Yup, what everyone else said. I'll mention that even if there were such a thing as a cig-a-like that looked like a cigarette and tasted like a cigarette, it won't feel like a cigarette. I tried one of those first expensive look-like-a-cigarette things in 2009. While it was a novel idea and emulated smoking, I was put out by the fact that it was heavier than a cigarette and didn't feel natural to me. Aside from that, it always required dinking around with it, refilling it (often, like every 10 puffs or so), leaking on the atomizer, burnt taste, etc. Tried another kind, a penstyle, not much better. However, some people here actually DID quit with some of those things and progressed to better equipment later. My respectful kudos to those people!
You'll just have to get your mindset ready for a different experience. The great thing about it is that you still get the hand to mouth ritual, you still get to blow clouds, and if you stick with it, you will love the fact that you no longer have ashtray mouth, you don't smell smoky to other people, your house and car won't smell, and it really is cheaper after you get your setups and juice right.
I'm 62, female, smoked steadily since I was 18 (messed with them some since age 15), worked my way up to ~2 PAD the last several decades. I told myself when I reached 30 years old, I would quit. Didn't. I told myself when it began to hurt me, I would quit. Didn't. We lie a lot, don't we? I had coughed for years and years, especially in the mornings when I would first light up. Had to clear my throat constantly.
In June of last year, I was coming to the end of a particularly stressful previous 10 months when we had family members living with us out of necessity. They were about to be ready to go. My lighter died. At that time, I decided when all the stress was over, I would try to quit smoking again. So I didn't buy another lighter, because I knew I would continue to buy more cigarettes until the lighter was empty. Great reasoning, huh...? Anyway, I continued to smoke, lighting with matches for about a month. When the company finally left, I smoked for several more days until I ran out of cigarettes. The day I had only a half pack left, I went to the local vape shop and bought my Ego starter kit and juice. I also bought two boxes of Nicorette gum. I've maybe used 10 pieces of that in 6 months. I charged the batts and smoked my last cigarettes. I celebrated Independence Day on July 2, 2013.
I LOVED smoking. Didn't know how I could ever get out of the trap. I knew I could never go cold turkey or just use the usual nicotine replacement stuff. Now I LOVE vaping. There have been those *times*, but I just vaped more or chewed the gum or got busy to take my mind off it. Vaping has worked for me. It's a miracle. If I can do it, anybody can do it. I hope it works for you. You have to want it to, but it's relatively painless. Oh, and I use the big mods now, 2 Provaris and a SID. The Egos got me off cigarettes, but after about a month, I decided I needed more power and longer battery life. I just didn't want to invest a lot of money at first if I couldn't be commited to vaping. Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
