Average time to get off analogs

[symorebutts]

Just curious to find out how long it took most folks to get off analogs?

I know each person is different and there are tons of variables, however, there has to be some timeline that most folks get fully off the analogs.

What's yours?

I can honestly say that only after after 24hrs. of vaping for the first time, I have stopped almost 50% already.

Thanks.

 

[FeralGeek]

I had one vape and never looked back. That's after 15 years of a pack a day. Just now starting to not chain vape though.

 

[Automaton]

Well, according to a poll on ECF, about 45% of people quit the day they get their e-cig. And that's how it was for me. I wasn't even really trying. It just really worked for me. See below.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/80124-how-long-did-take-you-stop-smoking.html

Some people take weeks or months. Some use snus with their e-cig to help kick it. And yes, everyone is different. But there's the cold hard numbers for ya.

 

[skullfreak]

Yep day one for me after smoking for 20 years

 

[CtryBoy]

Keep enjoying your success. I quit .... i mean .. switched cold turkey for nearly two weeks before a failing battery and everyday stress sucked me back in. If you decide to go 100% make sure you've got a backup or two. It was actually easier to quit the analogs the first time because I was so infatuated with my new toy. After a little backsliding, I'm not nearly as hesitant to sneak an analog after dinner or a drink. Still anything's better than 2pk a day.

I'd say within 6 months I'll have my routine down and analogs will either be forgotten totally or an occasional indulgence.

 

[AKWolf]

Hi all , it took me about 3-4 days after 30 years of 1-2 packs a day...

 

[QSSV]

I quit the day I got my first e-cig

 

[elcheapo]

It took me a few months.

It was after finding a PV and liquid that really tasted good, then no more smokes

 

[hazmattack]

About a month for me, after I tried hv the first time, I was done with analogs

 

[dbertram1117]

I smoked my last as I went to pick up my ecig from the mail lady. I don't want one, and I have a few left in the pack I was on. They are in the freezer, but I haven't thrown them away yet. 2 days and no analogs! I love my ecig and hope I never go back, even for a single one. They already sound gross to me. How else can I have a Cognac at work???

 

[DaveP]

I immediately went down from 2PAD to about 10 analogs the first week and 5 the second week. That went on for several weeks. I'm back up to 8 or 10, but feeling that I'm doing OK since my original intentions were to taper off gradually and not go through the cold turkey shock.

Ecigs are doing the job and I will hit the Ecig heavy when I get a craving. The craving goes away and then I reward myself with an analog after a meal. I do feel like there's a lot of power in using Ecigs to control the urges. Some people stop immediately and others of us take up to a year. I may be in the latter category.

 

[FeralGeek]

I wonder what other addictive crap they put in smokes. My girlfriend smoked camels and had a way harder transition then me with kicking the american spirits. Hmmm.... Nah tobacco companys wouldn't do something like that to fellow humans, right?

 

[undefind]

it took me 3 days technically. i smoked 1 more cig 2 days later only because i was ...... off thinking my e cig was broken. turns out the battery was dead and the cart was empty.

 

[NCC]

I received my first PV around 9 AM (1/15/2010), charged it for a couple hours, took a drag. End of story.

And, I have to add, I hadn't planned to quit.

 

[fritos1]

I quite the same day I started vapeing.

 

[AJMoore]

Quit the same day after 41 years of smoking. I have too much invested in e cigs to play around back and forth. I just decided, plain and simple, decided that was it.

 

[TWolf]

First few days, I smoked 1 or 2 cigs... mainly to because I'd ordered a lower nic content then I really needed. Once I got some stronger juice, that was it! Haven't thought about going back to analogs in over 5 months now. That's after 33 years at 2+ PAD.

 

[Hatecraft]

Had my e-cigs for a couple of months and just used them to get away with "smoking" in the company car. Technically I wasn't smoking, so technically I wasn't breaking any rules. Then analogs started tasting really bad. I mean really bad. Don't know if that had anything to do with the e-cigs or not. It's been since 6/14/10 that I've smoked one and I'm not about to try one to see if the taste officially went away. My ENT said the horrible taste when smoking might just be my taste buds telling me enough was enough.

 

[Motorpsychle]

I smoked for 26yrs. When I got my pv, I dropped down immediately from 1/2 - 1 PAD to just one cigarette a day for the first seven days.

On the 8th day I was completely analog free

 

[dale5671]

Quit the same day. Not a good idea to smoke them both(high nicotene intake). Best to say: "Now's the time to quit".