How have you used vaping to quit analogs?

[Wingsfan0310]

The day my order arrived with the vision spinner and protank II, I quit smoking (more than 4 months ago). I already had some 18mg e-juice from a local store (it was terrible by the way). I haven't had a single analog since. Surprisingly it hasn't been hard. I still had 2 packs sitting in my freezer till I gave them away a few months back. I was a Marlboro light smoker, went to 18mg juice - seemed like the right amount of Nic because I've never had the craving for an analog. Good luck quitting!!!

 

[MD_Boater]

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By the way, how can you tell a vaper on an elevator ?

He's the one who pushes the button 5 times, and waits for it to flash 3 times !

LOL- Now that IS funny...

 

[kriga]

I was a 19 year 3/4 pack a day full flavor smoker, and had done some digging about e-cigs online. Two weeks ago, with no real conscious plan on quitting, I headed down to my local shop (forgetting to bring my cigs, which never happens) and walked out with an eGo Twist, two Mini Novas and some juice. Haven't looked back. It's been surprisingly easy so far. Most of my liquids are 12-18 mg at various PG/VG ratios (still figuring out what I like), with one 24mg 80/20 Wintergreen that stays in a tank for when I need the nic and big throat hit.

I kinda wish I hadn't just bought a fresh carton two days prior, but... *shrugs*

 

[emstorm]

From a former 45 cigarettes a day smoker(for 35 years). I just started using a Ego-T 12mg juice and never looked back. I tried 18mg felt sick and went back to 12mg. Also tried using 6mg which left me feeling hungry and I started snacking in the night. So went back to 12mg. I once or twice thought about taking a cigaret but just vaped a bit more to stop the craving. 3 months smoke free now. But if the EU ban continues the way they want, I don't know what I will do. Vape illegal or go back to smoking.

 

[ConradM]

Started with 24mg and chain vaped. Had morning smokes the next 2 days, by the third day I was done with them. The hardest part is in the morning. But unlike smoking, I found that it helps to wait a bit and drink your coffee and or water before vaping.

 

[Tache]

I think the key may be not setting out to quit. The psychological strain of saying or realizing that you are not ever allowing yourself another cigarette is terrifying and devastating. It goes against the natural "oppositional reflex" response that makes doing what someone (or yourself) tells you to do against your will almost impossible to accept.

I went into it hoping to cut back a bit and would have been very happy to only smoke half a pack a day (after almost 40 years of smoking and having built up to almost two packs a day). After three days and with half a pack left from my last carton, I just didn't bother buying another carton. I carried the half pack around for about a week, then left it sitting on the table by my computer. Finally, a friend who still smokes ended up smoking those last cigarettes.

It's now over six months since I started vaping and I still have "permission" to smoke if I want to. With the exception of a few puffs (not full cigarettes) on two occasions - mostly to see how it would taste/feel (it was disgusting!) - I haven't smoked a combustible. I actually prefer vaping.

Something that contributed to this success was, and still is, continuing to read and contribute to ECF. The support and great sense of community, and of shared experiences solidifies my choice to switch (as opposed to quit).

 

[dahveed3]

I smoked analogs, about a pack and a half per day, for about 34 years. Last June I was (still am) in economic crises and let myself be talked into a starter kit at a mall kiosk for $100. Figured I'd see if I could save some money and be satisfied until finances got better and I could afford analogs again.

I had 8 cigs left, kit included only one rn4081 180 mah battery and 10 cartos with the charger and wall adapter. Those 8 cigs lasted a whole week and I went back and bought 4 five packs of tobacco cartomizers for $60 from those guys. This stuff was working!

After finding this forum and surfing about through online shops I realized that I needed more than one battery and there were better delivery systems available. But halfway through my 3rd month I hadn't the $ so was still going 2 hours without a vape everytime the battery died.

My slow in the uptake buddy hadn't noticed in all that time that I put together my ”cigarette” everytime we went outside and wasn't lighting up.

