Hi - I may be the newest of the noobs here at the moment. 
My wife and I just got on the highway out of Analogville after spending most of our adult lives there. For me, it's been about 30 years and I have been at 1-1.5 packs a day for most of that.
We have quit several times in the past - as I'm sure many have. We've tapered off, we tried meds, we even used acupuncture with the staple in the ear thing. Oddly enough - that one worked fairly well. Maybe it was the fear of being re-stapled that kept us away. Last time, we switched to a brand that tasted nasty, and lost interest in them. Tried that this time, but it failed - we learned to like them. But as luck would have it, nobody in town had them the other day and we were about out. My wife remembered a kiosk in the mall and suggested we check it out. I thought - cool. (I know better now.
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So we set ourselves up with the Fifty-One Duo. Of course we went for a flavor that was sort of like what we were smoking. It worked too - we didn't crave all evening and felt better in the morning.
On day two, we both started to think that the ecigs were not tasting very good. But we hung in there. Later that night, I tried an analog for taste comparison. The analog tasted truly foul. That was good, but luck was about to get a lot better.
First, we found ECF. Information overload is a good thing, right? Well, no worries because I also discovered a store nearby that was all ecig. So we made it through the evening and the next day we headed to the store. They had juice... OMG did they ever have juice! I'm also a long time pipe smoker - so I thought anything other than natural tobacco flavor was inherently evil. But that was another world - because here, what you smell is what you taste! Awesome!
Needless to say, our grossly overpriced and under-performing look-alikes had to go. The staff was incredibly helpful and spend an inordinate amount of time explaining, clarifying, and letting us sample different flavors, strengths, and even hardware to an extent.
I suspect the cig look alike served a purpose, it got us to try vaping with something that felt familiar. So it wasn't a total waste of $160... For as long as we used them, it was only $80 a day, and there were 2 of us - so 40 bucks isn't that bad, right?
We left the vape store with eGo-T's, spare everything, a bag full of juice bottles and the hope for a brighter future - a future that doesn't include tobacco! Altho - I do have mixed emotions about those thousands of dollars worth of briar pipes and cellared aged tobacco... I probably won't like them any more either.
So anyway - how about saying something back that I can answer - I really want to get my post count up to where I can have a banner in my siggy that will track my progress - love those! LOL
My wife and I just got on the highway out of Analogville after spending most of our adult lives there. For me, it's been about 30 years and I have been at 1-1.5 packs a day for most of that.
We have quit several times in the past - as I'm sure many have. We've tapered off, we tried meds, we even used acupuncture with the staple in the ear thing. Oddly enough - that one worked fairly well. Maybe it was the fear of being re-stapled that kept us away. Last time, we switched to a brand that tasted nasty, and lost interest in them. Tried that this time, but it failed - we learned to like them. But as luck would have it, nobody in town had them the other day and we were about out. My wife remembered a kiosk in the mall and suggested we check it out. I thought - cool. (I know better now.
)So we set ourselves up with the Fifty-One Duo. Of course we went for a flavor that was sort of like what we were smoking. It worked too - we didn't crave all evening and felt better in the morning.
On day two, we both started to think that the ecigs were not tasting very good. But we hung in there. Later that night, I tried an analog for taste comparison. The analog tasted truly foul. That was good, but luck was about to get a lot better.
First, we found ECF. Information overload is a good thing, right? Well, no worries because I also discovered a store nearby that was all ecig. So we made it through the evening and the next day we headed to the store. They had juice... OMG did they ever have juice! I'm also a long time pipe smoker - so I thought anything other than natural tobacco flavor was inherently evil. But that was another world - because here, what you smell is what you taste! Awesome!
Needless to say, our grossly overpriced and under-performing look-alikes had to go. The staff was incredibly helpful and spend an inordinate amount of time explaining, clarifying, and letting us sample different flavors, strengths, and even hardware to an extent.
I suspect the cig look alike served a purpose, it got us to try vaping with something that felt familiar. So it wasn't a total waste of $160... For as long as we used them, it was only $80 a day, and there were 2 of us - so 40 bucks isn't that bad, right?
We left the vape store with eGo-T's, spare everything, a bag full of juice bottles and the hope for a brighter future - a future that doesn't include tobacco! Altho - I do have mixed emotions about those thousands of dollars worth of briar pipes and cellared aged tobacco... I probably won't like them any more either.
So anyway - how about saying something back that I can answer - I really want to get my post count up to where I can have a banner in my siggy that will track my progress - love those! LOL
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