Hi, I started smoking at a young age, 15 y/o, and became a heavy smoker, not going a single day without tobacco for 12 entire years. I was a chain smoker, pure and simple, lighting up constantly and at every opportunity. I developed a taste for very strong tobacco a few years back, smoking cigars and pipe tobacco I made into roll-ups. For 3 years, I smoked over 50 grams a day of this really strong pipe tobacco, so dark it was black in colour. I'm only 28 years old, but until I started vaping, I had the lungs of an old man; a hacking cough, and seriously reduced lung capacity - I felt out of breath almost all the time.
around 6 months ago, my mum brought me a rechargeable "cig-a-like" model, just a cheap one. I wasn't impressed; It just didn't give me the heavy throat and lung hit I needed, so I carried on smoking my pipe baccy. Then I started researching these other types of device-ones with refillable liquid in a variety of flavours, that apparently were far superior to the model I'd tried.
Just over 2 weeks ago, I decided enough was enough: I went to my local vaping store and spent all of my tobacco money on an e-cig starter kit, (Kanger Esmart, spare clearomizers, and loads of juice.) My thinking was to give myself no choice in the matter: I had to vape, because I simply had no money for tobacco. Well, this worked out perfectly for me; I was very impressed and satisfied with the E-cig I'd brought - I used a premium caramel tobacco flavour juice, and found the throat hit to be just perfect, it had a kick to it, but it also felt lighter and cleaner than the toxic crap I'd been smoking for years.
So, I'm over 2 weeks past my last rolly, and can honestly say I've no craving for one at all; I still can't believe this is possible tbh. This whole vaping thing is more than just a habit to me: it's like a new hobby, and a very rewarding one. (Nothing can beat the feeling of vaping a delicious new flavour of juice IMO), and the hardware is also fascinating to me, as I'm a bit of a gadget fan. Right now, I'm using Evod tanks with 900 batteries, and in time I'll invest in more sophisticated hardware.
anyway, sorry for the reaaally long post there, but tbh I'm very proud of the fact I'm no longer a smoker, and just had to share my story.
around 6 months ago, my mum brought me a rechargeable "cig-a-like" model, just a cheap one. I wasn't impressed; It just didn't give me the heavy throat and lung hit I needed, so I carried on smoking my pipe baccy. Then I started researching these other types of device-ones with refillable liquid in a variety of flavours, that apparently were far superior to the model I'd tried.
Just over 2 weeks ago, I decided enough was enough: I went to my local vaping store and spent all of my tobacco money on an e-cig starter kit, (Kanger Esmart, spare clearomizers, and loads of juice.) My thinking was to give myself no choice in the matter: I had to vape, because I simply had no money for tobacco. Well, this worked out perfectly for me; I was very impressed and satisfied with the E-cig I'd brought - I used a premium caramel tobacco flavour juice, and found the throat hit to be just perfect, it had a kick to it, but it also felt lighter and cleaner than the toxic crap I'd been smoking for years.
So, I'm over 2 weeks past my last rolly, and can honestly say I've no craving for one at all; I still can't believe this is possible tbh. This whole vaping thing is more than just a habit to me: it's like a new hobby, and a very rewarding one. (Nothing can beat the feeling of vaping a delicious new flavour of juice IMO), and the hardware is also fascinating to me, as I'm a bit of a gadget fan. Right now, I'm using Evod tanks with 900 batteries, and in time I'll invest in more sophisticated hardware.
anyway, sorry for the reaaally long post there, but tbh I'm very proud of the fact I'm no longer a smoker, and just had to share my story.
