I have been reading the forums and have learned a lot of useful information. I am curious to know how long one continues to vape once they have considered themselves non smokers. I got my unit 4 days ago and have been using that. none of the juice has any nicotine in them which is a trial but aside from that, is there a point where you give up vaping or does it become a habit as well?
A curious question from a new vapor
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Why do we smoke..? For the nicotine right? Vaping provides the nicotine without the carcinogens that are bad for you. When I started Vaping I was using a night amount of nic in my juice and as I've continued to vape I have cut down but I don't believe I'll just wake up one day and say "eh I'm done Vaping."
Some taper their nicotine down to zero, then eventually give that up too. I started at 18mg six months ago, and plan to stay there for the rest of my life. For me it is a smoking replacement, not a nicotine cessation plan.
ETA: I considered myself a non-smoker from the first day I started vaping, which was the last day I smoked a cigarette.
ETA: I considered myself a non-smoker from the first day I started vaping, which was the last day I smoked a cigarette.
I chose vaping as an alternative to smoking. I had no intention to eventually quit vaping when I started. In a year and a half, I have cut my nicotine strength from 24mg to 12mg. I'm happy at that level. It keeps me civil and not a raving lunatic. 
I no longer subject my body to all the chemicals that were in cigarettes. I'm convinced that what I vape is much safer than any cigarette. I am and always will be a nicotine addict. I can live with that.
I no longer subject my body to all the chemicals that were in cigarettes. I'm convinced that what I vape is much safer than any cigarette. I am and always will be a nicotine addict. I can live with that.
I don't think you will get a solid answer, lychee. Most smokers who take up vaping will be hitting it fairly hard in the early days, and with much lower frequency as time goes by. On the other hand, there are many long time vapers with no intention of quitting, though they often go to 0 Nic. Like the weather, your answer is going to vary.
Vaping has become a habit and a hobby for me. I started in April last year and have been cigarette free since. By December 2012 I was nicotine free too. Lately I've started using nic when I feel like it. I don't find it addictive for me, unlike cigarettes which had a death grip on my life.
I can go a day without vaping and it doesn't bother me. If I go out for a few hours I don't take any gear with me anymore. I have no plan to stop vaping completely.
Since you are using zero nicotine e-liquids for your e-cigarettes, i think you will be able to quit smoking soon.
When you define yourself as a non-smoker kind of varies by person. I started vaping in September of last year, but really didn't finally drop the cigs completely until Christmas Eve (no particular plan, it just worked out that way). About a week later I realized I was a non-smoker and unlikely to ever return, so it was about New Year's Eve 2012 for me. Again, coincidence, not a planned date. I didn't set myself a goal other than "do better today than yesterday if possible."
Now, a year later, I've moved down from 22 mg/ml liquid to 6 mg/ml liquid by slowly cutting back over the course of the year.
At the moment, I'm happy here. I can put down my vape and walk away for hours without noticing it, but I do enjoy my vape. I'll probably drop the nic level further during winter sometime, down to 5 or 4 (I DIY so that's easy), and see where I go from there.
I wouldn't mind quitting, but I'm also not worked up about it if I don't. My doctors approve and are quite happy about the change, so I have no real concerns at this point unless a long-term study comes out showing problems.
Now, a year later, I've moved down from 22 mg/ml liquid to 6 mg/ml liquid by slowly cutting back over the course of the year.
At the moment, I'm happy here. I can put down my vape and walk away for hours without noticing it, but I do enjoy my vape. I'll probably drop the nic level further during winter sometime, down to 5 or 4 (I DIY so that's easy), and see where I go from there.
I wouldn't mind quitting, but I'm also not worked up about it if I don't. My doctors approve and are quite happy about the change, so I have no real concerns at this point unless a long-term study comes out showing problems.
I started vaping at 24mg about 18 months ago and have not smoked an analog since then. I cut back to 18mg 6 months ago. I am now at 12mg and plan to cut back more in the future.
I am not sure I will ever stop vaping. I enjoy doing it and I enjoy the people in the vaping community. I has became a hobby for me and I enjoy playing with and modifying my toys.
I probably will get into DIY juices.
I am not sure I will ever stop vaping. I enjoy doing it and I enjoy the people in the vaping community. I has became a hobby for me and I enjoy playing with and modifying my toys.
I probably will get into DIY juices.
I enjoyed smoking and smoked heavily, now that i'm vaping I enjoy it EVEN MORE with all the different flavors.
Even with no nicotine it calms me and I just enjoy it. I can see myself cutting down on vaping a good bit... eventually but I don't plan on quitting. Maybe in a year or so things might change but for now as long as its not causing me substantial harm i'm pretty happy at the moment.
Most people I know are using vaping to quit smoking and will eventually quit vaping. Which is GREAT, scratch that its PHENOMENAL that they quit. I couldn't be happier for them but I plan on keeping on vaping, especially since it is so new and booming at the moment. I plan on continuing vaping so other people and customers where I work will ask about it then will hopefully get into it. MANY people don't know about vaping so if I can help people get into it by vaping myself, then I will.
I didn't mean for that to sound cocky or anything either btw.
Even with no nicotine it calms me and I just enjoy it. I can see myself cutting down on vaping a good bit... eventually but I don't plan on quitting. Maybe in a year or so things might change but for now as long as its not causing me substantial harm i'm pretty happy at the moment.
