Quiting or just slowing down.
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after 25 years of (at least) a pack a day, i took one month to slow down and been analog free for 7 weeks today 
- seems like i traded a bad habit for a new hobby.....
- seems like i traded a bad habit for a new hobby.....
I had given up on trying to quit, but I hated spending over $8 a day for a pack of smokes. I got my first kit last August, and ended up accidentally quitting. I smoked for 36 years, but once I found vaping, I was able to stop using tobacco virtually overnight. But I can tell you from first hand experience that vaping will only work if you want it to. My husband still smokes, I've had him try all kinds of different devices and he just has no interest in it.
I havent touched tobacco since i started Vapeing. With the one day exception when my Ego-t went out on me on my way to work.
I slowed down over the course of about 6 weeks..and then stopped all together. It was unintentional and surprisingly painless.
Quit smoking a PAD the day I received my eGo's. It will be 17 months in 2 days.
I was a smoker for 17 years and gave it up the day I picked up my first PV, a disposable I picked up from a cigarette shop. After that I got duped by a mall kiosk and overpaid. And lastly I found this forum, discovered what I should be paying for a good kit, which in turn let me to a local retailer 15 min away that sells Joye products. Rocking a 510 and still analog free after 46 days.
In my case I was looking for an alternative nicotine delivery system. But then again, my goal was to quit, and my goal was accomplished. Everyone has different needs. I know people who use PV's as a supplement to vape in places they can't smoke. To each their own.
In my case I was looking for an alternative nicotine delivery system. But then again, my goal was to quit, and my goal was accomplished. Everyone has different needs. I know people who use PV's as a supplement to vape in places they can't smoke. To each their own.
I started vaping on Nov 15, 2010.
I smoked for morning cig....then vaped only till 10, then analog
then vaped to 12, then analog, then vaped to about 6 then analog, then vaped the rest of the night.
After a week of this, I just kept reducing down, got rid of the 12 analog, then the 10 and only had
analog in morning and at about 7 or so.
Then I eliminated the 7 (night one) and then finally the
morning one, which was the hardest, as I loved it with the coffee.
Then on December 1st, I said....I am just going to "try" today, with no analogs.
Well....1 yr and 2 weeks later....I am still going strong without ever smoking another analog.
I cannot, cannot, cannot....stress how easy it was. I never would have thought so
if not for ECF and all the testimonials here.
I was a 35 yr menthol smoker and really "enjoyed" smoking or so I thought.
After being off them for this amount of time.....my heath and lung function has tripled.
So for me....just tapered. I think though a whole lot was letting go mentally.
I smoked for morning cig....then vaped only till 10, then analog
then vaped to 12, then analog, then vaped to about 6 then analog, then vaped the rest of the night.
After a week of this, I just kept reducing down, got rid of the 12 analog, then the 10 and only had
analog in morning and at about 7 or so.
Then I eliminated the 7 (night one) and then finally the
morning one, which was the hardest, as I loved it with the coffee.
Then on December 1st, I said....I am just going to "try" today, with no analogs.
Well....1 yr and 2 weeks later....I am still going strong without ever smoking another analog.
I cannot, cannot, cannot....stress how easy it was. I never would have thought so
if not for ECF and all the testimonials here.
I was a 35 yr menthol smoker and really "enjoyed" smoking or so I thought.
After being off them for this amount of time.....my heath and lung function has tripled.
So for me....just tapered. I think though a whole lot was letting go mentally.
When I bought my eGo, i had a pack of smokes. It lasted about 2 weeks in my pocket as a backup if needed. After 2 weeks, i ended up giving what was left (About half) to a co-worker just to not have it in the pocket any more... 
1/2 pack/day for 12 years and I switched over instantly with 11mg nicotine. It's been 3 months now. I've had a few puffs of a reg cig when I ran out of battery or juice and realize that cigs taste like sucking on a car's exhaust pipe.
As yet another post clearly shows, vaping is clearly the easiest way to quit smoking.
I started with e-cigs intending them to be a supplement to smoking. I never really intended to quit smoking. It just happened.
I actually came to the realization that I simply preferred my vape to a Marlboro, and simply did not bother to buy anymore. See my tag line.
My wife followed along, though she still enjoys an analog every now and then. She has become one of those annoying people that bum a cig from friends when we have guest over. Though her bumming is getting harder now that two of our close friends are now vapers as well.
I really think the key is to persevere until you find a set up and juice/juices that you like. At some point, sooner or later IF you stick with it, analogs become unneeded and even unwanted.
I started with e-cigs intending them to be a supplement to smoking. I never really intended to quit smoking. It just happened.
I actually came to the realization that I simply preferred my vape to a Marlboro, and simply did not bother to buy anymore. See my tag line.
My wife followed along, though she still enjoys an analog every now and then. She has become one of those annoying people that bum a cig from friends when we have guest over. Though her bumming is getting harder now that two of our close friends are now vapers as well.
I really think the key is to persevere until you find a set up and juice/juices that you like. At some point, sooner or later IF you stick with it, analogs become unneeded and even unwanted.
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It's been around 4 months since I last smoked a cigarette. Might go buy a pack just to see if they taste bad like so many people say.
Finding the right juice is definitely the key. There will always be juice ho's who have to have every single juice out there, but you definitely need that ONE juice you can always fall back on. For me, my all day vape has been Tasty Vapor's Geoffs Blend for the last 16 months. I've tried a LOT of other juices, but nothing has come close to replacing this one in satisfaction and complexity.
It's been over a year for me, another accidental quitter. I picked up a pv out of annoyance at ny tax increases and to use around the house.
In my case I found out I could vape at work, a huge plus, and it was reasonably easy to quit cigs over a week or so. It was simpler to quit totally than try to both smoke and vape.
In my case I found out I could vape at work, a huge plus, and it was reasonably easy to quit cigs over a week or so. It was simpler to quit totally than try to both smoke and vape.
Minority report (at least minority among those posting here...).
I've been vaping nearly two years, having smoked 1-1.5 ppd for over forty years. I still smoke a bit, lately about four a day, in a way sort of intentionally. I still enjoy it and figure that at this rate I have more to worry about what the cigarettes from those first forty years will do to me than what the modest number I now smoke will. More important, for now at least I like the equilibrium of mostly-vaping/barely-smoking: I think that if I were to make myself quit entirely and then got tired or annoyed with vaping, I'd go back to my former level--or more--of smoking. This has worked for me to the extent that I can only remember about three days in the last year and a half when I smoked more than six, and all of those had to do with e-cig equipment or supply issues.
I've been vaping nearly two years, having smoked 1-1.5 ppd for over forty years. I still smoke a bit, lately about four a day, in a way sort of intentionally. I still enjoy it and figure that at this rate I have more to worry about what the cigarettes from those first forty years will do to me than what the modest number I now smoke will. More important, for now at least I like the equilibrium of mostly-vaping/barely-smoking: I think that if I were to make myself quit entirely and then got tired or annoyed with vaping, I'd go back to my former level--or more--of smoking. This has worked for me to the extent that I can only remember about three days in the last year and a half when I smoked more than six, and all of those had to do with e-cig equipment or supply issues.
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