Saw the gas station Gamucci disposables when buying analogs. Got home and started looking up info on e-cigs. High on the search hits was this site and got to reading and reading. Ordered my kit on Friday and am waiting to get it. I'm a smoker and am hoping but not counting on quitting. At minimum I want to vape while studying and gaming w/out having to go outside for a analog.
can i ask you why?
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I heard about it from my office manager at work who had purchased a Blucig and was showing it to me. She ended up not quitting with the e-cig but now claims she is down to 3 analogs per day with wellbutrin (she'll never quit, BTW.) So I tell my wife about it and she buys me one for Christmas, hoping it will help me quit. But it hadn't worked for the office manager, and when I took a couple drags and I didn't get much off of it, I said, yeah right, I'll never quit with this, and I put it in the drawer.
A couple months later, I decide I *must* quit cigs because not only are they killing me, but with the new tax they are so expensive and I have very little budgeted for discretionary spending since I had a pay cut due to the recession. I decide I'll try the patch again, but maybe use the Blucig to supplement it since my prior experience with the patch was that, particularly during the evenings, I would still get nic cravings.
So I started with the patch and doing some periodic vaping off the Blu. I start to get a feel for it, getting better drags, and vaping more. Still not convinced. I come to ECF, read up and become fascinated. I didn't even know there were other brands. I mod the cart; I buy some Tasty Vape AC. Then I'm vaping constantly. This is one week in. I now don't care about analogs anymore.
Worried I'm going to OD on nic, I drop the patch to stage 2 for 3 days, then stage 3 for 3 days, then drop it entirely. Since then, it's all been vaping bliss. Other than the fact that the blu is not made for heavy vaping and the batteries and the atties are going south. Can't wait to get my Tornado in the next day or two.
I smoked 2 packs per day, Marboro Lights 100's, then Wildhorse Lights 100's.
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A couple months later, I decide I *must* quit cigs because not only are they killing me, but with the new tax they are so expensive and I have very little budgeted for discretionary spending since I had a pay cut due to the recession. I decide I'll try the patch again, but maybe use the Blucig to supplement it since my prior experience with the patch was that, particularly during the evenings, I would still get nic cravings.
So I started with the patch and doing some periodic vaping off the Blu. I start to get a feel for it, getting better drags, and vaping more. Still not convinced. I come to ECF, read up and become fascinated. I didn't even know there were other brands. I mod the cart; I buy some Tasty Vape AC. Then I'm vaping constantly. This is one week in. I now don't care about analogs anymore.
Worried I'm going to OD on nic, I drop the patch to stage 2 for 3 days, then stage 3 for 3 days, then drop it entirely. Since then, it's all been vaping bliss. Other than the fact that the blu is not made for heavy vaping and the batteries and the atties are going south. Can't wait to get my Tornado in the next day or two.
I smoked 2 packs per day, Marboro Lights 100's, then Wildhorse Lights 100's.
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For the first time I actually wanted to quit smoking. I had a cold that lingered for the better part of two months and was just tired of feeling like crap. Around that time I found a thread over in dvdtalk talking about the e-cig.
Thought what the hell and took the plunge. Couldnt be happier.
Thought what the hell and took the plunge. Couldnt be happier.
I'd been a smoker for 43 years. I was smoking 2 packs a day, and I could tell what it was doing to me. My first purchase was Revolver Elite. Twelve days later I gave up smoking tobacco. Its been over 5 months since I've used tobacco in any form. I can't begin to tell you how much better I feel.
Two pack a day for 20 years. Tried everything but pills to quit. Decided I don't WANT to stop with nicotine, but was wholly obvious that the cigs have to go, and no other nicotine delivery system was desirable.
Six months ago, I was on a nerds out night playing D&D with some friends I was visiting in Phoenix, and I see one of them suckin on a 510 inside while I step out for cigs all night. Granted, it's AZ so cold isn't an issue here, but after a brief Q&A period with him about what he was using I decided to look them up for myself and see what it's all about. Two weeks later I had my 510 with mega battery from TW in hand, and began my current habit. I couldn't just drop ciggies right away, however I was quickly able to downgrade from 2pk/day to one/day, then a month later, 1/2 a day, and finally 0.
Crisis happens a few months down the road, pick up cigs again.
Finally weaning myself off of them again for the second time, and making sure I have the backup equipment so I never have to deal with it again. If they ban them, well.. I'll vape all I have left, then give it a go to quit for good, I hate smoking at this point. I've just finally got my taste and my smell coming back, I don't want to lose them again, I also eat healthier now, and can finally work out for more than 10 minutes at a time.
Six months ago, I was on a nerds out night playing D&D with some friends I was visiting in Phoenix, and I see one of them suckin on a 510 inside while I step out for cigs all night. Granted, it's AZ so cold isn't an issue here, but after a brief Q&A period with him about what he was using I decided to look them up for myself and see what it's all about. Two weeks later I had my 510 with mega battery from TW in hand, and began my current habit. I couldn't just drop ciggies right away, however I was quickly able to downgrade from 2pk/day to one/day, then a month later, 1/2 a day, and finally 0.
Crisis happens a few months down the road, pick up cigs again.
Finally weaning myself off of them again for the second time, and making sure I have the backup equipment so I never have to deal with it again. If they ban them, well.. I'll vape all I have left, then give it a go to quit for good, I hate smoking at this point. I've just finally got my taste and my smell coming back, I don't want to lose them again, I also eat healthier now, and can finally work out for more than 10 minutes at a time.
