Hi just registered.
After 32 years smoking and never managing more than a day at giving up (tried the patches, pills, gum, inhaler etc) I am now on day nine of being cigarette free.
Had briefly flirted with an ecig before but had used a cheap ciggy lookalike that was a pale comparison to the smokes so had written off the electronic stuff.
Then I got chatting to my barber and he extolled the virtues of vaping and pointed me in the direction of a nearby vapour shop - I went straight there and got kitted out. And here I am nine days in - can't really believe it to be honest, thought I was a no hoper.
I think what it is is vaping has the lot for me - the ritual, the smoke (OK vape), managing to pretty well match the flavor of my cigs and now I find there's a whole vaping community out there.
My first few days were made easier by being on holiday with the kids; "daddy you don't stink of smoke anymore" was nice to hear. Going back to work was the thing I thought would be tough but it has actually turned out to be really easy. It might have helped in that I have tried to continue my smoking routine as before but vaping instead ie I still go out for a chat as usual with the smokers (their smoking doesn't bother me at all). Funny thing is they are all asking me how to get into vaping so I'm hoping they will soon be converts and we will have a vapors and not smokers corner.
So where to now? Step one is to hit some more milestones (2 weeks then 1 month) and carry on as is until I know I will never go back to the evil weed. Long term I do plan to cut down the nicotine level (currently 20) and eventually stop altogether but no deadline for that. I see a lot of people end up on these things permanently - my take is it can't be good for you but it must be 1000 times better then smoking.
At the moment I am sticking with tobacco taste but keep thinking about trying a few flavours (eg strawberry) just to see what it is like? Any thoughts re will that taste really odd when I have been 30+ years Mr Tobacco?
Already planning to upgrade my gear when I get my next pay check LOL; have my eyes on a Nautilus next, just like the idea of a big tank that will last a while.
Anyway hello to everyone here - good to see such a great community.
After 32 years smoking and never managing more than a day at giving up (tried the patches, pills, gum, inhaler etc) I am now on day nine of being cigarette free.
Had briefly flirted with an ecig before but had used a cheap ciggy lookalike that was a pale comparison to the smokes so had written off the electronic stuff.
Then I got chatting to my barber and he extolled the virtues of vaping and pointed me in the direction of a nearby vapour shop - I went straight there and got kitted out. And here I am nine days in - can't really believe it to be honest, thought I was a no hoper.
I think what it is is vaping has the lot for me - the ritual, the smoke (OK vape), managing to pretty well match the flavor of my cigs and now I find there's a whole vaping community out there.
My first few days were made easier by being on holiday with the kids; "daddy you don't stink of smoke anymore" was nice to hear. Going back to work was the thing I thought would be tough but it has actually turned out to be really easy. It might have helped in that I have tried to continue my smoking routine as before but vaping instead ie I still go out for a chat as usual with the smokers (their smoking doesn't bother me at all). Funny thing is they are all asking me how to get into vaping so I'm hoping they will soon be converts and we will have a vapors and not smokers corner.
So where to now? Step one is to hit some more milestones (2 weeks then 1 month) and carry on as is until I know I will never go back to the evil weed. Long term I do plan to cut down the nicotine level (currently 20) and eventually stop altogether but no deadline for that. I see a lot of people end up on these things permanently - my take is it can't be good for you but it must be 1000 times better then smoking.
At the moment I am sticking with tobacco taste but keep thinking about trying a few flavours (eg strawberry) just to see what it is like? Any thoughts re will that taste really odd when I have been 30+ years Mr Tobacco?
Already planning to upgrade my gear when I get my next pay check LOL; have my eyes on a Nautilus next, just like the idea of a big tank that will last a while.
Anyway hello to everyone here - good to see such a great community.
