I really had no intention of quitting smoking

[cyberwolf]

Welcome to the ECF! I intended to quit - sometime. I didn't intend to quite a few days after getting my first PV and I certainly never expected to be able to quit with a half-smoked pack of Winstons still in the car and in the house. I still have them, untouched after two years.

 

[Geralt]

I wanted to quit, but didn't think it would be so easy with an e cig. After trying a few cheap e cigs I still smoked but not as much. I got my 510 t last saturday, and have not touched a regular cig at all. This thing is a life changer for me.

 

[sluz]

Not so sure it's all for the best, myself.

I started vaping two weeks ago, with 18 and now some 24mg samplers I got. It's been really easy to quit. Cigarettes ARE gross. Nicotine is what I crave. The thing is, I think I'm getting myself even more addicted to it. It's so easy to puff away on these things, you just can't get the sick feeling chain smoking gives. You can puff away until you're buzzed and have a headache and heart palpitations. I wasn't prepared for being away from my charger the other night, and both my batteries died. I had a very, very strong nic fit. Worse than ones I think I've had on analogs. Luckily I had some Nicorette in my pocket, that I'd been carrying around "just in case," but the first only lasted me 45 minutes, when I was usually able to go over an hour or more with one 24mg Nicorette before....

I need to keep my ecig in a safe or something...I am finding it very hard not to vape, when I don't have any ill effects, and I know I'm not going to run out of juice. The emptying packet used to slow me down...I wanted to make it a day without buying another pack. It's a little too difficult to think about running out of juice, in oh, a month or two.

 

[mrv]

These stories sound familar. I started vaping just a week ago. I finished up the few analogs I had during the week. I must say the analogs taste nasty after having the fruity flavors. I doing the 24mg level.

I love this site.

Ya, and for those watching the counter - this is my first post.

 

[bmwjen]

don't feel bad. I had no intentions of quitting smoking either! I loved to smoke. period.
now with my favorite vape juices, cigarettes just taste like crap. and ewww I can't believe I put something that was actually on fire in my mouth .

 

[NCC]

The OP's post is very similar to my experience in January of last year. Except that I didn't need the PV to avoid living on the porch. I live alone and had always smoked indoors if I wanted to. Heck, it was nothing for me to kill an entire pack in an evening playing on the computer. I smoked a carton of cigarettes per week for at least 35 years. I bought my first PV as a curious gadget, nothing more. But I knew after my first few hits that this was going to be a game changer for me. Oh, and I had 3 cartons in hand, with 5 more cartons in transit to me at the time. Clearly, quitting cigarettes wasn't on my radar. Going on 16 months now and couldn't be more pleased.

 

[swedishfish]

Not so sure it's all for the best, myself.

I started vaping two weeks ago, with 18 and now some 24mg samplers I got. It's been really easy to quit. Cigarettes ARE gross. Nicotine is what I crave. The thing is, I think I'm getting myself even more addicted to it. It's so easy to puff away on these things, you just can't get the sick feeling chain smoking gives. You can puff away until you're buzzed and have a headache and heart palpitations. I wasn't prepared for being away from my charger the other night, and both my batteries died. I had a very, very strong nic fit. Worse than ones I think I've had on analogs. Luckily I had some Nicorette in my pocket, that I'd been carrying around "just in case," but the first only lasted me 45 minutes, when I was usually able to go over an hour or more with one 24mg Nicorette before....

I need to keep my ecig in a safe or something...I am finding it very hard not to vape, when I don't have any ill effects, and I know I'm not going to run out of juice. The emptying packet used to slow me down...I wanted to make it a day without buying another pack. It's a little too difficult to think about running out of juice, in oh, a month or two.

Two weeks is a very short time. I vape 24 mg. and when I can't vape or forget my pv now when I go out it doesn't bother me at all. This is what convinces me that we aren't actually 'getting' the nicotine that people think we are. Which is a great thing as far as I'm concerned.

So don't worry and vape away, and don't feel guilty about it.

 

[cyberwolf]

Not so sure it's all for the best, myself.

