Greetings Everyone,
I'm a noob on the forum, but not to ecigs. Have to get this out here first:
2/15/2013
O.K. So here is my story. I'm 67 and smoked cigarrettes for 48 years.During this time I tried to quit
times beyond count. Tried cold turkey, nicotine patches, gum and lozenges all to no avail. Never
got past 2 days. I can't tell you how many times when I was driving, got furious with myself,
crushed the pack and launched it out the window, only to stop at a store 2 hours later and get another
pack. Same thing at home, threw out the cigs and ashtrays, and then bought them again a day later.
Quitting smoking is a TOUGH deal. How tough? This tough: 3 1/2 years ago I had a heart attack and was flown to a hospital in N.Y. state. They operated and put in a stent. While there, the nurses noticed that my chart said I was a smoker and asked if I wanted a nicotine patch. I said no and they asked why.
I said because they were useless and never helped me quit. When they released me I couldn't wait to get to the car and smoked 4 cigarettes on the way home. That tough. I continued to smoke for another 2 years. I had seen the banner adds for e-cigarettes many years before, but figured it was just another scam. Finally though, I clicked on one and for the first time it began to dawn on me what they were really all about, and that this might be my last chance. So I ordered a kr808 kit. When it came, I knew from the first moment I picked and puffed on it that this at last was the answer. I quit cigarettes in just 6 days. 6 DAYS! As of this writing, I have been smoke free for 1 year, 9 months. Not 1 cigarette, not 1 puff.
Many people think nicotine is the main obstacle in quitting, but they are wrong. Sure, it has something to do with it but it is nowhere near to being the main problem. The main problem is this:
Smoking becomes a part of your life, exactly as eating does. I enjoy eating and i really enjoyed smoking.
You sit down, light up a smoke, relax, and for a few minutes the world and all its problems go away. You loosen up, relax, tension fades for those few minutes and IT FEELS GOOD. E cigarettes work for me and for thousands of others because it allows me to go through the same motions as smoking. You pick up the e-cigarette, pretend to light it, you puff on it, you see and feel the vapor, you relax, you go through the same motions as smoking and it FEELS GOOD. The difference being, you don't burn anything, you don't inhale over 400 chemicals, 60 or so being carcinogenic. The FDA, the pharmaceutical companies,
the tobacco companies should be handing these things out for free, if they really cared about smokers health. For some strange reason they haven't done this.
OK, so that's it. I would encourage anyone who seriously wants to quit smoking to give e- cigarettes a try. It may be your only chance. Anyone who reads this can freely reprint it and use my real name:
Lou Lubera
I'm a noob on the forum, but not to ecigs. Have to get this out here first:
2/15/2013
O.K. So here is my story. I'm 67 and smoked cigarrettes for 48 years.During this time I tried to quit
times beyond count. Tried cold turkey, nicotine patches, gum and lozenges all to no avail. Never
got past 2 days. I can't tell you how many times when I was driving, got furious with myself,
crushed the pack and launched it out the window, only to stop at a store 2 hours later and get another
pack. Same thing at home, threw out the cigs and ashtrays, and then bought them again a day later.
Quitting smoking is a TOUGH deal. How tough? This tough: 3 1/2 years ago I had a heart attack and was flown to a hospital in N.Y. state. They operated and put in a stent. While there, the nurses noticed that my chart said I was a smoker and asked if I wanted a nicotine patch. I said no and they asked why.
I said because they were useless and never helped me quit. When they released me I couldn't wait to get to the car and smoked 4 cigarettes on the way home. That tough. I continued to smoke for another 2 years. I had seen the banner adds for e-cigarettes many years before, but figured it was just another scam. Finally though, I clicked on one and for the first time it began to dawn on me what they were really all about, and that this might be my last chance. So I ordered a kr808 kit. When it came, I knew from the first moment I picked and puffed on it that this at last was the answer. I quit cigarettes in just 6 days. 6 DAYS! As of this writing, I have been smoke free for 1 year, 9 months. Not 1 cigarette, not 1 puff.
Many people think nicotine is the main obstacle in quitting, but they are wrong. Sure, it has something to do with it but it is nowhere near to being the main problem. The main problem is this:
Smoking becomes a part of your life, exactly as eating does. I enjoy eating and i really enjoyed smoking.
You sit down, light up a smoke, relax, and for a few minutes the world and all its problems go away. You loosen up, relax, tension fades for those few minutes and IT FEELS GOOD. E cigarettes work for me and for thousands of others because it allows me to go through the same motions as smoking. You pick up the e-cigarette, pretend to light it, you puff on it, you see and feel the vapor, you relax, you go through the same motions as smoking and it FEELS GOOD. The difference being, you don't burn anything, you don't inhale over 400 chemicals, 60 or so being carcinogenic. The FDA, the pharmaceutical companies,
the tobacco companies should be handing these things out for free, if they really cared about smokers health. For some strange reason they haven't done this.
OK, so that's it. I would encourage anyone who seriously wants to quit smoking to give e- cigarettes a try. It may be your only chance. Anyone who reads this can freely reprint it and use my real name:
Lou Lubera
Great success story - thanks for sharing.
