I am amazed by these responses also.
I just started a week ago and smoking over 2 packs a day, now down to under 5 a day. I have been told by a doctor that a couple a smokes a day isn't really smoking so I consider myself as having quit for a week.
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I just started a week ago and smoking over 2 packs a day, now down to under 5 a day. I have been told by a doctor that a couple a smokes a day isn't really smoking so I consider myself as having quit for a week.
I tried 4 drags off an analog 5 days after starting e-cigs and it was like smoking a dirty sock! It was absolute yuk, yuk! I haven't had the desire to pick up another since! I smoked for almost 30 years and have been tobacco free for 4 weeks this Tuesday.
My father who had smoked all his life (he's 84) has been tobacco free 4 weeks this Thursday! That is a miracle right there! He always enjoyed smoking and figured why quit since he was so old. Now he doesn't feel like he has, nor do I, because all the aspects of our habit are being satisfied with the e-cigs.
My father who had smoked all his life (he's 84) has been tobacco free 4 weeks this Thursday! That is a miracle right there! He always enjoyed smoking and figured why quit since he was so old. Now he doesn't feel like he has, nor do I, because all the aspects of our habit are being satisfied with the e-cigs.
I still slip and have one...or two, at most three. But honestly, I get more satisfaction out of my e-cig.
I've gone the most three days without a smoke. I need to buckle down and commit totally to vaping. Otherwise, I'm afraid, I could end up right back at smoking analogs, nasty as they are.
I've gone the most three days without a smoke. I need to buckle down and commit totally to vaping. Otherwise, I'm afraid, I could end up right back at smoking analogs, nasty as they are.
Haven't touched an analog since I got my PeeWee and have never looked back. I gotta say...I feel like I could completely quit soon...but for now I just love my e-cig!!!
after snoking 40 cigs a day for 45 years,
I started using my e-cig,
on day 5 of using my e-cig
I smoked my last tobacco cigarette.
I had a puff on my son's ... one day
around a month ago,
and nearly threw up, it tasted disgusting.
I sit with people who are smoking real tobacco cigs
and they smell awful,
I have no desire to have one,
I have found my Bliss,
I LUV MY 801 USB MANUAL SWITCH,
Bless you David Yang......
I am smoke free forever.
I wish gov agencies would take notice of our success rates of quitting burning tobacco.
Di ...........
I started using my e-cig,
on day 5 of using my e-cig
I smoked my last tobacco cigarette.
I had a puff on my son's ... one day
around a month ago,
and nearly threw up, it tasted disgusting.
I sit with people who are smoking real tobacco cigs
and they smell awful,
I have no desire to have one,
I have found my Bliss,
I LUV MY 801 USB MANUAL SWITCH,
Bless you David Yang......
I am smoke free forever.
I wish gov agencies would take notice of our success rates of quitting burning tobacco.
Di ...........
I am completely an e-smoking advocate. I quit after less than a week with an e-cig.. BUT
We cannot look at the numbers in this poll and be amazed. If someone is still posting on this site.. it is likely that this is because e-cigs were a success for them. People who were not successful and no longer posting here. If we wanted an accurate poll like this.. we would need to get email addresses from distributors and write emails to people who have BOUGHT e-cigs and see how many still use them EXCLUSIVELY and even THEN... we would need to consider that only people who WANT to quit analogs or feel they are a hassle would buy an e-cig in the FIRST place! We would also have to consider how many got defective products or didn't know how to use them and gave up. And so... it would be quite difficult to do an accurate study on how effective e-cigs are. Just my 2 cents.
We cannot look at the numbers in this poll and be amazed. If someone is still posting on this site.. it is likely that this is because e-cigs were a success for them. People who were not successful and no longer posting here. If we wanted an accurate poll like this.. we would need to get email addresses from distributors and write emails to people who have BOUGHT e-cigs and see how many still use them EXCLUSIVELY and even THEN... we would need to consider that only people who WANT to quit analogs or feel they are a hassle would buy an e-cig in the FIRST place! We would also have to consider how many got defective products or didn't know how to use them and gave up. And so... it would be quite difficult to do an accurate study on how effective e-cigs are. Just my 2 cents.
I've cut down from a pack of analogs a day to about 3-4...getting close to kickin' them all together!
I think you make a good point there Spikey. I'll bet there's a bunch who started vaping, found it wasn't for them, and just never came back. It certainly doesn't work for everyone.
On the other hand, there's probably a bunch who it has worked well for but have moved on with life and don't really visit here anymore to respond. So who knows? But that is a good point.
Lu
On the other hand, there's probably a bunch who it has worked well for but have moved on with life and don't really visit here anymore to respond. So who knows? But that is a good point.
