Ecigs becoming something diff than quitting tools?

[prof beard]

After 43 of smoking - which I enjoyed - I felt I was pushing my luck health-wise and wanted to reduce my risks. I switched to vaping because I like nicotine and wanted harm reduction....

 

[clyde2801]

I've got people asking me, "Is that a way to quit, or a way to keep smoking?". I tell them "Yes.".

 

[Kilroy]

For me its an alternative to the ignition of tobacco. Not sure where I'll wind up. But for now it is a substitute to lighting a fire and inhaling the smoke.

 

[Fairlane64]

For me its an alternative to the ignition of tobacco. Not sure where I'll wind up. But for now it is a substitute to lighting a fire and inhaling the smoke.

Ditto for me, some have asked me if I'm just substituting one bad habit for another, I tell them I have no idea, I'm just taking it one day at a time...

 

[Brenden]

For me thats exactly what they did. I have not smoked a cigarette in over a month.
I never intended to quit my nicotine addiction, but instead moved to e-cigs as a healthier replacement and I love all the cool and different devices that allow me to do that.
Now maybe one day Ill start to cut back on my daily nicotine amount and eventually get to 0 nic, but that day is not today.
Today I Vape!

Kicking the habbit of cigarettes without vaping takes a lot of will power... and you will have to stay strong have to last you the rest of your life. As long as I continue vaping as a subsitute to analog smoking, I know I am going to be much healthier down the road.

 

[Squawk15]

I don't see e-cigs as just a quitting device, but an alternative or even an entertainment gadget as well. It all depends on how people want to use it. Of course, minors and non-smokers should not be using e-cigs and it should not be marketed that way. However, I do believe e-cigs are the NEW way of smoking. Maybe it's time to stop comparing e-cigs to analogs and it needs to make a statement by coming up with a new and innovative design that is not synonymous to analogs but an evolution from it. After all, that's what e-cigs are.

 

[Bogalu]

I kinda agree with your point of view but I really don't think most who buy an ecig do it to stop. My wife and I started ecigs for better health and to save money. We've done both. She likes her RN4081 and I am sold on the M401. Both very similar to a "real cigarette". I understand the modders ideas but personally, I can never see myself holding a pen, screwdriver, roll of quarters or box to my mouth to vape. Different strokes ya' know.

Depends what a person is quitting from, my poison was hookah, and the amount of nicotine that it delivered in its tobacco was compared to prolly 36-48mg nic juice, it was extremely strong tobacco, stronger than any analog out there, and my hookah was a KM(Kaheel Mahmoon), a 3 and a half foot tall completely hand made and decorated in egypt with a 4 pound Bohemian glass base that I filled with ice water and the top of my hookah had a built in Ice chamber that I filled with Ice water also, the smoke that was generated was soo smooth that it made analog smoking friends drool and get pleasurably relaxed. The whole set up costed me about $300 plus accessories that prolly put me back $200. My chuck feels like my hookah hose handle, by length and weight, or at least close to it. So it helps. Not everyone is quitting analogs you know. lol let me tell you though, my hookah was the king of smooth, its hard to go from the mountain top of smoking, down to vaping, not easy but I'm doing it, 5 days smoke free so far.

 

[maf2k8]

I havent read thru all the replies, but in all honesty here is the way i look at it.

We have "QUIT" smoking, so that has been established. As for the ecigs aiding us in quitting nicotine all together, i dont see that happening for most people and to be honest, The retailers, Sellers, etc, etc of Juice and Ecigs and Mods dont want us to quit either ( there making money ) and as nice as they are, there NOT doing all this and selling items from the kindness of there hearts. lol.

I never wanted to quit smoking, My reason for quitting was A) health reason as i have asthma and B) cost. If there were no major health risks and it did not mess with my Asthma and the cost has not gone up on smokes like it did, I would be a happy smoker.

I am a happy vaper now, I have tried to cut down my NIC MG and i have ( to 16mg ) but going NIC free, I honestly dont see happening.

 

[MitchellBeans]

I want a PV that doesn't look like a cigarette. I hate cigarettes and what they do to people. Sooner or later, everyone will agree.

I hate to sound like a stickler, but that is a very poor choice of words. EVERYONE will never agree on ANYTHING. It does not matter if cigarettes murder endargered species, EVERYONE will not agree on this.

 

[telsie]

I've got people asking me, "Is that a way to quit, or a way to keep smoking?". I tell them "Yes.".

So true.

I got my e-cig thinking it might help me quit smoking... eventually. But mostly I wanted an alternative I could use in certain situations when I couldn't smoke. And I was also really hoping it would help me cut back on my analogs. But hey, it ended up working so well for me that I quit analogs all together with it. I think I'll eventually taper down my nicotine too, but I'm in no rush.

 

[Mosin]

So true.

I got my e-cig thinking it might help me quit smoking... eventually. But mostly I wanted an alternative I could use in certain situations when I couldn't smoke. And I was also really hoping it would help me cut back on my analogs. But hey, it ended up working so well for me that I quit analogs all together with it. I think I'll eventually taper down my nicotine too, but I'm in no rush.

