Now that you have been vaping a while...do you feel like you can quit?

[Delilah718]

I think it's one of the most extraordinary thoughts I have had in a long time... I feel as though I can quit.

I don't wake up with that nagging sensation that I must vape -- I usually vape about an hour after I get up, whereas with cigarettes, I smoked within a half hour.

I don't chain vape before I go out... sometimes I would have a cigarette or two before going to visit where smoking wasn't allowed. I guess that's because I know I can stealth vape, but the weird thing is, I had a four hour visit somewhere recently and didn't even feel like stealth vaping!

I'm not quitting, but I just feel as though I can! It is a very empowering feeling!

What about you?

 

[deedeelu]

I know exactly what you mean. I've lost that urge to "get in that cig before..." I've only been off analogs for 1 week. I was even at a party yesterday that a lot of people were smoking. Thought I might have that urge to have just one but surprisingly I didn't. Was perfectly happy with my PV and I think I might have converted 3 people over to trying PV's. It does feel great!

 

[Delilah718]

Hi deedeelu - it must be awesome to have converts - I only have one person I am working on... I'm not around a lot of smokers which is probably why I am having an easy go with vaping

 

[PKZap27]

I feel like I could give up vaping a lot easier. I don't crave vaping like I craved cigarettes. I used to light up first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed. This is just further proof of all the other addictive chemicals that BT puts in cigarettes.

 

[Delilah718]

Hi PKZap27, funny isn't it -- we thought we needed that bloated feeling in our lungs or we wouldn't be satisfied -- here we are breathing better, with restored tastebuds, and still enjoying our nic if we want, and reduced cravings - Life is good!

 

[unfadeable]

I already quit!

 

[Frick]

I was a 1.5-2 pack-a-day smoker for literally decades. I got my first PV equipment about 6 weeks ago.

Friday my mom asked me to drive her quite a ways to see some family. It's about an hour drive, we stayed for about 4-1/2 hours, and an hour drive back. I had neither a cigarette, nor any vaping that entire time. That was a huge accomplishment for me. I usually would have huffed down 2 cigarettes chain-style before the drive, stopped in the driveway as soon as we got there for another cigarette, and snuck out at least 3-4 times during the visit, and again before we left.

Yes, I feel like I can quit, and probably both habits. I have to confess that I still have 1-2 cigarettes a day, but I'm slowly feeling the need for those less and less. Vaping is a great NRT, no matter what any study says. I never thought I'd have two cigarettes left in a pack and feel comfortable that I don't need to go buy two packs.

 

[Almond]

You know how they say you can only quit cigarettes if you actually want to, meaning no other influences on your decision? I feel that translates to vaping. Instead of asking myself could I quit vaping, I end up asking myself why would I want to, which just leads me to think that I couldn't. Then again, there's the other saying that says if you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you can't.

I'm going to stick with I can't because I don't want to

 

[MrSmith99]

No. I couldn't just quit. I'd go insane. I've only been analog free for a little over 2 weeks. I vape incessantly now. I grab it when I wake up, when I'm driving, when ...well you get the idea. I just ate dinner and was vaping then, LOL (Coffee flavor is good while you eat!) It's the only thing that keeps me from smoking. But so far so good!

Perhaps I don't meet the definition of "vaping a while" in your title...

 

[boomer2506]

No way at least not for a few years

 

[banjo]

I've been vaping for over 7 months after smoking for almost 56 years. I do feel that I could quit vaping with little discomfort or stress, but I enjoy vaping and don't really think about quitting - at my age I prefer to keep at least one of my vices. Thanks for the interesting post. Much appreciated.

 

[sirogre]

i dont think i want to, i enjoy it a lot

 

[cskent]

The thought of quitting smoking was always one that caused some anxiety. I quit smoking and took up vaping to replace the nicotine addiction. But now I think I could actually quit vaping too. It doesn't cause the anxiety that the thought of quitting smoking did. I definitely agree, there are other addictive substances in tobacco that must have had an effect. Now that they're out of my life I think it would be much easier to eliminate the nicotine as well.

 

[Jennie O]

I didn't really 'want' to quit smoking, and so far I have no intention of quitting vaping. As a vice, or whatever you want to call it, I enjoy it and actually switched to something tastier and higher nic from my previous PV that helped me quit cigs in the first place. I like it. No plans to quit.

 

[Delilah718]

I already quit!

heeeeheeee....yep, I quit smoking too heeheee!

 

[Delilah718]

I was a 1.5-2 pack-a-day smoker for literally decades. I got my first PV equipment about 6 weeks ago.

Friday my mom asked me to drive her quite a ways to see some family. It's about an hour drive, we stayed for about 4-1/2 hours, and an hour drive back. I had neither a cigarette, nor any vaping that entire time. That was a huge accomplishment for me. I usually would have huffed down 2 cigarettes chain-style before the drive, stopped in the driveway as soon as we got there for another cigarette, and snuck out at least 3-4 times during the visit, and again before we left.

Yes, I feel like I can quit, and probably both habits. I have to confess that I still have 1-2 cigarettes a day, but I'm slowly feeling the need for those less and less. Vaping is a great NRT, no matter what any study says. I never thought I'd have two cigarettes left in a pack and feel comfortable that I don't need to go buy two packs.

Outstanding! Thank goodness for vaping.... I don't think I would have had this empowering feeling that I could quit without this experience! I'm not quitting, but I feel like I can!

 

[throatkick]

I would say that "feeling like" doing something and actually doing something are two different things.

Everyone's different and everything is possible though!

All the best!

 

[Delilah718]

You know how they say you can only quit cigarettes if you actually want to, meaning no other influences on your decision? I feel that translates to vaping. Instead of asking myself could I quit vaping, I end up asking myself why would I want to, which just leads me to think that I couldn't. Then again, there's the other saying that says if you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you can't.

I'm going to stick with I can't because I don't want to

LOL Almond. I'm not quitting vaping, cause I don't want to either, yet.

 

[Delilah718]

No. I couldn't just quit. I'd go insane. I've only been analog free for a little over 2 weeks. I vape incessantly now. I grab it when I wake up, when I'm driving, when ...well you get the idea. I just ate dinner and was vaping then, LOL (Coffee flavor is good while you eat!) It's the only thing that keeps me from smoking. But so far so good!

Perhaps I don't meet the definition of "vaping a while" in your title...

That's a little while And you are so right, I had the same experience my first few weeks...

 

[Delilah718]

No way at least not for a few years

That's cool too, at least you're vaping