How Long Did It Take You To Totally Quit "Those"?
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I currently use a Smoktech Zmax telescoping Mod and my current favorite tank system is Kangerteck Mega with 2.0 coils. I use a blend of two juices I like at 18mg Nicotine level.
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zero.. i only smoked (1 pad for 2 or 3 days) on the weekends when i drank and now i don't drink. haven't had a cig since buying my first vape 10 months ago.
After reading the posts in this thread, I realized that my Signature would reflect twice the numbers that is currently shows for cigarettes not smoked if I hadn't held on to those last few for an additional two years. I didn't know at the time that I could have dropped them much sooner and with almost no urge to smoke another one.
I do recommend a tapered quit cycle over cold turkey, but don't do as I did and continue to smoke 6 a day for another two years after starting to vape! I thought I'd go through some kind of nagging tobacco craving. I'm thinking that 6 weeks of dropping from 2 PAD to 6 smokes a day would have brought me to the point where I could have quit the last few.
I do recommend a tapered quit cycle over cold turkey, but don't do as I did and continue to smoke 6 a day for another two years after starting to vape! I thought I'd go through some kind of nagging tobacco craving. I'm thinking that 6 weeks of dropping from 2 PAD to 6 smokes a day would have brought me to the point where I could have quit the last few.
I quit about 30 minutes before I swiped my ATM card to pay for my MVP v2 and a couple bottles of 18mg/ml tobacco flavored juice 5 or 7 star I think it was.
I don't crave cigarettes now like I did over the first few MONTHS, that was crazy weird. I can't see going back to cigarettes at this point, it just wouldn't be the same.
I feel better with out a doubt, while I was still smoking I had moments of very real fear that I might not wake up one day, or that I might die in that moment of waking when I couldn't freely breathe.
Maurice
I don't crave cigarettes now like I did over the first few MONTHS, that was crazy weird. I can't see going back to cigarettes at this point, it just wouldn't be the same.
I feel better with out a doubt, while I was still smoking I had moments of very real fear that I might not wake up one day, or that I might die in that moment of waking when I couldn't freely breathe.
Maurice
So how long did it take you? Or what helped you to finally say goodbye forever?
Same day. - But, I'll tell you it took me almost a year to throw away the full pack I had on my desk... and 2 years to throw away the packs I had in my morale kit and replace them with batts and juice. Being "out of smokes" was harder for me than not smoking.
yah, six, i went through that similar "omg-am-almost-out-panic" - and it truly WAS worse than the actual act of not smoking; but for me it only lasted a week or two. Immediately upon beginning vaping i went from 1.5 PAD down to about 5 smokes a day - but it took me another 12-13 days or so to finally give up the very last few 3-4 per day. I didn't force myself, I knew if I did it would only make it worse - I just went ahead and smoked my one or two here and there and let it be. Knowing I had already made a huge improvement was really pleasing, I knew I was on my way.
(and so are you, keepsmiling... there are no rules - just do what works for you, whether you be easy with yourself and taper off slowly, or whether you must give yourself a definite "stop it!" date to make a clean break, either way you've already made a great improvement and it can only get better from here.)
I felt the familiar panic when my pack ran out, so I bought one more, and was so busy patting myself on the back for making it last A WHOLE WEEK, lol, that i forgot to chastise myself for still smoking even a few, lol. Really though, I never did beat myself up about it; I just figured at some point the typical panic would just naturally subside; so when that last pack got low I told myself to just let it run out and do a trial run, and go to sleep with NO cigs in the house,
and see how it felt. I rationalised that I could always run down to the store if the panic hit, it's only 2 minutes away - and went to bed. Well imagine my utter surprise and joy when I woke up and... drum roll... no 'empty pack' panic! that was the first day I vaped with my coffee instead of smoking, after 18 years - and that was it. 
(and so are you, keepsmiling... there are no rules - just do what works for you, whether you be easy with yourself and taper off slowly, or whether you must give yourself a definite "stop it!" date to make a clean break, either way you've already made a great improvement and it can only get better from here.)
