From Smoking to Vaping and back to Smoking?

[Silent Scream]

Group 3 here. Haven't touched a cig since I started vaping 5 weeks ago and haven't had any desire for one yet, which I admit surprised me.

 

[Uma]

With cold turkey, gum, patch, hypnotist, etc, The longest i ever stayed off smoking was 6 hours. Usually 4 hours. The amount of smokes avoided through 40 years of quit attempts, possibly 1 carton.
Since switching to eCigs, its the opposite. I smoke during high stress, and vape the rest of the time.

I was #2 in the first month, #3 for a year, rinse repeat. Had the ecig not have been here, it would be all smokes.
The funny thing is, when i do light up, about 3 puffs out of the 15 available is about all i can handle.



tapatypo

 

[Anjaffm]

3. How many people have smoked and gone on to vaping and who never again smoked analogs.

Group 3 here.
And quite unintentionally as well

I bought an e-cig to use in the evenings, so I would smoke less in the evenings.
- I was leading an online gaming group at the time, and chain-smoking while engaging in those online activities was not doing me good. -

I started up my first e-cig on 4 November 2011 (eGo T, the best starter model in Germany at that time), thought "hey! this rocks!!!" - and made the switch to e-cigs immediately, completely and without any problems whatsoever.

Been free of analogs since. And never want to go back.

Group 3 here. Haven't touched a cig since I started vaping 5 weeks ago and haven't had any desire for one yet, which I admit surprised me.

Congrats!

And yes, I was quite surprised as well. Like "duh?"
A lady in the German vapers forum - a long-term vaper who is a health care professional - gave a very interesting speech once on this phenomenon. Explaining that many long-term heavy smokers (like myself) can make the switch easily and to their own surprise if the adverse effects of smoking start to balance off the positive effects. Thus, those people very much enjoy vaping, which gives them all the benefits of smoking without any of the adverse effects.

That certainly was the case for me. I had just got two cases of carbon monoxide poisoning (that feels very crappy indeed) and the shortness of breath after 35 years as a heavy smoker was starting to bother me. For me, the time was right

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

I'm in group 3 and the wife is in limbo. Weird to me because I was a 2.5 PAD smoker. She was about 1 PAD. I've totally quite and she still needs a few analogs a day to get by. Her plan is to totally quit once our supply of analogs are exhausted. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of a carton and a half.

It was easy for me to quit with vaping but we're all different. And I respect that.

 

[Silent Scream]

That certainly was the case for me. I had just got two cases of carbon monoxide poisoning (that feels very crappy indeed) and the shortness of breath after 35 years as a heavy smoker was starting to bother me. For me, the time was right

I think that last point is crucial. The time was definitely right for me. I think how much success you have with vaping v smoking depends a lot on whether you're ready to walk away from cigs or not. I began to resent feeling crappy all the time and spending a fortune on cigs and realised I didn't even like the taste of them so I was 'primed' to make the switch psychologically.

Like you it took me 30+ years to get there but hey better late then never

 

[Anjaffm]

It was easy for me to quit with vaping but we're all different. And I respect that.

Thank you!
That point cannot be stressed enough.
Because that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I made the switch immediately, completely and without any problems. After 35 years as a heavy smoker. Because the time was right. For me.

And it is always very important to remember that we are all different.
No vaper is "better", no vaper is "worse". We are all different. With different needs.
What is easy for one may be difficult for the other.

And that is one very important fact to remember, especially when speaking with new vapers.

Thank you for saying it so well!

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@Silent Scream:

Yeah... smoking was getting too expensive... carbon monoxide poisoning is no fun... shortness of breath is no fun either - And vaping gives us all the benefits we got from smoking, without any of the adverse side effects. We are very lucky indeed

 

[Uma]

Thank you!
That point cannot be stressed enough.
Because that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I made the switch immediately, completely and without any problems. After 35 years as a heavy smoker. Because the time was right. For me.

And it is always very important to remember that we are all different.
No vaper is "better", no vaper is "worse". We are all different. With different needs.
What is easy for one may be difficult for the other.

And that is one very important fact to remember, especially when speaking with new vapers.

Thank you for saying it so well!

.............
@Silent Scream:

Yeah... smoking was getting too expensive... carbon monoxide poisoning is no fun... shortness of breath is no fun either - And vaping gives us all the benefits we got from smoking, without any of the adverse side effects. We are very lucky indeed

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

[Just Me]

Which group would define me then? I'd hafta go with Group W over on the bench there (-;

NOW, KID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you create a nuisance? lol