4 remain - 16 smoked in 5 days

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TigerLadyTX

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I have been vaping on my little Prosmoke kit almost non-stop while waiting for the larger capacity kit, (ordered a couple of days ago), to arrive. Over the course of 5 days time, I have smoked only 16 "real" cigarettes. Now having been a 2PAD+ smoker for a very long time, this makes me very, very proud of myself. I CAN do this - and I WILL do this. (quit, that is):)

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Welcome to ECF, TigerLady!

You absolutely can quit smoking with ecigs. It's probably easier if you do it over time and don't deal with the cravings so much. Almost everyone experiences an involuntary and drastic reduction on smokes as they begin to vape. One day, you will decide that cigarettes taste nasty and you will wonder why you still smoke them. When that happens, you are close to giving them up altogether. The less pressure you put on yourself, the less stress you will feel.

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Thank you for the encouragement, the advice, and again, for the warm welcome. I do so appreciate them.
A vaguely amusing, (to me), issue has arisen due to my vaping, however. My husband of 32 years, who quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey going on 6 years ago asked me this: "Once you have gotten completely off of smoking regular cigarettes, how long do you think it will take you to stop using those things?" Those things being the e-cigs. Since he was able to quit cold turkey on his 50th birthday, (omg he was hard to live with for awhile), he thinks that everyone should be able to do the same given enough will power and the proper motivation, (his motivation being losing his cousin Judy and Aunt Francis within 6 months of one another - both due to lung cancer brought on by being long term smokers).

Though he is supportive of my trying to quit smoking, he is not so supportive of my using a "crutch", (his term), in order to do it. He thinks I should just be able to up and quit - just like he did. But I have tried that, MANY TIMES, and by using patches, Chantix, Wellbutrin, the gum - and nothing worked and the pharmaceuticals had terrible side-effects on me.

Does anyone else has a significant other who is not quite so supportive of your vaping as you wish that they would be?

~Tiger
 
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