Need Advice Please

[guitarman1956]

I'm new to Ecigs. So, I bought my Apollo Extreme system and have been using them here and there. I can't seem to take that final step and leave regular smokes behind. Anyone else have this issue? Advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

Greetings from Canada! Welcome to ECF!

My advice is "Relax! Enjoy!"

There is no pressure to quit completely. If you cut out a few cigarettes, that's fine. There is no pressure. Every one you don't smoke counts far more than the ones you do. Take the time to get aquainted with vaping. Read lots on this Forum. Decide what might help you most to get from where you are now to where you want to go.

Before long you will be flooded with suggestions, so hang on and .....

Relax!

Enjoy!

 

[-Optics-]

I didn't have much trouble. I was really excited to get into vaping when I bought mine. It took 2 days for me to drop analogs for good, mainly because I just wanted to finish the cigarettes I had left. Once they were gone, I was done. It could be you just need to find a juice you love. I ordered from Smokeless image with their Volt kit and they have a lot more options in flavors than that Apollo. So having an array of flavors that I got, it helped in getting me interested. Maybe I got lucky finding a juice I loved in my first week to keep me going. Purevapes.com has a lot of great flavors and is local to me so I picked up a large amount early on to sample. I love minty juice and his peppermint is my all day vape and keeps me on track.

I did try an analog about 10 days after I quit just to see, and knew immediately I was done. Couldn't stand it which was great. Biggest thing is to just be vigilant with stopping the analogs. If you have some left, don't buy more. Swap in smokes with vaping here and there and when your pack is done just leave them. Don't purchase more and keep vaping. It's not uncommon to chain vape all day while transitioning so don't be afraid if you think you're doing too much. Unless you do a ton and start to feel sick lol. Like I said, I think the biggest thing is to just stick with it and stop buying analogs. Go a week and see how you feel. Sample various juices and finding something you love will definitely help.

 

[Dana A]

Just keep trying different flavors . One will end up being better than analogs to you and you will make the change. Don't give yourself a dead line to quit and you won't set yourself up to fail. Oh and welcome to the ECF

 

[JAY73]

take your time it took me almost a year of back sliding evan with a decent set up do not beat yourself up if you partake of the stinky... and as always.....
love peace & chicken grease...

 

[Tezcatlipoca]

For me, the right PV/juice combo was what finally got me to quit. I had vaped casually for about two years before I quit, but that was with juice and a device that I didn't like that much. The worst part is that I would take my normal smoke breaks outside, but then vape inside in the interim! I can't believe I survived the likely near-lethal amounts of nicotine I was getting! When I got serious about quitting, I got some juice I liked (mostly Backwoods Brew), got a PV I liked (the eGo-C), set a date so I could mentally prepare for it, and quit. It wasn't as hard as I expected, and 3 months later, I'm quite comfortable with the idea of never smoking another analog. If you take regular smoke breaks, you could try substituting a vape session now and then and increase incrementally until you're there, but that's just a suggestion. Setting a date and making a clean break is what worked for me. Good luck!

 

[cliftonhicks2006]

honestly i quit smoking analogs the day i got my e cig i purchased the joye 510 manual model from vaporleaf.com and when i got it in the mail i had just ran out of analogs so i started with the e cig and havent touched a analog since i got it so i guess it all has to do with your plan i bought mine because i got tired of paying the high dollar price for cigarettes i have only had my e cig for alittle over a week but have no desire to smoke a analog. in that week i already feel better i dont get bogged down like i did when i smoked that first cigarette for the day although i do chain vape which i am still trying to get my liquid amount down right but the only advice i have is like the others said pick a date and stick to it. with the many flavors out there its kind of impossible not to find a flavor you will enjoy for me i get the blended tobacco flavor from vapor leaf and then my sweet flavors from vaporbomb.com i havent figured out my pg or vg level yet maybe someone can give me some advice on that issue lol

 

[sailorman]

honestly i quit smoking analogs the day i got my e cig i purchased the joye 510 manual model from vaporleaf.com and when i got it in the mail i had just ran out of analogs so i started with the e cig and havent touched a analog since i got it so i guess it all has to do with your plan i bought mine because i got tired of paying the high dollar price for cigarettes i have only had my e cig for alittle over a week but have no desire to smoke a analog. in that week i already feel better i dont get bogged down like i did when i smoked that first cigarette for the day although i do chain vape which i am still trying to get my liquid amount down right but the only advice i have is like the others said pick a date and stick to it. with the many flavors out there its kind of impossible not to find a flavor you will enjoy for me i get the blended tobacco flavor from vapor leaf and then my sweet flavors from vaporbomb.com i havent figured out my pg or vg level yet maybe someone can give me some advice on that issue lol

That's the way I did it. Got a Joye 510 and quit the same day.

I wouldn't worry about the PG or VG level unless you have an allergy or sensitivity to PG. In general, PG is more flavorful. VG produces more vapor, but it mutes the flavor and the throat hit that the nicotine provides. If you want maximum flavor and throat hit, use 100% PG. If you want maximum vapor and minimum throat hit, use 100% VG. I have a slight intolerance to PG, so I use 70%VG and 30%PG. Most people do just the opposite. Also, VG is thicker so the juice doesn't wick as well in CE2 type cartomizers, and it may gunk up your atomizer or cartomizer faster than PG will.

Basically, if you don't have a problem with PG, just leave it up to the juice maker. They know what makes their juice taste best.

