Does vaping really helps to quit smoking?

[Pamdane]

Yes. I got a starter at a convenience store. I had forgotten how good cigarettes were. I quit cold turkey on MAy 26, 1995. About 5 years later I started smoking cigars. Well, on day 3 of electric gadget, I realized I hadnt had a cigar in the past 2 days. I didnt get the gadget to quit- just to get the cigarette taste back. It just kinda happened for me. Plus, I'm fat. Having the e-cig fulfills my hand to mouth habit, and I'm losing weight. Another unexpected, happy bonus.
As for mall kiosks, I stopped to see what that was. An $85 21st Century smoke. I didnt get one, but the employee was helpful and showed me how to pop the end of the HARD catro off to refill juice to save money. I bought 2 juices from him. And got a business card with an internet site on it. I lost the card, put e-cigarette into a search engine, and HERE I AM.

As for saving money, go ahead and count cigarette cost vs the search for good juice and all the starter stuff we try.
But one thing I've not seen any other member include in the analysis is the savings on doctor visits. I'm not running off every time I get bronchitis or suffer from sever asthma. No co-pays, no prescriptions for drugs to recover. No more asthma inhalers in every pocket. I CAN BREATHE!!!!!! So what is the savings there?

 

[otrpu]

If you want it too, yes.

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[carpedebass]

I smoked analogs for about 20 years, then quit with NRT. Trouble is I really enjoyed smoking, so I fell off the wagon into the little cigars since they are so cigarette-like. I began to feel the old heaviness in my chest, coughing all the time, etc. So I decided to try vaping. I purchased a cheapo kit from a smoke shop here in town and haven't looked back. That was about 2 weeks ago.

I've about made up my mind to graduate to a Rive 510 next. I don't miss analogs at all!! Thing is, I no longer have the heavy chest feeling, coughing, etc.

 

[MiMoSeTH]

Absolutely. I went from 2 packs a day to 0 cigarettes as soon as i received my eGo-T kit. The thought of having an analog hasn't crossed my mind ever since, it feels THAT good.
Some people still needs a period mixing both though, and that's fine too. Any analog you can avoid is a small victory in itself

 

[afrazier5]

Despite what our local DOH, FDA and all other groups state - YES IT CAN! I smoked 1 PAD for 24 years. My Joye510 kit came in January 15th at 2:00. I never picked up a tobacco cigarette again. My mother in law was 2-3 PAD smoker for 45 years when she received her eGo-T and hasn't picked up tobacco since and has been smoke free about 3 weeks shorter than me.

I AM a non-smoker!

 

[sidetrack]

Smoked for 45 years and never picked up another cigarette from the 1st day I got my PV. I have been cigarette free for 5 1/2 months now. The hardest thing for me was to stop looking for the cigs/lighter habit I had aquired over the 45 years. I found myself constantly looking for them for the 1st week or so. Vaping painlessly replaced my greatest addictions:
Nicotine
hand to mouth habit
the visual of a cloud of smoke

All in all vaping was an easy switch for me.

 

[Puffadder]

Smoked for 45 years and never picked up another cigarette from the 1st day I got my PV. I have been cigarette free for 5 1/2 months now. The hardest thing for me was to stop looking for the cigs/lighter habit I had aquired over the 45 years. I found myself constantly looking for them for the 1st week or so. Vaping painlessly replaced my greatest addictions:
Nicotine
hand to mouth habit
the visual of a cloud of smoke

All in all vaping was an easy switch for me.

I went through the same thing re: the lighters and stuff. Funny thing is now that I had to temporarily switch back I keep picking my pv off my desk and taking one of those lovely nearly dry burnt hits. Gotta hide this thing til I get my juice.

 

[Lee46]

where to buy?

 

[arkador]

Ah....NOW the real question is........did you save any money?

to date, I have sepent about $220 on ecigs and liquids
I have 2 eGo atomisers, 3 batteries, a Roughstack, and about 20 cartomizers and over 200ml of liquid on hand.

