How did you go from smoking to vaping?

[rowsley]

I bought a cheap ego-t and cheap juice from a gas station
Last year I used it then for whatever reason put it somewhere and continued smoking. I came across it about 2 1/2 months ago and filled it up and started vaping it. It really sucked, juice was horrible. That same day I just started googling ego batteries not knowing anything about box mods, ect I was looking at ego batteries.
Saw the ego twist that you could adjust wattage. I thought cool I wanted this.
Talked the wife into going to a vape shop here in town, and after looking and talking to the guy working. I ended up leaving with a camo eGRIP.

Never experienced such an amazing vape in my life. It literally changed my life right there and then. I haven't even thought about smoking again after a long 18 years of it.

Then of course as soon as I was home , vaping away, I google eGRIP. That brought me to ECF. There hasn't been a day I haven't been on here reading, learning, watching reviews, all kinds of stuff.
I'm building my own coils, and in this short time I own the egrip, MVP20w , istick 30w with the subtank mini and soon to arrive istick 50w with the youde goblin.
Its all keeping me just so crazy about vaping and has become a hobby for me now and I absolutely enjoy it.

 

[Goyo]

Smoking didn't taste good anymore. I kinda dreaded doing it but I felt I needed to. So I made the change to vaping and am glad I did. I am encountering issues with vaping but that is for a different thread.

 

[JRA191]

I'm a newbie and trying to quit smoking. Right now I am smoking and vaping. Monday the 9th is my quit date for analogs. How did you do it? Did you go right to vaping or did you wean off analogs while vaping?

I got lucky I guess and very fortunate. This year I've smoked less then a dozen analogs. They all have been at work and I was a pack to a pack and a half a day smoker. I never had plans to quit either. My wife started several months before I did and the day I bought a starter kit I knew I was gonna quit, or at least figured I would. Some may say that I haven't quit since I have smoked a few this year. I like to think of it more like someone who occasionally smokes a cigar, but I think that's a pretty good track record. I love to vape, that's the part I figure I'm fortunate on.

 

[Jen in North Pole AK]

I tried a couple different cigalikes... thought they might work, but couldn't get them to replace the cigarettes.
I was out drinking one night and a guy was selling CE4 starter kits, as I have a habit of doing silly things while drinking I picked one up and a couple of flavors. Hated the plastic tanks leaking, but after several months playing with it I finally decided to give it a real try.
I started off not allowing myself a cigarette at work.. realized it took the edge off and I wasn't going to go nuts, after about a week the only cigarette I wouldn't give up was that first one in the morning, after 4 days of just one in the morning I finally dug deep and stopped smoking cigarettes.
After 5 months I still get cravings, but I haven't caved once, even with the boyfriend still smoking. After several attempts to quit over 25+ years of smoking I feel pretty confident that I have finally succeeded.
Getting the right gear, for me the Nautilus or GS Air and the IStick or other variable voltage batteries, and realizing that vaping will give you the nicotine and that the urges will pass much easier than you think works for a lot of people

 

[SourDough]

It's so great to read about everyone's journey; those that resonate with me and those that make me green with envy. Thanks for starting this thread and for sharing your stories.

My first e-cig arrived almost exactly a month ago. After researching here I started a 30w eleaf istick and mini nautilus. Finding a good juices has been harder but I'm making headway and learning a lot.

From a PAD smoker for 30 years, I've easily cut way back but not yet quit 100%. Most of the time I stick to 3-4 stinkies a day though last week was major-life-event stressful. A couple days I smoked 15 stinkies but just let it be. No analogues over the weekend at all and so far this week I'm back to 3-4 a day.

Today I did the math and was pleased to see that I avoided smoking 20 packs of analogues in February because I am vaping. (Pats herself on the back.) Today I also noticed I wanted to step away from the group smoking outside when I was vaping because their analogues really stunk. A non-smoker friend I went to lunch with asked me to vape in her car so she could smell the apple pie, too. (Mind blown!)

Someone posted early on in this thread about the mental challenge and I am going to agree. It's a head game. At some point I will make a decision to say 'enough' and be done. I really think I'm almost ready but I don't see myself picking a day.
More than likely I'll probably just choose to stop buying the stinkies.

