Newbie question about puffs and smoking habits

[ralja]

Hi,

I am completely new - I smoked my first e-cig today. Unfortunately a VUSE (I didn't start reading here until after I bought it), which tasted horrible and was much too strong for me, plus the battery lasted only about 2 hours.

To start off, I have a very basic question: How many/how often to e-cig users usually take a puff? I understand that this must vary a lot, but coming from smoking normal cigarettes, I am used to this "you go outside for 5-10 minutes and puff away" rhythm. Do (most) e-cig users even do that? Or is it more common to take one puff here and one puff there (instead of 30 puffs within 10 minutes)?

I also used up my cartridge really fast, even though it felt to me that I hadn't smoked the equivalent puffs to a pack of cigarettes at all. It felt maybe equivalent to 4-5 cigarettes. With normal cigarettes, I smoke about half a pack a day (although it takes me a lot of discipline to stick to that and sometimes I fail and smoke one pack). Anyway, I was surprised that I went through the battery (twice) and through the whole cartridge in less than a day, and I wonder if I just misunderstood the whole concept a bit.

Thank you!

Ralja

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF! I never used those ecig type things it just seemed too expensive. this is my set-up That i have been using for over a year. 1 | Silver Bullet | Best electronic cigarettes| Cigarettes Electronic| Cigarette Electronic Cigarette| Best Electronic Cigarettes | Electronic Cigarettes - AltSmoke, 5 EH IMR 18650, 30amp, 1600mAh, Flat Top, 20 Smok Tech Replacement Bottom Coils, 5 AW 18650 Protected 3100 mAh Rechargeable Lithium Battery - AltSmoke, 5 5mL PBC Tanks, and a battery charger. And I get my juices from 131 E-Liquids & E-Solids (Liquid Volume: 30ml Nicotine Content: 24mg) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping.

And to answer your question about how much people vape. Everyone is different. I can go days without it, and days were I use 10ml+. It just varies on what I'm doing.

 

[twall]

Hi, and welcome!

I've only been vaping for 3 weeks. Managed to quit altogether in a day. Thanks to tanks. I bought Blu, thinking I'd use my tank at home, and use the Blu at work. Didn't work out that way. Cig-alikes generally suck. I've also tried Smoke-tip, and they are equally horrid.

When I started, at the very beginning I was still in the rhythm you speak of. I smoked a pack a day for 25 years. I had to remind myself that I didn't need to vape the whole tank before I put it down. Once I broke the habit part of the habit, I established a new one. I puff here, then a puff there, etc. If you straight up quit and replace it with vaping, I notice it's normal to suck on the thing constantly until you're used to not having a cigarette. Then it becomes more enjoyable, IMHO, when you don't feel you HAVE to do it.