Just Wondering

[LifeSaverVapor]

I hear all the great stories of people quitting or cutting down drastically on analogs by using e-cigs. I quit completely after smoking a pack of analogs a day for almost 10 years the moment i opened up my 510 kit. I was just wondering. Is there anyone that these e-cigs haven't worked for at all?

 

[In_Fidel]

Can't say it hasn't worked for me. I had the exact same reaction after receiving my 510 kit also. Never going back to analogs ever, that's for sure.

 

[Guineahill]

I have friends who have purchased e-cigs and not quit smoking regular cigarettes. I think they had different motivation from the start however... or unreasonable expectations. The ones who have not succeeded with it are the same ones who didn't purchase backup parts, a variety of liquids, and are afraid of being looked at funny when out in public!

I think you are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes if you make sure you are stocked up with supplies and liquid and you WANT to quit or reduce the amount you smoke.

I completely quit the day my first kit arrived.

 

[2aruba]

I quit smoking analogs within a few days of receiving my 510. I smoked my last cig and refused to buy more. Every once and a while I get a craving for an analog, but find that it quickly passes. This has been much easier than I could have ever anticipated!

 

[Katmar]

Some people need more than just the ecig to quit entirely. They use snuff or snus to help with the transition and also to get what they are missing from the alkaloids in cigarettes.
Some of us just get lucky and the ecig seems to do the trick and allow us to put down the analogs for good.

 

[Kilroy]

If there are people that the ecig hasn't worked for at all, I doubt that you'll find them here.

 

[NCC]

I quit instantly too, and without planning to do so. But, there's a lady I work with who has had her PV for several weeks and she still seems to prefer cigarettes. She bought her PV because she rides to and from work in her non-smoking daughter's car. And she stealth vapes inside work, where smoking is prohibited. I keep thinking vaping may grown on her. Time will tell.

 

[tarheeldan]

I would think most of the people who didn't find much success started without much knowledge about what to expect and, more importantly, with less-than-stellar e-cig models. Great that those brick & mortar joints get the word out and all...but wish their product was a little better. I wouldn't expect anyone that gave up on both e-cigs and smokeless (snus, snuff, etc.) to be wandering around this forum though (or at least not many).

 

[Katattack]

My experience hasn't been the "I picked up my PV and laid down the analogs". I haven't had may problems at all just that I'm having to phase out analogs instead of just jumping over to full-time vaping. Still, I've cut back on analogs a lot and am finding more and more I like in the whole vaping experience.

Additional note: I think maybe I would be more successful if I didn't have analogs available at all times. Hubby is a smoker and doesn't want to quit or try vaping (that's totally his choice) but in reality it does make it harder for me to switch over fully.

 

[DC2]

The only reasons I can think of why electronic cigarettes might fail you at first...

1) Don't really care if you quit smoking or not, or weren't ready yet
2) Too young to care if you die earlier than you should be dying (see #1 above)
3) Bought a crappy product and didn't find good support (see #5 below)
4) Bought a good product but didn't find good support (see #5 below)
5) Didn't find this forum for good support and help to resolve your particular issues
6) Don't want to deal with ANY inconvenience (see #1 above)
7) Are scared by the FDA report that electronic cigarettes are full of death
8) Are scared by the media portrayal of electronic cigarettes (see #7 above)
9) Need something more than just the nicotine in cigarettes

If number (9) above is a potential issue, do more research.
If none of the above apply, there is something wrong with you.

 

[2aruba]

My experience hasn't been the "I picked up my PV and laid down the analogs". I haven't had may problems at all just that I'm having to phase out analogs instead of just jumping over to full-time vaping. Still, I've cut back on analogs a lot and am finding more and more I like in the whole vaping experience.

Additional note: I think maybe I would be more successful if I didn't have analogs available at all times. Hubby is a smoker and doesn't want to quit or try vaping (that's totally his choice) but in reality it does make it harder for me to switch over fully.

I agree with you Katattack, I think if I still had analogs around I would pick one up here and there.

 

[NCC]

I have five cartons of cigarettes left over from my pre-vaping days. Before they become hopelessly stale, I'm going to put a for sale note on the message board at work, maybe get a little bit of money out of them. My point is, I'm sitting on a large stash of cigarettes and they aren't tempting me at ALL. Oh, in my first several weeks I lit a few, more out of curiosity than anything else. I even managed to smoke one, with effort! The others I put out after a couple drags. Ewww. I know I'm lucky in this regard, just saying ...

