Can I use e-cig to quit smoking?

[Nine Nine]

Started vaping over five years ago and haven't had a smoke since.

I believe that success depends on being satisfied with the overall vaping experience. You need to find your sweet spot.

The right nic level, I started high 18 mg and worked my way down, I'm at 3mg today. The challenge that you'll have is vaping taste good, so you'll start out vaping more and you body will tell you if you are vaping to much. I would get a headache from to much nic, so I lowered it until I found balance.

Finding a liquid you enjoy is key. Mine was the Virus by Nicoticket. It was my all day vape for a long time. During that period I tasted a bunch of other liquids until I found my flavor profile.

Equipment is key, the right tank and mod to produce the vapor you want/need is important. I started with the V2 cig-likes and struggled, I wasn't getting enough vapor to make it feel like smoking. I read ECF for a couple days straight and found a decent mod.

You can do this if you want, it really is pretty easy if you can match your liquid and mod to your style of smoking.

Best of luck!

thank you very much, that means i have to at the beginning experiment a bit to find the hardware and eliquid flavors best for myself. right?

 

[Nine Nine]

I quit smoking through vaping (smoked for 32 years, two packs a day) three years ago. Yes, it can work if you have the desire. You have to make sure your getting a good vape mod and such that will work for you, but with the plethora of devices to choose from, there is a device for everyone, you just have to find both it, and your own will to quit.

yeah, i have already had the desire, and ready to find a vape hardware.

 

[Nine Nine]

Great answers here.

Patience and a Strong desire or need to be done with smoking will go a long way.

thanks a lot. got it "Patience and a Strong desire"

 

[Nine Nine]

No problem. I wish you and your father the best of luck.

It may take a bit of an investment to find a sweet spot. If you can get to a vape shop, they can often give you a look at equipment and allow you to taste various juices. This will help cut out some of the experimenting, at least.

thanks, wish you the best of luck.

 

[pwmeek]

I quit from a 45 year habit that reached as much as 4 packs of unfiltered a day plus most of a can of Skoal or snus. I quit with probably the worst possible kind of e-cigs (stick batteries and cartos) and quit overnight. I collected plenty of supplies and then one night I had my last smoke before I went to bed, and in the morning I started vaping. I haven't needed a smoke since that morning, and that was just over six years ago. I vape with much better equipment these days, and I still use plenty of nicotine, but I feel a lot better, and (most significantly) I don't stink of smoke anymore.

You will find that your first experience with vaping will make you cough and hack (everybody does). It's a trick that you will learn quickly - how hard (or soft) to draw, how to let a little air in with the vapor as you inhale, or whatever works for you. Just be determined that you won't be smoking again, and I promise you that you will figure out how to get your nicotine from the e-cigs. Be sure to have plenty of supplies; there is nothing so likely to cause you to go back to smoking as running out of e-cigs (e-juice, charged up batteries, a working mod, anything). Backups and backups for your backups. If you say to yourself, "This is it; any nicotine I will ever have again is going to come from these things," you will figure out how to make them work and you will make it.

Don't be fixated on the "tobacco" flavored juices. Most folks seem to discover that they didn't really like the flavor as much as they thought they did. (Some do like them, but I think more find they don't.) Frankly, I discovered that I didn't like any flavors at all once I started mixing my own juice. I like just plain PG, VG, and nicotine.

 

[Diver9543]

Congratulations for starting your move to vaping. Dual vaping means that you smoke while learning how to vape. I was able to change over to vaping after a couple weeks. I had quit once before for a 5 year period. During my wife's chemo for her cancer, I started up again. With vaping, I found the process of quitting the cigs a lot easier. 2 1/2 years smoke-free and I enjoy the hobby aspect of vaping. I now make my own juice, build my coils and enjoy the friendships this forum has blessed me with. Good luck.

Jerry

 

[Opinionated]

yeah, i have already had the desire, and ready to find a vape hardware.

Would you like some suggestions of mods?

 

[XxAngelxX]

Congrats guys, I really hope I can quit cigarettes too. I went a few months vaping only. It was so much fun & I felt healthier. I went through a hard time and stoped caring about vaping and anything else. Looking back I wish I’d kept strong. You all are inspirations!

 

[VNeil]

I quit from a 45 year habit that reached as much as 4 packs of unfiltered a day plus most of a can of Skoal or snus.

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

LOL, from a 2.5 PAD a day smoker (really 3 but I never admit it). Yours is an impressive feat. Mine was bad enough.

 

[Richard-D]

I smoked for 33 years - in the morning before eating, throughout the day, and at night just before going to bed. Vaping is more enjoyable and a lot less stinky.

When I started vaping I was still rolling my own cigarettes. I didn't really want to quit tobacco, but as my enjoyment of vaping increased I smoked less cigarettes each day. It was not even a conscious effort. After a month or two I was smoking just two cigarettes per day and one morning I realised that the taste of my rolling tobacco was actually quite disgusting. That was when I willingly stopped smoking, 11 months ago.

The most important aids in helping me were finding the right juice flavour and having a supportive vaper friend; he let me try all his various tanks, mods and flavours, and his favourite flavour also turned out to be mine. Now I make my own juice so the cost of vaping has reduced dramatically.

There are many knowledgeable and generous people on this forum who can (and will) help people quit tobacco relatively painlessly.

