After reading here on the forum for about a month - I keep wondering about something in terms of the success ratio on quitting analogs. I searched through about 25 pages here and then a random few more and didn't find a post like this. Understand there are 149 pages..so if this is one of those asked and answered questions - oops - sorry!
I quit after 30 years of 1.5/ppd - cold turkey. What sold me on an e-cig in general was the fact I saw you could vape peppermint (or a flavor I guess). When I read that I immediately realized I didn't have a tobacco issue - I clearly had a nicotine issue lol. I smoked Marlboro Lights and I'm currently using an 18mg juice - which is where I started.
From day 1 I have exclusively done a non tobacco flavor. On day 7 I filled my first carto with ejuice and got really lucky - found the exact flavor I was craving (hot cinnamon) and it was just all over for me at that point. I also enjoy fruit flavors - pineapple, cherry, mint, peppermint. I wanted nothing to do with anything that remotely resembled a tobacco taste.
Now, I've not had one single craving for an analog - even after being around multiple smokers (even my "old" brand) right in my face on days 3-6. I so didn't want one. I havent had any kind of withdrawal from nico related symptom yet either. Granted I am a newbie about to hit my 3 week mark so for those of you that have many, many months and/or years vaping experience - my knowledge/experience can't compare. Then in my 2nd week, I was around an analog smoker (who lit up in the car) and in their car which reeked and I could barely handle that - had to roll the window down and was dying to get out of the vehicle and away from the smell. I refuse to be that all annoying reformed smoker - when I smoked analogs I wanted to ..... slap all of them - so I'm not going to be "that" person.
I have noticed that it seems like there are lots of ppl on an all elusive search for a tobacco flavor that A: they really like or B: matches what analog they smoked, and it seems like the hardest part of the vaping experience for them. Do you think that this might be a contributing factor to the "40%" success ratio? (I've read that there is about a 40% chance of success quitting analogs with an ecig in many different places).
Personally, I cannot imagine picking up an analog again - but I also get the never say never thing.
It's just really weird to me that I am not experiencing any cravings for a cig at all and I smoked for a really long time. It's like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop because this has been sooo easy for me. I love vaping because it looks and feels like smoking but smells and tastes nothing like it and is healthier for me..obviously. I can already breath better - but weirdly have had zero hacking spells - YET. My sense of smell is way up there as well as tastebuds - but I'm vaping something sweet and I have zero desire for say a soda or sweets and I've lost 13 lbs. I think the 13 lbs is largely due to getting super serious about water intake - when I was never serious about it before...also 3 sodas in as many weeks compared to 3/4 per day. Used to crave chocolate and now don't even want any.
Anyway - was just wondering if switching to a non-tobacco flavored juice was a huge plus in an all elusive search for the perfect matching tobacco flavor in terms of being successful in qutting analogs forever?
I quit after 30 years of 1.5/ppd - cold turkey. What sold me on an e-cig in general was the fact I saw you could vape peppermint (or a flavor I guess). When I read that I immediately realized I didn't have a tobacco issue - I clearly had a nicotine issue lol. I smoked Marlboro Lights and I'm currently using an 18mg juice - which is where I started.
From day 1 I have exclusively done a non tobacco flavor. On day 7 I filled my first carto with ejuice and got really lucky - found the exact flavor I was craving (hot cinnamon) and it was just all over for me at that point. I also enjoy fruit flavors - pineapple, cherry, mint, peppermint. I wanted nothing to do with anything that remotely resembled a tobacco taste.
Now, I've not had one single craving for an analog - even after being around multiple smokers (even my "old" brand) right in my face on days 3-6. I so didn't want one. I havent had any kind of withdrawal from nico related symptom yet either. Granted I am a newbie about to hit my 3 week mark so for those of you that have many, many months and/or years vaping experience - my knowledge/experience can't compare. Then in my 2nd week, I was around an analog smoker (who lit up in the car) and in their car which reeked and I could barely handle that - had to roll the window down and was dying to get out of the vehicle and away from the smell. I refuse to be that all annoying reformed smoker - when I smoked analogs I wanted to ..... slap all of them - so I'm not going to be "that" person.
I have noticed that it seems like there are lots of ppl on an all elusive search for a tobacco flavor that A: they really like or B: matches what analog they smoked, and it seems like the hardest part of the vaping experience for them. Do you think that this might be a contributing factor to the "40%" success ratio? (I've read that there is about a 40% chance of success quitting analogs with an ecig in many different places).
Personally, I cannot imagine picking up an analog again - but I also get the never say never thing.
It's just really weird to me that I am not experiencing any cravings for a cig at all and I smoked for a really long time. It's like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop because this has been sooo easy for me. I love vaping because it looks and feels like smoking but smells and tastes nothing like it and is healthier for me..obviously. I can already breath better - but weirdly have had zero hacking spells - YET. My sense of smell is way up there as well as tastebuds - but I'm vaping something sweet and I have zero desire for say a soda or sweets and I've lost 13 lbs. I think the 13 lbs is largely due to getting super serious about water intake - when I was never serious about it before...also 3 sodas in as many weeks compared to 3/4 per day. Used to crave chocolate and now don't even want any.
Anyway - was just wondering if switching to a non-tobacco flavored juice was a huge plus in an all elusive search for the perfect matching tobacco flavor in terms of being successful in qutting analogs forever?
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