Has anyone quit real smoking?

[vapingboy]

I recently quit smoking. I went the route of ecigs -- roughy started last year -- and smoked ecigs for about 3 weeks or so. I started to develop phlegm. (There is a post I started about liquid nic might "potentially" be causing more harm then good, in light of the phlegm that it causes to develop on some people).

Anywho, back then I was bummed that I couldn't vape. So I went back to analogs. Tried quitting a couple of times during last year, but then went back to smoking.

This year, in Jan, I ran into an old buddy of mine (ex smoker , now for 2 years), and he told me he had quit after reading a book. of course, I laughed at him. How can a book help you quit smoking! So, he said that if I want to quit, he'll bring in the book. I had been wanting to quit for some time now, so I asked him to bring it.

I read the book. Smoked my last cig on 2/12/11, and haven't smoked since!

The book is: The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. Author: Allen Carr.

If anyone really wants to quit, I would recommend this book in a heartbeat. The thing is, you have to want to quit. The book will help to put you in the right frame of mind to quit. Get your self a copy for about $4 - $8 (used - new). It doesn't hurt to read it.

If you are resourceful, you'll find a pdf copy online as well as the Audiobook

I wanted to post in here, so others that are looking to quit can benefit from my experiences and rid themselves of this nasty habit.

Best!

 

[Carl Fredricksen]

No analogs since Feb 1st of this year, after 29+ years of smoking. Wasn't looking to quit because I liked to smoke. But I quit the day I got my 501. Had 3 puffs a few days after starting vaping, and it was nasty. Haven't looked back since.

As other have said, my overall health is improving, especially breathing and taste. vaping has saved my life IMO.

 

[ilk80]

It took me a few weeks to fully stop but I did, like others here have as well. I was getting to the point that simple things had become harder and I only smoked for just shy of 18 years I think, I would much rather vape now than ever go back to smoking. When you are not even 30 yet and getting random pains in your chest, you know its finally time to really give it up. Good luck to you & your hubby too.

 

[Vocalek]

Would all of you take a minute to answer this poll? http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/168282-when-did-you-stop-smoking-analogs.html

 

[southernchick]

Just thought I would update... Still vaping, this time since Feb 11. Husband went back to smoking, but still vapes around me - to help me from going back. I did try to smoke a cig this past week, while vacationing with inlaws - could only take 2 drags and had to put it out. Terrible taste left in mouth that i couldn't seem to rinse out. And, it didn't even give me the feeling it use to. That's a good thing. Now if only I could cut back on the strength I'm using..

 

[Sec]

Ill have 2 weeks in tomorrw! Smoked for 20 years and until this time had never quit for more than a few days at a time.

 

[santo19586]

1 yr and 1 month annalog free. i quit the day i started to vape, 100% since day 1 , no going back now, just ordered a Provari............

 

[Uncle Sam]

...two weeks after 25 years. That is the longest since basic training (I am ashamed to say!)

 

[Uncle Sam]

Usually when I haven't smoked cigs for a while (in the past) when I finally do have one, the taste and feels reminds me of why I started smoking in the first place. Now, since using the vapo, they taste like sheet. Dog sheet, even. Must be the other chemicals not present in the ecigs; now that those are gone and only the nic remains, the body no longer wants nic from a regular cigarette.

Psychosomatic maybe, but if it works....

 

[JesikaBeth]

Been 100% analog free since the first day with the e-cig. I use the e-cig and have maybe 2 or 3 nicotine lozenges a day. That combo works well for me thus far. I was a pack a day smoker for 17 years. I have tried quitting before on just the patch or just the lozenges, and it never stuck... my goal is to (soon) not use the lozenges at all, and just vape.

 

[denali_41]

yep,,i did it and now i got me one of those really kewllllllll signature banners

me so happy


weird thing is,,i have givin away more ciggys in the past week then i have avoided,,trying to sell the other 2 cartons so i can get more vapin stuff

 

[santo19586]

still no ciggys, its been over a year now...

 

[LeAnn]

As soon as I got my e-cigs I quit analogs and have never looked back that was over a year ago and I am so thankful I found them. I tried every other method to quit and nothing woked, but e-cigs has and I will never smoke an analog again!

 

[sabre66]

Almost 2 mths to the day since I had an analog. Recently I was cleaning out my work van and I found one, hmmmmmmmm I think I'll smoke this I thought to my self, I went to my lighter but it was not there, so I broke it and threw it in the garbage. I have tried nic pills champix and patches nothing has worked for me but vaping. I was smoking $20 a day away, I so far have saved a few bucks ( after kits and parts ) but I feel I can run a marathon.

Paul

 

[jammydodger]

I've bummed a few cigs, mainly when batteries ran out/needed replacing and I wasn't near my passthrough. The taste is so bad that it makes me shudder involuntarily... and whichever smoker friend I bummed from watches and giggles at the way a former chainsmoker can't even smoke one anymore.

 

[Retriever]

Just a few days for me so far, but I am so happy I found out about ecigs and this site. No real cravings that the vaping does not take care of.

 

[Shogun1024]

Smoked for 17 years, started vaping 11 months ago, fell off the "wagon" twice in the first 2 months, once because of breaking my pv at the time. Now the smell of analogs kills me and just got a provari and iatty, NEVER going back.....

 

[ec!gg]

Just a few days for me so far, but I am so happy I found out about ecigs and this site. No real cravings that the vaping does not take care of.

Congrats! I felt the same when I finally gave it up. It really satisfied my cravings right away.

 

[MegaBee]

Getting excited to have almost made it to my first month cig free after 20+ years. It was so easy with ecigarettes I almost feel like I'm cheating!!


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[Baldr]

I never thought I could quit cigarettes. I'd tried multiple times. Then I bought an eGo. It dropped my 3 pack a day habit to about half overnight. And after a couple of months of vaping, I stopped smoking completely.