The shop i went to started me on 24mg. Might be a bit much but it kept me from smoking an analog from the time i walked out of the store. It did feel to easy just to stop. I havent tried switching flavors yet but i will. Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I dont really have anyone else that supports the switch. All i get is negative comments about how in the future it will turn out to be so much worse to vape than smoke. I am greatful for this forum. Its the only place i can truthfully speak my mind
Most people do not know the truth about vaping. I used to smoke a pack a day. I never intended to quit. I started ecigarettes as "a safer way to smoke", and I allowed myself to vape indoors, and smoke outdoors. When I went from a pack/day to 3/day instantly, I was impressed.... after fiddling with cigalikes, I realized, something more is needed.. so I bought an EGO.. went from 3/day to 1/day... then 1 every other day... bought a vamo (15w) to a bigger atomizer.. went from 1/every day to every once in a while...... one day, I challenged myself..how long can I go with just ecigs...
that was almost 2 years ago... still going, and don't even own a pack of cigarettes or a lighter.
Now, I started at 18/24 mg of nicotine... now I am down to 4/6mg. I hear it all the time... "you're smokin' antifreeze" is one thing I hear a lot from one co-worker. He's right, but ignorant to the truth.. yes, Propylene Glycol IS used as an antifreeze.. BUT it's used as a non-toxic marine/aircraft antifreeze because the other one was poisonous.. They decided to use a food additive to lower the freezing point... Much the same way Salt is used... of course, as he eats his chips, I don't say "you have antifreeze sprinkled all over those chips"
I guess I went off on a rant... You'll hear bad things about ecigs everywhere. Especially smokers who aren't in the mindset to quit... they are dead-set on smoking. I was a smoker... I know what they feel.. I remember the tightening of the chest when I woke up... I remember the wheezing when I did anything athletic, I remember the smell of my fingertips... NONE of that now with ecigs. I've never had a complaint about how my Ecig smells.. sometimes if I do manage to get juice on me, they think I smell like a bakery product.

Even *if* ecigs are just as bad as regular cigarettes, you get none of the side effects of smoking. However, they ARE safer.
If you doubt ecigarettes are safe, look at the negative reports about ecigarettes. See where people are getting their ammunition to spout at you. You'll notice most sites that claim ecigarettes are bad focus on ecigarettes are a gateway to smoking, or ecigarettes contain nicotine, or ecigarettes have a chemical found in regular cigarettes.... Well, look at it from someone who ALREADY smoked and is not a child... none of that pertains to you. And if it has ONE of a chemical of a regular cigarette, that means you're taking out
100+ other chemicals. Remember, Nicotine is not a carcinogen... it's main bad point is it's addictive.
Good luck in your quitting..... Remember, we're here for support as well as to answer any questions... and some of us (like me) might have to get up on a soap box or two.
