I as well have been completely smoke free accept for 5 days after I initially made the switch I had a ciggy and the funky film and taste and smell was terrible and afterwords I felt like I had been hanging out in a bug bomb tent for 5 minutes. For me I just challenged myself to see if I would freak out without my precious smokes. i ended up having 6 left in a pack that when asked if I had a cig I gave away till they were gone. Since then not 1 ciggy over 1.5 years. YAYA!!!
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I was a PAD smoker for about 21 years. The longest that I had ever managed to quit was for 9 months (cold turkey). When I decided to quit with the help of e-cigs my cigarette intake dropped daily from about twenty to seven, three, one, and finally one (my morning smoke was the last to go). My last "analog" was on the morning of October 22nd of last year.
I started off with stick batteries and moved up to eGos and a tube mod before getting a Provari. I still occasionally use stick batteries and eGos, but my primary PV is my chrome with blue LED Provari V2. I get such enjoyment out of using it with my Pyrex cartomizer tanks, but as long as I have good juice, I'll take even a crummy underpowered device over a cigarette any day.
I started off with stick batteries and moved up to eGos and a tube mod before getting a Provari. I still occasionally use stick batteries and eGos, but my primary PV is my chrome with blue LED Provari V2. I get such enjoyment out of using it with my Pyrex cartomizer tanks, but as long as I have good juice, I'll take even a crummy underpowered device over a cigarette any day.
I wanted to really bad the first 2 weeks or so but I spent too much money up front for my "starter" vaping supplies ( provari, batts, tanks, cartos, juice, aga-t) that the day I recieved my packages I literally threw away a full carton of fresh cigs I just bought and said good riddance...haven't looked back ever since. NEVER did I think I could give up smoking but here I am vaping away and loving every second of it.
I have about 1 a month. I still keep my banner because I want to know how many I haven't had. I love the first hit, but the satisfaction dies with each drag.
As an aside... I've noticed just how little smoke comes out on the exhale compared to my carto tank or T3. Makes me wonder why we all chase the big plumes.
As an aside... I've noticed just how little smoke comes out on the exhale compared to my carto tank or T3. Makes me wonder why we all chase the big plumes.
Oh no, no no no. I've had 'just one' before. Never again. I just vape my face off until the craving passes.
From December 18, 2009 to September 25, 2011, I smoked and vaped occasionally. Never could make 'the switch'...until I got better hardware, upped my nic level to 24mg, and found some BETTER flavors! Since September 25, 2011...NOPE, I don't smoke; not even tempted now.
After 32+ years of 2ppd, it's still SHOCKING!!
After 32+ years of 2ppd, it's still SHOCKING!!
The only way you could get me to smoke an analog is for a liter of one of my favorites eliquids... I would think about it... The answer would probably still be no...and a Provari...maybe
i do. i work at a club on saturday nights so an analog on occasion is nice. it pairs well with booze. lol
i could go without it though since the PV satisfies the craving.
i could go without it though since the PV satisfies the craving.
The couple of times I slipped and asked my daughter for a drag off her analog, the horrible taste and smell did me in. No more!
The day my Ego's came in the mail, July 22, 2010 was the day I had my last cigarette.
Not me. I'm curious about what an analog would be like at this point, but not curious enough to try one. The last one I had was only half of it because it just wasn't doing it for me. Figured, "why finish it?" and went to my vaporizer.
ha! I've noticed that and wondered the same thing. I Love big plumes!
I'm one that still enjoys occasional smoke. I'm now, for last 2 months, a PAM smoker. As I've experienced a good 13 years of non-smoking in my adult life (balanced with around 12 years of smoking), I think I get what that liberation feeling is like. As a nic user, I prefer to have my vaping and enjoy my moderate smoking too. Great health, and no evil guilt / regret to report here.
I think it might also help that I roll my own cigarettes, I used empty cigarette tubes and inject my own blend of tobacco in. They taste so much better than say, a Camel. The tobacco I use actually tastes good, so I see my RYO cigs like a treat some times.
I smoke around 1 per week and I LOVE it! I am super proud of that, and I look at it with great accomplishment. Yeah, I'll say it, I ENJOY a nice tobacco every once in a while. It's a whole different thing now. It's nostalgic now, it brings back memories! I don't want to tell myself "No, you can't even have ONE!", that would probably just make me want one. Scratch all-that noise, I mean, it's all about health and freedom, right!?! Well, I think that we're all doing the right thing here, and for me, it has reduced itself into becoming just an enjoyable thing that you do every once in a while, and in moderation, all things are beautiful.
I smoked regularly for the first 5 months of vaping. Like a lot of others, once I got my ideal setup and juice I was set. I've since only craved an analog after severe emotional stress.
I used to keep a pack in the freezer, for those moments I needed to just SMELL them. I thought if I had a pack around, I wouldn't want them so much. I know it sounds strange.
