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Started smoking when I was 12..at 22 I had quit..5 years later I started again..smoked another 22 years...pack a day sometimes more.
I had looked into the e-cig a bit about a year and a half ago but I wasn't convinced. I was looking at the Gamucci at the time. When the new cig tax went into effect on 4/1, I had had enough. Started getting serious about the e-cig. Checking out the vids on youtube really convinced me. There are so many options now compared to a year and a half ago.
Long story short... Ran out of smokes on 4/16 driving home from work. Picked up a pack and had a couple by the time I got home. When I got home, my e-cig had arrived. I lit a smoke and opened the package. Wasn't sure if I was going to start the whole process or wait until tomorrow. The battery was charged so I put out my cig half way, popped on my atomizer and cart and haven't touched an analog since then. The pack of analogs are still in my desk drawer.
I had looked into the e-cig a bit about a year and a half ago but I wasn't convinced. I was looking at the Gamucci at the time. When the new cig tax went into effect on 4/1, I had had enough. Started getting serious about the e-cig. Checking out the vids on youtube really convinced me. There are so many options now compared to a year and a half ago.
Long story short... Ran out of smokes on 4/16 driving home from work. Picked up a pack and had a couple by the time I got home. When I got home, my e-cig had arrived. I lit a smoke and opened the package. Wasn't sure if I was going to start the whole process or wait until tomorrow. The battery was charged so I put out my cig half way, popped on my atomizer and cart and haven't touched an analog since then. The pack of analogs are still in my desk drawer.
Started @ age 12, pack to 1 1/2 pack a day when when I received a e-cig on 03/03/2009, haven't had a cig since then.
I had five cigs in first week and half
Had none in last week and half
smoke 1-1 1/2 packs/day for last 15 years since I was 15yrs old
vaping for 3 weeks
Dirt
Had none in last week and half
smoke 1-1 1/2 packs/day for last 15 years since I was 15yrs old
vaping for 3 weeks
Dirt
From a pack and a half a day for 22 years, to completely quitting!!!!
Look at sig when I started, I forgot, LOL.
Look at sig when I started, I forgot, LOL.
I had my husband buy my Ncig at the local truck stop toward the end of March. I quit smoking reg. cigs the next day accidently
I am now puffing on No Nic cartridges and juice. My husband is using the peewee when at home. He still smokes at work some but doesnt smoke around me anymore for support. I have made sure I have gotten plenty of back up supplies also. We have 3 people in the house now on E-Cigs.
I didnt get it to quit, just to see if it would help me cut down. I wasnt a heavy smoker but I just turned 37 and I have Severe COPD , I am on oxygen and a C02 Retainer. The Doctors still do not understand why I am so young and my lungs are so fried. He racked a lot of it up to my childhood sickness, asthma and genes of course smoking didn't help.
In the past the patches didnt help the gum no luck. The pills I couldnt take. I tried for years. Even having to go on a ventilator to breath for me and being put on oxygen didnt even make me quit. I had no lungs left. I had to quit work and go on Disability because I could no longer walk 10 feet without running out of breath. I couldnt tote my portable oxygen tank.. I didnt have the strength. I was already resigned that I was going to die in 2 years anyway so why quit. But the smell of the smoke was choking me. I had the habit but couldnt stand the cig smoke. I dont think it was the Nic but the actual physical habit. I still have over 2 cartons of my cigs in the house but I dont want them. I am enjoying breathing of course with the help of oxygen.
My pulmonary tests (PFT) lung function test have improved. I just had a check up this week at the pulmonary doc. I have cut down my oxygen intake per his orders. I am sleeping all night laying down on my back without 6 to 8 pillows propping me up. ( I havent done that in a years) I no longer stay congested.. I dont wheeze. I no longer cough. My color is better. My oxygen level stays up and my pulse is down. I am moving around and my oxygen level doesnt drop. I have started slowly exercising and going to get into pulmonary rehab. I am more energetic. I actually get up and get dressed each day now. I am doing things around the house more without assistance. I feel better mentally. This didnt happen the next day but has gotten better each day slowly. I don't even carry my rescuse inhaler everywhere I go in the house anymore.
Please dont bash me and call me stupid and degrade me because I am on oxygen and I didnt have the will power to put the things down, I have done that enough to myself. I guess you could say I was in denial I couldnt understand why me?.. why at my age?. I am still on oxygen and I will probley always will be but at least I am breathing better. The damage was already done and I can not undo it. But I dont feel like I am making it worse now. I feel this is making the step for me to live just a little bit longer. Even my Doctor was impressed and surprised. I am enjoying breathing the cleaner air. I am thankful that my hubby is supporting me in this and smoking the ecig at home with me. His daughter is doing the same here at home. She has totally quit cigs too. He is very happy with the improvements that I have made and so am I.
Sorry this was so long. I guess I needed to share why E-cigs are so important part of my life now. I dont sit and vape all day. I pick it up when I want to but I am finding I am using my PV less and less each day.
