Just quit smoking 7 days ago, when does it get easier? : (

[Tbev]

Your nicking down too fast, stay with the higher nic for longer. Don't be in a hurry, Also the way I did it myself and my dad both 2plus packs a day, dropped nic as we got better equipment, I went from 24nic /18nic in a carto tank to 12nic in a kayfun, 9nic in a fogger I don't even tell my dad when I drop him and he doesn't know, for sure I'd hear about it! But when your getting more vapor you can drop your nic easily. You know your nic is too low when your going thru more juice. I run my bottom feeder @0.3ohm and I use 6nic in that or lower but I alternate off a couple devices ranging up to 12nic throughout the day.

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[FourWinds]

Your nicking down too fast, stay with the higher nic for longer. Don't be in a hurry, Also the way I did it myself and my dad both 2plus packs a day, dropped nic as we got better equipment, I went from 24nic /18nic in a carto tank to 12nic in a kayfun, 9nic in a fogger I don't even tell my dad when I drop him and he doesn't know, for sure I'd hear about it! But when your getting more vapor you can drop your nic easily. You know your nic is too low when your going thru more juice. I run my bottom feeder @0.3ohm and I use 6nic in that or lower but I alternate off a couple devices ranging up to 12nic throughout the day.

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I agree with this. I think 18 to 6 was too much of a drop even though the 18 was clearly too much for you; try 12.

Also the point is well made about equipment. I have been on 24 for 6 months and still am, but I recently did in fact drop my nicotine intake. That's because I have swapped to little cig-a-like V2s. I don't feel the need for big clouds currently, I don't chain vape a lot, and I like being able to throw the little V2 and a second battery in my pocket and forget it.

 

[Tbev]

What equipment are you working with bud.?

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[Lurch]

You have received a lot of good advise from people who have been through it! I just wanted to stop by and encourage you to stick with it! Don't give up!

 

[Vaslovik]

I've been looking around and i've seen mention that the cravings never really stop, some people even saying they have them years later. Which in my eyes makes it seem hopeless. I had planned to use vaping as a crutch to get off smoking then stepping down my nicotine to get off of vaping...

Oh dear, I understand that kind of thinking, I do, but unless you have arrived at a certain state of mind about smoking and what it's doing to you it's really hard to quit the cigs. You want to quit because you know you should, but you still like smoking, but you know you should quit that, but you still like it, endless circle.

When I picked up my first ecig I was sick of smoking, and I had serious health issues from smoking 2 1/2 packs a day for many years. I had pain in my legs while trying to sleep at night, serious pain, from peripheral arterial disease, and I coughed a lot of gunk up out of my lungs, and I felt I was a slave to that pack of cigs, and the next pack and the next pack, and I was sick of the stinky messy ashtray, and the holes burnt in my clothes and the stink from all the butts in the trash can next to my desks, on and on. I went through 3 cartons a week easy, and it cost a ridiculous amount of money for what? Health problems and addiction.

My first ecig was an absolute piece of crap. It was called the SmartEcig (tm). A friend gave it to me, it would get horrid juice in your mouth and you could vape on it for two hours tops before you had to charge it for three hours, but even so, I didn't need to smoke while I could use it. I saw a way out, and I knew there had to be a better way. There was, and I got an ego setup as soon as I could, started vaping 18 mg juice in it, and it helped a lot. In two days I was vaping only and not smoking at all. I gave away the last of my smokes.

Since then I went from the ego rigs to a mech and RBA, I'd been such a heavy smoker I needed a heavy vape. I'm happy with where I'm at now, vaping DIY 12mg juice, far healthier, and spending a LOT less money.

So bottom line, quitting cigs because you think you should, and thinking you should quit vaping after that might not be quite the right approach. I think you have to arrive at that place where you really want to be free of your cigarette slavery because you are truly sick of it and what it's doing to you.

 

[AllTheNamesAreTaken]

Thanks for all the advice guys, I'm using a mvp 2.0 with a protank 2 for the person that asked. And really I think I'm doing fine at 6mg so far haven't even picked up my iclear30 which is full of 18mg.... There may be a light at the end of the tunnel after all, today didn't even really have a craving, but was really busy at work and just got home hoping to just stay as busy as I can to keep my mind off of it

And one thing I've noticed is that coming on this forum and reading/talking about it really does help, so many kind and helpful people here that are either going through the same thing or have already done it.