 

[Outre]

I'm new to Ecigs. So, I bought my Apollo Extreme system and have been using them here and there. I can't seem to take that final step and leave regular smokes behind. Anyone else have this issue? Advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Advice? Time.

Everyone is different. Everyone's experience vaping will be different whether they quit cigarettes right away, or take time doing so. Your experience is uniquely your own and no matter how long it takes, it's good.

That said I'll add this, everyone's taste in vaping liquid is different as is their like/dislike of their equipment setup.

The best bet is to continue as you have been, read the forum for whatever information you still need, get samplers wherever you can and enjoy your new experience.

My point is you've got to like your equipment, love your juice, and be at the right nicotine strength - for you - to even consider giving up cigarettes.

Even though I stopped cigarettes immediately upon getting my first kit, my objective has been to step down to a zero nic juice from the start. After vaping 12 mg for five months I started the stepping down and that first "step" had me thinking about cigarettes again. I just vaped more often.

A year in here I tried going zero nic in my last batch order and it's not working. I'm scavenging old bottles to mix with the zero nic flavors while a new batch of 5 mg comes in.

I'll get there, it will take me a little more time than anticipated, but I will.

You will too

 

[Kay1959]

Some people quit smoking the day they pick up an ecig, and some gradually get off them. Don't stress yourself out over having an analog while you're looking for your 'sweet spot' (sweet spot means The PV, carto, juice that you LOVE) Once you find your combination, cigarettes will be HISTORY! And you'll never look back! Also, I'd suggest a higher level of nico to start with and like Outre says, you can wean yourself down from that. I started vaping with 0 nic and it did NOT work. You have to learn to trust your ecig like you trusted your analog to do what it's supposed to do...take care of that nico urge. Your brain has learned from YEARS of experience that to curve that crave you have to smoke a cig. Give your brain alittle tiime to get used to this change.

 

[mafig]

hi guitarman1956 & welcome to ECF..i take yr 1956 is yr year of birth?..if that is so,U R my junior..i am 1951 and a smoker for over 30+yrs but now a vaper for just over a year..when i started it took me a while be4 i succumbed to totally vaping..in the beginning i did not have the right gadget until i got hold of 510T from TW..and since then i progress to many different eGos..and finally settled on the variable voltage eGo..just cannot stop vaping & enjoy so much learning the art of vaping(many pitfalls to begin with and through this forum i learn to improve on the usage of e-cig)..now it is as natural and easy to use my e-cig and the benefit from using e-cig to analogs is very obvious..no more coughing,out of breathe and yr tastebuds and smell returns..so slowly get use to vaping and U will love the changes in U like i did..regards mafig

 

[Stormlark]

I'm also new. Just started vaping this morning. Glad to hear that it's OK to be chain vaping. I can't seem to put the thing down for very long. I'm sorry to hear you're having problems quitting the regular cigs. I've been a bit uncomfortable today, but have been able to resist the urge. One thing that helped me when I felt the worst was to treat the vape exactly the way I treated a cig. Instead of vaping constantly a few puffs here and there, I went outside with my MP3 player and spent 10 or so minutes with it, the same way I used to smoke. That seemed to trick my mind into thinking I'd had a real cigarette.

 

[pwmp44]

You need to want to give up the analogues. If you really do you will.

7 months for me now.

 

[kingcobra]

I didn't think I'd ever give up smoking. It took me 14 months of vaping and many, many attempts. It was far from easy for me, I had to make up my mind to go through the discomfort and then see where I'm at. I think that the secret for me, other than making sure I was getting enough nic, was to take it one hour at a time. Then once I had some real hours invested, I would take that into account whenever I got a strong urge to smoke and think, well I want to keep this experiment going instead, which is what it was.

So I stuck with the experiment long enough to finally get myself in a position of power, which meant I was in control now of whether I smoked or not, for the first time since 1978 when I started smoking. For all these years I have been a slave to smoking, I do think that this is a good mindset to take, not looking to quit necessarily, but to just get control over your life and then you can be in a better position to decide whether you are going to smoke or not.

So that's what I did, now I can choose to smoke or not and the way it turned out is that I now choose not to. Being able to choose, in itself, is way cool.

I can't emphasize enough though that if you are struggling a lot, you need to make sure you are getting enough nicotine. There are a bunch of other things that you get addicted to and have to break the addiction with from smoking, the other stuff you can't control other than with enough resolve, but with the nicotine we can control it, although you may need more of it during the quitting process, and maybe even beyond that. 24 didn't work for me. 28 didn't work for me. 30 didn't work for me. 36 does. Your needs may vary, some people quit on 18, if you are vaping 18 or 24 and croaking trying to quit, moving up may be the solution for you as it was for me.

 

[mccrji]

I started out with an NJoy starter kit from my local 7/11 store and stopped analogs the same day. I didn't feel the need for an analog, because it tasted almost similar to the cigs I smoked. The batteries had to be recharged over and over and over again which was driving me batty and the cartridges were starting to cost a pretty penny. That's when I found this site and with the recommendations I purchased a KGO. LOVE IT! I think the big thing that did it for me though was starting out with the NJoys and having that close taste to a real cig. Hangsen RY4 is a pretty good juice that was the next step for me to become analog free. Good luck to you! Ohhh, let me know if you find a place in Northern VA that sells juice. I would love to try to find something in the area where I could go in and try different flavors.