OTOH, if I did want to smoke one now, I'd have to find a lighter. I'll be darned if I know where one is.

 

[AJMoore]

There are a few good polls here in ECF.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...please-follow-instructions-before-taking.html

 

[AJMoore]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/70661-e-cig-success-rate-v2-0-a.html

 

[AlexTM]

I've recently introduced three people to vaping; trust me, they were well supplied with hardware, liquid and advise. None of them, btw, is in any vaper's forum. Forums are just not their prefered method of communicating.

• One managed to quit completely after three days of vaping. He had hoped to eventually, but was still slightly sceptical.
• One desperately wants to quite completely, but cannot yet manage. She simply needs an analog now and then.
• And the third person has smoked for so long (50 years), she has a hard time simply imagining not smoking any more, but she finds herself using her PV more and more.

People are different, and it's hardly surprising they react differently to vaping. You also need to take into account that everybody here likes to jump in and say "I did it on day one!". People are far more reluctant to admit that they have been vaping for a while and are yet not analog free.

 

[Elapid]

My sister sent me and the wife some 901's to get started, now I use the 801 and the wife uses the 510. Gave my sister some 510's to try, now she is an avid 510 vaper. Sent my other sister a dozen 801 attys and all my old 801 batteries, I'm a high volt 801 vaper myself. Now the entire family are vapers, none of us smoke anymore. Both my wife and myself quit analogs with our first vape. I had 5 cartons of analogs and sold them at work, but the money I got for the analogs bought E-cigs for the people that bought the analogs. Now there are 3 more vapers at work and others are getting ready to make the change also. I sold the analogs with the stipulation that when they were gone and I gave them the E-cigs from the money they had to try the E-cigs, none of them smoke analogs anymore.
I think E-cigs are going to grow to levels we can't even imagine. Big Tobacco better get on the bandwagon and develop their own brand name E-cigs. If they don't, they will get thrown under the bus by China the same way the Japanese got the jump on the American auto industry during the gas crises in the 70's.

 

[AJMoore]

My sister sent me and the wife some 901's to get started, now I use the 801 and the wife uses the 510. Gave my sister some 510's to try, now she is an avid 510 vaper. Sent my other sister a dozen 801 attys and all my old 801 batteries, I'm a high volt 801 vaper myself. Now the entire family are vapers, none of us smoke anymore. Both my wife and myself quit analogs with our first vape. I had 5 cartons of analogs and sold them at work, but the money I got for the analogs bought E-cigs for the people that bought the analogs. Now there are 3 more vapers at work and others are getting ready to make the change also. I sold the analogs with the stipulation that when they were gone and I gave them the E-cigs from the money they had to try the E-cigs, none of them smoke analogs anymore.
I think E-cigs are going to grow to levels we can't even imagine. Big Tobacco better get on the bandwagon and develop their own brand name E-cigs. If they don't, they will get thrown under the bus by China the same way the Japanese got the jump on the American auto industry during the gas crises in the 70's.

Well said! You're a great friend to your co-workers and I couldn't agree more re: BT missing out on the timing.

 

[Hoosier]

It took me weeks to become "free" of analogs. Weeks. Sometimes reading the "I picked up the PV and never touched an analog again" stories were discouraging.

I've always liked tobacco. Chew, snuff, pipe, cigars, cigarettes, like them all.

I had to figure out how to vape. I had to figure out how much nic was enough and how much was too little. I had to incorporate the filling and maintenance into my day.

Face it analogs are easy. The motions require no thought. My 510 was not like that. Also I was not sure I wanted to quit. I knew I should. I knew it would be better, but "want" is different than "know".

It took some time. It took some effort. But I am happier now than I was. I smell, taste, and breathe better. It was all worth it.

Edit: Oh, and I still have a pack with only one cig missing in my vehicle and a carton with only one pack out in there too. Just do not want them now.

 

[AJMoore]

Hoosier - I get it, I have a full pack in the freezer. I no longer need to have them with me, or a lighter for that matter, but I need to know they are THERE. I don't see needing them but they are THERE.

 

[Guineahill]

I have half a pack in a ziplock bag in my freezer. I think I might keep them forever. Somehow it makes me feel better knowing they are there even though I haven't thought of them in a while.