One Sunday visit he noticed me arriving with my charger, cartos, etc. and, ”What's that?” Then, ”Go on the net, here's my card, hook me up.” Better late than never, but now 4 months with the kit I set him up with and it's just a toy for him. He never bought anything else or stopped the cigs. Oh well.

Conveniently though that research for him led me to the site I still get most of my stuff from, aquavaporcig, and from then on I had plenty of backups to satisfy the cravings. Heh. I ”found” the money to get the supplies once I had seen my friends kit.

Point, I suppose, is analogs are so darned addicting that even nicotine and the smoking sensation sometimes can't beat the habit. So every time someone succeeds, as I did and see my friend didn't, they really deserve congrats.

 

[r77r7r]

Took 6wks to put down the last few smokes. I didn't push it, it was obvious from the start that it'd work fine.

Only tried these to "cut back", never expected to quit, at least not this easily.

I used the ecig I still have, ego, Boge cartos, and unflavored eliquid.

 

[dripdaze]

I smoked for 40 yrs. and I just made it through the first 24 hours without a stinky. I am using an approach like Tache. There is half of a pack sitting in the normal place on a shelf out in the garage. I just vape when the urge for a smoke gets too high. I use juice w/24mg nicotine and few puffs usually satisfies the urge to smoke.

 

[dice57]

I pretty much put juice in my rba, screw it on to a regulated or mechanical device, push the button and vape till I am satisfied and haven't wanted a cigarette in 8 months.

 

[Vapor Pete]

How have you used vaping to quit analogs?

Four and a half years ago, I put a new carto on a fully charged battery. I took a drag. I inhaled. I exhaled. No more cigarettes.

 

[Weizenheimer]

I made up my mind ahead of time to switch completely, ordered a PV and some 18mg juice, it showed up, I haven't smoked since.

 

[mkbilbo]

Just curious what methods people have used vaping to quit the analogs? I've had a good vaping setup for 10 months now. Started with an ego battery, now using a vision spinner, and just ordered the iTaste mvp 2. I was smoking 1 pack of ultra lights a day and have been cutting down on the analogs. I'm down to 1 or 2 packs a week now, but I'd like to completely quit. I started out with the 12mg nic in the juices but found out that some flavors are just to harsh for me so I'm using the 6mg nic.
Thanks,
Mike

First, pat yourself on the back for dramatically cutting down. That's not a "failure" at all. A pack a day is 140 cigs a week. Two packs a week is 40. That's 100 fewer cigs every week. Or 5,000 fewer per year.

It's a good thing eh?

And not all of us quit all at once. I took something like around six weeks to stop smoking completely. Some folk (the lucky stiffs! ) walk away the first day but not all of us.

There's no "one size fits all" in this. You'll have to take a look at your habits and see if you can find what it is that gets you reaching for the cigs instead of the vapor. Try to find ways to, oh, call it "trick" yourself maybe.

Like I have a home office and the ashtray and pack and lighter always sat to the left of the keyboard and I was in the habit of reaching without even looking and lighting up and so on. I took all that, put it in a kitchen cabinet. I didn't, at the time, try "no more ever!" (that seemed to cause an almost panic type reaction in me... addiction, weird huh?). I put my vapor stuff to the left of the keyboard where it was the convenient option. If I just had to have a cig, I'd let myself do it. But I had to get up, go to the kitchen, get everything out... blah, blah.

And over time, I tightened up "the rules" a bit. Not all at once. Just here and there. Like no more ashtray in the living room next to the couch. No more than one pack of cigs around at any one time. Then I could smoke one but I had to stay standing in the kitchen. No comfy couch, no nice office chair.

Over time, I'd get this urge to "smoke a real one" (as my brain loved to refer to the cigs) and think, "oh the PV is right here, just vape". And that started happening more.

You may be able to find ways that'll work for you to break the habitual aspect of smoking. Make the smoking less and less convenient. Substitute the vaping as the one within easy reach.

