It was much easier for me than I thought it was going to be. I smoked 1.5 to 2 packs a day for about 16 years, never made any progress trying to quit with other methods. I couldn't even get through a half day without lighting up those times i "tried to quit." When i started vaping I expected a difficult transition, but that was not the case at all. It took be about 2 to 3 weeks to fully transition, for me is was about the juice. Once I got a juice that I really loved, and stopped fumbling with pre-filled cartos and whatnot, I was completely satisfied. So much so, that I lit up later that same night that the juices arrived, and that cigarette tasted so disgusting compared to the awesome juice I was vaping that day, so i put it out, tossed the rest of the pack, and haven't smoked since! (6.5 months ago!)
How difficult was it for you to quit smoking after switching to vaping?
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It was as if the e-cig completely took the place of analogs. I didn't crave them and I have had a PV of some sort or another in my hand ever since. I find I can go much longer periods without my PV than I ever could or would dare to with analogs.
Also an easy transition for me. At first I was nervous, and I didnt have juices I could vape all day. So I vaped and cut down (a lot!) I didn't stress myself about how many analogs I smoked, I just had one went I felt like it, and vaped when I felt like it. went from about 15-20 analogs a day to 2-5 almost immediately.
Then just stopped caring for analogs in general.
Way easier than my cold turkey attempt (which lasted a couple years, but damn... that was hard... hard hard hard! This many days in I was practically crying). But with vaping, I'm doing OK. And I dont feel sick or anything like I did with patches, lozenges, chantix.
Then just stopped caring for analogs in general.
Way easier than my cold turkey attempt (which lasted a couple years, but damn... that was hard... hard hard hard! This many days in I was practically crying). But with vaping, I'm doing OK. And I dont feel sick or anything like I did with patches, lozenges, chantix.
Wasn't easy for me in the beginning but it became easier as I upgraded my equipments along the way. Just have to find the right combination of device + liquid.
According to every study I've seen the nicotine from electronic cigarettes is absorbed pretty much the same as NRT products.
In other words, MUCH more slowly than from cigarette smoke.
My guess is that the reduction in cravings is coming more from the actions and habit of smoking than it is from nicotine absorption.
I used e-cigs exclusively for 4 months, then found myself smoking again because of a family crisis. It was just easier to pick up a pack and a lighter than to worry about making sure I was charged packing juice etc. I also had a hell of a time with cravings during the time I was vaping. This time around, I didn't quit smoking. I just started vaping and did both. Eventually I realized I preferred the vape to the smoke. Last time I lit a cigarette, I got through 4 puffs and threw up.
For me was better than expected 
After I got my 510-T kit and $20.00 in e-liquids the regular cigarette now tastes like garbage.never more.Oh this was last week.
After I got my 510-T kit and $20.00 in e-liquids the regular cigarette now tastes like garbage.never more.Oh this was last week.
I quit the day I got my first PVs but I think I was ready to quit so it was a smooth transition for me
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Smoked for 27 years a pack a day. Tried to quit several times - used the patch, lozenge, gum, wellbutrin - always went back to smoking. Didnt wanna try Chantix cause of all the side affects I had heard. A friend and I at work (both smokers) had been talking for about a year to get em ecigs and try to quit. Well - about 7 months ago she got herself a Blu disposable. Let me puff on it - asked her to get me one. I think I kept that in my car for about 4 months - vaped when I couldnt smoke (kids in the car). Meanwhile she bought the Blu kit and quit smoking. I went ahead and bought a Prosmoke kit. It came about 3 months and a day ago. Had my last M light in the morning when I woke - and then vaped. Also bought the N gum and chewed that sometimes (still have several left). I still feel the urge to sometimes smoke - but I vape instead. I hope I never touch an analog again. I hope our govt doesnt do something stupid like making em illegal or start taxing the crap outta em......thanks to my friend at work and lets me not forget my brother who also quit and told me to try em ecigs, folks on youtube and here - I am a vaper and I am proud of it..........VAPE ON..........
