I made it!!!!! One Year Tobacco Free Today!!!!

[Garemlin]

Well I made it!!!!!! Today marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of my first full tobacco free day!!!! I am much healthier, energetic, and have much more money in my pocket. Yes I have turned to vaping, but it is so much more healthy. Yes I get the nicotine. just not all of the tats, chemicals, carcinogenesis, and carbon monoxide I was breathing in before. Now it is time to start weening myself down on the nicotine levels until I reach zero. After all the ups, downs, stress and turmoil I have been through in 2013 it still amazes me that I did not resort back to smoking. But here it is. The last pack of cigarettes I ever purchased. I bought this pack on March 4th 2013 before my initial starter kit came in. I smoked exactly 4 cigarettes from this pack and the pack has been in the center console of my car for the last year. I think it is either time to get them bronzed or just throw them away. It has been with the help and support of family, fiends and several awesome companies like DelawareVapor.com ECBlend Smokeless Image Halo-E Liquid V2 Cigs DesertVapes - Electronic Cigarettes Completevape.com as well as members of E-Cigarette-Forum that ha got me through it. The big hurdle is out of the way. The 1 year milestone. I will continue on with my much healthier habit of vaping and will eventually work my way completely off of that too. But this is my 1 year mark. After 17 years of smoking this is my longest stretch without a cigarette. Don't miss them. Don't want them. And surely don't ever want to depend on them again.

 

[Randall.K]

Congratulations

 

[28if]

Great news! Good Job staying off cigarettes. (I love threads like this - gives us recent converts hope)

 

[Talyon]

Ty for sharing OP, that is a wonderful accomplishment you should be proud.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

Congrats! Hit that mark myself a few months ago!

 

[baseballmom]

COngrats to you, that is great-can't wait to get there myself!

 

[Heisenberg0914]

its different for everyone but heres what I did for lowering nicotine. It was a total accident lol

I started out with 12mg and had to go up to 18mg because it wasn't cutting it. A few days later I started to chain vape and it was causing headaches from to much nicotine. I decided to pick up a 0mg and put it in its own tank so I can chain vape and puff the nicotine whenever I got a nic craving. I am now vaping 0mg 90% of the day and down to 9mg when I puff the nicotine tank. Idk what happened but anything above 9mg is just way to strong for me now after smoking 0mg for most of my days for a week. I only smoke the 9mg with my morning coffee and take a few pulls in the afternoon. I guess my body adapted FAST to 0mg with minimal nicotine, I don't even get cravings anymore, I just use the 9mg so a craving doesn't sneak up.


PS I am a newb and started 13 days ago so I don't know if this will work for anyone else but it can't hurt to let people know.

CONGRATS!

 

[Pappy]

Congratulations!

 

[Nanny22]

WOW! Congratulations ~ that is a real accomplishment and an inspiration to those of us who are just starting out. Hope you celebrate today!

 

[JoAnnW]

Congrats Garemlin!!! You have every reason to be proud!

I started at 24mg a year ago and now I'm down to 12mg. I've recently started adding some 6mg juice to gradually reduce my nic level. It's good to have the flexibility to reduce the nic level at your own pace.

Enjoy your 2nd year being tobacco-free. Happy Vaping!

 

[Sirius]

Garemlin -- Gratz on one year quit with the stink sticks! I am 6 months now and nicotine down to 6mg. I could quit vaping at any time but I actually do enjoy it. lol

 

[DavidOck]

Congrats!!

Passed my 1 year mark last October, and it's certainly a great milestone, isn't it

Other than getting ready for being taxed or banned out of vaping, I personally don't see a great need to get off nic. There are definite benefits to it for cognitive function, it's a mild stimulant like caffeine (and NO WAY I'm going off that!), and without the poisons from burning plant matter....

But if you do, maybe just start stepping down a bit at a time? Get your favorite flavors at a lower nic and give it a try. If it's too low, mix it 50-50 with the current level to hit the mid point. Or just keep the lower level and chain vape until you taper back off to the amount you're currently vaping, stay there awhile, and then take another step?

 

[Mark Anthony]

Congrats on the milestone.... and it's a big one too!!!

 

[ric23]

Congratulations!!!

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Awesome!

I hot on your heels man! Great job! Keep on Vaping

 

[choochoogranny]

Being an old person having had to take care of a much older father in law for 12 yrs, I'm here to tell you that maintaining cognitive function is very important. If is does prove out that nicotine helps senior citizens maintain awareness, I'd rather get it from vaping rather than a patch or gum!

Congrats on your one year anniversary!

 

[daleron]

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[DavidOck]

Being an old person having had to take care of a much older father in law for 12 yrs, I'm here to tell you that maintaining cognitive function is very important. If is does prove out that nicotine helps senior citizens maintain awareness, I'd rather get it from vaping rather than a patch or gum!

Congrats on your one year anniversary!

You can start here: Development of nicotinic drug therapy for co... [Eur J Pharmacol. 2000] - PubMed - NCBI

Lots of other info out there. I googled "nicotine and cognitive disorder" (no quotes) ang got over 2 1/2 million hits, but NIH seems like it's not likely to be touting a panacea

 

[Buggainok]

Big congratulations on one year without cigarettes!

I love it that you kept that last pack! I have one just like it, sitting in my cigarette case in my bedroom. I see it every night when I go to bed, smile, and walk on by!

 

[dash]

WTG! Congratulations