How long did it take before you quit smoking analogs?

[mountaingal]

It took about 2 days to realize analogs were nasty! It been two years now and I still an at 24%nic, for me it was just about finding a repalcement, I used gum off and on for 10years, as I work on a boat and could not smoke on it. Maybe soon i will try 18%nic.

 

[granolaboy]

I cut down over a period of about 3 months. Basically put off the next smoke as long as I could, then I'd just have one. Took a while, but sooner or later I was vaping more than smoking, and then in a week I went down from 5-10 analogs to 1-3 a day, then I just made it through one day and that was it.

All in all, it was quite painless.

I'm vaping 18mg all day long now. I'll cut down on nic at some point, but for now I'm just happy to be off the analogs.

 

[zoiDman]

I use the Screwdriver. 901's mainly, a bottom coil tank has made my rotation for driving & "in the dark" situations, haha. Prefilled cartos laying around for emergencies, unwrap, screw in, and vape.

A Screwdriver. Now that Brings back Memories.

I remember when I first came here in as a Guest and Saw one, I said I would Never be Caught Dead using something like that.

Fast Forward to Today and if Someone Took my Provari Away from me, I would have a Complete Hissy Fit. And Buy Another on in about 3 Minutes.

LOL

 

[EbenezerScrews]

I forget what nicotine levels were being offered when I started, i believe they were lower, maybe 12mg. They were prefilled carts(not cartos).

As soon as liquid was available I went with 24mg...when 36mg was available I went with that. I have used anywhere from 12-36mg over the years and I dont find much trouble with "fiending" at the lower levels. The throat hit is big difference. I use 18/24 now mostly, I need that throat bite, haha.

 

[Bookworm]

It took me several days to quit smoking. My 510 kit came on a Friday, and I wanted to quit that day. But when my smokes ran out that night, I had a mild panic and ran to the store for 2 more packs, haha. Smoked those over the next few days while I figured out how to vape, and quit when they ran out on Tuesday. Today makes 2 years since that Tuesday, and I am so happy to have found vaping and ECF.

 

[EbenezerScrews]

A Screwdriver. Now that Brings back Memories.

I remember when I first came here in as a Guest and Saw one, I said I would Never be Caught Dead using something like that.

Fast Forward to Today and if Someone Took my Provari Away from me, I would have a Complete Hissy Fit. And Buy Another on in about 3 Minutes.

LOL

Yes! I was getting approached by crackheads and cops when I started using it. Now nobody blinks.

 

[zoiDman]

Yes! I was getting approached by crackheads and cops when I started using it. Now nobody blinks.

LOL

Yeah... There was That. I also read People who said that they Weren't Comfortable carrying a PV in their Purse that Looked Like an "Adult Toy".

 

[EbenezerScrews]

Well, devices these days arent that far off. Variable volatge. Variable Wattage. Variable Speeds?

 

[Atticus570]

To be honest i smoke for 12 years and as soon as i charged my first kit i told my self no more cigarettes and my first puff on my e cigg i was golden i didnt have one cigarrete since my first e puff lol one month now.

 

[chiefILL]

I quit analogs 15 years ago, but replaced it with smokeless tobacco/ snus. Over the years I found it harder to quit the smokeless than smoking, until I tried vaping. Found that I just enjoyed the options that vaping offers so much more. More flavors, more gadgets, building, variable wattage, mechs....

 

[COOKPASSBABTRIDGE]

2 pack min a day chain smoking & I stopped overnight. I convinced myself that nicotine wasn't as addictive as they say(I'm still convinced)....Started vaping at 18mg...a week later my local B&M gave me some kanthal & cotton to play around with. Rebuild a protank coil head & wicked with cotton & instantly dropped to 9mg. 18mg with cotton was headache strong.
Down to 6mg now, sometimes when I feel like less intense flavor I dilute the juice with some VG down to 3-4mg. Even had a few zeros with no issues.
I don't think I care much about nic anymore...more about clouds

 

[Blind Owl]

Two days after I started vaping (4 weeks ago now), I lit a cigarette and found it tasted about like an ashtray smells. After 35 years at 2+ packs a day, giving up tobacco was about as hard as taking spinach from a baby. My wife switched at the same time, and we're still happily married. Try that with any other stop-smoking method!

 

[smittytoo]

Eleven weeks vaping and smoking 1-6 cigs a day, and 10 days vaping only. I still have a craving once in
a while, but so far I've been able to vape them away.

 

[EbenezerScrews]

Yes, it will definitely start to smell & taste bad. You"ll start smelling smoke on people, you'll actually get a whiff while driving and look 3 cars ahead to see a puff of smoke come out of someones window, haha. Weird.

I thought having my sense of smelled restored would be a good thing, but mostly I just smell piss & .... everywhere

 

[akpostal]

No tobacco since I switched. Ok, half a cig leaving the B&M I bought my first kit from, none since.

 

[Lurch]

Two full days for me to quit. Lit one up on the third evening after dinner and hated it! Haven't had one since!
I am still one 12mg mostly. I DIY so I have started slowly reducing. Now making juices at 9mg, but still have a lot of 12 mg around. May have to dilute those to get nicotine levels down.

 

[lukcy7]

Yeah, having the option to vape is a beautiful thing.

I smoked about 20 years; was about a pack a day for the last year of smoking. When I started vaping, this happened:
Day 1: 1 cig (maybe 2; can't remember)
Day 2: 1 cig
Day 3: 1 cig (maybe 0; can't remember)
Day 4: 4 cigs with a couple beers
Day 5 onwards: no more cigs

I haven't touched a cig in I guess about 2.5 - 3 months. It's so easy to quit when you vape. It's just beautiful.

 

[Margie123]

Been vaping for 7 weeks now. Been smoking 1 to 3 a day. 1 for the past few days. Too insecure to give them up. But today is my first day with out one and I think I am going to make it.

 

[Blindtarm]

I was a heavy smoker for 18 years. 35-40 a day, easily 60-80 if I were out drinking. In October last year I bought an eGo CE4 starter kit. I used that single 650 mAh battery for a month,before I could afford another 900mAh battery. In December I was down to ten cigarettes a week, then during Christmas my charger broke and I was back to smoking until I got another in the mail (no vapers shop in this country, need to order from England). 1. of January I took my last cigarette. I've been smoke-free since! And I got back-ups of my back-up-equipment.

I started out on 24mg, now I'm down to 12mg and the next mixing I'm doing, I'm gonna get down to 10mg or 8mg. I started to get lightheaded by 12mg now.

 

[RippledSoul]

I am curious to know how long it took to fully kick analog cigarettes and/or get to no nicotine in your juice completely?

I have been a smoker for over twenty years and switched to e-cigs about three weeks ago. For the first three days I used analog cigs (though only about 3 a day compared to over a pack a day) as well as the e-cig, but since then I have been completely on the e-cig. I am working my way down from 1.8% nic to hopefully 0 nic and I am just wondering how long others have gone before quitting analogs or making it to 0 nic?

Just want to say that I am really excited about all of this. I have tried so many times to quit but never could. with e-cigs and vaping I really think I can finally kick the habit.

I haven't smoked since taking my first vape. I have had a couple cravings, but haven't lit one up, thankfully. I can't imagine how they'd taste now.