Anybody got a good quitting strategy?

[phildo]

So I've been using ecigs since June of this year, and I do like them...just apparently not enough. I got into it with the idea in my head that I could use it to quit, but I haven't exactly been successful. I know that ecigs aren't really intended or shouldn't be considered a quit smoking device but also many on this forum have used them to quit successfully.

My question is how? Did you guys wean yourselves off real cigs, or quit completely and go to the ecig?

I seem to go for a day or so using an ecig and then go back to regular. I also notice that I smoke pretty much non-stop when I use ecigs...is it best to put yourself on a schedule...ie, only smoke after certain time limits..

I'm just curious if there was a definite plan behind it...or just willpower.

 

[trog100]

what are u trying to quit.. nicotine or tobacco.. i still have the odd roll up.. i could manage without but dont see the odd one as a problem..

but all i am trying to do (have done) is quit excessive tobacco consumption.. something i find easy with a device that works..

however quiting nicotine.. i would not even try.. i will die being a nicotine user (addict) i am quite sure..

trog

 

[PeteMcArthur]

It just happened with me, I didn't intend to quit, I had tried damn near every method before and failed, so I had accepted I was a smoker. I got the e-cig out of curiosity and wondered if I could use it at work to save the long trek outside. I just seemed to use it more and more then one day I ran out of cigs, it was really raining outside, so I just thought I would stick to the e-cig. Never smoked again, had a couple of pangs and miss the first morning smoke but not really willpower...

Smoked for about 35 years 30-40 a day and it's gone. I'm in no doubt if the authorities made e-cigs illegal, I'd be back on tobacco instantly, I'm still an addict.

 

[judasburrito]

I'm doing the weaning off thing. When i started vaping I would still have a few cigarettes a day--bought a pack every three or four days. One day (3 weeks in or so), I smoked a bunch at a party, felt awful the next morning, and since then (almost a week now) I've bummed 3 analogs and dropping. The main thing is to become so lazy that when you run out you'd rather vape than go to the store for more cigarettes.

 

[phildo]

Trying to quit cigarettes..tobacco. I don't even want to try no nicotine, so I'm there with ya trog.

 

[applefr3ak]

same here Judas.. Just decided it wasnt worth getting up from my desk to go stand in the cold, ran out of smokes.. just havent bought any more, sure i have bummed a couple but they are beginning to taste horrible compared to the ecig.

 

[trog100]

one little tip is to use your own a lazyness to advantage as judas has said.. keep some real cigs just in case but not tooo close to hand..

mine are ouside in the garden shed... he he

trog

 

[phildo]

I guess its sad but true...I just ran out of real cigs...its cold out...dont want to drive to the store...its ecig time. hahaha

 

[rsmith76]

I smoked for 35 years and quit recently by using Chantix. After 5 months, I started again but only at work. My wife would be very dissappointed in me if she ever found out. I found these e-gigs and started with the n-joy mini. It was great at first, then turned into a dissappointment. Since starting with the DSE901b, I have not had a regular cig. for 2 months, and I don't miss them at all. I have since ordered the Janty mini fogger, but I will still rely on Jane's "Kick" juice for the mini fogger. Both Jane, and Katy (smokeless shop), have been a Godsend to me. Hope this helps.

Rick Smith
Bradford, Ohio

 

[Soot]

I'd not worry too much about it Phil. If vaping reduces your smoking then that's progress.

I gave up completely when starting e-cigs and I can still find it hard.

The predictable 'pangs' I can manage no problem - like after dinner and first thing in the morning. But those 'pangs' come at other times when you don't expect. The only thing I've learned is that they're short-lived - and still shorter if you take a vape. It's only knowing this that hasn't me back smoking. The 'pangs' are worse after weeks of giving up - in the first weeks I reckon determination doesn't give them a look in.

In the words of a rather well-known politician here - "they haven't gone away you know!"

I'd suggest putting analogues in places that'll take effort to reach and don't waste time kicking yourself if you have a smoke. Smoking less is good too.

 

[Soot]

And - Phil - ask yourself something - before e-cigs would the only question have been "where are my keys?" before driving to the store?

