Way to go Duner!
I was a 20-30 cigsAday smoker for about 15 years. Like many others I was turned off of
vaping several years ago by a terrible effort to switch to a NJoy kit. Those things were TERRIBLE (imo).
If there are things about your
vaping experience you don't like please do talk about it. It can go wrong and be a real displeasure but once you find what works for you (again, imo) choosing vapor over acrid smoke won't even be a decision you have to make.
After several failed attempts to quit over the years I had all but completely given up on the notion of quitting tobacco. I truly enjoyed it despite the awful health consequences and stench that permeates every fabric of your life.
Several years ago I tried to quit tobacco, I mean I really gave it a good effort.. it was an all-or-nothing scenario. I felt that if I tried to ween myself off tobacco again I would, once again, eventually loose focus and find excuses to exceed my daily goal and lengthen my quit indefinitely. I did not want to wake up one day in my mid thirties STILL a smoker. When my quit date arrived I was ready and I quit on that day. I had put so much pressure on myself to quit completely the stress of thinking about slipping up and smoking even one single cigarette was heavy, to say the least. I had nightmares that were terrifying and the worst thing that happened in them was I smoked a cigarette, the perceived consequences were crushing. This quit attempt lasted a while but I caved and went back to smoking.
So I made it to my mid thirties, still a smoker. Then I rediscovered
vaping in the form of a borrowed eGo Twist with a Vision Clearomizer filled with a lovely blend of Vanilla Cocoa Mint and Killa Vanilla. I was amazed at how far vaporizing had come since the NJoy kit.
I knew immediately that quitting tobacco was likely to be on the horizon for me. And I remembered the lesson I learned putting too much pressure on myself. This time it was different.
Instead of trying to quit smoking or trying to choose to vape instead of smoke I decided to challenge myself to one thing: Every time I craved a cigarette simply try to remember to take a few puffs of vapor FIRST. If I still wanted to smoke then I would knock myself out. I never let it be a "this is it I have to quit" sort of thing. What I found was amazing to me. Smoking had become so undesirable so quickly I didn't even buy another pack. I went from smoking 20-30 cigs a day to finishing my last pack over the course of a week. In the two months following I have continued to allow myself to smoke as much as I want. In 2 months I have LIT 9 cigarettes. I have finished ZERO cigarettes. The last one was actually today, I had been thinking about it for a few days. I lit it up and got 3 puffs in before I laughed out loud at how very disgusting it was and put it out. This is the first in all my quit attempts that when I do falter and light up a cig it takes me back to 1990 when my friend stole a couple Marlboro Lights from his dad and we smoked em in the woods, how very disgusting they were.
tl;dr?
Congrats and you can do it!
Don't put too much pressure on yourself, quitting tobacco is hard. If you do falter you may be pleasantly surprised how disgusting it is when you can actually taste it.
If there are things about vaping that you dislike then talk about them with others, there is likely a resolution. When you get things sorted a nice draw of vapor can be as full and thick and way more gratifying than a draw off a tobacco cigarette.