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Been vapeing for four years and the first two I had to keep a pack of analogs around or I would feel uncomfortabl and anxious. The last two years I have only bought a few packs and preffer to vape only. Now if I could just ban smoking from my apartment!!! Visitors are allowed to smoke in my place but they must leave with an ECF business card.
Wow how about that 84% of us completely smoke-free with e-cigs! That is amazing! Let the FDA find an NRT that works that good. No wonder they are scared of e-cigs. 
Even my wife finally stopped smoking. It took finding her the right rig and juice. I see a lot of e-cig failures due to bad rigs, bad juice and lack of know-how. I suspect our 84% can be duplicated widely IF people have a support network, but not without it. So how to do that for people who don't want to make a hobby out of vaping?
At first, I had a Super rn4081, wasn't satisfying enough to actually take the place of cigs, but it was dang cold out at the time so it allowed me to "smoke" in the house and I forced myself to use it. Once I upgraded to a better device that I found more satisfying, I found myself completely analog free within a few days. Took a little bit of effort at first, but not much beyond the "getting used to vaping" period
Congratulations!
Just a bit of advice for anyone who is new to vaping and coming off regular cigarettes... Pick up a bottle of nicotine liquid that is as pure as you can find. This way if you find yourself close to slipping because of a nicotine fit, which is what I always called them, then you can actually carry two bottles of e-liquid. The 1 bottle use the regular dose of e-liquid milligrams of nicotine you normally use and 2nd botle, use the e-liquid with a little bit of extra nicotine liquid in it to help curb your cravings.
Make sure to mark the bottles. I found a website store somewhere, but I can't recall where that had these little bands that were in difficult colors and went around the top of the bottles made for carrying with you for topping off your cartridges, cartos or for dripping. one color could be your regular vape and another can serve as your ramped up e-nic amount bottle. Or, you can simply put a ring around the one bottle and recall which contains what. Markers tend to wash off so I'm told. I use a Braille bump dot to mark my bottle with the higher nicotine dose b/c I can't see the bottles if I mark them w/a permanent ink marker or anything so this is how I can tell one from the other without the need to see them. I drop my bottles in a pocket within my purse when I go out that way I know which bottle I need and it's easy to figure out which one is the right bottle without any fumbling around. I can't tell you how many times this helped me stay on the e-cig path. I tend to have the highest cravings when it's first in the morning, after meals, and before time to go to bed but also when I'm stressed out, upset, or completely worried. It helps me calm down just as analog cigarettes did before but without the crud from the analogs and the end of chain-smoking b/c I couldn't seem to smoke enough to calm myself but for a few moments to minutes or even a half an hour before I'd light up again.
This was a tremendous help in the beginning when I was finding my right nic dose and then before I knew it, I was actually lowering my doses for my regular vape. I still keep a higher nicotine dose e-liquid with me when I go out and even at home b/c I spend a great deal of time at home considering I cannot drive and I doubt people here have a notion of what public transit is or how valuable it can be for the non-driving people as well as those who through no choice of their own - cannot drive anymore due to health reasons or in my case, blindness...
Best of luck and stick with it. Your lungs, your body, and even your taste buds will love you for it as will your family and your doctor. My doctor is so enamored with the e-cigs that he wished all of his smoking patients would make the switch. He's followed me for over 2 years now and everything he's found in my case is positive, which is great esp when you've got a hosed immune system from autoimmune diseases. My lungs are actually healing themselves as more time passes despite the autoimmune diseases although, in all fairness there will come a time when that won't be the case but for now my lungs are in better shape than they were before I began vaping; the only damage that remains that won't go away is the scar damage from my having had pneumonia numerous times as a child and again having it a few times as an adult. Those are there to stay but the rest is all good.
And, in case anyone hasn't told you how proud they are of you - Know that I'm proud of you! It may not count for much but I am definitely proud of you.
Just a bit of advice for anyone who is new to vaping and coming off regular cigarettes... Pick up a bottle of nicotine liquid that is as pure as you can find. This way if you find yourself close to slipping because of a nicotine fit, which is what I always called them, then you can actually carry two bottles of e-liquid. The 1 bottle use the regular dose of e-liquid milligrams of nicotine you normally use and 2nd botle, use the e-liquid with a little bit of extra nicotine liquid in it to help curb your cravings.
Make sure to mark the bottles. I found a website store somewhere, but I can't recall where that had these little bands that were in difficult colors and went around the top of the bottles made for carrying with you for topping off your cartridges, cartos or for dripping. one color could be your regular vape and another can serve as your ramped up e-nic amount bottle. Or, you can simply put a ring around the one bottle and recall which contains what. Markers tend to wash off so I'm told. I use a Braille bump dot to mark my bottle with the higher nicotine dose b/c I can't see the bottles if I mark them w/a permanent ink marker or anything so this is how I can tell one from the other without the need to see them. I drop my bottles in a pocket within my purse when I go out that way I know which bottle I need and it's easy to figure out which one is the right bottle without any fumbling around. I can't tell you how many times this helped me stay on the e-cig path. I tend to have the highest cravings when it's first in the morning, after meals, and before time to go to bed but also when I'm stressed out, upset, or completely worried. It helps me calm down just as analog cigarettes did before but without the crud from the analogs and the end of chain-smoking b/c I couldn't seem to smoke enough to calm myself but for a few moments to minutes or even a half an hour before I'd light up again.
