Do any of you plan to quit?

[Puff2K]

I don't see myself quitting. It was hard enough to quit cigarettes with the vape but I don't see how I could quit the inhale/exhale aspect. Beyond that I need the cognitive boost from nicotine.

 

[tjcraig]

I'm 27, started smoking cigarettes when I was 15 and I've been vaping for about a year, with analogs coming few and far between. When I was younger I had the whole "Eh, what's the big deal? If I die young, oh well" - mentality, but now that I'm growing older I find myself thinking about a family, about being a father, and I really hope when that time comes I'll be selfless enough to kick it all for the sake of my family. I've been blessed with having two healthy parents throughout my life and I don't want to end up leaving my child sooner than I should for my own selfish reasons.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Yes, I am planning to quit.
Also I was planing not to be hit by FDA regulations and stockpiled nic for 10+ years.
Go figure...

 

[Fatboylim]

I was just thinking about when I would quit and what i would do with my gear. I'm slowly thinking about when I'll be done vaping, and I'm thinking by the end of the year. I quit cigarettes in Jan so I figured a year to get from 24mg to 0, and then be done.

Does anyone else think about quitting, or have a plan to quit?

After 1 year I am already flicking between 0mg and the occasional 6mg vape. Intend to keep as a hobby and try some DIY juice making. The nicotine is the most expensive part of DIY, so I should at least get my money's worth!

 

[Traijan]

The thing that hurts is that I was getting my cigarettes for 12 bucks a carton, so vaping is more money for me lol

Yup, for the last 5 or 8 years that I smoked, I was getting my cigarettes for $14 a carton too, but by the last year of my smoking cigs, the prices had gone up to about $5 less than Reynolds & Reynolds brand price, which is when we finally looked seriously at vaping as an alternative.

Well, I've only been vaping for about a year and 3 or 5 months but I do see an end in sight. As it is now, my partner will not be quitting vaping (as far as I can tell) although he has lowered his nic level but he enjoys it where as while I enjoy it, I have mainly used it to stop smoking tobacco. I recently went from 12mg down to 6mg and to be quite honest I don't even notice any difference. Had I cut down on my tobacco cigs by half per day I'd certainly have been grumpy as all hell so I'm kind of feeling with how I really don't vape much at all anymore (other than if I've had a couple drinks at night) I could probably quit vaping tomorrow if I desired it. But I don't desire quitting right this minute, but I do see myself quitting definitely before the end of the year, it worked to get me off the stinkies, but honestly there's not a lot of appeal for me to continue vaping now that I don't feel nicotine addiction anymore. I can often go 3 to 4 or more days without vaping and feel no worse for it, where as when I was smoking cigs I couldn't go longer than maybe 2 hours before I was seriously craving a ....

 

[grandmato5]

No plans to quit vaping. Maybe someday, but I'm sure that day won't be anytime soon I've thought about it through the years, but I honestly don't see any good reasons to quit vaping.

 

[BackDoc]

NO

 

[Bootiewootsy]

I see no reason to quit as I enjoy the taste. I smoked for so many years and so glad I found the way to quit. I don't believe it will ever be as bad as smoking.
I am not going to give up my enjoyment at this stage of my life with something that is better for me than smoking and a hobby in making my own juices. I have purchased many tanks and mods. Started with an ego and evod tank, still enjoy them also..

 

[DingerCPA]

NO

I'm kinda with BackDoc. I really think a lot of smoking for me was all about the tactile aspect. I must constantly be doing something with my hands. If I'm not typing at my computer keyboard, I'm playing with a twist tie or a paper clip (ugh, I sound like a cat!) There was always the inhale/exhale sensation. I could take a drag and blow a "big" puff of smoke in exasperation to "calm me down". The motions of smoking were/are my pacifier. I'm sure I need psychological evaluation (oh wait, been there, done that ) I didn't start at too-high of nic (10 was the highest I purchased) and I'm still around that level after 16 months.

I enjoy the flavors. I enjoy the hobby of it. Viva la vape!

 

[nancybout]

Only if congress passes all that stuff... I'm down to 3mg and diluting w 0 (sub ohm)BUT Vape 12-16-18 mg juice lol however I sure will stack up and quit


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[Verb]

Who knows? I am planning as if I won't quit. But, I wasn't planning on vaping to work as a tool to quit cigarettes. After about a month of vaping, I no longer smoked. I wasn't planning on ever lowering my nicotine. After a year or so vaping, I'm down to 1.5 mg. I miss some of the benefits (helps control my ADD). But, I can feel the monkey losing his grip. He may get board and just jump off my back one day.

 

[sofarsogood]

One of my relapses came after 10 years of not smoking. Even if I stopped vaping I'd keep decent vaping gear at the ready. It would be nice if I my mods could BT real time data to a phone app. I might use that to reduce my vaping. At the moment I'm not considering quitting vaping.

I told some coworkers who still smoke that I was selfish to stop smoking. I should resume smoking but only smoke their cigarettes because every one I smoked would be one they don't smoke so I'd be doing them a favor at great personal sacrrifice.

There are a couple of new vapers on the shop floor in the past couple of weeks. I'm going to encourage them by loaning them fresh builds on a spare dripper. I would have gone to dripping months earlier if I'd realized what I was missing.

 

[Rixsta]

Im on a diet, I've cut down on drinking, hell no, I need something I enjoy ha

 

[jpargana]

I'm happy vaping right now. I'm going to try to cut my nic quite a bit soon (from 18mg to 9mg). I have no intention of quittin any time soon. But then, I never started vaping with the intention to use it a a quit smoking device.

