How many years WERE you a analog smoker?

[mmsjs5]

started when I was 12....35 years

 

[Phillyguy]

I used to steal smokes from my mom and dad when I was maybe 11? ..I dont think I bought my 1st pack till I was 13 or 14 maybe..
I used to go to the firehouse around the corner from my house..they'd sell candy or soda and yes packs of smokes to a 13 yr old kid lol
I'll be 41 this month and thank god everyday I found out about vaping...maybe with some luck I'll get to see my kids grow up now..and some day get to meet my grandkids

Philly

 

[Silhouette]

I had my first cigarette around the age of twelve, I think. I didn't really start smoking until I was fifteen, almost sixteen. I had older friends to buy them for me until I reached the age I could buy them myself. So, I guess about twelve years.

 

[LudaCura]

First started at age 19, in college after a very bad final project review which was also my first (I went to architecture school) I hated smoking, and started in a deliberate masochistic desire to hurt myself (I figured it was a little less drastic than jumping off the nearest bridge). Never meant to be a smoker, I planned on stopping once I got a good review. Wrong. Became severely addicted, to the point that I couldn't sleep the night through without waking up to smoke - my addiction was so strong it woke me up. Got my first e-cig five days ago, and haven't had an analog since. Have tried to quit so many times, and I am in disbelief about how easy it is. I plan on reducing the nicotine level to zero gradually, and then stopping the vaping (if I feel like it, not pressuring myself).

 

[FJF]

Started when I was 14 and hopefully finished at age 62. Started vaping 2 weeks ago today ... no analogs in the past 5 days

 

[bwood12043]

Had smoked analogs for over 35 years when I quit last year. Was up to over 3 packs per day, but most of those laid in the ashtray and burned up. Friends gave me a hard time about never ever burning a cigarette down to the end, but oh well, the lighting and first drags was the main thing for me..

Can't remember the cost when I first started, but I can remember that I could go to the corner store and get a pack of cigs, a hot dog and a cold drink for $1 with tax included, so must have been cheap.

My uncle once told me when we were talking about the price hikes, "Well, I guess they are just now finding out what they're worth ! "

He passed away over 20 years ago having fought lung cancer for 17 years... on the last day, as he lay there dying, he was wanting a cigarette. Sad, but true.

Another anecdote... we used to joke around with some friends of ours that we needed to invent a way to still smoke once we were all on oxygen, and we all felt that day would come. Well, thanks to my ecig, maybe that day won't come, at least not for a long while.

Good vapin to you all !

 

[Kobudo]

Started at 16, took about 9 months off when I was 18, started again and have been doing it until last MLK day... so 15 years almost on the nose. I called it 10-15 in the poll, due to the brief respite when I was 18.

 

[jeffutah]

thirty years of reds.tried just about every thing on the market to quit. stopped the day after I tried my first ecig. vaping since nov 2009 got to love it!

 

[Above God]

probably 10 years...

 

[Riplea]

16 years old, 40 years of smoking....omg

Still haven't quit, but the good news is down to about 1-3 analogs a day now from a 1 1/2 pack a day habit. Very happy with my progress after only 4 weeks.

 

[Kobudo]

Still haven't quit, but the good news is down to about 1-3 analogs a day now from a 1 1/2 pack a day habit. Very happy with my progress after only 4 weeks.

Good job, congratulations on the progress thus far!

 

[LudaCura]

10 years, started at age 19. Tried to quit a multitude of times, with every method possible. Smoked my last analog two weeks ago. Never believed it could be so so easy.

 

[mini_art]

43 yrs quit within a week of starting to vape Yes it is a miracle.

 

[gymmiller]

44 years....+- a few months. Haven't smoked an analog since I got my 1st order (901 & 510) in Oct 2009.

 

[dijohn76]

Smoked my first at 15, smoked my last Mar 23, 2009 when I got my first e-cig, 2 packs a day for 37 years.

 

[duggygee]

18 years smoking, quit in one day when I got my Janty Stick. Been "clean" since July 7, 09!

 

[CartHeadMod]

smoked for 40 years, though about 30 of those I primarily smoked a pipe, did manage to quit once for about three months....

 

[vapordraggin101]

45 yrs., started when I was 14, quit in Nov. of 09 when I got my Blu then 510. No more analogs for me.

 

[jimk55]

I started when I was 12 yrs. old and probably smoked about a 1/2 dozen a day till I was around 18. I then smoked a pack , 25 cigs, a day for the next 30 years and and quit for 3 years due to health problems. I Started back at a pack a day till I got my first PV in January. I haven't had another analog since and don't miss them a bit. I find that 1 -2 carts a day at around 18 mg meets my addiction and allows me to get back to exercising and doing all the things I wanted , but couldn't , due to shortness of breath. For anyone who wonders if Vaping is the answer, I guess if this holds for at least a year I could be the poster boy for Vaping as a smoking cessation program, at the tender age of 56 years.

 

[Bluerooster]

started at ~12 or so, was pack a day by 15. and am 47 now.
Started vaping, about 2 months ago.
House and car still stink but getting better.