Unfortunately I have a mooch neighbor who kept knocking on my door to "bum" one. After the 5th or 6th time bugging me, I just gave her the whole damn pack and at least now she knows I don't have any.
I still can't decide if I want to get another pack for the freezer, I have days when I really want one. But knowing how much I love vaping, I probably wouldn't like an analog anymore.
Also, like others have said to the OP, don't feel bad about having an analog once in a while.
I used to keep a pack in the freezer, for those moments I needed to just SMELL them. I thought if I had a pack around, I wouldn't want them so much. I know it sounds strange.
Unfortunately I have a mooch neighbor who kept knocking on my door to "bum" one. After the 5th or 6th time bugging me, I just gave her the whole damn pack and at least now she knows I don't have any.
I still can't decide if I want to get another pack for the freezer, I have days when I really want one. But knowing how much I love vaping, I probably wouldn't like an analog anymore.
Also, like others have said to the OP, don't feel bad about having an analog once in a while.
You are doing great so don't beat yourself up over a few cigarettes weekly. It seems you are controlling the cigarettes and they are not controlling you. Your in charge just don't let it get out of hand. Be carefull!
I've been vaping for around a year and a half. The longest time I have went without a cigarette is 6 weeks but I have done the 6 week thing 5 times. When I would reach that 6 week point not having a cigarette was torture, especially on Saturday night when I drink wine or beer. Thats when I missed those sticks the most.
The last month I buy a pack of cigarettes Saturday morning and split the pack with my husband who also vapes. I smoke 10 cigarettes over the course of the weekend and if any are left over on Monday I throw them away.
Do I feel bad about this? Absolutely not considering I was a pack a day smoke,sometimes more. If you feel the urge to have a few--enjoy them but just don't let them control you.
I've been vaping for around a year and a half. The longest time I have went without a cigarette is 6 weeks but I have done the 6 week thing 5 times. When I would reach that 6 week point not having a cigarette was torture, especially on Saturday night when I drink wine or beer. Thats when I missed those sticks the most.
The last month I buy a pack of cigarettes Saturday morning and split the pack with my husband who also vapes. I smoke 10 cigarettes over the course of the weekend and if any are left over on Monday I throw them away.
Do I feel bad about this? Absolutely not considering I was a pack a day smoke,sometimes more. If you feel the urge to have a few--enjoy them but just don't let them control you.
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I dropped from 30 per day to 6 right away without trying (and did not get the ecig thinking of quitting smoking) - tapering down those last ones gradually and have actually found it quite interesting trying to separate and identify all the elements involved. Now when I want one I ask myself: Is it just habit linked to what I'm doing? Do I crave nicotine? Am I craving a good inhaling/exhaling sensation for some solid minutes? The answers have been quite revealing regarding my personal addictive forces.
The other thing that has been interesting is that I am isolating the behavioural factors - if I want a cigarette I can have one, but not linked to any other behaviour - ie while doing something, with a cup of coffee or a beer, etc (this is still not achieved completely but I'm getting there). I find again it is illuminating to discover sometimes it is not a cigarette I want, it is a cigarette and xyz, which lets me think about why.
Maybe I'm just weird but I find I do better replacing the anxiety with curiousity - in fact I have been thinking the last few days that instead of a goal of quitting I am probably going to substitute the goal of continued reduction to one every six months - my suspicion is that I will be a lot more succesful and knowing me the odds are by the time I get to one every three days I am going to get distracted and forget to smoke it anyways!
Also, I have been a smoker for such a long time and started so young that I wouldn't really know how to be a non-smoker anyways! So I'm just going to transition so that instead of a 30 cigarette = 1 day smoker I move towards a 1 cigarette = 30 days smoker.
I think it is about knowing yourseld and what you are comfortable with. I am completely the opposite with sugar - I don't have any because I know if I do I will just crave more and more ... obviously for some people the same is true with tobacco, whereas for me I think I am less likely to crave the second cigarette if I "can't" have the first one (says the woman who frequently tried to sneak in a chain-smoke of two cigarettes going into a no smoking place!)
At least when I do have a cigarette now it is a choice - it wasn't before!
Good luck with whatever approach you choose but don't be ashamed or guilty - it's not going to help anything. (It also sounds like your cigarettes may well be associated with specific situations).
Some people started vaping and never looked back, some of us didn't have quite as complete a transformation, but if we are all smoking less then it's all good!!!
EDIT: oops I meant I am more likely to crave a second cigarette if I can't have the first one!
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I don't want to tell myself "No, you can't even have ONE!", that would probably just make me want one.
You just described me exactly!!! Any previous attempts I was stressed cause I told myself I couldn't have a cigarette ... what is the first thing I do when I'm stressed? Have a smoke!!! (now substitued by having a vape ... or chain-vaping ... maybe reach for the 36 mg ...)
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