Hi all, long time reader and finally got around to making an account on here. First off thank you for all the information I've found already.
I was a smoker for about 10 to 15 years if you count the once in awhile stuff I did way too young. My main smokes were Winston red 100's since that's what my dad smoked so my mother never knew it was "my" pack if I left it lying around. After the tax increases I started to roll my own and did that for years. At my worst I was smoking nearly 2 packs a day but on average it was a carton every 2 weeks. My mother who is a cancer survivor (twice) always hated my father and I smoking and reminded me every chance she got. Well I'm happy to say, I've been analog free since November 2012 and have been vaping everyday since. I started with 12/18mg now down to the 4/6mg (probably because my Vamo never leaves my hand).
How did I get into e-cigs? Well, back in late 2011 my son (7mo at the time) was hospitalized with bronchiolitis which is a nasty respiratory infection. We spent nearly a week in the hospital with him hooked up to oxygen, monitors and IVs galore. I refused to leave his side and never even went outside for a smoke. He came out of it just fine but it scared the crap out of me, nothing worse than waking up to alarms from his breathing monitor and Dr. and nurses running in at 2am. I figured at that point I hadn't had a cig in a week so why not quit since I knew I should anyway. Deep down I blamed myself for him getting sick even though I never smoked anywhere near him or in my house.
My vaping adventure started shortly after I fell back into the analogs after "quitting" for 6 months. That was the longest I had ever been away from nicotine. It was late summer and I had to do some work on my Jeep and between being in the garage (where I always smoked) and my stress level I just couldn't fight the urge. On my third trip back from the parts store I pick up a 6pack and a pack of my trusty Winston red 100's. That pack lasted me a week cause I really didn't want to start again but having them near by was just to easy to grab. A couple months later a friend of mine came to visit and he had some brand x e-cig that he had been using and really wanted me to give it a try. I will say before I knew better I was convinced that e-cigs were an expensive gimick, but a week later I picked up a Mistic kit at Wally world and haven't looked back. It took about 3 weeks of using e-cigs and analogs before I was totally analog free. The ball just kept rolling from there, I ordered a V2 kit then a V4L OMG vv with a couple tanks and now it's a hobby 6 tanks and growing to many flavors to list and my trusty Vamo. A friend of mine at work and I are even going to Vapebash next month. I got him on the Mistic's during a work trip and he quickly got the mod bug too. We're slowly converting our smoking co workers and their significant others into vapers (about 6 so far).
Sorry for the long intro post, and thanks again to all of you who have helped me with out evening know it.
Happy vaping!!
-JAY
I was a smoker for about 10 to 15 years if you count the once in awhile stuff I did way too young. My main smokes were Winston red 100's since that's what my dad smoked so my mother never knew it was "my" pack if I left it lying around. After the tax increases I started to roll my own and did that for years. At my worst I was smoking nearly 2 packs a day but on average it was a carton every 2 weeks. My mother who is a cancer survivor (twice) always hated my father and I smoking and reminded me every chance she got. Well I'm happy to say, I've been analog free since November 2012 and have been vaping everyday since. I started with 12/18mg now down to the 4/6mg (probably because my Vamo never leaves my hand).
How did I get into e-cigs? Well, back in late 2011 my son (7mo at the time) was hospitalized with bronchiolitis which is a nasty respiratory infection. We spent nearly a week in the hospital with him hooked up to oxygen, monitors and IVs galore. I refused to leave his side and never even went outside for a smoke. He came out of it just fine but it scared the crap out of me, nothing worse than waking up to alarms from his breathing monitor and Dr. and nurses running in at 2am. I figured at that point I hadn't had a cig in a week so why not quit since I knew I should anyway. Deep down I blamed myself for him getting sick even though I never smoked anywhere near him or in my house.
My vaping adventure started shortly after I fell back into the analogs after "quitting" for 6 months. That was the longest I had ever been away from nicotine. It was late summer and I had to do some work on my Jeep and between being in the garage (where I always smoked) and my stress level I just couldn't fight the urge. On my third trip back from the parts store I pick up a 6pack and a pack of my trusty Winston red 100's. That pack lasted me a week cause I really didn't want to start again but having them near by was just to easy to grab. A couple months later a friend of mine came to visit and he had some brand x e-cig that he had been using and really wanted me to give it a try. I will say before I knew better I was convinced that e-cigs were an expensive gimick, but a week later I picked up a Mistic kit at Wally world and haven't looked back. It took about 3 weeks of using e-cigs and analogs before I was totally analog free. The ball just kept rolling from there, I ordered a V2 kit then a V4L OMG vv with a couple tanks and now it's a hobby 6 tanks and growing to many flavors to list and my trusty Vamo. A friend of mine at work and I are even going to Vapebash next month. I got him on the Mistic's during a work trip and he quickly got the mod bug too. We're slowly converting our smoking co workers and their significant others into vapers (about 6 so far).
Sorry for the long intro post, and thanks again to all of you who have helped me with out evening know it.
Happy vaping!!
-JAY
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