I am 7 weeks into vaping. I am still not completely off of cigarettes, although my analog consumption is down below an average of 1 cigarette a day. I smoked Marlboro Red's for 50 years, and have tried to quit several times in the past, sometimes with reasonable success. Once I made it 5 years without a cigarette. The problem in the past has always been that the longer I am away from cigarettes, the better and better and better they begin to smell. So, of course, thinking of myself as a mature intelligent person, I can "have one." Well you all know the story--one leads to two leads to four leads to a pack--then you're smoking again. Vaping, however, has made this whole experience quite different. Cigarettes now smell and taste like crap! How wonderful! This is brand new to me. Why I am still having an occasional cigarette I have no clue. I am trying to listen to the advice that I've received from a lot of vapers: don't worry about it, don't feel guilty, don't beat yourself up, just celebrate how many cigarettes you are NOT smoking, and eventually, those cravings will subside and you won't want them at all. The good thing is that now cigarettes are quite unpleasant, smell like crap, don't taste good at all, and leave an odor on my body and my clothes that I don't care for. I am enjoying my lungs being clearer, my teeth being whiter, my car smelling better, and my loved ones being happier. I am pretty confident that one day it will happen--I just won't want another analog cigarette. In the meantime, I am not going to make myself feel guilty when I do have one, but rather celebrate the fact that I smoke so little.
I have been vaping mostly 9 and 12 mg eliquid. I also have several flavors of 6 mg. I have been feeling a little guilty about my "high" nic content, and sometimes even a little embarrassed to ask for 12 mg at the vape store. But, the more I read here on ECF, the more I realize that there are a LOT of vapers who not only do 12 mg, but 18mg and even 24mg! There are some folks who have been doing 24mg for 2-3 years! I am going to keep some higher nic juice around to use when I am really craving--maybe it will help, and maybe I won't feel so guilty. This is all quite a journey.