I started vaping two weeks ago, with 18 and now some 24mg samplers I got. It's been really easy to quit. Cigarettes ARE gross. Nicotine is what I crave. The thing is, I think I'm getting myself even more addicted to it. It's so easy to puff away on these things, you just can't get the sick feeling chain smoking gives. You can puff away until you're buzzed and have a headache and heart palpitations. I wasn't prepared for being away from my charger the other night, and both my batteries died. I had a very, very strong nic fit. Worse than ones I think I've had on analogs. Luckily I had some Nicorette in my pocket, that I'd been carrying around "just in case," but the first only lasted me 45 minutes, when I was usually able to go over an hour or more with one 24mg Nicorette before....

I need to keep my ecig in a safe or something...I am finding it very hard not to vape, when I don't have any ill effects, and I know I'm not going to run out of juice. The emptying packet used to slow me down...I wanted to make it a day without buying another pack. It's a little too difficult to think about running out of juice, in oh, a month or two.

You are probably at the point that you can start lowering your nic level if you find that you are chain vaping too much. I found the same thing as you a couple of months in and the switch to 18mg and then 12mg was very easy. Now I use 6mg sometimes when I'm vaping constantly.

 

[matrixxu]

When i ordered my e-cig , i was thinking of smoking 1 pack instead of 2 a day, and the rest of the time vape. Tried the e-cig... kept puffing, 5 hours later lit an analog to compare , thought " not much of a difference " - and that was the last one.

 

[punkflute]

I guess I kinda did intend to quit, but didn't expect it to happen this quickly. (I'm the daughter Desolation Angel mentioned that was more than a little interested in trying out the e-cigs.) The day I got my RiVa in the mail, I put down the analogs. Thanks to e-cigs and the support of my family, I have been analog-free for nine days now. I can't even imagine going back to those nasty things. I tried one shortly after quitting and hated it. I couldn't even remember why I liked them in the first place. I love vaping!

 

[ethnobot]

I had given up on quitting although my close family still wanted me to. I was just interested in vaping as a possible way to avoid having to go outside to smoke on days when it's pouring with rain (I wasn't banned from smoking indoors except by me but I never wanted to cause non-smoking family and friends to passive smoke) but even though the weather was fine the day I first tried a vape and I had plenty of baccy I kept just replacing "one more cig" with a couple PV hits. That was a few days ago and I haven't touched analogs since nor even wanted to. I'm more popular with family members too even though they regard my vaping as fairly eccentric because it doesn't do nearly as much harm and removes the simply unpleasant aspects like the stale smoke smell

 

[Nova Sphere]

I'm a accidental, but I hate the idea of being called a Quitter!

Go for it! I for one would be very interested in how many other 'accidentals' are around. (Although I'm not one )

 

[chevelle]

Welcome DA! Glad to hear of another "accidental" quitter! I needed to but I had no real intention of quitting after 32 years but I got a convenience-store PV (Njoy) to take along on a trip. It was going to be a 5 hour non-stop bus ride with a bunch of non-smokers. Was hoping to avoid any nicotine fits! Tried the PV and found that it really helped for the entire weekend. Just recharged it at the hotel. I was quite surprised how well it worked! Smoked only half as many cigs as usual so I got another kit...eventually was able to just quit completely once I got my eGo. Speaking of which - and this is just a passing thought - since you already have 510 equipment, you could just get some big eGo type batteries/charger and use your existing 510 attys, carts, tanks, cartos or whatever. Never have a hard time finding equipment for 510/eGo type stuff. The new big cartos are amazing. Just my 2 cents. lol.

Enjoy!

 

[Bdbodger]

My neighbour in the next condo over mentioned something about the smell of analogs in his bathroom . I realized that our exhaust fan ducts are connected . That is not why I tired an ecig though I had tried the nicorette tube and that sucked big time . I didn't really want to quit anyway . I like gadgets so I though why not . Wow glad I did . I almost right away went from 2 packs a day to 5 or 6 then ended up quitting altogether . I have sleep apnea and had purchased an oximeter to check that my cpap machine was working for that and also like to use it to check when the doctor gives me new meds . It checks your heart rate as well as your blood oxygen saturation level . Well long story short my average blood oxygen level has risen from 95% to 97% in the last month and my neighbour says he can't smell anything any more and to top it off I am saving $500 a month by not buying analogs any more . OK a lot of that has gone back into more ecig stuff but money better spent I think .