I heard through the grapevine that a guy from work switched to e-cigs. This was significant because the guy was never seen without a cigarette in his mouth. I figured there must be somethin' to e-cigs besides novelty and gave it a shot for myself. Then I found a link to ECF while youtubing e-cigs. I was also happy to find out about a few other folks at work that got into e-cigs as well.
A little over a year ago, I drove down to FL from VA and passing through I stopped in NC at a gas station. They had an "electronic cigarette" for like $200. I later looked it up and bought the DSE901 for $45 from heavens-gifts. I tried it, wasn't much for it, so I just left it alone.
About a month ago, I ran out of cigarettes and was plastered drunk. Knowing I shouldn't drive drunk, I found the ecig and started smoking that. The next day, I figured I'd just puff on the ecig until I stopped being lazy, went out to the store, and bought a pack. I still haven't bought that pack
So I guess you could say I quit smoking by being drunk and not wanting to get a DUI?
About a month ago, I ran out of cigarettes and was plastered drunk. Knowing I shouldn't drive drunk, I found the ecig and started smoking that. The next day, I figured I'd just puff on the ecig until I stopped being lazy, went out to the store, and bought a pack. I still haven't bought that pack
So I guess you could say I quit smoking by being drunk and not wanting to get a DUI?
I didn't think it was going to work,but was curious so I bit, and 2 day's later......It worked! On May 11th it will be 1 year! Yeah!!
I starting smoking when I was really young, on and off stealing cigarettes with my friend from his aunt when we were 12ish. After that it was when I was 15, in highschool and went from smoking marlboro red 100s to straight, unfiltered, lucky strikes, then to menthols cause they were tasty. After nearly 6 years of smoking I was sick of the smell, my girlfriend was sick of me smoking and I was tired of it too, I didn't want to die like my grandfather did from it.
I saw one about a year ago and wasn't interested, I was an avid 2 pack a day smoker, carton and change a week, but I knew it was out there. Eventually I was down to about a pack every two days but I still wanted to quit and made it my new years resolution to quit the "habit" by halfway through the year.
I completely forgot about it up until recently when my girlfriends uncle pulled out his Blu and let me take a drag off of it. I was instantly sold, 2 days later, placed an order, a day later found this website and started researching.
Now I'm already on my way to modding and not wanting analogs is great. Though I have snuck one or two the past two weeks, its a lot better than the pack every two days I was at. So I'm extremely happy with it
That and I love gadgets and blowing smoke rings all day
I saw one about a year ago and wasn't interested, I was an avid 2 pack a day smoker, carton and change a week, but I knew it was out there. Eventually I was down to about a pack every two days but I still wanted to quit and made it my new years resolution to quit the "habit" by halfway through the year.
I completely forgot about it up until recently when my girlfriends uncle pulled out his Blu and let me take a drag off of it. I was instantly sold, 2 days later, placed an order, a day later found this website and started researching.
Now I'm already on my way to modding and not wanting analogs is great. Though I have snuck one or two the past two weeks, its a lot better than the pack every two days I was at. So I'm extremely happy with it
That and I love gadgets and blowing smoke rings all day
Heard about it from a friend on another forum and thought it'd be wonderful to be able to 'smoke' inside. I wasn't going to quit regular cigarettes, had no intention of it, just wanted to be able to have a cig inside when it was freezing cold and sleeting. (I have kids and never smoked in the house. They would have thought I was deliberately trying to kill them if I had.)
I've smoked 3 real cigarettes since the 14th and none in the last week. Go figure.
I've smoked 3 real cigarettes since the 14th and none in the last week. Go figure.
I'm a former smoker of forty years, 2-pk a day. I first read about e-cigs two years ago - online but at that time did not find any video clips of anyone actually using it. I just read about it - it was about Njoy - the concept seemed good and I was tired of the excessive cigarette prices and the way they just keep jacking up the taxes. Also I was sick and tired of the smoking bans and people .....ing about it (indiscriminately, I might add-cigarette smoking has been the public whipping boy for some time now-when you can't or won't fix other problems, take the old cigarette smokers back out to the proverbial woodshed for another wuppin' - when you mismanage your state and federal yearly budgets and find you need things like bridges, roads, more police, etc. then just jack up the cigarette tax-what a cash cow) Anyway I just read about it, how it "simulated" smoking, gave you nicotine, but produced a vapor that "simulated" smoke. I thought at the time, nice fantasy but nothing can "simulate" smoking - and I LOVED smoking. That was then, this is now - in January 2010 I was online, working and saw an add for electronic cigarettes with a link, so I clicked on it - thank God it was one that included a video clip of someone actually using one. Oh my God, I thought to myself, that's smoking!!! I ordered one out of sheer curiosity - NEVER intending to quit tobacco/cigarette smoking. To be honest, I ordered it thinking, "...I'll try this, it will be hokey and I'll keep on smoking." That was January 2010...I loved it and have not smoked a traditional cigarette since. I am still amazed, grateful and excited about this technology! I feel very passionate, as do so many others, about this technology remaining on the marketplace. I will do whatever I have to do to continue vaping!!
I was in the mall one day and saw a kiosk set up that was selling them. I tried one and was impressed. I decided that before shelling out whatever ridiculous amount of money they were asking I was going to do a little research first. A quick google search brought me here and a few other places, but I spent many hours pouring over this forum and watching youtube videos and settled on V4L. After just over a month of vaping I'm still not completely off analogs, but have cut way back, feel much better!
I bought mine because I could no longer afford to purchase cigarettes, and I thought this would help me save money.
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