I felt the familiar panic when my pack ran out, so I bought one more, and was so busy patting myself on the back for making it last A WHOLE WEEK, lol, that i forgot to chastise myself for still smoking even a few, lol. Really though, I never did beat myself up about it; I just figured at some point the typical panic would just naturally subside; so when that last pack got low I told myself to just let it run out and do a trial run, and go to sleep with NO cigs in the house,
and see how it felt. I rationalised that I could always run down to the store if the panic hit, it's only 2 minutes away - and went to bed. Well imagine my utter surprise and joy when I woke up and... drum roll... no 'empty pack' panic! that was the first day I vaped with my coffee instead of smoking, after 18 years - and that was it.
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It took me about 3 days, only because I bought my first PV while on a vacation to LA and LV. Being a complete noob, the PV stopped working on me and I had no way to remedy the problem except buy analogs.
I used to smoke a pack, pack and 1/2 a day. Had many attempts to quit as many here has experienced. I really thought I would be smoking for the rest of my life.
It's been almost 3 months since my last analog, my lungs feel much better, food tastes great, and I now have a great hobby.
Can't say i've been saving much from quitting cigs tho... lol
I used to smoke a pack, pack and 1/2 a day. Had many attempts to quit as many here has experienced. I really thought I would be smoking for the rest of my life.
It's been almost 3 months since my last analog, my lungs feel much better, food tastes great, and I now have a great hobby.
Can't say i've been saving much from quitting cigs tho... lol
In the last couple of years, I went down from a PAD to 7-9 cigs a day, mostly cuz of cost, but health was a biggie too. I got my first e-cig package (really cheap deal on FIN online) on 6/21/14 (18mg), got some nice menthol juice to refill the cartos for practice, and I had my last real cig on 7/6/14, and have been very happy about that!!!
A day, lol. I quit the instant I received my evod set. Smoked around a pack to a pack and a half everyday for seven years. Gave a brand new carton away to my friend the night I opened my kanger kit. Never looked back.
I switched over straight away, tried a Blu disposable - thought it wasn't terrible but went to a local vape store, picked up a simple kit and didn't touch another analog.
That's why noobs say ecigs don't work cuz they buy the cheap crap at the gas station and they aren't nearly as good as the stuff online. Glad your back to vaping
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I quit when I first got a cheap ego, then quickly ran to a provari. Annnnnd then i started smoking again for a long time. Almost two years. Then I got tired of people complaining about the smell, and all of the hassle I had to go through to smoke(money, having to go outside every hour) and I started vaping again. At first it was a combination of vaping and smoking and I just started to prefer vaping. I shall have one year cig free on august first! I'm so happy I stopped.
I started vaping 6 months ago and I am down to 1-2 cigs a day. I just can't seem to kick the last few. The vape just doesn't give me that morning nic I feel like I need. I was at over a pack a day when I started vaping
I bought a cigalike at the local tribal smokeshop, just out of curiosity. I had no intention of quitting. I have never smoked since that moment. A few weeks in, I was feeling pretty rotten, and went to the doctor. He put the fear of deafness in me, and recommended 0nic. He put me on a short course of prednizone. I went chasing a satisfying 0mg vape, and turned into a flavor flitter. I finally gave up, and switched to 3mg, mixing my own. I am still a flavor flitter, and my butter-fly tendencies result in other things, too, like floral teas.
I tried to convert my son, but it took a while. He had to give up other things first.
I tried to convert my son, but it took a while. He had to give up other things first.
I quit the first morning I had my starter pack. Tried one Marlboro about a week later just to see how it was again and it tasted absolutely aweful.
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I've been vaping for over 5 years. I have the occasional cigarette and don't feel bad about it, nor do I go back to smoking full time.
Thanks for everyone's input to this thread. I cannot thank you all enough because just your sharing was enough to give me that kick in the pants I needed. I am now 23 days in and feeling great! My sense of smell kicked back in last week and oh my! I had to load up on lysol cleaner and stuff..haha..
I am now 23 days in and feeling great! My sense of smell kicked back in last week and oh my! I had to load up on lysol cleaner and stuff..haha..
About a month. I was still using 1-2 cigarette a day the first month I started vaping.
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