cut down too!

I started this out of curiosity, but I'm really surprised at the numbers!