Also, you mention you've had trouble with liquids. Sometimes finding good liquids that work for you can take time and experimenting. If you have a good vape shop that lets you sample (most do), try some new juices out. Seems it can sometimes take some hunting before you hit your first "oh wow" e-liquid. And they're not always what you may expect. Like a lot of people, when I first started out, I thought I wanted a "tobacco like" liquid. Well, turns out I don't. My first "oh wow" was a blueberry juice. Which makes sense looking back. I love blueberry just about anything. I should've tried blueberry e-liquids first.

But do keep in mind the "worst case" is you've cut way, way back. By 5 to 6 thousand cigs a year. Which is a lot...

 

[yzer]

I was a pack and a half per day smoker for 35 years. I was smoking and vaping for six months and still going through a pack a day and vaping. I finally decided to stop fooling myself and choose one or the other as I had clearly not stopped smoking at that point. I cut down to three or four cigarettes a day during the last week. Then I took the last pack I had and the Bic lighter, put it into a plastic bag with the day's dog poop and tossed it into the garbage bin. I was pretty edgy for the next three days, even while vaping. A week later I was feeling a lot better. A month later I felt huge improvements in breathing and my senses of taste and smell. That last cigarette was in April of 2012.

 

[RedNBlack]

Hey PDung,
Started with a 24mg nic GOOD tobacco flavor, (still have some left) in a clearo ready to go for those "jitter days".
Kept my APV in may hand (like a security blanket) for the first couple weeks.........ok maybe a month........
Anytime the "jitters" hit....vaped like a steam locamotive.
Found that the "right" flavor/nic level helped smooth out the "bumps" in the vape ride.
Do not bet yourself up about the analaogs you do have,
PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR THE ANALOGS YOU DO NOT HAVE......

 

[nmackan]

My friend I loved smoking. Not that love 25 gram raw tobacco rolling for 40 years is not a joke. They used to tell me "Cigarette kills" " I answered them so does bread. do you know anyone who eats bread and stayed alive?"I used to be a fast pace walker. I still maintain but with my cigarettes days I could not get enough air after 200-300 meters. I had to find a way to breath right. (I still loved cigarettes) I noticed some comments on e-cigs on february 2013. Looked internet about them there were very encouraging things about them. "Hey" I thought "if they can replace smoking I can use them" (But after tea-cigarettes ceremonies every morning) afterwards I would vape. I asked my tobacco dealer about them he showed me some e-cigs I decided to try. $35 an e-cig with charger a battery a clearomiser and a bottle of juice. He asked me to test one with this first drag I knew my smoking days were coming to an end. Once I bought a fake liquid without nic. and I smoked 2-3 cigarettes they were not good as before went and bought most expensive liquid of my vaping life $15 for a 15ml bottle. And I found turkish forum. Happily noticed that there were devices and liquids extremely cheap and under the guarantee of the forum I began real vaping.

I wrote these not to show my case but to show you that your nic level is not enough to quit cigarettes. My friend we crave for nicotine. anyone who cant quit is taking low nicotine. 6 mg is far away for you to get enough. buy 24mg/ml and add VG untill you like. If you get enough nicotine you dont like smoking any more. But since you are smoking less this is an achievement. I did not intend to quit. But vaping made me quit. Go ahead increase your nic level you will see I am right. Dont worry if you get more nic you have a headache dizziness and it is all right after a few hours you dont get nic. It doeasnt kill you unless you pour a lot of liquids to your body.
I presume you got a PG liquid and took its harshness to lot of nicotine. Also dont worry it will not continiue all with high nic. Although I dont know how much I consumed anytime it would be around 5-6mg/ml nowdays But mind you I still buy 24mg/ml and dilute it with VG.
I also exagarete vaping too I use 2 full 2600mah batteries a day. (Most say a 2600mah battery is enough for 2-3 days I adore them )
But you see if I am away stinkies for 10 months now (and cant understand how people smoke these coffin nails) anyone can be too.
Happy vapings my friend

 

[vin cecil]

Started to save money. Kept vaping after i learned health benefits and seen it as a hobby. My wife says i talk about ecigs too much. I tried analogs a few times here and there, and hated them aftet i started vaping

 

[claudebo]

I posted this a while back, but think it is appropriate here:

GREAT POSTS!!