So thanks again guys sure u will be seeing more of me around

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[Harlen]

It's ben a little over a year for me.
When I started it was hard for me till I got some juice that was 36mg/ml nicotine then it got better .
I'm down to 6mg/ml it's a long road but one day I will stop vaping till then I'm a non smoker and that's great with me.

 

[DaveP]

The first week is a rough one, but it gets better. The easiest way to quit for me was to continue smoking one or two with coffee in the morning and one after every meal while vaping at will. I did that for a long time before quitting those last few and I was a 35 year 2 PAD smoker who had quit twice, one of those times for over 2 years and started back.

The hard way is cold turkey, even with vaping as a backup. Lots of us here quit after vaping and smoking for a while and backing down on the number we smoked. That works.

I didn't try to stop smoking when I started to vape. At the end of the first week I vaped I suddenly realized that I was only smoking a few. I decided to allow myself one or two in the morning with coffee and one after each meal. I also allowed one before bed if I wanted it, and I usually did.

I did that for a long time, probably longer than I should have. One day I decided to quit those too. I did and there were no cravings and no desire at all for another one. I think the reason I was so successful was that I didn't try to quit cold turkey. The last week I smoked my after meal cigarette with my mod in one hand and a lighted cigarette in the other. I took a drag off the cigarette and then a vape back and forth until the cigarette was gone. After a few times doing that I decided that the cigarette tasted nasty and the vape tasted really good. That sealed it for me. I only needed nic from one source and it was going to be the ecig.

I finished the pack and tossed it. I haven't even wanted another cigarette since then. Right after I quit I could stand in the smoking area with my ecig and not want to light up. It's all a matter of getting your mind wrapped around the fact that your ecig delivers all the nicotine you need. The mental part is far rougher than the physical addiction.

 

[klynnn]

I smoked decades and it took me awhile. The more I read this forum and people talked about cigs I got the urge. I kept vaping though... even when I would have a cigarette just to see what it tasted like and if I really wanted or needed t. I had this idea that it would take my mind off the cravings. I was doing well but had to try one at 4 mos then 7 mos. I really haven't had one since then, they really taste bad. I had the misfortune to find some lousy juices years ago but once I started diy it made a big difference. Now I have no urges thank heavens.

 

[LouiseBelcher]

YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Keep a positive mental attitude, and come here (or your local B&M) for support/advice!!!

 

[Tarja]

My 46th birthday was 12/11. The day before I had my last analog.

Being a chainsmoker, I started with 24mg. The first few days, all I really missed was the analog *taste*. After about a week, upgrading from V2s to a joyetech system, AND finding a juice that tasted good, I no longer had that analog urge. Quitting isn't about solely the nicotine; it's also the psychological and the tactile which drive those urges.

After a month or two, I dropped from 24mg to 18...then to 12, and now I'm down to 6. I'm hoping to cut back to 3 or 0 at some point, because right now, it's all about the actual flavour for me, not the nic.

Finding yourself all over again takes time, and the right combination. You'll feel when it's *right* to try to cut it down. And if it doesn't work? Bump it back up. Don't set yourself up with unrealistic goals, and don't be disheartened if cutting back doesn't work initially. Just adjust to the situation.

After 25+ years of smoking, and "quitting" dozens of times only to fail epically, vaping has been the one thing that has been the easiest and most rewarding to my mental and physical health.

 

[Trinip]

Ugh those first couple weeks royally suck. Just push through them. Cravings seems to last for hours but in reality they are minutes. I heard a good trick is to actually time your cravings. That should tell you that they are not as bad as you think.

 

[Tom Servo]

I tried quitting cold turkey about a year ago. To say it didn't go well is putting it mildly.

I started smoking again, and I beat myself up over it. That was a mistake.

I tried vaping out of curiosity, and it did remove a lot of the cravings. They still came, but they were fewer and farther between. I went from 25-30 cigarettes a day to less than ten in less than a week. I did not beat myself up over those ten. I did not consider them to be a failure on my part. Instead, I took satisfaction in all the times I wasn't smoking.

