I'm into my third week with my e-cigs. haven't smoked an analog since I charged the first battery. I got a pass through at the start of the third week and find the nicotine buzz more than sufficient from the pass through. i still think of trying an analog but can stem the urge by taking a few draws on the pass through. Need to keep the first one of the day at about 18 mg but can get by on 11 MG during the day. I actually enjoy the e-cig way more as I can change flavor and strength in response to any urges. I don't just think I will stay off analogs, I know because this is way better just by comparing the way I feel. A side benefit of all this is the new hobby, mixing e-juice formulas, that helps to keep my mind off analogs as well.
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You're not alone, but that doesn't mean everybody else here isn't tellilng you the truth.
But yeah, there many people that need more than just electronic cigarettes.
There are threads and polls here on this forum about that very topic.
As for me, I stopped smoking over seven months ago, and I know for a fact I will never go back.
The thing is, I will go ahead and smoke a cigarette now and then.
I guess maybe once every month or two.
I do it just for fun, and then I laugh at them and spit in their little cigarette faces.
Cigarettes no longer hold ANY power over me whatsoever.
I like to remind myself how absolutely horrible they taste.
The thing is, I will go ahead and smoke a cigarette now and then.
I guess maybe once every month or two.
I do it just for fun, and then I laugh at them and spit in their little cigarette faces.
Cigarettes no longer hold ANY power over me whatsoever.
I like to remind myself how absolutely horrible they taste.
This may seem like a small step to you but I have smoked analogs for 40 years ( 1 - 11/2 packs a day ) and to e it is a huge step after trying everything there is to quit analogs. I'm just new on the band wagon and appreciate your skepticism but quiting any habit has to have a start and I hope that e-cigs are my end.
I slowly quit before vaping. I was sick of it and either way would turn around and never go back. But. I love it :S Vaping hit my weak spot! Haha.
I also think that poll should have asked people who have been vaping for a while. That "wall" where people who had quit completely went back to some form of tobacco does not stand at day three or so. It seems to be in the area of 4-6 weeks for many.
Before that, happy vaping only. Hit the wall, you need tobacco. Bad thing, but I don't think it's rare. Good thing, though, there is smokeless tobacco.
Before that, happy vaping only. Hit the wall, you need tobacco. Bad thing, but I don't think it's rare. Good thing, though, there is smokeless tobacco.
AirNerd - just look around on this forum. There are so many veterans that have never gone back to an analog. I could never stop smoking - no matter what I tried, that is until PV's - they are little miracles.
I cut down, I still smoke a few analogs a day and have completely fallen off the wagon a couple times and bought a pack, which was smoked until gone. I wish I could stop smoking but there is something about trash sticks that keeps drawing me back. I've been vaping since October, and seem to be struggling, but still in a much better place than before I started. The inconvenience of vaping in comparison to smoking, and the fact that my wife continues to smoke seem to be the main problems, while the money I'm saving is the main motivator.
40 years wow.
I smoked for 18 yrs 1 1/2 packs a day. Been smoke free for 1 week
now.I thank God for the pv
I quit smoking within 3 days of buying my 401. THREE DAYS! That's going from 2+ packs/day depending on the weather to NOTHING. The FDA would be nuts to ban e cigs.
I smoked for 18 yrs 1 1/2 packs a day. Been smoke free for 1 week
I thank God for the pv
I smoked 1 1/2 packs a day for 18 years. Smoke free for 1 week and 4 days now.
I thank Science for the PV.
I dont know if it matters but I thought it was worth a mention, I had NO intention of quitting at ALL - I just prefer this and quitting analogs was sort of an unexpected side effect. I didnt buy this as a quitting device in ANY way; just wanted to cut down.
Smoked for 20+ years at one pack a day (and nearer 2 packs at weekends).
Smoked for 20+ years at one pack a day (and nearer 2 packs at weekends).
Am a new member and researching all the e-cig info. Do they really help you either quit or cut down from a regular cigarette (or analog)? I am a two pack a day analoger...
I bought my PV because I had used a friends on a skiing trip, and was quite impressed by it. When he first told me what it was and offered it to me I thought it was pretty lame, but one puff and my mind was changed. The thing satisfied, and I was able to exhale the vapor. I was considering buying the Chantix medication to quit, but have issues with depression and anxiety which make Chantix unsafe for me. Desperate to get off cigarettes and quit stinking, I was going to do it anyway. Instead I bought my PV, and set off on this journey. The first day I had it, I thought I would just be done smoking no problems. I loaded up my cartridge, and set out for my day with no analogs in hand. Within a few hours, I seriously FREAKED out and bought a pack and sucked down two in a row. Two weeks later, I am still vaping and have made it through six days now with no cigs. I have even cut my juice from 24 mg to 12 with VG and so far am maintaining at that level. 
And if you happen to need something else from tobacco, there are way better and safer ways to get it than analogs. Check out the smokeless section if you hit that wall again.
You should post in the new members section of the forum
You can make new threads there and have ALL your queries/concerns answered by old n new members alike.
The answer though is yes they really can and do help people to both cut down or quit (if quitting is what they want) - some of us 20 - 40 year smoking prisoners.
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