Lots and lots of common ground


Here's my quitting process

My first try at vaping did not go so good. Those imitation analogs that you suck on
and on a good day get little puffs of vapor ohh what were they called oh yeah Phoenix Vaper
I think. Second try when better with ego-T, but had lots of equipment failures.

So I bit the bullet and bought Sigelii a Kanger and some evods.
That went better, finally got 2 mvp's, and that is my equipment now
From start to now was a 30 months process with long lapses of not
vaping.

Four things really helped :
Advise from people on u-tube and blogs
Having good equipment
Taking the time each day to clean out the equipment
Encouragement from my better half.

I cut back by taking out a single pack of cigarets, Then seeing if I could smoke only 10 in the course of a day.
I would tell myself I had to vape before having a cig. Then if I still wanted one I could.

She said :attaboy

Then I was at 4 per day for about 6 weeks. Still laying out my allowance for the day, but allowing myself to
fail now and then. She said :attaboy

Then it was 2 per day, and I noticed I was sometimes forgetting to smoke those. I was shifting my habit to e-cigs.
Had 1/2 a cigs months ago tasted like hell.

She said :attaboy

Not matter what I did she always gave the the attaboy, I swear I could have said I smoked a dozen foot long cigars from cuba and she would have said : attaboy lol.

Anyhow that's how I shifted from analog to e-cigs.


Now I'm cutting down on the nicotine, started at 24 then 16 now 12
next order a mix of 12 and 6

Right attaboy : )

 

[BillyWJ]

Just curious what methods people have used vaping to quit the analogs? I've had a good vaping setup for 10 months now. Started with an ego battery, now using a vision spinner, and just ordered the iTaste mvp 2. I was smoking 1 pack of ultra lights a day and have been cutting down on the analogs. I'm down to 1 or 2 packs a week now, but I'd like to completely quit. I started out with the 12mg nic in the juices but found out that some flavors are just to harsh for me so I'm using the 6mg nic.
Thanks,
Mike

The first day is the hardest. Just be patient, smoking for a lot of us was decades of habit, you don't break that overnight. having said that, quitting was easy for me, and it is for a lot of people, that's the amazing, almost miraculous thing about this, that gets posted about every day here. The key for me was getting the right nicotine level (24 mg, 2 PAD Camel Lights here), and some juices I loved, and the right gear - once I was set up, I didn't even think about it. Now, some two months later, I've had a couple of bad cravings, but I was able to vape through it. I also smoke a few real ones along the way, and finding how bad they were helped walk away, too. Now, I don't think about it, but I do think about how much better it is without them all the time - and feeling my lungs get better is a huge motivation.

I'd recommend you try some more juices, at a higher nic level, just to get you through the first couple of weeks. Adding more VG can help with the harshness, and the company you buy from. What brands of juice are you using? There's a wealth of knowledge here to tap into to help you find your good spot.

The rest? It's all habit and mental. Pay attention to your triggers - for me, it was talking on the phone, or driving, or working on art, that's when I'd smoke more. Now I make sure my cartos are at hand. Keep your gear with you all the time, so whenever the urge hits, you can vape through it. Think about what you're experiencing. If there's a situation that's a big trigger that your gear can't get you through, change the situation. BE PATIENT. You're on the right track here! Every cigarette you don't smoke is something to be proud of!

 

[Tcat]

I ordered an Buck Naked and my daughter shipped me some RY-4 juice along with some fruit flavored ones.

I switched on the spot, using the Ry-4.

It was a little un-comfortable for about 2 days.
As mentioned in another thread,
Nat Sherman (analog) are Nothing
like the mass market smokes.

So there was a bit of a quality
let down.

And within a few weeks
I moved over to the mango
fruit juice as a test.

I found I liked it better.

Now 2 months into an
overnight switch I have...

A few KangerTech Evod units
all with a coffee like juice.

2 have zero nicotine,
the other 2 have 1.8% nicotine.

I'll be done with the nicotine
within a few weeks I think
and will enjoy the coffee based (flavored?)
juices.