Been smoking for 17 years, anything between 2 and 2,5 packs a day. I tried vaping 3 years ago, but it only lasted for a few weeks. Now I've been vaping for about 2 months, but I find it very difficult to avoid the morning cigarette with my coffee, and the last one before I go to bed... Might also have one at work,but not everyday. Hopefully I'll manage to quit completelly.
Straight away for me and imagine...
Did some laundry,folded my stuff and went to the park with the dog for a couple hrs....upon coming back,I entered the house and ....snif-snif...what is that odor.....man,this place smells like.....BOUNCE!
Took 2 months for the analog smell to go away...but its goooooooone!
Now I need to paint the whole place![]()
Paul Simon should've written a song called "50 Ways to Leave Your Cigarettes" haha. There isn't a wrong way to quit, only a wrong way to expect someone else to quit, in my opinion (not that anyone here is doing that). I actually love the glowing stories about e cigarettes where people can just toss their pack of regular smokes in the trash and that's that. For me it hasn't been that easy, but for some others it is.
What I don't like is the "quit now or die" approach that some doctors and anti-smoking people take. Because even an effort to quit that is successful can involve a lot of slip-ups. I don't think some people, including in healthcare, appreciate how powerful an addiction cigarettes can be for many smokers.
I'm tapering off the smokes. For me it's been the most realistic approach and I actually feel good that I'm keeping my goals instead of discouraged that I smoked one cigarette (when I've tried total cessation). Best of luck, and don't beat yourself up or get discouraged over smoking. Because in the past I've gotten SO discouraged from just a few cigarettes that I stopped trying to quit. I'm trying now not to be so rigid with breaking my addiction that I just give up again. It's a powerful addiction, and for most it takes time to quit.
I honestly did not intend to quit smoking. I bought the mistic ecig at walmart. It took about 3 days to go through a pack of smokes, then I did not buy another pack.
Now I just need to cut down on vaping. Which is difficult, since I can do it inside.
I thought about that also. I don't allow myself to vape in the house either. If I want it.... I will go outside. But at least with vaping its just a couple drags and I am done.)
Intentionally, I kept the same rules/schedule for vaping that I had for smoking.
I could, and at one point did, easily go thru 3 packs of smokes per day if I allowed myself to smoke inside at my desk while working/playing on the computer. I'd light one after another without even thinking about it. I'd vape the same, if I allowed myself to do so.