Whether anyone wants to believe it or not, as vapers, we are all still smokers. We just don't smoke cigarettes, we smoke vapor instead. I always hated many thing s about cigarette smoking, but I love the act of smoking. Vaping allows me to be a smoker without all the negative aspects of smoking (and I;m not talking about health aspects).

However, once they start taxing it, I will consider quitting, which is on of the reason I am going to start weening myself off the nic...so when that day comes, nic won't be a factor. The only thing I have left to give up is the act of smoking.

Sorry, but I must disagree. Imagine a long-term heavy drinker, well aware of how alchool could be ruining his health over the years, but still unable to quit. He simply loved his beers too much.

And all of a sudden, that person tries NA-beer, and discovers that it *could* replace regular beer for him. Surelly, it is *not* quite the same, but is motivation is that he is doing it for his health. He eventually starts to enjoy his NA-beer more than he used to enjoy regular beer, and for the next six and and half years, he drinks NA-beer heavily - but he never touches alchool again.

I guess other people would congratulate him for *quitting drinking* (alchool, of course, the *real* health concern). Would it make sense to tell him "Yea, but you are still drinking that. You are still a drunkard, still ruining his health, who just happens to drink NA-beer"?

Can't the guy say, in good faith, say that he has STOPPED drinking six and and half years ago? Sure, NA-beer mimics beer. And there's the "hand-to-mouth addiction" of raising a glass to his lips, and the habit of still going to the pub... but wouldn't the hand-to-mouth be the same, if he drank orange juice while chatting at the pub? Would he be considered a drinker just because of the hand-to-mouth?

I started vaping more than six years ago. I have never smoked a cigarette since, so yes, I am *not* a smoker anymore.
I have stopped inhaling smoke, tar and carcinogens - the *real* health concern, unlike nicotine
I am not a smoker, because I cannot even have a cigarette anymore - not even if I forget my setup at home.

Is there such a strange thing as a "smoker" who cannot smoke a cigarette anymore?

 

[LobsterGoD]

This probably would've been better in a poll format, btw no i don't plan on quitting.

 

[AndriaD]

No plans to quit whatever -- I fully expected to smoke till I died of it, until vaping came along. If something came along I liked even better than vaping, which could take its place, then I might consider it, but otherwise... fuhgeddaboutit! Quitting vaping would do just one thing: send me back to smoking, most likely. If I had the patience, I might just drop back to vaping, but I can't be sure of that, when cigarettes are so easy to get.

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Sorry, but I must disagree. Imagine a long-term heavy drinker, well aware of how alchool could be ruining his health over the years, but still unable to quit. He simply loved his beers too much.

And all of a sudden, that person tries NA-beer, and discovers that it *could* replace regular beer for him. Surelly, it is *not* quite the same, but is motivation is that he is doing it for his health. He eventually starts to enjoy his NA-beer more than he used to enjoy regular beer, and for the next six and and half years, he drinks NA-beer heavily - but he never touches alchool again.

I guess other people would congratulate him for *quitting drinking* (alchool, of course, the *real* health concern). Would it make sense to tell him "Yea, but you are still drinking that. You are still a drunkard, still ruining his health, who just happens to drink NA-beer"?

Can't the guy say, in good faith, say that he has STOPPED drinking six and and half years ago? Sure, NA-beer mimics beer. And there's the "hand-to-mouth addiction" of raising a glass to his lips, and the habit of still going to the pub... but wouldn't the hand-to-mouth be the same, if he drank orange juice while chatting at the pub? Would he be considered a drinker just because of the hand-to-mouth?

I started vaping more than six years ago. I have never smoked a cigarette since, so yes, I am *not* a smoker anymore.
I have stopped inhaling smoke, tar and carcinogens - the *real* health concern, unlike nicotine
I am not a smoker, because I cannot even have a cigarette anymore - not even if I forget my setup at home.

Is there such a strange thing as a "smoker" who cannot smoke a cigarette anymore?

I completely agree. I am a non-smoker, because I vape -- I haven't bought or lit any cigarettes in well over 10 months -- therefore I am a NON-SMOKER.

Anyone who vapes who wants to consider themselves a smoker, go right ahead, I won't stop you, but it doesn't make it true. If you aren't lighting cigs (or cigars or pipes) and inhaling SMOKE, you're a non-smoker.


Andria

 

[Racehorse]

Does anyone else think about quitting, or have a plan to quit?

I always planned on quitting but taking my time because I am grateful to be off cigarettes, and felt no big hurry.

One of the things is I just want the FREEDOM of not having to mess around or think about a "habit".

I've vaped almost 3 years, went from 24mg to 3mg and 0mg. Its happening naturally ...I forget to take vape gear with me on errands, or am so busy while walking my dogs, swimming, etc. that my vape gear sits in my car or house a lot LOL

Personally, I think you should take it month by month, unless you've decided that you don't want to ever quit. Some people really enjoy vaping, and the every day hobby of it. For me, it represents one more thing to mess around with (and spend money on) and my lifestyle doesn't really "fit" with all that.

While getting off cigs though, I would have jumped thru as many hoops and spent as much as I had to........and I did, believe me, I did. LOL

My suggestion is do what you have to do, what you want to do, and what brings you enjoyment in the least harmful way.

 

[edyle]

I was just thinking about when I would quit and what i would do with my gear. I'm slowly thinking about when I'll be done vaping, and I'm thinking by the end of the year. I quit cigarettes in Jan so I figured a year to get from 24mg to 0, and then be done.

Does anyone else think about quitting, or have a plan to quit?

No.