Most people I know are using vaping to quit smoking and will eventually quit vaping. Which is GREAT, scratch that its PHENOMENAL that they quit. I couldn't be happier for them but I plan on keeping on vaping, especially since it is so new and booming at the moment. I plan on continuing vaping so other people and customers where I work will ask about it then will hopefully get into it. MANY people don't know about vaping so if I can help people get into it by vaping myself, then I will.
I didn't mean for that to sound cocky or anything either btw.
I've been at this for just over 16 months. I was a very heavy long term chain smoker. Funny thing is that my body has been directing me all along. I started at 24mg for the first 3 months then started dropping...first to 18-21mg then down to 15mg then to 12mg then to 9mg....now I'm at 7.5mg. At each step my body told me to drop because I would get woozy or jittery. My New Years resolution is to start using 6mg and maybe get off of all nicotine next year...not a necessity, just going to let my body decide.
Some people vape forever. Some only a short time. I guess it's different for everyone, plus everyone has different goals.
I have some days where I barely vape at all.
My "goal" at first was just to get off cigarettes, it was a behavior I didn't want to have anymore.
So mostly, I think my journey w/vaping put me in touch with the fact that there were behaviors I have that I don't really want to participate in anymore. And, that I could "change them" if I wanted to.
I also knew my ultimate goal was not to put anything other than the air we breathe into my (already damaged from smoking) lungs.
So I keep dropping my nic level, very slowly over 1.5 years, and am down from 18mg to about 6mg now. I believe that sometime in 2014 I will probably give up vaping.
Again, my personal goals are not the same as anyone else's. But replacing cigarettes with vaping made it clear to me that I COULD change any behavior I had, if I truly desired, and that gave me a lot of confidence to move forward.
I so hear myself in that last sentence. Yep, I was tired of the stopped up nose, inability to run up multiple flights of stairs, and constant nagging cough. Not to mention the expense.
It's weird, but I've heard people say that the 18 month mark is actually a bit of a challenge and the urge to smoke again can hit at that point. Supposedly the one year point is also bad, but so far I haven't noticed a thing.
I never got this. And please don't get offended but the whole addicted thing? Like I personally did smoke for a long time. A few years. But I'd drop it occasionally for a year or couple months etc. I've never experience the whole withdraw I hear people say. My own opinion is its more psychological. I could deal with the nicotine in cigarettes. I didn't need one every day I smoked when I was bored. I get disgusted at any nicotine in my e liquid the first time I vaped... Just my opinion. I'm sure some people have really problems with smoking.
Since switching from analogs (1.5 pack a day smoker for many years) to ecigs, I no longer run out of breath hiking, my chronic cough has gone away, people tell me I don't "stink" anymore, haha, and I just feel better. I have no plans to quit vaping anytime soon. I went from 28 mg nictoine down to 18 mg over the first year of vaping and am comfortable at that strength for now. At 18 mg, I can go hours without a "fix," so may try to cut down to 12 mg soon. I do know a couple vapers who have have actually increased their nicotine level and feel vaping is more addicting than cigarettes and they need more nicotine over time to get the same affect as cigarettes, but that has not been my experience at all.
Physical reaction and addiction level differ extremely widely. It took me 3 months to give up the cigs, and it was a struggle.
Mom picked up the vape and that was the last of the cigarettes. She also has an easier time cutting nicotine levels than I do and simply never notices the change.
I notice it, so keep the cuts slow enough and small enough that it's not a problem, and delay for long periods before cutting it again.
And that's two people who are very closely genetically related!
I can very well see where vaping is addictive. I know people who didn't realize they where vaping when they where. My friend vaped for almost a straight hour, I jokingly said "You getting your fix yet?", he didn't realize he was vaping.
Though that could just be muscle habit, though habit turns into addiction fairly quickly sometimes.
Maybe more psychological than chemical addiction but still.
Though that could just be muscle habit, though habit turns into addiction fairly quickly sometimes.
Maybe more psychological than chemical addiction but still.
I never intended to give up smoking cigarettes, smoked a pac a day for 13 years, a friend of mine showed me a vaporizer pen he was using cause his old lady was geting on his case about harmfull cigarettes, my though process was "hey this is awesome flavored smoke from a magic stick and it has nicotine yum , yes i must get one" as silly as that might sounds you would have to know me to understand. now I had no intention of quiting cigarettes, i was just going to smoke these tasty flavors in between cigarettes, I went to a tabaco store and bought a cheap lil ego stick which came with a POS tank atomizer, I also got some e juice @ 18 mg/ml, I started vaping for the first time right there in the parking lot and then drove home, vaped some more, and more , long story short I have NEVER smoked a cig again , now there were a few times when i had thought to smoke a cig , but then I always grabed for my vape pen, a couple weeks later i took a drag from a cig and i could not believe how horrible it tasted,vaping even rubed off on my dad he is of cigs now also but he tapered off slowly. of course I have upgraded to a protank2, on a kamary k100 ,I make my own coils, I make my own juices now , and I have a few RBA's that I vape off just as much as the protank , I am just about to make a box mod out of wood cause I am good with wood working, all this happened in the last 3 months , b4 that I had no idea this existed. and to answer the original question NO I will never stop vaping even if my taste leads me to vape 0 mg ml (currently I enjoy my mixes @ 5 mg/ml)
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