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[MalibuSunset]

hello everyone
i dont know if im doing this right but im going to give it a try............i lost my mom & grandfather to lung cancer..........terrible thing to watch............and yet still i could not quit after smoking 40 years...........( i know ive heard it all).........i happened across this site while i was researching e-cigs.........and started to read the posts not realizing i was doing a life changing thing...........to ALL of YOU there are no words enough to say THANK YOU.............i had my LAST cig Sept 8,2012.............and i am not going back.
i know that does not seem that long ago but to me its great ! i use e cigs now on low.........perhaps someday i can stop those also...
again thank you to all of you...............................

 

[440BB]

Congratulations and welcome! If you need any help just ask - after 5 posts you can post in most any forum where you have a question. It's great you've already gotten so far. Keep up the good work!

 

[flowerchild]

Congtrats!!! It is no small thing to quit after 40yrs. I recently lost my father due to alcoholism and its hard to think somebody would rather die than give up an addiction, i didnt want to be that person also so i gave up cigs and cut down drinking. Im sure you have done loads of homework on vapeing, I spent many many hours on the interweb learning all I could. This site was extremely helpful and I eventually joined as I wanted to reply to a post. I have yet to find any .....ing everybody seems to have one goal in mind and that is to help others enjoy the vapeing experience. I would strongly recommend the vapers handbook, its a very comprehensive Q & A and covers anything you could ask with youtube vids as well.

 

[surferbill]

glad for you to join im sorry to hear about your losses, but it's definitely awesome to know that you can help prevent the same awful issues by switching to vaping

 

[Curmudgeon]

Welcome to ECF. Congrats on quitting cigs.

If you haven't already, get yourself a decent rig that satisfies you and you'll have a great chance of staying off the analogs.

Good luck.

 

[steved5600]

Wow glad to see your doing good. I'm only a week ahead of you. Once I got away from the tobacco flavors I didn't want to go back. I threw out my tobacco flavored juice. I still have some cigars around but will give them away to a friend when I can remember to bring them. LOL
I have a group of friends and one of us started vaping and now it's up to 4. I have been working on a couple others to get them off the fence.
There was a friend of the family that died a long time back. She was a 2 pad smoker for a really long time. In the end she was in an Oxygen tent. She would throw such a fit for a cig that they would remove the tent and after a safe amount of time let her smoke to shut her up. Now I doubt they would let them do that now but that is how bad her addiction was.
That is how insidious addictions are. There is a mental and physical component to the thing. You have to satisfy both to bet it.

 

[Mr.mopar239]

Congratz you did the right thing its not easy to just cold turkey but with e-cigs it helps your temptation to pick up a cancer stix so far I have not smoked a cig for 5 going on 6 months and I feel so much better without all those nasty chemical's in my body. Best of luck to you.

 

[AmandaEm]

I am so sorry for your loss. I recently lost my Grama to lung cancer, I know how hard it is to cope with the loss of a loved one. My Grampa started vaping over a year ago, after smoking for 50 years! You have made a wonderful choice. Good job for the progress you have made so far.

All the best

 

[Jicardi]

I can completely relate to your story. I watched my grandfather pass from lung cancer. My mother was a 50 year smoker herself and now has severe COPD and emphysema. My mom and I both quit cold turkey 2 months ago and havent looked back. We are both loving it and have turned into vape enthusiasts since. One of us gets vape mail daily. Thank you for sharing your story and I wish you well. ♥♥
My mom has dialed her nic % from 24 to 12 also so she plans to reach zero soon.

 

[Jicardi]

What rig do you recommend? We are using the ego c twists vv.

 

[MrGypsy]

im sorry to hear that. But im im glad you quit, welcome to the forums!

 

[achamp]

WElcome to ECF. I'm new here myself.

 

[peraspera]

I'm so sorry to hear of your losses but it's wonderful to see you here. Welcome to ECF and congratulations on your success.