I know I'd have driven through any weather to get my fix. Is the fact that you haven't not progress?

 

[Frankie]

I wanted to quit. I specifically bought my e-cigs to quit smoking. I never had an analog since the first ones arrived. Last one was the usual bedtime ... at 1 or 2 AM. The postwoman woke me in the morning, I plugged both chargers in, tried to get some fix with the weak precharged other two batteries, went cold turkey for almost 8 hours, but then they were fully charged and it´s been a walk in a park ever since. Had some rather vague cravings for analog, but just went on the net and read all the terrible graphic things about smoking and waited them out. With the help of my e-cigs. I still have one almost full 40-piece pack at home, because I always forget to take them to the poor when leaving home. And 1 piece in the car for cases of dire emergency

I believe that labelling them as something which is NOT a quitting device is just a heap of lawyer excrements. They ARE quitting devices which have not been sanctioned by the powers to be. Yet.

 

[parapo]

i smoked 30-40 high nic cigs for 25 years, quitting was unthinkable,also never tried to....
i started vaping 3 weeks ago, no real ones since then.
high nic the first week,and med by now.
will try low next until i'm able to be nic free and vape zero just for fun....or not...will see..

 

[Keef]

I did not set out to quit smoking it just happened.

I bought my first e-cig to use as a smoking alternative, to use where cigarettes are not allowed and also to cut down on my tobacco consumption in the evening.

Only rule I made was to try and not smoke real cigs in the house.

Went from 40 a day smoker to 3 on the 1st day and over about 6 weeks it went down to 1 or 2 sometimes none.

One day (don`t remember the date) I lit up and it made me feel ill so I put it out, have not touched a real cig since.

I vape approx 2.5ml Juice a day.

I recently reduced my liquid strength from 18mg to 14mg, so 10mg a day less nicotine &
I have not noticed any difference.

Want to try the 11mg next order, my only problem is the juice I am using at the moment does not come in 11mg.
I have some vg that I have not used yet.
I also ordered LorAnn flavours from the US but who knows when they will turn up.

I dont have any plans to stop vaping.

I have no schedule, I vape as much as I feel like.

If I can reduce my nicotine consumption gradually without any major traumas I will, but I am definately not putting any time limits or pressure on myself .

 

[Compactman]

6 days without a cigarette! Been smoking for over 10 years. I took a drag of my girlfriends this morning cause I honestly forgot and wanted to take and it was disgusting... I'm sitting here enjoying chocolate covered almonds and hot chocolate right now. It's easy to not have a cig now.

 

[nicowolf]

I bought mine with the intention of replacing analogs and maybe, someday, in the distant future, giving up nicotine. Mostly I just wanted to quit sneaking away from work on my lunch to smoke that half of a forbidden cigarette. I work for the tobacco nazis, or at least it feels like it.

My most recent pack of cigarettes lasted me 6 1/2 days. That is down from 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day. I have not really deprived myself to do this. I still crave a regular cig first thing in the morning and I still allow myself that. I don't put much thought into it. I vape as much as I want when I am not at work. At work I vape on every break and sneak into the potty once or twice a day to vape a little. I am nowhere near ready to give up my precious nicotine. I used to go to the convenience store at all hours of the night in all kinds of weather to get my cigs. Until the ecig, I spent my entire lunch break at work sneaking out, walking two blocks away, through a parking deck, and ducking behind a garbage receptacle to smoke half a cigarette before spraying myself with Febreeze and walking back to work. I praise any and all progress I make in the direction of quitting. I "toot my own horn if I have to". This life is a thousand times better than my tobacco life any day. Do not get down on yourself for any regular cigs you smoke, that only makes you feel defeated which makes you want a cig. Remember how you started smoking. You didn't start at a pack a day. You formed the habit over time. You will change the habit over time, and perhaps kick the habit over time. For now, rejoice in the knowledge that smoking is now an option and not a necessity. You have a choice now that you didn't have before and most times you are choosing the better option. You are on the right track, Phil. Please just be good to yourself and rejoice in each cigarette that you turn down instead of beating yourself up over the ones you smoke.