Question for former smokers who quit with the help of e-cigarettes:

[stevegmu]

I started with BLU when they came out and cut back on smoking a little bit; then bought a Johnson Creek VEA when they were released and cut down to about 10 cigarettes a day. When Halo came out with the Triton kit, I quit smoking in 5 days. I never really attempted to quit smoking; it just happened...

 

[Sir Pouncival]

3. I started with the cigalikes, and went back and forth with the analogs They just weren't satisfying or fun enough. Then a good friend of mine got into the more advanced set ups and worked on me (and my wife) until we went to buy our own. We smoked our last real cigarettes on the way to the vape shop 4 weeks ago.

Edited to add that we tried the Njoys and Blus. Both sucked. We started with EVOD2 starter kits and have already bought better tanks and batteries (we both use Vision Spinner IIs and I use a Kanger Mega Aerotank and my wife a nautilus Mini). I only like mints and menthols, and my wife likes to keep it simple too, but she also throws in clove and cinnamon once in a while. I'm awaiting supplies to build my first mod.

 

[Wakefulpanda]

3. No, I started out with cigalikes and they didn't work for me. I later quit using more advanced PVs.

 

[Nishi]

No. 3 - advanced for me was just Joyetech eGo batteries and Kanger T3S clearos.

 

[Rossum]

#2 -- A Halo Triton starter kit. I went from ~40 cigs a day to 1 a day with it in four days. Then I bought some 1300 mAh spinners and Protanks and I was done smoking. Moved on from there to RTAs and have settled on bottom-fed RDAs.

 

[BlueCanary]

#4. I bought a Blu, used it for two weeks, and for two weeks all I could think about was how badly I wanted a cigarette. I recently quit smoking using an Evod spinner battery, and am currently using an MVP 2.0. Haven't really craved a cigarette at all in over a month.

 

[Tess Clark]

Definitely #3. I was buying disposables from a local shop for a while, but didn't kick the habit until I ordered my MVP/Protank 2.

 

[Eli Jarvis]

I guess you could say I'm a 3.

the real story is I began using a Blu rechargeable kit which I grew to despise. Apparently the battery is as powerful as a watch battery so you're spending a lot of time switch batteries. Not to mention you're plopping down $14.99 for a 5 pack of cartos and MAYBE you'll get 3 working ones, one of which you had to mess with to get it to work.I will however say their customer support is phenomenal.
I then found a Haus personal vaporizer which proceeded to spit burning hot e-juice in my eye and I threw it as hard I could into the parking lot at work. $35 well spent.
I then found happiness switching between cheap tank and even cheaper tank on an Ego C-Twist and it's been PV ever since.
When I decided to quit, I said that was it and I am finished smoking. I've just been trying all this time to find a device that would make me happy. I'm well in to the three digits as far as buying tanks, batteries, and mods but I spend a lot of my time now playing with new tanks, batteries, and mods I haven't had a cigarette in four months.

 

[Brend]

2. Yes, I started with 2nd or 3rd generation PVs, used them ‘til I quit smoking, and have not resumed smoking.

ego-T w/kangers to vv1300mah w/carto tanks = quit smoking

 

[shortdraw]

#3 for me. Working wonderfully.

 

[anna117]

1 and 5

I quit smoking with a combo of disposable cigalikes and nicotine gum. Ended up completely nicotine/smoke/vape free for over a year, but in that time turned into a total witch. After a huge fight with my hubby, went out and bought another disposable because I simply refused to start smoking again. I instantly realized that a little bit of nicotine turned me back into the happy go lucky person that I used to be. Disposables were just too darn expensive. I got and ego setup and haven't looked back.

 

[issy]

3. No, I started out with a cigalike (Vapor Couture 12mg) and it didn't work for me. I later quit using more advanced PVs.

 

[RandyF]

#2 for me.

I did a couple weeks of research and decided to start out with the eGo battery/clearomizer combination. I set a date (Dec 10, 2012), ordered everything I needed prior and made the switch on that day. I was a pack a day smoker for 26 years, well most of it anyway (I started when I was 14), and I haven't had so much as a drag off an analog since that day. I am addicted to the "action" of smoking as much as the addition to nicotine, so I never even tried the gum or patch. Tried cold turkey a couple times, but that never lasted longer that 5 days. I started out with 24mg nic, but within 3 months had lowered that to 6, where I have stayed since.

 

[the usual suspect]

3 but the cigalikes did work for an extended period of 8 months a short stint of analogs then mechs and now high watts now I'm smoke free for 15 months

 

[ProjektMayhem]

1 for me. I quit with cigalikes and then moved to mods and dripping a few months later. Haven't smoked since.

 

[jumphour]

1. I can't believe I quit with option 1 now that I have cooler toys, but I did! And I'm very grateful for them. I think the key was getting better juice and a syringe, cuz the way they came wasn't very good, to say the least.

 

[Rlrick]

#2 Started with a Ego twist and a CE4 moved to Kanger T3S tanks and a MVP2. Modified the T3S tanks and haven't changed do DIY. Stopped smoking after the first week once I got settled down with Vaping and haven't looked back since. 48 year smoker 1-3 PAD and 2 major heart attacks from smoking. All is good now going to YMCA 3 days a week and working out. Breathing much better heart Dr. happy Hell I am happy.

 

[Whitewolf2014]

I would be a #2. Started with an Apollo 1200mah and cheap Ce4's and smoked my last cig before I was threw that first week of use.

 

[Scootaloo]

Well it’s a mixture of 1 and 2:

I quit smoking with cig-a-likes, and I didn’t resume smoking for about two years using those.

I decided to quit doing anything what so ever and threw away my devices.

That lasted for about a day or two, and then I went back to smoking for a few months as a stop gap.

Around the same time a new vape shop was opening in my local town and bought a gen 2 device and haven’t smoked since, although I use an MVP and an Aspire at the moment.

 

[jambi]

Assuming I don't relapse, I'm a number 2. I've never had a cigalike in my hands. Started with an ego-c, no-name disposable clearomizer, and Liqua 18 mg 'Traditional Tobacco'. For the first month, I only played around with it at home. Started taking it out with me when I'd tapered off (from 1.5 pad) to 6 or so cigs a day. Was still using that same setup when I quit completely on June 11, 2014. I must say, for the junk it was, that initial setup served me well, but within 2 weeks I'd equipped myself with 2 ego-t's and several Aspire CE5/ETS. From there on to EVOD's, an Aerotank, and (regrettably) a Nautilus. Still using the EVODs / Twists daily because they're what I have, but looking to upgrade my away from home setup.

If I had it to do over again I'd skip the ego-c, all the Aspire tanks, and go straight to the twists/EVODs.

So here I sit at the 5 month mark with an MVP2, SVD, Kayfun Lite +, and more upgrades en route. Obviously still climbing the mountain, but atm I'm totally content with craving more watts over craving cigarettes.