Ditto. Glad I'm not smoking. No rush to quit vaping, although I am not opposed to cutting nic. "All good things in all good time."

 

[Harlequin]

So true.

I got my e-cig thinking it might help me quit smoking... eventually. But mostly I wanted an alternative I could use in certain situations when I couldn't smoke. And I was also really hoping it would help me cut back on my analogs. But hey, it ended up working so well for me that I quit analogs all together with it. I think I'll eventually taper down my nicotine too, but I'm in no rush.

That's my story in a nutshell.

 

[DC2]

I have to wonder if the original poster has ever tried a manual battery.

 

[HighHeeledGoddess]

I'm a little confused by the OP. You state that you thought PVs would help you quit smoking. Later, you say you want them to be more cigarette like, which implies replacement. Which is it? Do you want to quit smoking, or substitute smoking?

I bought my first PVs back in September with the intention of giving up nicotine, and eventually caffeine to save $$$. (Cigarettes and Diet Coke go hand in hand for me.)

For 2 months I did not touch 1 cigarette. Then I started playing around with them here and there - a PV just does not cut it for me when I am drinking, plus some jerk at work liberated my e-cig from my purse last week, but that is another story.

I have not quit nicotine yet, but I have as stated above, quit smoking cigarettes for the most part. I do still want them here and there, but once I make it passed a week the desire goes away.

I do not feel I have saved any money, but much of that has to do with some faulty parts, and me over-ordering medium, low and zero juice when I was gung-ho on quitting in the beginning. I am a lover of gadgets, and have noticed that PVs have evolved into a hobby for me. I get all the things I enjoyed about cigarettes - nicotine (I eat less, and thus weigh less), hands busy, something to improve/force me to focus, etc. In return I can breath, smell, and taste. I don't hack up phlem anymore, and my house no longer smells.

My family is grateful that they are no longer parties to 2nd hand smoke. Maybe I will quit vaping some day - I know I already vape less than I smoked. $ is still a bit of an issue, but in all honesty I think people need SOMETHING in life that is purely for their enjoyment and entertainment, or there is no point to life. For me, it is ingesting nicotine via vapor.

I also decided Diet Coke will be ripped from my cold dead hands.

 

[Brewster 59]

I'm a little confused by the OP. You state that you thought PVs would help you quit smoking. Later, you say you want them to be more cigarette like, which implies replacement. Which is it? Do you want to quit smoking, or substitute smoking?

I bought my first PVs back in September with the intention of giving up nicotine, and eventually caffeine to save $$$. (Cigarettes and Diet Coke go hand in hand for me.)

For 2 months I did not touch 1 cigarette. Then I started playing around with them here and there - a PV just does not cut it for me when I am drinking, plus some jerk at work liberated my e-cig from my purse last week, but that is another story.

I have not quit nicotine yet, but I have as stated above, quit smoking cigarettes for the most part. I do still want them here and there, but once I make it passed a week the desire goes away.

I do not feel I have saved any money, but much of that has to do with some faulty parts, and me over-ordering medium, low and zero juice when I was gung-ho on quitting in the beginning. I am a lover of gadgets, and have noticed that PVs have evolved into a hobby for me. I get all the things I enjoyed about cigarettes - nicotine (I eat less, and thus weigh less), hands busy, something to improve/force me to focus, etc. In return I can breath, smell, and taste. I don't hack up phlem anymore, and my house no longer smells.

My family is grateful that they are no longer parties to 2nd hand smoke. Maybe I will quit vaping some day - I know I already vape less than I smoked. $ is still a bit of an issue, but in all honesty I think people need SOMETHING in life that is purely for their enjoyment and entertainment, or there is no point to life. For me, it is ingesting nicotine via vapor.

I also decided Diet Coke will be ripped from my cold dead hands.

I use to think I was spending way more on eni than I did on cigs. After I got down the model I liked, picked up some hardware, PT and Pcc, I figure I go through 15ml of juice a week, cost $6.00, and 1 atty a week cost 7.00, and a batty cost of 2.00 a week. So eni cost me 15.00 a week. Smoking was costing me 42.00 a week. So eni is a lot cheaper, better tasting, better for my health and for those I live with.

 

[Wagex]

i feel that if your ecig doesnt kill the craving you are doing something wrong lol mine makes me not want to smoke ever again haha but also making contraptions like my passtrhough and super batt just gimme a hobby to do when im bored of playing video games and am stuck at home due to weather or i just dont feel like going anywhere and i like to improve my skills but anyhow what ever floats your boat

 

[cptr13]

I quit for five years, then smoked a year, quit again, smoked again. During the five year stint, the urge to smoke never left me. I love smoking, but I don't want to die from it. E-cigs (for now) are the perfect solution to this problem.

Now..if we could just make sure e-cigs won't kill us all too...