Hello all, I'm dfazin. A 24 year smoker of Marlboro Red. Had a 2 pack a day habit for the last 10 years.
I've tried just about every remedy out there. Many years ago I tried the regular stick e-cigs and I coughed so bad, almost as bad as my smokers cough. Well as you can imagine I was heart broken, figured that was it for me.
Had a few family members that vaped so I tried that and again I coughed so bad. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Friends I knew quit smoking by going to vaping so I told them I'd give it another try. Went to a local vape shop and picked up a Mini nautilus tank and an itaste vv to go with it. Picked out a few juices, my first being of a tobacco flavor. Wow found the tobacco flavor to be horrible and besides I didn't want to be reminded of cigs. I stopped that quick and just went with sweet fruity flavors all at 24mg nic 50/50. I was OK, couldn't really take a satisfy drag without that dreaded cough. People kept saying hydrate hydrate hydrate! I tried water, tea, hot tea, sweet tea, sports drinks and different soda's! Nothing seemed to be working so I was still smoking to keep my nic habit going. The cravings were gone and I was feeling good. Went from 40+ cigs a day to 10. But I still wasn't satisfied fully. When I was able to get a good drag, one that was satisfying it was great and I was very happy.
Well mountain dew was on sale and I am not a big soda drinker but said I haven't tried mountain dew. So I started drinking mountain dew and my cough stopped. I can take huge hits now and feel great. Its feels like my throat is moist and not scratchy now. At first I didn't think it was the dew so I stopped drinking dew for a day and bam the cough was back. So as of right now I still have to sip mountain dew in order to keep from coughing.
I do hope my body will adjust cause I really don't want to invest in mountain dew to maintain this habit. Anyway I figured I'd share what worked for me in hopes that maybe it helps a newb out with the same problem. I plan on keeping everyone up to speed on my progress.
I've tried just about every remedy out there. Many years ago I tried the regular stick e-cigs and I coughed so bad, almost as bad as my smokers cough. Well as you can imagine I was heart broken, figured that was it for me.
Had a few family members that vaped so I tried that and again I coughed so bad. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Friends I knew quit smoking by going to vaping so I told them I'd give it another try. Went to a local vape shop and picked up a Mini nautilus tank and an itaste vv to go with it. Picked out a few juices, my first being of a tobacco flavor. Wow found the tobacco flavor to be horrible and besides I didn't want to be reminded of cigs. I stopped that quick and just went with sweet fruity flavors all at 24mg nic 50/50. I was OK, couldn't really take a satisfy drag without that dreaded cough. People kept saying hydrate hydrate hydrate! I tried water, tea, hot tea, sweet tea, sports drinks and different soda's! Nothing seemed to be working so I was still smoking to keep my nic habit going. The cravings were gone and I was feeling good. Went from 40+ cigs a day to 10. But I still wasn't satisfied fully. When I was able to get a good drag, one that was satisfying it was great and I was very happy.
Well mountain dew was on sale and I am not a big soda drinker but said I haven't tried mountain dew. So I started drinking mountain dew and my cough stopped. I can take huge hits now and feel great. Its feels like my throat is moist and not scratchy now. At first I didn't think it was the dew so I stopped drinking dew for a day and bam the cough was back. So as of right now I still have to sip mountain dew in order to keep from coughing.
I do hope my body will adjust cause I really don't want to invest in mountain dew to maintain this habit. Anyway I figured I'd share what worked for me in hopes that maybe it helps a newb out with the same problem. I plan on keeping everyone up to speed on my progress.
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