How did you transition from analogs to vaping?
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Well, here's my story;
Missed the garbage man one morning, flew outta bed to the garage, grabbed the bags, flew outside at 100 MPH and almost passed out from lack of air. Came in, lit a ciggy while STILL gasping for air. Looked at the ciggy after a few drags, made coffee....sat down STILL wheezing and puffing the ciggy. Something in my head switched at that moment. I felt stupid. Here I sit out of breath with this burning ember STILL in my hand. For the first time in 25 years... I actually believed that these things WILL kill me if I keep on smoking them. My wheezing body was speaking loudly to my brain that day. There's got to be a way out. Thankfully, there was.
And it was called a Vamo with a plastic Smok tank and 24 mg NASTY tasting "tobacco" e- juice. Analogs died for me that day. And after almost a year...and several better devices, tanks and definitely better tasting juice, I breathe better...work out 3 days a week and don't smell like a burnt carcass. If I can do it with my 2 PAD old habit....anyone can!
Vape Well,
Bri
Missed the garbage man one morning, flew outta bed to the garage, grabbed the bags, flew outside at 100 MPH and almost passed out from lack of air. Came in, lit a ciggy while STILL gasping for air. Looked at the ciggy after a few drags, made coffee....sat down STILL wheezing and puffing the ciggy. Something in my head switched at that moment. I felt stupid. Here I sit out of breath with this burning ember STILL in my hand. For the first time in 25 years... I actually believed that these things WILL kill me if I keep on smoking them. My wheezing body was speaking loudly to my brain that day. There's got to be a way out. Thankfully, there was.
And it was called a Vamo with a plastic Smok tank and 24 mg NASTY tasting "tobacco" e- juice. Analogs died for me that day. And after almost a year...and several better devices, tanks and definitely better tasting juice, I breathe better...work out 3 days a week and don't smell like a burnt carcass. If I can do it with my 2 PAD old habit....anyone can!
Vape Well,
Bri
OP you're right, you over think it too much. Don't be so tough on yourself.
I ended up quitting accidentally. My original goal was to substitute for smoking when it wasn't convenient. It took about 2-3 weeks to get the hang of my new habit. During that time I went from a pack a day to 4-6 cigs a day. Kind of leveled off there for a few months until I found a flavor that hit the spot. That got me down to 2-3 a day. When I finally got the nic level dialed in, I basically forgot to smoke for about 3 days before realizing it. That was about 3.5 yrs ago.
The keys to my success was making vaping more convenient than smoking. 4 out of 5 times a craving might hit and I'd be ok staying in my seat and vaping a little more versus going to another room to get the cigarette and lighter, then outside to use it. The better I got at vaping, the less I needed the real ones.
You'll quit smoking when you're ready to. With the products and retail support available today that didn't exist when I started, you'll have a much easier time.
I ended up quitting accidentally. My original goal was to substitute for smoking when it wasn't convenient. It took about 2-3 weeks to get the hang of my new habit. During that time I went from a pack a day to 4-6 cigs a day. Kind of leveled off there for a few months until I found a flavor that hit the spot. That got me down to 2-3 a day. When I finally got the nic level dialed in, I basically forgot to smoke for about 3 days before realizing it. That was about 3.5 yrs ago.
The keys to my success was making vaping more convenient than smoking. 4 out of 5 times a craving might hit and I'd be ok staying in my seat and vaping a little more versus going to another room to get the cigarette and lighter, then outside to use it. The better I got at vaping, the less I needed the real ones.
You'll quit smoking when you're ready to. With the products and retail support available today that didn't exist when I started, you'll have a much easier time.
My first kit, a nice girly cigalike, didn't really cut it for me and I went back to analogs. But after the day I bought my itaste vv v3, I never bought another pack. That's the date in my siggy. I didn't even feel the need to run and buy a pack (you know the need...it's raining, cars in the shop, closest store is a mile away and you need them so bad you walk...). It was a happy accident that vaping worked for me. For a while i'd bum ciggies occasionally, but I don't even do that anymore. Just focus on the analogs you AREN'T smoking...and pat yourself on the back!
My reason and method were a little bit different. I didn't want to quit smoking (after over 40 years of two packs a day and a number of failed attempts at quitting because I thought ought to) but I had to quit smoking because I have severe nerve damage in my hands and was having problems holding onto a cigarette. Talk about immediate health concerns, catching yourself and/or the whole house on fire is right up there. (In one of life's great bits of unfairness we ended up with a major house fire in January anyhow, chimney on a wood stove.)
So I had heard about electronic cigarettes and started doing internet research, which inevitably and luckily led me here. So I started a thread where I explained about my hands and personal preferences (which included having something that did not look or feel like a cigarette) and got fantastic advice that led me to start with two iTaste VV v3s. I just got my fifth one, after a brief flirtation with the MVP, which is a great device but has a harder to press button.
So knowing myself fairly well I didn't say that I was going to quit smoking right away. Which is good, because the first couple of liquids I tried were pretty awful. So I started in figuring the equipment out and trying different liquids and worked myself down to less than half a pack a day. I gradually got that down to a couple a day, and kind of stuck there for a while. I just couldn't get rid of the first one or two in the morning and one after each meal.
Finally, after reading up and asking questions I went from 18 mg/ml to 26 mg/ml nicotine. That, combined with the fact that it was winter in North Dakota and I lived in the middle of nowhere (even by ND standards) which means you have to really want a cigarette to make it worthwhile to go get cigarettes finally got me completely switched over.
I have to admit that I do still miss smoking, but I can get by comfortably without it, which is what counts.
The single best advice I got on ECF is to count the cigarettes you don't smoke, not the ones you do.
So I had heard about electronic cigarettes and started doing internet research, which inevitably and luckily led me here. So I started a thread where I explained about my hands and personal preferences (which included having something that did not look or feel like a cigarette) and got fantastic advice that led me to start with two iTaste VV v3s. I just got my fifth one, after a brief flirtation with the MVP, which is a great device but has a harder to press button.
So knowing myself fairly well I didn't say that I was going to quit smoking right away. Which is good, because the first couple of liquids I tried were pretty awful. So I started in figuring the equipment out and trying different liquids and worked myself down to less than half a pack a day. I gradually got that down to a couple a day, and kind of stuck there for a while. I just couldn't get rid of the first one or two in the morning and one after each meal.
Finally, after reading up and asking questions I went from 18 mg/ml to 26 mg/ml nicotine. That, combined with the fact that it was winter in North Dakota and I lived in the middle of nowhere (even by ND standards) which means you have to really want a cigarette to make it worthwhile to go get cigarettes finally got me completely switched over.
I have to admit that I do still miss smoking, but I can get by comfortably without it, which is what counts.
The single best advice I got on ECF is to count the cigarettes you don't smoke, not the ones you do.
I wish you luck in quitting. I have been vaping for almost a month and off analogs for almost same amoint of time. I started with a kanger evod 12mg nic. 1st 2 days of having it I smoked 1 cig each day then I just threw my pack away and havent turned back. In a cpl days my mvp 2.0 will be delivered and I cant wait.
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