 

[eMado]

After 22 years smoking, finally I quit and turn to vaping (it's more than 8 months) and seriously I don't have any temptation to smoke at all (for now). By the way before vaping I try every things that promise to help me quit smoking... and now woohoo, but now I fear something new, I like vaping and find a new relationship with Nic

 

[3mg Meniere]

I quit with probably the worst possible kind of e-cigs (stick batteries and cartos) and quit overnight. I collected plenty of supplies and then one night I had my last smoke before I went to bed, and in the morning I started vaping. I haven't needed a smoke since that morning, and that was just over six years ago.

I bought a stick battery and cartridges on a whim, just to try it. That was the day I quit. I soon had multiple stick batteries and cartridges. 4 1/2 years ago, and never a cigarette since then. I am retired, have no car, and have disabilities. Maintenance has become a hobby, and I am going to be mixing juices today.

 

[pwmeek]

<snip> multiple stick batteries and cartridges<snip>

LOL - At my maximum stick and carto era I had nine stick chargers in a row on a power strip, and enough sticks to fill two coffee mugs tightly. I ended up tossing a shoebox FULL of dried up cartos (along with all those sticks), a few years later when I realized I was never going back to those again.

I typically carried three stick-carto rigs in my shirt pocket for use and another six in a case for when I burned through the first three. I needed to work in threes, because otherwise the cartos would get so hot they would burn my lips. I'd use one until it got too hot, switch to the next, switch again, and by then the first would be cooled down enough to use again. (I now know that the problem was the juice; the 36 mg/ml just wasn't delivering even close to what I needed. However, that was all that was available in ready-made juice, and I didn't learn DIY until much later.)

 

[Nine Nine]

I quit from a 45 year habit that reached as much as 4 packs of unfiltered a day plus most of a can of Skoal or snus. I quit with probably the worst possible kind of e-cigs (stick batteries and cartos) and quit overnight. I collected plenty of supplies and then one night I had my last smoke before I went to bed, and in the morning I started vaping. I haven't needed a smoke since that morning, and that was just over six years ago. I vape with much better equipment these days, and I still use plenty of nicotine, but I feel a lot better, and (most significantly) I don't stink of smoke anymore.

You will find that your first experience with vaping will make you cough and hack (everybody does). It's a trick that you will learn quickly - how hard (or soft) to draw, how to let a little air in with the vapor as you inhale, or whatever works for you. Just be determined that you won't be smoking again, and I promise you that you will figure out how to get your nicotine from the e-cigs. Be sure to have plenty of supplies; there is nothing so likely to cause you to go back to smoking as running out of e-cigs (e-juice, charged up batteries, a working mod, anything). Backups and backups for your backups. If you say to yourself, "This is it; any nicotine I will ever have again is going to come from these things," you will figure out how to make them work and you will make it.

Don't be fixated on the "tobacco" flavored juices. Most folks seem to discover that they didn't really like the flavor as much as they thought they did. (Some do like them, but I think more find they don't.) Frankly, I discovered that I didn't like any flavors at all once I started mixing my own juice. I like just plain PG, VG, and nicotine.

Hi man, no dual use during your journey of quiting smoking? i can not imagine how you did win. so inspiring to me. thank you very much with your share. Best of luck.

 

[Nine Nine]

Hi man, no dual use during your journey of quiting smoking? i can not imagine how you did win. so inspiring to me. thank you very much with your share. Best of luck.

If you get some good gear and some flavors you like, you might actually like it better than smoking. I know I do!

thanks a lot

 

[Nine Nine]

LOL - At my maximum stick and carto era I had nine stick chargers in a row on a power strip, and enough sticks to fill two coffee mugs tightly. I ended up tossing a shoebox FULL of dried up cartos (along with all those sticks), a few years later when I realized I was never going back to those again.

I typically carried three stick-carto rigs in my shirt pocket for use and another six in a case for when I burned through the first three. I needed to work in threes, because otherwise the cartos would get so hot they would burn my lips. I'd use one until it got too hot, switch to the next, switch again, and by then the first would be cooled down enough to use again. (I now know that the problem was the juice; the 36 mg/ml just wasn't delivering even close to what I needed. However, that was all that was available in ready-made juice, and I didn't learn DIY until much later.)

It is interesting to listen to your story. Thanks a lot. And what is DIY?

 

[Nine Nine]

I works for many but not all people. In my experience the key ingredient is a sincere desire to quit. Welcome to the board

yes, a sincere desire is most important.

 

[Nine Nine]

I took to vaping like a duck to water. A friend introduced me to a gentleman at a B&M that helped him get started. I smoked when I first got up in the morning for about two weeks and vaped the rest of the day. Vaping did it for me. At the end of two weeks I contracted a nasty cold and could not envision smoking at all. So, I woke up and started vaping right away. Never looked back. Have no idea what happened to the partial pack left in the basement. My wife probably pitched it after awhile. I have occasional "flash backs" and I use that term because I don't perceive them as urges. Weird sensations.

FLASH BACKS??? what is it?

 

[Nine Nine]

I quit an uncountable number of times over a 40+ year smoking habit! Vaping is the only thing that has kept me from starting again. 3+ years now smoke free!

enjoy vaping. best wishes.

 

[Nine Nine]

Yes you can, if I can do it so can you. Smoked for 45 years, 3 PAD at the end. It will be 6 years in Feb.

yes, i can win. woo