This was a tremendous help in the beginning when I was finding my right nic dose and then before I knew it, I was actually lowering my doses for my regular vape. I still keep a higher nicotine dose e-liquid with me when I go out and even at home b/c I spend a great deal of time at home considering I cannot drive and I doubt people here have a notion of what public transit is or how valuable it can be for the non-driving people as well as those who through no choice of their own - cannot drive anymore due to health reasons or in my case, blindness...
Best of luck and stick with it. Your lungs, your body, and even your taste buds will love you for it as will your family and your doctor. My doctor is so enamored with the e-cigs that he wished all of his smoking patients would make the switch. He's followed me for over 2 years now and everything he's found in my case is positive, which is great esp when you've got a hosed immune system from autoimmune diseases. My lungs are actually healing themselves as more time passes despite the autoimmune diseases although, in all fairness there will come a time when that won't be the case but for now my lungs are in better shape than they were before I began vaping; the only damage that remains that won't go away is the scar damage from my having had pneumonia numerous times as a child and again having it a few times as an adult. Those are there to stay but the rest is all good.
And, in case anyone hasn't told you how proud they are of you - Know that I'm proud of you! It may not count for much but I am definitely proud of you.
It took me a while to dial in the perfect voltage, device, carto etc.. But when I did I never looked back.
I have completely stopped analogs (not just telling people I have - and sneaking some in the car) for just over three months. I try not to make a big deal about it or I fear there might be some urge to bum one now and then. It sort of just happened. I recently moved into a new apartment and I knew I couldn't smoke in it but the price was right. So I needed some alternative for the times when I was home, and still be able to smoke when driving and out of the house. But a funny thing happened and one day there were no more cigs around and I really had no more desire for them. Recently, in fact, we made a trip to Foxwoods Casino, we were just planning to take my daughter to the Indian museum but we went in the casino for food and the kids arcade (really no slots!) Anyway there is still smoking allowed in the casino and I found myself really affected by it. It was a strange feeling as there are so few places you go into these days where you smell the smoke right away. The second hand smell and smoke was actually physically irritating to me, dry and scratchy throat and itchy eyes almost immediately. There weren't even a lot of people smoking in view it was just everything wafting out of the casinos. Overall it was kind of a test I think I passed pretty well, it didn't ignite some uncontrollable urge to smoke again if anything it turned me off even more.
I gradually cut down without putting any pressure on myself and the e cig really worked for me.
I had a love/hate relationship with smoking. I felt I needed to quit, but really didn't want to... so I got my first overpriced cig-style and it was all downhill from there. In a good way, of course
I didn't quit completely at first - meaning, the intention was there and while I had cartos/fluid, I wasn't even thinking about smoking. But I'd forget to re-order (or be too broke) and run out of cartos/fluid and have a cig or two out of the stash in my glovebox (stale month-old cigs are REALLY harsh, btw!).
Within a few months, I ditched the cig-style, had a bunch of egos, back-up cartos and decent fluid venders on hand and really didn't give analogs much thought at all. Once in a while, I'd have a smoke while I was out just for the hell of it. And surprisingly, I didn't get any head-rush from them - just the nasty taste in my mouth, lol...
Hey, that'd be a good stencil for a vaper's t-shirt:
I smoked a cigarette and all I got was this nasty taste in my mouth!
(and this stinky shirt)
EDIT: forgot to mention that even though my sig-thingy is sort of a lie, it's been several months since my lips have touched an analog And the number of cigs I've smoked since quitting is less than a pack 
I didn't quit completely at first - meaning, the intention was there and while I had cartos/fluid, I wasn't even thinking about smoking. But I'd forget to re-order (or be too broke) and run out of cartos/fluid and have a cig or two out of the stash in my glovebox (stale month-old cigs are REALLY harsh, btw!).
Within a few months, I ditched the cig-style, had a bunch of egos, back-up cartos and decent fluid venders on hand and really didn't give analogs much thought at all. Once in a while, I'd have a smoke while I was out just for the hell of it. And surprisingly, I didn't get any head-rush from them - just the nasty taste in my mouth, lol...
Hey, that'd be a good stencil for a vaper's t-shirt:
I smoked a cigarette and all I got was this nasty taste in my mouth!
(and this stinky shirt)
EDIT: forgot to mention that even though my sig-thingy is sort of a lie, it's been several months since my lips have touched an analog
And the number of cigs I've smoked since quitting is less than a pack
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Took a decent mod running true 3.7 and LR attys, but the wife and I are both death stick free for almost 2 yrs. now. To be exact...20 months now.
I say kudos to anyone trying, whether they only cut back or quit completely ! VERY tough thing to do !!
I say kudos to anyone trying, whether they only cut back or quit completely ! VERY tough thing to do !!
Yup, that is right about how I thought the results would be... E-cigs ftw!
I quit analogs for a few days before I started vaping, I was quite over tobacco but would not have been able to keep away from it for long if I hadn't been so exited about my Riva kit.
I quit analogs for a few days before I started vaping, I was quite over tobacco but would not have been able to keep away from it for long if I hadn't been so exited about my Riva kit.
I received my fort kit in the mail with half a pack of smokes in my pocket. I wanted to give it an honest try. 2 days later I gave the cigs to my father in law (who I have now converted to vaping)
First time vaping = Last analog
First time vaping = Last analog
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