It's been two months, and I still have two or three cigarettes a day, but I'm within sight of kicking those as well. Frankly, I'm just smoking those because the habit (not so much the nicotine) is so deeply ingrained.

The trick for some (and I think this is skewed towards the multi-decade smokers) is to gradually replace cigarettes with vaping. Just remember that you're smoking less than you were before, and you'll get there.

 

[AndriaD]

I tried quitting cold turkey about a year ago. To say it didn't go well is putting it mildly.

I started smoking again, and I beat myself up over it. That was a mistake.

I tried vaping out of curiosity, and it did remove a lot of the cravings. They still came, but they were fewer and farther between. I went from 25-30 cigarettes a day to less than ten in less than a week. I did not beat myself up over those ten. I did not consider them to be a failure on my part. Instead, I took satisfaction in all the times I wasn't smoking.

It's been two months, and I still have two or three cigarettes a day, but I'm within sight of kicking those as well. Frankly, I'm just smoking those because the habit (not so much the nicotine) is so deeply ingrained.

The trick for some (and I think this is skewed towards the multi-decade smokers) is to gradually replace cigarettes with vaping. Just remember that you're smoking less than you were before, and you'll get there.

So right... I smoked for 39 yrs and also had plenty of failed attempts to quit... but this time, when I started vaping, it was so great, when my husband got home, to announce, "I've only had 7 cigarettes all day!" and that gradually turned into "3 cigarettes all day!" and finally there were 3 days where it was "1 cigarette all day!" At that point, continuing to smoke just felt kinda stupid; I wasn't enjoying it, I was getting better throat hit from vaping, and I knew that every time I smoked one, I was just reinforcing the habit yet again, even if I didn't smoke another all day. Really, the only time I would consider "hard," was that first morning without a cigarette -- that morning-smoke was the only one I had, for those 3 days, so that first smoke-free morning, I'd already been smoke-free for 24 hrs. I just kept vaping like mad, kinda craving, wondering when it was going to get REALLY bad... but it never really did. And when I was first trying to learn to dry-burn coils, I got all stressed, and really did have a craving... so I got my eRoll (cigalike) even though I had already moved past cigalikes, pretend-smoked for a while, and it passed.

The 3-week and 3-month points really do seem to be "trouble" spots, because of all those other chemicals leaving your body around those time-frames, but I didn't have cigarette cravings, I just felt depressed and negative. Those moods passed too.

Andria

 

[Kasanova]

It got better to me at week 3. so far, no cigarette since march. Best decision ever!!!! just hang on, you will get there, I don't even think about having a analog(cigarette) any more. I think they are disgusting, I like smelling good and not like an ashtray

 

[ArtyPa]

It doesn't get 'easier' it just gets normal not to smoke.
Without vaping i'd be in a real 'panic'
My story is like others BUT it is MY story.
Start with nic flavor and zero nic same flavor and gradually reduce dose ( weeks not days ).
That can be done by mixing drops of nic with drops of nic. Over time you are weaned off nic altogether (if thats your wish).

Vizualize where you want to be and take real steps to get there.

Good luck...you CAN and (more mportantly) ARE doing this.

The entire ECF community is right beside you on this.

 

[Domkayfunimous]

I started vaping the same day I quit smoking. Started with a menthol 12mg juice and it was nice for about a week but I had also bought vanilla bean ice cream and I started to really enjoy it and gave the menthol to a friend. Now I am into it with several different flavors, peanut butter, lady in red, dark side, french vanilla custard (which is unreal!). The right juices will make it easier to get away from analogs.
I'm on 3mg juice now.

Haven't thought about an analog from the moment I bought I made the transition.

 

[GPC2012]

I started at 12 and a month and half later dropped to 6, it just wasn't getting it for me. I'd chain vape all day and still feel like I wanted more. Took it back up to 9 and am doing great there.

 

[Lucid Kaos]

Well I have been smoke free for about 3 months now. The first week was rough, but once I found the right nic level and setup for me, it became cake. I wasn't a heavy smoker but I did smoke for almost 30 years averaging about a pack every two days. I can't even stand the smell of cigarettes anymore. Hard to believe that I smelled like that for many years!

 

[s3cretz]

Smoke free for 1.5 years now. Everyone is different but for me it was about a month. Stick with it!