Smoked for 23 or 24 years. Failed with a old ego 2 years ago came back bought a provari and now smoke free. Also bought a reo mod don't feel like I even want a analog even after first day. Now I vape probably 2 or 2.5 mls per day of 24 mg tin box mint
I smoked a pack a day for 20 years. As soon as I opened my first vaping setup I never had another cigarette. I am feeling better now than I have in a long time. I do not have the urge to smoke but I find myslef looking for something to do with all the spare time I have. I never smoked in my house due to my children and wife, so I spent a lot of time outside. I keep joking with my wife that now I don't know what is happening in the neighborhood.
lol - yeah - I agree - plus my dog hates me know - she knew when it was time for me to go outside n smoke - she would be waiting at the door - she still does it - been 3 months since i have been outside to smoke - but for her - I still will go out n vape once in a while....
alot easier than I thought, smoked both for a few days, but the analogs started tasting like crap to me. the analog after I ate was the hardest for me, but only took a few days before I was vaping all day long......not looking back.
I know what you mean. My dogs are still getting used to my vaping indoors. They still get confused when I reach into my pocket like I am going to smoke but pull out my PV instead and stand around watching TV to vape. I never thought about the impact vaping would have on my dogs.
I know what you mean. My dogs are still getting used to my vaping indoors. They still get confused when I reach into my pocket like I am going to smoke but pull out my PV instead and stand around watching TV to vape. I never thought about the impact vaping would have on my dogs.
Dogs are something else - lets make sure PETA doesnt read this and force us to start smoking again........lol
In my mind I vape now instead of smoking. I know myself, I was never going to "quit smoking", no matter how much I thought I should, or thought I needed to, or knew I needed to. The problem was I didn't want to, and to me if I didnt really want to, any efforts to quit were never going to be successful. In my mind I haven't quit anything I just do this instead. Was no problem putting the smokes down and walking away, don't feel as if Ive given up anything, maybe gained a hobby
I would also +1 thinkingaboutit on backups. I bought what I consider to be a high quality and dependable pv(if somewhat overpriced
^^This.... This is probably more true of my situation than I'd like to admit, as I'd rather say "I quit smoking!" But like you said, I may have quit analogs, but I didnt quit putting a cylindrical device up to my mouth and sucking a smoke-like substance containing nicotine into my system! Granted its a lot healthier than tobacco, but its still kinda the same thing from a nicotine and hand to mouth fetish standpoint. Thats probably why my Mom keeps saying "well, you wont be doing that for long(vaping), you should use it temporarily while lowering your nicotine intake then you can quit using that 'device' too". I really dont have any plans to quit vaping soon to be honest.
AS far as quitting cigs, I only decided to buy the e-cigs kits and try to quit smoking because my family has been bugging me about it for a long time, and my slightly naive mother heard from a neighbor that a hypnotist was coming to town who helped him quit smoking. He supposedly helps people both lose weight and stop smoking. I dont believe in that stuff at all, and didnt want to blow $50 to sit with 1000 other people who are all "supposedly" being hypnotized, but my Mom is willling to try anything I guess, so I agreed to look into it. That is, until I forgot all about it! Needless to say, she was disappointed.
So I decided to look into this as a better option, and it has been. Its cost more than the hypnotist, but it surely works better! My family is happy too. So, when it comes right down to it, I didnt do this because 'I' wanted to at first, I did it for other people initially, but now its for me!
As a total noob to vaping (just ordered my first one, didn't even get it yet) this story really hits home. I've smoked for 15ish years (I'm 32), and only managed to quit for an extended period of time once. Same deal, it was with a nicotine inhaler, but it was disgusting. After about six months, since the inhalers cost as much as cigarettes anyway, I just went back to cigarettes because the taste of the inhalers was so bad. I know that they're made like that to discourage continuous use, but after 2-3 tries of moving down to the lower strengths I just couldn't handle it.
The fact that I've read a few stories on ECF about how people quit smoking analogs, without ever intending to, after moving on to vaping has me so stoked for this little experiment. I hope that I can come back here in a couple of weeks and say the same thing - I just made the switch.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
The fact that I've read a few stories on ECF about how people quit smoking analogs, without ever intending to, after moving on to vaping has me so stoked for this little experiment. I hope that I can come back here in a couple of weeks and say the same thing - I just made the switch.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Any cravings I had were pretty mild - the worst was after Thanksgiving dinner that year, which was just a couple weeks after I started vaping. But I made it through that and never really had a problem. I kept cigarettes handy for quite a while - I figured they were always going to be around to tempt me, so I may as well get used to it. And they were a security blanket - I never felt any panic about not having cigarettes, since they were right there if I wanted one. I just chose not to have any. There are still a couple of dusty old packs out in the garage.
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