Lit up an analog today, after 3 weeks off of it...

[BillyRayBob]

It's like this, Tom. Sometimes the vape is just not quite satisfying, so we try a cigarette. It's no better, and often worse. What's a feller to do?

Up the voltage a bit?

Good on ya tom_chang79! I had the same experience a couple times, it's a great feeling isn't it?!

 

[Kweb]

I don't even want to taste tobacco again. Hawaiian punch, root beer, blackberry, butterscotch and many other flavors will be what keeps me from ever smoking again.

Where did you find Hawaiian Punch? Sounds yummy!

 

[JR 137]

It's funny ...posting that you broke down and smoked an analog has become the "Walk of Shame" of the vaping world.

It's only a "wall of shame" if you let it be. I'm pretty sure having one cigarette every few weeks or so isn't going to kill you. It's not exactly a drug that's easy to overdose on. It may not be the best thing to do, but if you can genuinely limit yourself to one a month or so, what's the harm?

At least that's how I look at it. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[boomhower1820]

I haven't touched one since I made the decision to give them up. I am terrified I'll relapse. I loved smoking. I loved the taste, the feeling, the smoke itself. I just didn't like not being able to breath and the dying of cancer thing.

 

[mare ze dotes]

I can say that I never had the 'relapsing scares'. But we are here for you. Take care and talk to us. I hope we can offer encouragement.

 

[Islevapn]

I did the same, could only handle two drags.

 

[Cactus Breath]

I think it really depends on if switching over was easy or difficult. After I got my first "real setup" (not some Blu disposables), I was done smoking the next day. My Halo Triton and Halo juices tasted so much better and easily to care of the nicotine fix I needed. I got my stuff in the mail on a Thursday afternoon. Had one cigarette that night before bed, and 3 on Friday - first thing in the morning, after dinner and right before bed. There was no ceremonial last cigarette or feelings like I was going to miss it. It my feelings were simply that I don't need them anymore. I told myself I'd try to go one day without a cigarette. The only thing I think my body craved, as stupid as it sounds was the carbon monoxide light headedness. That feeling went away by lunch.

But again, everyone's different. Don't tempt fate if you don't absolutely have to. Part of the addiction is making yourself believe "let me try this to see if I can use it once." A lot of people relapse for all sorts of drugs that way, not just cigarettes.

Oh, the transition for me was very easy, and my gear wasn't even fancy - disposables, then a Greensmoke cigalike kit to start with. There was never any drama or 'ceremonial last cigarette' involved, nor did I put any pressure on myself or draw a hard line in the sand. I left myself the option to smoke cigarettes if I needed to (hence, the pack still in the desk drawer)....I just never felt the need once I started vaping. I don't miss smoking cigarettes one bit and have never really had to fight a hard urge to smoke one - a few mornings I woke up thinking I wanted that first cigarette of the day, but each time I figured I'd vape first and see if that took away the urge....and it has, every time.

I know some people have really struggled with it, and I consider myself fortunate that it was so easy for me - to be honest, I didn't think it was going to be since I had been smoking so much for so long. I didn't even enter into it with the firm idea of quitting completely, I just had the thought that maybe it would help me cut down on the smokes and maybe, just maybe to eventually be able to fully make the transition. To this day I'm still amazed at how painless and effortless it was for me. I bought the nJoy disposables the same day I bought my monthly supply of five cartons of Marlboros....those five cartons are still sitting up in the cabinet.

As I said in my previous post, I've been "curious" as to what a real cigarette would taste like now - but it doesn't amount to an urge to smoke. I like the fact that I'm not smoking, like the fact that I have no urge to, and like the fact that there's no drama, discomfort or suffering involved in either of the former. I know there are a lot of other addictive substances besides nicotine in cigarettes, and my body was used to having them for 25 years....and I have no desire to reawaken that monster when vaping fills the void quite nicely.

 

[bhswmc01]

I took a drag of a smoke a couple days ago when I was severely inebriated...holy *beep* it tasted awful. Took 2 cocktails and a lot of chain-vaping to get that taste out of my mouth!