 

[laborer]

actually it was eaier than i thought it would be ,,my nephew started & i seen all the vapor/smoke he was puffing ,,& i decided it was for me ,,it taste better & smells better ,,,i got a sigelei 100 watt mod box & a tugboat v2 rda ,,& havent looked back since ,,i do smoke a ciggy occassionally but it's usally after eating ,,not all the time & honestly i'm to the point now i very rarely do that ,,,mainly i did it for my kids they cant stand the smell of cigs & i feel sorry for putting them through that ,,i couldnt stand it when i was a kid & blame my parents for smkoing around me ,,,,,,think about would you want your kids smoking ,,do you want people thinking you stink because of cigs ?,,honestly tho ,,i think it was more of something to do for me than being addicted to cid ,,it was something to do when i'm doing nothing

 

[laborer]

congrats on the nomore smoking ,,,

 

[laborer]

i like the mods & rda's the best ,,ive never tried a tank myself ,,& from what ive heard people have alot of trouble with tanks leaking

 

[laborer]

amen on that ,,i started hating the smell of my own cigs ,,never could stand the smell of others ,,but the vaping smells & taste waaay better than cigs ever did

 

[laborer]

i smeoked since i was 12 until i was 52,,worst thing ive ever done in my life ,,,wish i wouldve never started

 

[laborer]

congrats on the last pk of stinkys

 

[Belhade]

I was smoking Camel lights.
Got a cig-a-like to start with.
Never smoked another cigarette again.
Oh and it's been 5 years now. [emoji4]

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Overnight. I talked to other vapers and got gear. Went to bed and started the next morning. I made sure my nicotine content was strong enough though.

 

[Goyo]

A mind trick that works for me is to make sure I have stinkiest available but choose to not smoke them and vape instead. For some reason not having any cigarettes available causes anxiety and I want them more than I should. I am strange.

 

[kartoffelfaust]

Midday on a saturday afternoon. Went out and bought a Blu kit, just a few days after pickup up a carton. Switched that afternoon. From there, Blu->Ego->Evic->Mech->IPV3 & IPVMini. 8 months later, still have 5 packs in that carton (there were 6 left on that particular saturday).

 

[DavidOck]

It's so great to read about everyone's journey; those that resonate with me and those that make me green with envy. Thanks for starting this thread and for sharing your stories.

My first e-cig arrived almost exactly a month ago. After researching here I started a 30w eleaf istick and mini nautilus. Finding a good juices has been harder but I'm making headway and learning a lot.

From a PAD smoker for 30 years, I've easily cut way back but not yet quit 100%. Most of the time I stick to 3-4 stinkies a day though last week was major-life-event stressful. A couple days I smoked 15 stinkies but just let it be. No analogues over the weekend at all and so far this week I'm back to 3-4 a day.

Today I did the math and was pleased to see that I avoided smoking 20 packs of analogues in February because I am vaping. (Pats herself on the back.) Today I also noticed I wanted to step away from the group smoking outside when I was vaping because their analogues really stunk. A non-smoker friend I went to lunch with asked me to vape in her car so she could smell the apple pie, too. (Mind blown!)

Someone posted early on in this thread about the mental challenge and I am going to agree. It's a head game. At some point I will make a decision to say 'enough' and be done. I really think I'm almost ready but I don't see myself picking a day.
More than likely I'll probably just choose to stop buying the stinkies.

Indeed, finding a flavor you like is a voyage! But with several toppers and batteries (you DO need spares of everything!) you can keep a few different ones loaded and ready.

What many do for high stress situations is keep a little juice of a higher nic around. Switching to that in those times can help

 

[somdcomputerguy]

For some reason not having any cigarettes available causes anxiety and I want them more than I should.

When I was polluting my lungs with tobacco cigs I often felt the same way. When I was making a conscious effort to cut back (I would bypass every second or third 'want') it was much easier if I had a pack of smokes..

 

[ChuckC]

When I started vaping, i always had 2 cigarettes near me to keep that anxious feeling of not having any real low. It working out nice and I havent had a craving since. 3 weeks now.

 

[VapnWitch]

I started using some V2 e-cigs and after a couple of weeks, I found myself not even wanting cigarettes most of the time. I just let the switch happen naturally and didn't put any pressure on myself to quit smoking, because I didn't expect to like the e-cigs as much as I did. I quit smoking the day my next order came in the mail because I'd just smoked the last cigarette in my pack and had no desire to go buy more.

 

[Vicman]

My brother bought me a ecig (that was the brand name) from China in June 2012. It was a cig-a-like which had the worst draw; gave me headaches trying to get anything out of it. Needless to say, I tired it, did not like it, and put it in my desk drawer. Fast forward a year and I was running out of smokes one night and pulled that cig-a-like out. It got me through and it worked for the night. That got me curious about vaping so I picked up a Blu starter which was better but was still lacking. Then upgraded to a few ego batteries with c4 tanks in October 2013. That reduced my cigarette intake from 2+ PAD to about a half pack a day. Upgraded to a MVP2 and better tanks in December 2013 and have been smoke free since January 2014. So I guess it took about 3-4 months to go from 2+PAD to smoke free. However, quitting was not what I was going for when I started vaping. It was a happy accident as my brother got me that cig-a-like which I hated yet that crappy technology got me curious about vaping. Still got that crappy cig-a-like on my work desk for some reason.