I didnt get it to quit, just to see if it would help me cut down. I wasnt a heavy smoker but I just turned 37 and I have Severe COPD , I am on oxygen and a C02 Retainer. The Doctors still do not understand why I am so young and my lungs are so fried. He racked a lot of it up to my childhood sickness, asthma and genes of course smoking didn't help.
In the past the patches didnt help the gum no luck. The pills I couldnt take. I tried for years. Even having to go on a ventilator to breath for me and being put on oxygen didnt even make me quit. I had no lungs left. I had to quit work and go on Disability because I could no longer walk 10 feet without running out of breath. I couldnt tote my portable oxygen tank.. I didnt have the strength. I was already resigned that I was going to die in 2 years anyway so why quit. But the smell of the smoke was choking me. I had the habit but couldnt stand the cig smoke. I dont think it was the Nic but the actual physical habit. I still have over 2 cartons of my cigs in the house but I dont want them. I am enjoying breathing of course with the help of oxygen.
My pulmonary tests (PFT) lung function test have improved. I just had a check up this week at the pulmonary doc. I have cut down my oxygen intake per his orders. I am sleeping all night laying down on my back without 6 to 8 pillows propping me up. ( I havent done that in a years) I no longer stay congested.. I dont wheeze. I no longer cough. My color is better. My oxygen level stays up and my pulse is down. I am moving around and my oxygen level doesnt drop. I have started slowly exercising and going to get into pulmonary rehab. I am more energetic. I actually get up and get dressed each day now. I am doing things around the house more without assistance. I feel better mentally. This didnt happen the next day but has gotten better each day slowly. I don't even carry my rescuse inhaler everywhere I go in the house anymore.
Please dont bash me and call me stupid and degrade me because I am on oxygen and I didnt have the will power to put the things down, I have done that enough to myself. I guess you could say I was in denial I couldnt understand why me?.. why at my age?. I am still on oxygen and I will probley always will be but at least I am breathing better. The damage was already done and I can not undo it. But I dont feel like I am making it worse now. I feel this is making the step for me to live just a little bit longer. Even my Doctor was impressed and surprised. I am enjoying breathing the cleaner air. I am thankful that my hubby is supporting me in this and smoking the ecig at home with me. His daughter is doing the same here at home. She has totally quit cigs too. He is very happy with the improvements that I have made and so am I.
Sorry this was so long. I guess I needed to share why E-cigs are so important part of my life now. I dont sit and vape all day. I pick it up when I want to but I am finding I am using my PV less and less each day.
Started smoking at age of 12 everyday by the age of 14, up to a pack and a half a day, i got my e gic (RN4072) april 29th and the first 5 days i had 1 cig ( a few puff of it here and a few there) now thy taste and smell like .... and am happily analog free my breathing is slowly getting better and my taste and smell are improving (im also athsmatic) so overall id say this is a great thing happening...oh yea ive tryed the gum the patch and teh inhaler (best results with the inhaller but doesnt even compair to the e cig)
Today is a month !!! Not a single drag..I use to smoke cigars as well !!! I took to vaping like a fish to water...don't miss it at all, too!!! Smoked since I was 17 and easily quit after 33 years after vaping on my very first day - that I got an e-cigarette...
No cigs since April 24! After 34 years of 2 packs a day, every day. Got my 901 the middle of January. I had no intention of quitting. Just wanted to be able to smoke more without everybody complaining so much. Took awhile to figure out the ecig, juice, etc. As soon as I got VG juice I cut down to 10 cigs a day for 3 months. Finally just got sick of smoking. I loved to smoke, never thought I would quit. No one is more surprised than I am that I have completely quit my Virginia Slim 120's. They were a good friend for a lot of years, but it was time for me to move on. Thanks to my 901 and my Pilot! And of course, hours and hours of reading this forum! Thanks guys!!! I haven't smoked for over 2 weeks!!!!! Wow
No cigs for me or my wife for 7 weeks now. We both feel better and don't even want an analog anymore. Totally freaking us both out because we were very heavy smokers.
I have been analog free for two days.. I received my 3rd e-cig 2 days ago( the first 2 didn`t work so third time really is a charm 
. I knew it was coming so I smoked my last ciggy from my last pack the night before. My hubby ( non-smoker) keeps asking if I want a analog and is quite happy when I tell him no. We shall see how long it lasts. I have high hopes.
. I knew it was coming so I smoked my last ciggy from my last pack the night before. My hubby ( non-smoker) keeps asking if I want a analog and is quite happy when I tell him no. We shall see how long it lasts. I have high hopes.
I haven't had a cig in 25 days ( would be 30, but 5 days into having my e-cig, my only atty died on me. So I had to go back to analogs for 2 days till I got my new atty's ).
But not a single hit or drag. I Haven't bought any cigs at all either. Not even a pack for a backup.
only 5 more days to go, And I'll have been analog free for a full month!
But not a single hit or drag. I Haven't bought any cigs at all either. Not even a pack for a backup.
only 5 more days to go, And I'll have been analog free for a full month!
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Another 'accidental' quitter here, after a 25+ year tobacco addiction. Been tobacco free for a year and don't miss it al all !
Cheers,
Silver
and don't miss it al all !Cheers,
Silver
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