Old smokers, new vapers?

[cliff5550]

Just turned 60 this month and I'm wondering how many other "old folks" vapers are out there. According to one poll on the forums, a large number of forum members smoked for decades before picking up a PV. You would think that being a smoker for 45 years or so would make it harder to stop and go to vaping. In my case, I found that I was sooo tired of those crappy cigarettes that I knew I had to do something. I tried the patch (waste of money), tried Chantix (waste of brain matter) and figured why not e-cigs?
I guess we were ready to quit because the day we started vaping with our first PV (SmokeStik RN4081 model) was the very last day we had a cigarette. Neither of us have had a cigarette since then.
Just one story.
(Kinda strange. Sixty doesn't feel as old as I always thought it would.)

 

[Zedoctor]

congrats.

I'm only 25, have been smoking since i 16.

was very easy to switch

 

[Gammi]

Happy belated birthday Cliff5550!

I am 58 and so glad that I found ecigs. I also thought that analogs were "crap" but just couldn't make the final leap to get away from them. I tried various things and nothing worked at all...not even a gleam of hope of stopping them until ecigs and this forum of course!

 

[hecknaw]

Yep!! cliff5,I could amost mirror er story!! smoked dem Stinkyrettes fer 43 years myself and my first puff on da E-smok'n machine was all it tooks, nary anudder ciggy!! Fer me it wasa amost like change'n brands but wiff aggervation. In da beginning dare was lots uf bad E-Smok'n days but I had a determenation dat go'n back to Ciggys was not an option!!....Hecknaw

 

[otrpu]

Turn 66 soon. . .been smokin tobacco 51 years. Lucky I ain't dead already.

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[CRK]

42 here, smoked since I was 17, so glad I found this forum!

 

[AJMoore]

Yeah, I surprised even myself with the e cigs. I smoked for 41 years and like you tried all the "cures" to no avail. I still can't believe from the day (12/23/09) when my kit came in and my batts were charged that I never smoked a cig again. I have the "token" full pack in the freezer, kept it "just in case" but I don't think there will be a "just in case".

 

[Switched]

54 smoked for 41 years. I now know I'll never go back. Yesterday I didn't really feel like vaping. I probably vaped 1ml vice 2-3ml. I vape 24mg.

When a demon comes, it gets whacked in the head with a couple toots of 12% Dark Vapure at 30mg.

 

[rosesense]

Happy Birthday, my friend. 58 here and finally able to stop cigs after42 years on/off, mostly on.

 

[glowgirl]

42, smoked since I was 13 = 29 years of smoking! Switched easily. I am so glad we all made it! I am relieved to hear that 60 doesn't feel that old, cuz 42 feels like 18 to me!

 

[bbl63]

I'm 63 and smoked a lot for 49 years. I was a die-hard smoker and was never going to quit. I never even tried to quit like everyone else I knew. I don't even know how it happened, but got the e-cig and never picked up another cigarette - it's been over 8 months now.

I truly can't explain it. I just love the flavors.

 

[DC2]

I think older smokers often take to vaping better than younger ones because they are staring their health problems right in the face. Younger folks still think they are indestructable enough that many of them are not willing to put up with even the slightest degree of hassle.

In my opinion, if you can't put up with even a tiny bit of hassle, then you really aren't anywhere near ready to quit. And if you really aren't anywhere near ready to quit, then electronic cigarettes very well may not work for you until you are.

 

[AJMoore]

I agree with the flow of this topic. I was just plain ready, 41 years of smoking and the future wasn't bright.

It was the time and place with the e cig. Thank goodness!

The "older" people I've turned onto e cigs have stuck with it, some of the younger ones vacillate, I'm not sure they're ready.

 

[Stevew443]

I will turn 58 on the 24th of June and I began smoking in 1970. I only wish I had found out about e-cigs years ago. I would not have wasted so much money and done as much damage to my health if I had been able to stop smoking earlier.

 

[BuzzKill]

50 smoked for 37 yrs , FOund E-cigs and never looked back
It was SOOOOOOOO easy for me to quit using an ecig and I tried everything like the OP did .

HBD !!

 

[Dmass]

51 here. Smoked for 21 years. e-cigs rock!

 

[Chiqa]

47 here, started smoking when I was 17, 1 1/2 packs a day, I still smoke a bit , now a pack lasts me 3-4 days.( for some reason in morning is when I really have that craving) My husband is 54, he started smoking at 13,, he did smoke that same as I was , now he is going through about a pack every 2 days( this varies allot).

 

[Haytoni]

Just turned 60 this month and I'm wondering how many other "old folks" vapers are out there. According to one poll on the forums, a large number of forum members smoked for decades before picking up a PV. You would think that being a smoker for 45 years or so would make it harder to stop and go to vaping. In my case, I found that I was sooo tired of those crappy cigarettes that I knew I had to do something. I tried the patch (waste of money), tried Chantix (waste of brain matter) and figured why not e-cigs?
I guess we were ready to quit because the day we started vaping with our first PV (SmokeStik RN4081 model) was the very last day we had a cigarette. Neither of us have had a cigarette since then.
Just one story.
(Kinda strange. Sixty doesn't feel as old as I always thought it would.)

Hi Cliff,

78, smoked for way to long, to bad vaping wasn't around years ago. Glad I came over to this side. May I also add ---age is what you make of it.

 

[Ruchamah]

Started at age 9, 59 this year, so 50 yrs 1-2ppd. I use my ProVape, but still sneak an anlog thru the day (some things are truly a curse!). My health is MUCH better, but i have already done some permanenet damage. Wish I knew about ecigs LONG ago!

 

[Kirssstens]

Me too, first cigarette ever smoked was age 9, pack a day by 13. All women in family smoked. It's a game changer when your Mom smoked.

Maybe it's easier the older we get because many of us have already quit before using other methods. Fell off the wagon twice and went back to analogs after quitting with patch/gum. Hopefully the ecig method is a keeper.

"Quitting is easy, I've done it a thousand times." Mark Twain