How long did you smoke analogs before switching?

[Afubar]

I'm just curious, how long have you been smoking before you made the switch?

I'm 55 years old and have been smoking full time for 43 years. I made the switch on 1 September 2009 and couldn't be happier with my 510 from electronicstix. Thanks Jason. I'm fully satisfied with the device but have ordered some cigar flavored juice (I'm smoked Captain Black Little Cigars for the past 10 years). I've also ordered some 26 MG RY4/Like Smoke, as well. And of course, I just had to add the mega batteries, USB charger, 2 more wall chargers, USB pass-thru, and car charger. Then this morning, I ordered 4 more Atomizers as well,

I think I might be addicted. LOL

I also like being able to sit at my desk and Vap. No more Wind, Rain, Heat, or Cold for me.

My daughter and son-in-law have place orders for the 510 as well.

So tell me, how many years did you smoke before going digital?

 

[annah]

Somewhere between 9-13 years, depending on whether it was social or addiction smoking...

I'm very thankful that I'm still young enough that I have half a chance of healing from some of the damage.

 

[AngusATAT]

26 years. I started vaping yesterday.

 

[PhoenixRising]

12 years for me and 26 for DH. He still has not completely made the switch but he has cut down from two packs a day to about a half a pack! It has taken him a bit longer because we just found the perfect flavor (Nhaler Coffee) and device (510 with a passthrough). For me, I love all kinds of flavors so it was a more immediate response. Either way, I am thrilled to have found e-cigs and this forum! One more day, one less analog! Victory!

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

I'm just curious, how long have you been smoking before you made the switch?

I'm 55 years old and have been smoking full time for 43 years. I made the switch on 1 September 2009 and couldn't be happier with my 510 from electronicstix. Thanks Jason. I'm fully satisfied with the device but have ordered some cigar flavored juice (I'm smoked Captain Black Little Cigars for the past 10 years). I've also ordered some 26 MG RY4/Like Smoke, as well. And of course, I just had to add the mega batteries, USB charger, 2 more wall chargers, USB pass-thru, and car charger. Then this morning, I ordered 4 more Atomizers as well,

I think I might be addicted. LOL

I also like being able to sit at my desk and Vap. No more Wind, Rain, Heat, or Cold for me.

My daughter and son-in-law have place orders for the 510 as well.

So tell me, how many years did you smoke before going digital?

I'm going to guess and say 23 years. Wow, that's a lot. <sigh> Cigarettes used to be so affordable.

I only tried to quit once, about two years ago. I was smoking these fake cigarettes that were made from the toasted husk of cocoa beans I think. It actually worked because I could smoke them but get zero nicotine. If they only didn't taste like horse *****, I probably would have done fine. I had the right idea, but not the right product. I just had to fight the need for nicotine (which I did with lifesavers) and could still smoke the fake cigarettes. Strangely enough I tend to like vaping "Lifesaver" flavors (wild cherry, butter rum).

I think it would be very easy to quite by reducing the nic level in my juice. And 0 nicotine would still taste a lot better than burning cocoa husks. But you know what. I don't want to quite vaping.

I've already quite smoking what more do you people want from me!

--Prof Daffy
P.S. No, I couldn't make this up. $40 bucks a carton. I can get a DSE901 kit and 30ml of juice for $40 bucks!

Cigarettes, online cigarettes, dirt cheap cigarettes, herbal alternative cigarettes

 

[laurieok]

Smoked analogs for over 40 years ( not counting the ones I stole from moms purse when I was about 8) Have been vaping since May 26th. Took a little while to wean myself but am now analog free!!

 

[yknotagain]

41 years of chain smoking.

 

[MREXE]

43 1-3 packs a day, started my 510 the day after my 58th birthday, what a great present to myself................."NEVER LOOK BACK, YOU MAY BE STARTLED HOW STUPID YOU WERE"..............

 

[Afubar]

When I stated analogs, they were 25 cents a pack (that's out of a cigarette machine, do they still have those????). Course, gasoline was 21 cents a gallon too, okay, color me old.

 

[SudokuGal]

38 years, from another "color me old"

 

[elu105]

I'm 30yr and I have smoked about 12 years, 15-20cigs a day.

It's now my fourth day vaping and no analogs. I has been quite easy being without analogs, at least for now.

To me, vaping is allmost like smoking. Same taste of nicotine, e-cig that looks like an analog, it is used same way as analog and the best part is that it gives that cool steam that looks like real smoke.

After vaping for a minute or two I feel like I had just smoked a cigarette. (But without coughing off course)

I have never been so much addicted to nicotine but rather to smoking action itself. Ahhh.. nothing beats a good smoke after lunch...except a good vapor off course.

 

[DreamVapor]

Over 20 years, 2 packs(at least) a day for the the last 5 years. I got my first ecig on a friday in March. Talked myself into jumping right in by that Monday. Since then I've had about 7 cigarettes and each one tasted nastier than the last. I was suffering from chronic daily headaches and they virtually stopped within a week of quitting analogs. It took me a while to get my nic strength right, I vape about a 7-8 mcg nicotine liquid comfortably.

 

[snap6cat]

A couple of packs a day for 45 years. The thing with cigs is they just do not kill quickly! Never really tried to quit, never even thought about it. I went through Chantix and the patch to humor my doctor, but I smoked still and figured I always would. Tried an e-cig for a lark to get me over all the "no smoking" parts of my day...never looked back. I am still a "smoking" and nicojunky but I am happier and I CAN BREATHE. I really like this stuff.
David

 

[MissMawee]

Started smoking analogs at age 16, I'm now 23, so 7 years or so. Started at one or two cigs a day and worked my way up to a pack a day or sometimes more.
I've cut down drastically since getting the 510 but still haven't kicked the .... logs completely!

 

[cassavetes]

Smoked for 15 years. Quit entirely 1 week after buying my first 510.

 

[LaterSkater]

I smoked for 32 years. I am 43 now ans atarted at the age of 11. I quit completely once I got my 510. Jeez there are alot of old timers on this forum! LOL Maybe, we can get the AARP on our side. Nobody lobbys like the AARP....except maybe the NRA, Big Pharm and Big Tobacco....LOL8-o

 

[PatriciafromCO]

24 years here.... started at 15.. smoked more after I was in my 20's up to a pack and a half a day...

 

[Osculum]

14 years... Haven't smoked in 13 days since I first received my PV.

 

[AZAndy]

Close to forty years for me. Quit in January this year but didn't give up nicotine-- I used smokeless (e.g. Copenhagen) and nasal snuff. Now that I've got a case of the vapors, actual tobacco may slide away...

 

[Porphy]

I started when I was 9 years old so 21 years for me (been vaping for awhile now)