If you switched from analogs to vaping...

[RedhddOne]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke - Around 1/4 of a pack
2. How long did the switch take - Instantly
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. - Zero
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch. - Is a "crap ton" an acceptable answer? If so, a "crap ton"!!!
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch - 6mg Because of how little I was smoking prior to vaping, I didn't want to overdo it. I'll be switching to 0mg very soon.

I realize I'm not a typical case and most people would say, "Why don't you just quit totally?" The fact is, I always enjoyed the "feeling" of smoking. That is what I'm addicted to, not the chemicals anymore.

vape on!

 

[lookin2quit]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke
Around 2
2. How long did the switch take
Took me over a month to get over the last few
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch.
Usually 3-4 analogs and vaping all day
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch.
Constantly, but then again I just about always had an analog in my hand before anyway.
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch
Started with 18mg, moving down now to 11, hope to eventually quit altogether.

 

[Juicehead]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke 1 pack/day - Marlboro lights
2. How long did the switch take As long as it took me to open my kit
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. ZERO
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch. Hard to say, 1 - 1.5 cartomizers a day
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch still rotating between 12mg and 6mg

 

[VapingRulz]

1. Smoked 1-2 packs per day for 37 years
2. Switch was immediate
3. No analogs at all since I began vaping
4. I vape a lot. I use 2.5ml of juice per day.
5. Started at 36mg (for 3 mos). Now use 24mg; sometimes 18mg.

 

[Phreaker]

1. about a pack a day (Marlboro Lights)
2. about a week
3. just a couple, maybe 3
4. 1-2 ml
5. started with 24mg, quickly went to 18mg

 

[WomanOfHeart]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke? 1 to 1.5 PPD for 30 years
2. How long did the switch take? Instantly. I quit the day I got my Riva and hadn't been planning to quit.
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. Zero, zip, nada
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch? 3-5mls per day.
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch? I started at 18mg but still had cravings, so I bumped it to 24mg and went back and forth between the two for about a month. Now I vape 18mg exclusively without any problems.

 

[Loreta]

This is only day 2 for me so it's still early. I smoked a pack a day for the past 30 years. On day 1 I dropped down to 15, but hardly used my e-cig. Today I smoked 8 and have been vaping on and off most of the day. Hoping to make the change gradually in hope that I never touch a cigarette again..

I didn't really like the e cig at first, but now it doesn't seem so bad...

 

[mlinky]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke
1 pad Kools for 40 years
2. How long did the switch take
About 2 weeks
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch.
Averaged 3 cigs/day during the 2 weeks...vaping about 2ml/day
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch.
3ml/day
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch
I started at 18mg. Stopped all cigs when I went to 24mg

 

[Dooter]

1.) 1/2 -3/4 pack of Marlboro Lights a day
2.) Switch was instantaneous, even though I didn't think it would happen THAT quickly!
3.) 0 Analogs / 1-2 mL e-juice a day
4.) Still about 1-2 mL a day (3 months later)
5.) 12 mg nic during the switch, and I'm still using 12 mg

 

[emanguba]

1. 1 PAD
2. Failed attempt in early 2009; success on 11/2010
3. 1/2 PAD + vaping 2mL/day (transitional period)
4. Went from 2mL/day to current 3-4mL/day
5. Started with 24mg (11/2010), now at 8-0mg

 

[Ardeagold]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke - 1 1/4 PAD (Capri) - smoked 32 years

2. How long did the switch take - happened immediately

3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. - Zero analogs; about 5mls during switch

4. How much did you vape every day after the switch. - 3-5 mls

5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch - started too low at 8-12 mg, then went up to 18 and sometimes 24 during cravings. Now, I'm at about 18 mgs all day.

 

[dormouse]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke - 1.5-2 packs a day (lights)
2. How long did the switch take - within 1 cigarette - I had one cigarette while learning to use and fill my equipment.
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. - no analogs
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch. - about the same as I smoked, i.e. 1.5-2 packs worth of drags but distributed differently (i.e. sometimes more often than I smoked but just for a couple of drags each time). And I use maybe 1.5-2ml per day.
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch - 16-18mg (and yesterday after 2 months on 16-18mg I reduced my nicotine to 12mg)

One exception - due to not understanding a particular weirdness of my PCC I ran out of charged batteries twice during the first few weeks of vaping. Each of those times I had one analog while I waited for a battery to charge enough on AC to be vapable (partial charge while I charged the other). After that I bought more batteries, more chargers (for work and home), and emergency PTs for home and work, and learned the tricks of my PCC - I have never been without a charged battery since.

BTW - one thing to keep in mind - if a person starts with a PV that provides big drags, then their drags may provide more nicotine than the drags of someone who starts with a smaller or weaker PV. You can make a decent guess of your starting nicotine level but it's a good idea to bracket that and also get a some that's higher and a some that's lower. If you don't need it, you could always mix them together to make something close to the middle level you chose.

 

[ScottinSoCal]

Hoping to make the change gradually in hope that I never touch a cigarette again..