 

[Kweb]

My hubby just started again (he quit cold turkey about two years ago) and I tried one of his. Gross. Don't think of it as a relapse- that's dumb. Think of it as...interesting.

 

[Dtori]

I have been vaping for long enough now that when Im in public areas and I even smell smoke on a person it makes me sick... I cant believe I smelled like that for so many years. Its disgusting..

 

[pufZeppelin]

Wow! It was absolutely disgusting.

I took about two puffs of the analog and couldn't take the taste and the feeling, I extinguished it, and grabbed my vape. Before vaping, I took what's left of my last pack of analogs and just threw it in the trash bin.

I did the same, found an emergency stash I had in my vehicle.

wondered, "how do one of those taste after a month"

el Yuko ! couple puffs and in the trash they went

I can say I am definatly done with the old stinkies and now vaping till the end...

 

[SmokStak]

Not to rain on anybody's parade but of course chemically-enhanced commercial tobacco is going to taste disgusting and it always has. I've had one analog since switching to vaping and it was a Nat Sherman Hint. It was delicious. I'm never going to go back to smoking but also don't like sweeping generalizations.

 

[Kweb]

Not to rain on anybody's parade but of course chemically-enhanced commercial tobacco is going to taste disgusting and it always has. I've had one analog since switching to vaping and it was a Nat Sherman Hint. It was delicious. I'm never going to go back to smoking but also don't like sweeping generalizations.

Well aren't you the hipster

 

[BigBaby]

I had 3 a few weeks ago on my birthday. They were pretty bad and the vapor production was terrible....like a 100% pg juice, in a dumpy 7ohm clearomizer at 3.2 volts.

 

[JR 137]

Not to rain on anybody's parade but of course chemically-enhanced commercial tobacco is going to taste disgusting and it always has. I've had one analog since switching to vaping and it was a Nat Sherman Hint. It was delicious. I'm never going to go back to smoking but also don't like sweeping generalizations.

My brand was additive-free American Spirit Menthol. When I switched over from Newports and had to buy a pack of Newports a few months later (store was out of mine and I was in a hurry), I tasted all the crap they put into my old cigs - especially ammonia.

American Spirits taste a lot cleaner, but after having one after about 3 months, it really tasted like crap. It tasted like inhaling campfire and licking an ashtray.

 

[JR 137]

Oh, the transition for me was very easy, and my gear wasn't even fancy - disposables, then a Greensmoke cigalike kit to start with. There was never any drama or 'ceremonial last cigarette' involved, nor did I put any pressure on myself or draw a hard line in the sand. I left myself the option to smoke cigarettes if I needed to (hence, the pack still in the desk drawer)....I just never felt the need once I started vaping. I don't miss smoking cigarettes one bit and have never really had to fight a hard urge to smoke one - a few mornings I woke up thinking I wanted that first cigarette of the day, but each time I figured I'd vape first and see if that took away the urge....and it has, every time.

I know some people have really struggled with it, and I consider myself fortunate that it was so easy for me - to be honest, I didn't think it was going to be since I had been smoking so much for so long. I didn't even enter into it with the firm idea of quitting completely, I just had the thought that maybe it would help me cut down on the smokes and maybe, just maybe to eventually be able to fully make the transition. To this day I'm still amazed at how painless and effortless it was for me. I bought the nJoy disposables the same day I bought my monthly supply of five cartons of Marlboros....those five cartons are still sitting up in the cabinet.

As I said in my previous post, I've been "curious" as to what a real cigarette would taste like now - but it doesn't amount to an urge to smoke. I like the fact that I'm not smoking, like the fact that I have no urge to, and like the fact that there's no drama, discomfort or suffering involved in either of the former. I know there are a lot of other addictive substances besides nicotine in cigarettes, and my body was used to having them for 25 years....and I have no desire to reawaken that monster when vaping fills the void quite nicely.

My experience mirror yours, except you had 5 more years of smoking and I only had 2 packs waiting.