Ok, relatively new to all this, but have just tried Grizwalds black cat and perpetual leche which are divine, and so have decided that as I have finished my packet of fags that those are the last I'm going to smoke and vaping only for me from now on (yikes!). Any tips/advice for making the transition easier?
Last analogue smoked - help!
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If you do fall off the wagon and end up having a ciggy at some point don't beat yourself up. The first few days are a little difficult, but everyone copes with it differently. I cut down over about 3 weeks on my analogue use, slowly vaping more than smoking. Got up one day at 5am for work, one cig left in the pack. Smoked it and thought lets see how long I can go just vaping - the rest is history. You do need to stay positive and keep telling yourself how well you're doing. Having supportive family and friends is a massive help too.
Make sure you have back up devices, nothing worse than being at work and your battery dies.
But apart from that, good luck. You're doing great so far
Make sure you have back up devices, nothing worse than being at work and your battery dies.
But apart from that, good luck. You're doing great so far
Hi jenpip,
What trouble is saying is true. vaping dehydrates you (well known fact) so just drink plenty of fluids while you vape. I think it is estimated to be about 2 litres of fluids a day, and it doesn`t all have to be water. Things like tea, or juice will do. Personally i like to drink tonic or soda water.
OK then Jenpip, if that's your real name, if you want to be successful in this quitting business the very best way is, for the first day or two, really hit the nic a little harder than you might think you need. It takes a half-hour or so for the vape-nic to hit your system but it stays with you way longer than with stinkies so you won't want an analogue. Say hi! to Billy for me, did I say I LOVED her.
Jenpip, it took me a while to get off the smokes. I never set a start/end date for making the transition.
Ignoring my cig-a-like phase (which lasted rather too long and cost me a fortune and nearly ruined my "emotional" life... nicotine withdrawal...) I started on my eGo kit with the intention of stopping immediately. In the end, I was still smoking first thing and once/twice in the evening for about a month.
Got there in the end though...
Ignoring my cig-a-like phase (which lasted rather too long and cost me a fortune and nearly ruined my "emotional" life... nicotine withdrawal...) I started on my eGo kit with the intention of stopping immediately. In the end, I was still smoking first thing and once/twice in the evening for about a month.
Got there in the end though...
As others have said, do not worry about having the odd smoke because the transition can be strange to adjust to.
I smoked for 40 years, liked smoking and never intended to give up, then 18 months ago started vaping, for the first 6 months I would have the odd ... here and there but for over a year now I have not even fancied one, I can breathe a lot better, I smell a lot better and can smell a smoker 100 metres away, and instead of spending £60 per week on tobacco it now costs me £6.
Stick with it and work your way up to some decent mod devices, some of them give an awesome vape, and if you find you are not getting on with the juices, experiment on others, there is one or more out there for you.
I smoked for 40 years, liked smoking and never intended to give up, then 18 months ago started vaping, for the first 6 months I would have the odd ... here and there but for over a year now I have not even fancied one, I can breathe a lot better, I smell a lot better and can smell a smoker 100 metres away, and instead of spending £60 per week on tobacco it now costs me £6.
Stick with it and work your way up to some decent mod devices, some of them give an awesome vape, and if you find you are not getting on with the juices, experiment on others, there is one or more out there for you.
Did the new evod clearomiser fit your old battery...how do you find it?
Well done on your 1st 24 hours j/p keep up the good work. when you are ready to move up to different mods/tanks etc, just ask you will get tons of help on this forum.
Well 24 hours will soon become 24 days, then a year.
I'm past the 12 month stage now and when I look back it's amazing how easy it actually was.
Keep up the good work, you're doing great so far
I'm past the 12 month stage now and when I look back it's amazing how easy it actually was.
Keep up the good work, you're doing great so far
My nephew has been vaping for years and years, but I've never really had an incredible urge to give up the fags, but my mum expressed an interest in giving ecigs a go after having her house redecorated all I'm white so tapped my nephew up for recommendations for a starter set.
I bought a set for me & her, but in all honesty, I didn't think either of us would stick with it. I ordered a ton of tobacco flavoured juice as well as my nephews recommendation for RY4.
Well, within a week my mum had gone from smoking 20 a day down to two, and I'd certainly cut down dramatically.
By week 2, she had run out of cigarettes and just simply didn't buy any more. She loves RY4, and has been picking up my cast offs as I search for something that isn't a compromise.
Over the weeks since, I've metaphorically binned the tobacco flavours - I just can't bring myself to even open some of the ones I bought, and am now finding that I'm actively choosing my ecig over the cigarette almost all of the time.
I'm certainly no vaping expert, and have found EVODs, Protank Mini 2 & my new Protank Mini 3 all make vaping clean and easy.
I don't beat myself up over the cigarettes I have smoked - it's a neutral decision to me. I've stopped carrying them with me, keeping them in the car all because I don't need them, and can honestly say that I don't see myself walking into a shop and buying some ever again. If I'd have out too much pressure on myself, I'd have been thinking about cigarettes all the time, and that would have been a recipe for disaster for me - I always want what I can't have!
It hasn't been an instant switch for me, but oh my goodness - I know all those rabid non-smokers always said that it stunk - it actually does!!
It certainly helps that most of my friends have also made the switch, so if you have a vaping buddy that could be good for you!
Best of luck!
I bought a set for me & her, but in all honesty, I didn't think either of us would stick with it. I ordered a ton of tobacco flavoured juice as well as my nephews recommendation for RY4.
Well, within a week my mum had gone from smoking 20 a day down to two, and I'd certainly cut down dramatically.
By week 2, she had run out of cigarettes and just simply didn't buy any more. She loves RY4, and has been picking up my cast offs as I search for something that isn't a compromise.
Over the weeks since, I've metaphorically binned the tobacco flavours - I just can't bring myself to even open some of the ones I bought, and am now finding that I'm actively choosing my ecig over the cigarette almost all of the time.
I'm certainly no vaping expert, and have found EVODs, Protank Mini 2 & my new Protank Mini 3 all make vaping clean and easy.
I don't beat myself up over the cigarettes I have smoked - it's a neutral decision to me. I've stopped carrying them with me, keeping them in the car all because I don't need them, and can honestly say that I don't see myself walking into a shop and buying some ever again. If I'd have out too much pressure on myself, I'd have been thinking about cigarettes all the time, and that would have been a recipe for disaster for me - I always want what I can't have!
It hasn't been an instant switch for me, but oh my goodness - I know all those rabid non-smokers always said that it stunk - it actually does!!
It certainly helps that most of my friends have also made the switch, so if you have a vaping buddy that could be good for you!
Best of luck!
Friends are key - if your friends smoke get them to try vaping. Otherwise my experience was to carry a closed pack of cigs and a lighter around with me for first two weeks - it just made me feel comfortable. I did not open them - about a month after I was ...... and decided to try a cig. I smoked about half of one and the taste was lacking, there was no throat hit and no vapour. That was when I realised I was converted. I still do occasionally have a rollie (2-3 times in last year) when drunk but have no interest in smoking in general. I still have an unopened pack in a drawer. For some that is temptation, but for me it serves as a reminder that this is a choice/preference.
I've got my last cigarette sitting in a box on a shelf by the fire and it's been there 10 days now!
I wonder if I've had it easier because I was on menthol cigarettes and had to be seriously desperate to smoke a plain one. Even so, from a packet a day for 40 years to none practically overnight is testimony to just how wonderful these things are.
I wonder if I've had it easier because I was on menthol cigarettes and had to be seriously desperate to smoke a plain one. Even so, from a packet a day for 40 years to none practically overnight is testimony to just how wonderful these things are.
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