Take it at your own pace and switch over when you want to, but the real rewards come when you're off analogs completely. Your sense of taste and smell will come back, you'll find flavors in foods that you never knew were there. I spent the first week walking around work (I've worked here for eight years - all of them as a smoker until now) sniffing the air. I had no idea this is what my office smelled like. Or the cafeteria. Or my coworker when he gets back from the deli.

Not all the smells are good smells, true. I spent several days de-stinking my car because I couldn't stand to get in it. But now when I get in it, it smells like car freshener instead of old cigarette butts and stray ashes. And when I dust the dash it stays clean, because I drive with the windows up, all the time. And when it rains I don't have to block the window switches with my arm (soaking myself in the process) to keep the rain from dripping on them.

 

[TonsO>apoR]

1. I smoked 1 - 1 3/4 PAD for 15yrs
2. Switch happened over 1 month period
3. Between 8 to 10 the first 2wks then dropped to 2 to 3 last 2 weeks 2nd month was totally off Analogs,
was going through 1 1/2 catromizers/day (LECIG Carts).
4. Using the Lecig KR808d-2 - 1 to 2 cartos/day. Then purchased DSE901 and was using 3 -5ml/day of 18mg.
5. 18mg once analogs were out switched to 24mg. Now depending on the flavor of ejuice i use between 18 -24mg.

 

[TonsO>apoR]

1. I smoked 1 - 1 3/4 PAD for 15yrs ......SORRY FORGOT TO ADD THIS MARLBORO REDS
2. Switch happened over 1 month period
3. Between 8 to 10 the first 2wks then dropped to 2 to 3 last 2 weeks 2nd month was totally off Analogs,
was going through 1 1/2 catromizers/day (LECIG Carts).
4. Using the Lecig KR808d-2 - 1 to 2 cartos/day. Then purchased DSE901 and was using 3 -5ml/day of 18mg.
5. 18mg once analogs were out switched to 24mg. Now depending on the flavor of ejuice i use between 18 -24mg.[/QUOTE]

 

[DC2]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke
3-10 cigarettes per day on average for the last 27 years

2. How long did the switch take
I was able to stop smoking cigarettes immediately if I wanted to

3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch.
I smoked one cigarette each morning for 5 days until they were gone

4. How much did you vape every day after the switch.
I have been vaping a bit less than 1ml per day since I stopped smoking

5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch
I started with 12mg, have stayed there ever since, and intend to stay there forever


Here is a poll that you might be interested in...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/80124-how-long-did-take-you-stop-smoking.html

 

[pkj]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day

2. How long did the switch take Stopped smoking same day my PV arrived

3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch. None - No cigs once I started vaping

4. How much did you vape every day after the switch. Estimate 2ml. ejuice per day, about same as now

5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch 24mg

 

[caffeinated]

1. How many packs a day did you smoke
- One pack a day, pretty much exactly. For 30+ years.

2. How long did the switch take
- 3 weeks

3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch.
- Week 1: 4 analogs a day - wake up, lunch, afternoon commute, before bed
- Week 2: 2 analogs a day - wake up, before bed
- Week 3: 2 analogs a day - wake up, before bed
- Week 4: all vaping

4. How much did you vape every day after the switch.
- I don't know... I started out vaping like I smoked; taking e-cig breaks at work like I did with analogs, etc. So, yeah, however much that would be.

5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch
- Started out with a supply of 24mg juice, but switched to 18mg when that ran out.

 

[toxicmissliz]

I've been smoking for about four years any where from a pack a day (sometimes more sometimes a little less depending on how stressful the day was). Yesterday I bought the Joye 510 from cignot.com, and 3 5mg bottles with different flavors of e liquid. I followed the advice of the veterns on the site and got a couple different nicotine levels to test out and figure out which works best for me. Not long after I first started smoking analogs I realized I was already smoking half a pack a day and couldn't believe that without even realizing it I was already addicted to them. Since them the thought of quitting has always seemed impossible, until yesterday when I bought my vape. For the first time in the past 4 years I feel confident that I can quit analogs! I can not wait to get my starter kit and start my journey to a cig free life!

 

[Free2BeMe]

If you switched from analogs to vaping...

1. How many packs a day did you smoke
2. How long did the switch take
3. Number of analogs and vapng each day during the switch.
4. How much did you vape every day after the switch.
5. What mg nicotine did you use to switch

I know it's different for everyone. But I just wanted to know YOUR experience. Thanks! (Yes, my kits on the way, LOL Mostly 25mg. ).

1 About a half a pack or more depending on the stress of the day.

2. Instant. The day it came and charged I stopped.

3. None.

4. I vape everyday as much as I like.

5. I started with 12 nic down to six and mainly 0. I didn't want to stay hooked on nic. I like the act of smoking so I just puff my 0 nic any time I want. I mainly do 12 or 11 when I first wake up or something.

Good luck on quitting. I can't speak for anyone else but this is the ONLY thing that worked for me! Its been almost 5 weeks straight!