Yes, that is more than I would have spent on regular cigs so far, but I won't need more juice for another 2 months, and probably won't have to buy any more hardware for at least that long. from here out, it is just juice and cartos. by the end og July I will be ahead moneywise, and still be tobacco free.

I don't stink like a cig, I don't have yellow stains on my fingers, and am more productive in my work, since I am not taking constant cigarette breaks outdoors.

 

[VapingTurtle]

37 years of 1+1/2 to 2 packs/day to just vape in 2 days.

 

[ThreePutt]

The wife and I both stopped the analogs with our eGo-Ts. She still craves a cig, but gives the reason as wanting to get out and take a break from work, rather than vaping at her desk. I tell her to take a smoke break with the PV! For me, I finished off the remainder of my pack two weeks ago, and haven't looked back.

Two years ago, we bought the mall kiosk variety, and after a couple of weeks were back on the analogs, as those little units had overall poor performance. The second go-around has been a complete success.

Now, on to the money/savings comments. Since we're new to vaping (outside of the mall eciggy experience), it's a matter of finding out what fits us best. My wife is of the mindset "buy it once and use forever". I'm experimenting with different accessories - bigger battery, LR cartos, dual coil cartos, and juice of every flavor. She'll ask me "what did you buy today" when she gets home from work. The journey to find what fits is as enjoyable as not smoking analogs.

So the outlay and initial experimentation can be pricey. A couple of hundred on the units, plus another hundred or two on accessories and juice. But the savings will soon come, as I was a pack-a-day smoker and she was a half pack-a-day. There's about $3,000/year we won't be spending - that'll be extra spending money for our next big vacation.

 

[cactusgirl]

On the day that I received my kit, I had about a half pack of cigs left in my pack. At the cost of cigs (more than $10/pk here), I decided that I would finish them off rather than toss them. I vaped and smoked intermittently until the smokes were gone and woke up on the third day with only my pv......haven't smoked an analog since.

ETA: I was a 30yr smoker!

 

[dormouse]

I gave up a decades long 1.5-2 PAD habit immediately. I had a couple of 1-cigarettes slip-ups in the first 2 weeks but only because I screwed up charging and got caught with no charged battery so I smoked one while one battery charged a bit. Then I bought more batteries, more chargers, PCC, and an emergency PT as well as 2amp 4-port USB to AC adapters for home and work and never had a battery emergency again.

 

[Thumber]

I got my PV 10 days ago and have had 3 analogs since. I didn't even finish them

I was at a golf tourny on the weekend and found a pack in my bag. Gave them to another smoker and just vaped all day.

7 days and going strong

yes, vaping will replace smoking for you

 

[brupow]

Smoked for 45 years...2+ FF packs a day, FF menthols for 22 of that. Started vaping 6/22, no desire for an analog since...cough a lot but I figure that I put that crap in my lungs for 45 years, it's gonna take a while to get rid of some of it...breathing now, not wheezing. Kudos to my wife for getting me started...Riva w/Boge carto.

 

[MiMoSeTH]

The hardest thing for me was to stop looking for the cigs/lighter habit I had aquired over the 45 years. I found myself constantly looking for them for the 1st week or so.

Almost 40 days vaping, and i still reach for the ashtray in my car whenever i pick my PV. I just laugh and push it back in place again. Stupid habits...

 

[newcomer]

I occasionally pull a stick or two out of my friends'. I won't deny there's a craving for tobacco smoke once in a while, maybe it's the 0 nic juice I'm on currently. However, I've never bought a pack since I started vaping, not even an urge.

 

[Chopper71]

I started vaping on May 20th.I had 6 cigarettes since then.I was a PAD smoker for a little over 25 years.IMHO yes it helped me stop smoking cigarettes.The 6 that I did have was during a 2 week time after I first started to vape.

 

[jj2]

Yep .

 

[tjc516]

I would have to say it absolutely helped me. 3 weeks with no cigs and going strong. You will feel like you want a analog but every now and then but just pull out your PV with a good flavor and vape away, the feeling will pass. Good luck and hang with it, you might cheat now and then but after awhile you'll be more happy with vaping.