How long did it take you to stop smoking?

[firefox335]

I chose "quit within the first 3 months." It actually took me about 6 weeks. I started out with Blu and had numerous battery/atty problems.

I smoked my last cigarette July 4th at about 11:30pm. I had had a blowout on the highway and my wife was driving me home. The radio was playing "Forever" by Papa Roach and as the song ended, the lyrics were:

One last Kiss...
Before I go...
Dry your tears...
It is time to let you go...

One Last Kiss.

With that, I took one last drag and haven't smoked a cigarette since. I used my Blu for the first 2 days. Then on day three, my KR808D-1 from V4L arrived. Put my mind to rest. The only thing I worry about now is keeping the liquids and cartos fully stocked. I'm getting there. Blu made me realize that quitting WAS possible. V4L MADE it happen.

Although I have decided that pipes and cigars are not out of the question. Since I'm not inhaling, I don't see the problem. I haven't smoked a real (non-mini) cigar in years and it's been months since I've smoked my pipe. Everyone is different.

 

[DarthKortiNex]

I couldn't stand the smell after I quit smoking, vaping is the smart way to go!

 

[GregH]

Got my first PV on a Friday. Had maybe 4 regular cigarettes on Saturday, a few on Sunday, and maybe 2 on Monday. Then on Tuesday before work, I lit a cig with my morning coffee and realized I just wasn't enjoying it. Put it out and haven't touched one since.

 

[CaptJay]

I was 10 days, smoking less each day, but I had to pick 'within a month' as it was more than a week (the other option) lol.
Been almost 7 months now though

 

[Xanax]

1 month exactly

 

[four2109]

Hey Alex, The link to your other poll isn't working.

I was out of analogs when I bought my NPRO. That lasted 9 months. Then I hit the holidays and a family crisis. I had been reading about MAOIs and snus. Tried Camel snus but couldn't stand it. So I started smoking a couple a day. That turned into a pack a day depending on what was going on. So I have put them down again for the 3rd time. I supplement with 1-2 swedish minis a day now and that's working.

 

[BarkeepCat]

EVERYONE is different.

Smoked for 22 years. At times up to two packs a day.
Before I got my 510 I was at about a pack a day.

So, I had a half a pack in my pocket the day my ecigs arrived.
I kept it "just in case".

Still have the half pack in my office. With my lighter but have yet to need it.
Stopped June 4th. My Birthday.

I LOVED SMOKING.

Now own 4 diff PVs and have dwindled down to 12 mg.
Won't give them up.
Ready for 0 nic.

Like I stated. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.
Good luck!

 

[Empress Kitty]

It took me about a week, but I think mostly that was because I had not found my "all day vape" ejuice flavor yet. My mom still hasn't quit completely and it has been a couple weeks. It takes time and experimentation, but in the end it is worth it!

~Kitty

 

[Fabsta]

I cut down my cigs from over 20 a day to 10 a day for the 1st week. The next couple of weeks I was down to 5 a day and then 1 a day. I'd say the last week or 2 it was more about finishing the smokes I had rather than enjoying the smoke! The entire process was absolutely stress-free and took about 2 months. I didn't put any pressure on myself, when I a felt like a smoke, I smoked. Most of the time I wouldn't even get through a whole cigarette. After 19 years of smoking with many stressfull attempts to quit it was easy to quit this way. I haven't touched a cigarette in over a year nor have I ever had the desire to. I don't think that newbies should put too much pressure on themselves. In my experience vaping will natually take over the other nasty habit provided that you've getting the required nicotine. I am so gratefull to ecigs.

Happy vaping fellow vapers

 

[thomas_mikel]

I did nicorette for about two weeks then my wife and I were out having a few drinks and listening to live music. I'm sitting there chewing away and she's puffing on her PV, I asked to try it and have been vaping ever since. In the last two years I've had one cigarette and will never have another one.

 

[Mudder]

I was waiting and waiting for my pv to arrive. I told myself that when it arrived, as soon as my pkg of cigs was done, I would not buy another. I was down to my last cigarette, when it arrived. Had it not arrived that day, I would have bought a pack of cigs. But, that was it for me. It was hard, I wanted to light up a real smoke, but, I resisted, and haven't looked back since that day.

 

[ardelleg]

I quit smoking in the first week but I don't think there is a one size fits all, like with 'what flavors do you like! .... all I know is I wouldn't have quit without it.... everyone is different, it is a learning curve and there have been days when it seemed like a lot of bother and didn't seem to be cutting it... but I don't smoke! and I like that....

Paraphrased from firefox335 above "Blu made me realize that quitting WAS possible. KR808D-1 MADE it happen."

 

[Mister Hyde]

I smoked analogs and vaped at the same time for about a week.

 

[hobotivo]

My wife and I both stopped smoking (after 40+ years at 40+ per day) the day our ego-T's arrived. I was actually smoking an analog as I vaped for the first time, but that was it. Since then (8 weeks ago, almost to the minute) we've lit 3 cigarettes, mostly from curiosity, and all were stubbed out after a couple of puffs.

We were lucky I guess.

 

[Shizzle]

i picked "I quit smoking the day my PV arrived" -- but more accurate would be: "I quit smoking the day my EGO starter kit arrived." -- bcuz shortly before that, i had purchased one cheap super mini with a 20 minute battery life and a two hour charge time...so, it wasn't until two weeks later, the day my ego starter kit arrived, that i was able to quit smoking altogether...come to think of it, that was three months ago TODAY! YAY ME!!! THANKS ECF!!!

 

[Jorge22]

I quit smoking the day I got my NJoy - horrid, I know, clearly disgusting, but I liked it then. It was great for that at least.

 

[madmartyr72]

When my PV first arrived, I still had a half a pack of analogs left so I finished them off first. Once those were gone the next morning, I filled up my eGo for the first time and haven't touched an analog since! 17 days today!

 

[Jennie O]

I had to put within the first week though I consider it the day my kit arrived. I only ordered a one battery kit, which only lasted a few hours so I had a few smokes at the end of the first 3 nights until a second battery arrived!

 

[hairball]

I received my PV, went to work while the batteries charged, came home, pulled in the driveway at 6:32AM on August 19, 2010, and smoked my last cigarette. Haven't looked back since.

 

[Sellaman]

Each time the subject comes up, many people chime in with stories about how they had their last analog the day their PV arrived. Which is great, of course, but puts a bit of pressure on the Newbies. Because obviously, that is not the case for everybody.

Yes, it does put a lot of pressure on the newbies....and I'm a newbie. But it's great to hear the success stories in this thread because it give me hope that I might quit analogues in 3 months time. I noticed that it took some vapers a year to quit analogues in your poll!