Welcome! Please introduce yourself.

[mano932]

Hello and welcome to the Maine State Vapors club. With so few of us it important to have a place to network and share are vaping experiences.

Hello I'm Mano, i live in the midcoast region. This past year i knew it was time to quit smoking cigarettes. I had been smoking a pack a day for ten years.What a gross habit! Then a loved one got me the best gift ever.(although i didn't know it at the time) It was one of those standard ecig you would get from the mall. I thought it was a joke. She said a coworker quit smoking with one. I said ha ha nothing can replace my kamels. When i took it out later that night i was blown away. From the very first drag i could not believe it. I Smoked what was left in my pack for analogs the next day and that was it.I havnt looked back since. Happy vaping!

Who Are You??

 

[sooperdrave]

hi guys! my name is dave. im a 33 years old, married, and the father of 2. boy and girl. boy is autistic.
im also an electrical engineering student.
started smoking when i was 8.
been vaping for 8 months now and love it!
im not positive, but i think i may have more experience and knowlege about vaping than some in our group, so if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!

 

[Maxine]

Hi! My name is Reggie. I'm a housewife, mother, grandmother, and never you mind how old I am! I'm also a Navy veteran. A smoker for 36 years, I started vaping and quit cigarettes in November 2010. My husband and I are both from away, but we've called Maine home since his Navy retirement over 20 years ago.

 

[overit]

Hi Mano, Dave, and Reggie:

Nice to find other vapors in Maine. My name is Penny. I live in the lakes region and I work in Lewiston. My story is similar to yours, Reggie. I smoked for 34 years, pack & a half a day. Several years ago when the prices of smokes skyrocketed, I switched to roll-your-own. I spent thousands of dollars over the years on prescriptions and OTC products that did not help me. Came across ECF in early December, got my first e-cig through MadVapes on 12-9-10, put down the analogs and have not picked them up since. While I don't vape much during business hours (a habit formed by not being able to smoke during business hours), I would categorize myself as a heavy vaper because I go non-stop in the evenings and on weekends. I hope to cut this down by slowing reducing the nicotine in my e-juice, but if that doesn't happen I'll still be happy about quitting smoking.

I'm sure I will have lots of questions. Thank you Dave for the offer of help.

 

[Maxine]

Hi Penny, so nice to meet you. I've rolled my own smokes for the past few years, too. I went from 3 packs (most days) down to none in less than a week and still can't believe I did it. And I have the same story with the quit-smoking aids. None of them worked; over the counter or prescription. I have managed to cut down on nic this past month - down to 12mg from 20mg. I'm a heavy vaper, too, but didn't really notice a huge difference once I started stepping down. Congratulations on quitting smoking!

 

[tabithad]

Ok, that is really weird, I thought I already "introduced myself" on the Maine vapors group..... lol uh oh...

Anyway, My name is Tabitha, I live up in Caribou. I have been vaping for 2.5 days now, absolutely love it. I have not touched a cigarette since noon on Mon when my EGO showed up ( well I have always had a "EGO" but you know what I mean) hehe...
Anyway, I smoked a pack a day of Marlboro lights, for the last 21 yrs, have quit several times, never more than a few weeks , cold turkey, patch, gum..... none worked..
It just amazes me that I could not care less if I ever have another smoke now...
Very happy to have found this forum and glad to be here and vaping away...
I have a double set of the Joye Ego, metal drip tips, and a EGO T atomizer as well. I prefer dripping to the carts though... so not sure I actually needed to buy the EGO T...but oh well...

 

[mano932]

welcome everyone! Glad to see more Mainers are making the switch.

 

[rainkeltoia]

I introduced myself in the group but... I see there's a forum. Not sure which is which so screw it!
Hi! I am a 29 year old mom of 2, gamer, knitter, vaper, living in Westernish Maine (20 minutes from North Conway, NH)> Been analog free since April 7 2011 and am loving it! Glad to see some other Mainers here, even though there are so few of us!

 

[mano932]

hello and welcome rainkeltoia! Untill recently we only had group discussions available on the group page. Now we have are own Maine state forum section. I thought i had erased all the group discussions to try and promote using these threads. I will check again soon.
I went to Fryeburg Academy for my junior year of high school. What beautiful country!!! I assume you are in this area?

 

[rainkeltoia]

I am, I went to Fryeburg as well, graduated in 2000! Grew up in Brownfield lol

 

[MustangSallie]

Hi everyone, I'm Kristin in southern maine. Good to see other Maine vapers. We need to make this forum more active, go outside and VAPE. Got to convert more smokers!

 

[rainkeltoia]

heya Kristin! Nice to "meet" you!

 

[MustangSallie]

heya back, rainkeltoia. Same here!

 

[mano932]

hello and welcome! what beautiful dogs.....weimaraners?

 

[MustangSallie]

Thanks, thanks, and yep. Two of my three.

 

[Maxine]

Hi Kristin! Good to meet another southern Mainer, y'all ayuh!

 

[MustangSallie]

lol. Hey Reggie. Good to meet you too! I'm surprised there aren't more of us here. Out of almost 10,000 active members on ECF, we're not well represented are we?

 

[rainkeltoia]

Yeah... not a lot of people over a large area too Tempted to get some cards, go into Portland, and pin them up outside the clubs

 

[rainkeltoia]

Hey all, we're looking to set up a SpringVape next spring, there's some info here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-england-vapers/196450-tossing-idea-around.html post any ideas you have and if you'd be interested, interested in helping with fund raising or organizing!!

 

[Maxine]

Thanks for the link rain! On my way for a read...