Barriers in Switching from Analogs to Vaping

[Karmae]

Hello: I'm new to vaping - have tried other peoples and am waiting for my own starter kit to arrive this week! (Kanger e-smart)
What I have been doing is putting lots of restrictions on my analog smoking - not inside the house, not at the dogpark and so on.
I've also set a rule that all butts must be disposed of in a garbage can and not chucked on the street. I want ensure vaping feels like freedom from analogs to make the transition fun and easy!

 

[Zephion]

Hi, this is my first post. I am not asking the below questions for myself to quit smoking, but I was hoping to get some imput from experienced former smokers who are now vaping.

I was wondering if some of you folks who have successfully transitioned to vaping would share your opinions on what kinds of mistakes people might be making with their new e cigs, creating barriers to completely stopping analogs. In other words, there are countless smokers out there who have a standard start up e cig kit of some sort in their home...they may have purchased it themselves, or a family member might have purchased it trying to get them to quit, but after a few attempts at vaping, they state that "it just never worked" or "I just don't like them".

I tried to do some online research about this and did find some info regarding needing to use some different inhalation methods than one would use with an analog, and also some stuff about different time of onset of nicotine in the bloodstream with vaping that may make some new users feel like it isn't working. Nothing real specific though.

Do you guys have any more specifics than this? For example, what kinds of things do you think contributed to your success in transitioning, especially initially? If you were kind of interviewing one of these people, with just a standard cheapo e cig starter kit at home, who may really needs to stop smoking due to health issues, what kinds of things would you want to know about them to come up with a plan to transition to vaping? And once you got your info, what might be some of your ideas that could help that person switch to vaping? Unfortunately, I will say that switching to a better set up is not likely to be an option, I know many of you out there have way more sophisticated set ups, but let us assume these folks are stuck what they have currently for a variety of reasons.

Any and all experiences and info would be appreciated

Step 1. the individual must want to quit smoking
Step 2. conduct your own research regarding the e-cigarette options you would consider
Step 3. make the first purchase
Step 4. go back to Step 1

If you don't want to quit smoking you wont...the devices or the stater kits don't matter. This is a personal choice. If not the person in question will find faults at any opportunity and decide to continue smoking.

I smoked 1/2 pack daily for 20 years, tried e-cigs 5 years ago and didn't like the technology. Too much refiling cartridges, charging every hour, lack of flavor and was just in practical for me at the time.

Early December 2013, I decided i was tired of the STINK from cigarettes, the lying to my family about smoking and sneaking around for my habit and decided to research e-cigs again. Oh my goodness, the industry did a 180 from 5 years ago and the choices, technology and selection was unbelievable. I watched youtube, joined forums and read testimonials...Dec 20th, 2013, I received my first vapemail and have not had another analog since.

 

[revco]

I'll share my perspective. I hit two very real barriers myself. The first was insufficient gear...got involved with those cigalikes and they were just unreliable for me. Had I not done a little more research and been willing to invest into better gear, I might not have continued down the vaping path. The second, I found when I did switch that I selected the wrong nicotine strength (18mg) and had some severe problems sleeping and other nicotine overdoes issues. Fortunately, I dropped it down to 12mg and this was just right for me. Both were barriers to entry, but overcome quite easily.

A minor issue for me was finding a juice I could be happy with. It took me quite a few samples to find what I wanted and had I not been aware it takes a little bit of discovery for each person, I might have given up more easily. Another thing was just simply the cravings for a real cigarette...I personally believe there's more to this addiction than just nicotine. It's the feel of it, sure, but there's also a more mysterious, probably unknown psychological addiction...perhaps the "habit" of it, but more like the vision of yourself in your mind doing it. This is a bit of a challenge to overcome and what makes cessation so difficult for a lot of people...but certainly ecigs fulfill most of it, at least for me.

There's probably more, but those are the things I can think of off the top of my head. Great question!

 

[Papajohns]

An important thing to know when you make the switch, is that vaping will never be exactly like smoking. It took me and my body a few weeks to get used to the vapor, because it just felt so different from smoking. That instant relaxation feeling when smoking...you wont get that from vaping.

Also, tobacco flavors don't taste like cigarettes, so don't even try.