Lu
I've cut down from 40/50 a day to 6/8 smokes a day. If and when I find an electronic product that will last most of the day I think I will be able to quit altogether. The main problem is the batteries, penstyle is the best I've tried so far.
Within three days of getting my first e-cig, I was through with analogues 
Never thought I would say that as smoking is like part of my identity or something! LOL My boss still can't believe it!
Went from smoking 2-3 packs a day on average to none at all. Never intended to quit by the way, just got one so I could "smoke" at the airport for my next biz trip Ended up quitting regular old nasties completely by accident!
People used to ask me why I wouldn't even TRY to quit smoking... my response was always "I'm no quitter! I'll never quit!" etc, etc...
Feel much MUCH better already and its only been about 10 days!
Rita
Never thought I would say that as smoking is like part of my identity or something! LOL My boss still can't believe it!
Went from smoking 2-3 packs a day on average to none at all. Never intended to quit by the way, just got one so I could "smoke" at the airport for my next biz trip
Ended up quitting regular old nasties completely by accident!People used to ask me why I wouldn't even TRY to quit smoking... my response was always "I'm no quitter! I'll never quit!" etc, etc...
Feel much MUCH better already and its only been about 10 days!
Rita
Spikey- This is not a scientific poll.
I started it just out of curiosity for those of us that are here now. I know that NRT's in general have a low success rate and I also know there are others that have given up vaping for various reasons, and are not around to offer their input. I was just curious how many here had completely quit or cut down using e-cigs.
I am amazed at the results so far! I am also proud of all of us who have eliminated as much as 1 cigarette from our lives!
I started it just out of curiosity for those of us that are here now. I know that NRT's in general have a low success rate and I also know there are others that have given up vaping for various reasons, and are not around to offer their input. I was just curious how many here had completely quit or cut down using e-cigs.
I am amazed at the results so far! I am also proud of all of us who have eliminated as much as 1 cigarette from our lives!
I agree completely... it is amazing that so many people who tried so many times and ways to quit analogs for SO many years were able to do it! (Myself included!)
I was just putting out some suggestions on ways to get better data so that maybe when they start doing better research on it.. we will already have some of it done. Maybe I will write up some research proposals and see if I can get some of the suppliers to contribute some finances and we can get IRC board approval somewhere and we could do the studies ourselves? I wouldn't mind doing the usage/quitting studies.. but we need an MD to do the health effects/secondhand effects studies.
This is an outstanding result... However my concern lies in the safety of our alternative... It has proven to be "the" alternative...true...Yes it most likely is a lesser of an evil, but we don't even know that.. we are lab rats in a cage. for all we know one tiny fragment of the chrome from the coil gets into your lungs and your causing cancer worse then smoking it. We just dont know.
Started vaping in February 2008 and come May I will have been completely analog free for a year ! Like others, I had no intention to quit, but it just happened and I'm overjoyed and grateful for it !
I'm already anticipating with much glee the effect being analog free for one year is going to have on my health and life insurance premiums
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Cheers,
Silver
I'm already anticipating with much glee the effect being analog free for one year is going to have on my health and life insurance premiums
!Cheers,
Silver
There is no doubt that these devices are great for getting off tobacco. As long as i have ecig supplies i don't have that need for an analog. Recenty after a month of vaping with no analogs at all i run out of supplies and was back on the analogs after 2 days.
The result i'd like to see is how many people have been able to go to 0nic. That is my long term goal, i'm already vaping a lot less than when i started. Also i have begun mixing down my juice so i guess i'm vaping probably 9mg nic instead of 18 or 24. I can see myself getting down to the 0 level eventually.
The result i'd like to see is how many people have been able to go to 0nic. That is my long term goal, i'm already vaping a lot less than when i started. Also i have begun mixing down my juice so i guess i'm vaping probably 9mg nic instead of 18 or 24. I can see myself getting down to the 0 level eventually.
Quit after 48 years heavy smoking. Not only quit. Quit instantly. Quit without intending to. Took up e-cig to save money. Analogs £6 (GBP) per pack. Consumption was 30-40 per day. Day e-cig arrived, consumption of analogs => Zero.
I quite unintentionally quit analogs, pretty much at my first vape. I never meant to - I just thought it looked like a neat gadget that might help out in no-smoking situations.
I've been a heavy pipe smoker for 10-15 years, and about 15 years before that on cigarettes.
It's not just an acceptable substitute - it's better. Quite simply, it's how smoking ought to be.
I've been a heavy pipe smoker for 10-15 years, and about 15 years before that on cigarettes.
It's not just an acceptable substitute - it's better. Quite simply, it's how smoking ought to be.
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