For the past few days, I've been perusing this forum and absorbing as much info as I can... I didn't realize there was that much to e-cigs. I sure am glad I didn't blindly order the first one I heard of.
Background...
I've been a Camel Light smoker for the last 15 years. On average, I'd say most of that time I was a pack/day smoker. Over the last couple of years I cut back to a about half a pack/day by no longer smoking in the house and have even continued to smoke less and less since then (last month I was probably going through a pack every 3-4 days - sometimes longer). I've "quit" a couple of times (one time for almost a year), but two things always seem to drag me back to the habit; stress and drinking. As with most smokers, a few tokes off of a smoke always seem to help me relax. When things get stressful for me, usually one of my first thoughts is, "Man, I need a smoke." The other aspect, drinking, gets me worse... To me, there's just something about a beer and a smoke.
In fact, I've gone through extended periods of time (that's why I put the word 'quit' in quotation marks above) where I don't smoke at all unless I'm drinking.
In the last 3 weeks, I caught the "quitting bug" again and haven't had a full smoke unless I was drinking (1-3 cigs once or twice a week). A handful of times over those 3 weeks I got a bad craving for a smoke, grabbed my "drinking pack", and went outside with the intention of having a full smoke. Luckily, all of those instances resulted in taking a drag and feeling absolutely disgusted by the taste. In the past, I would usually ignore that disgusted feeling, smoke the rest of the cig and a couple hours later it would be much easier to smoke another... and so on... eventually leading back to smoking on a regular basis again.
Whew... that turned out a lot longer than I expected... Sorry.
Anyway, enough of that... On to some questions/advice seeking...
My appologies if you think the info I'm seeking is found easily, but my eyes are kind of bugging out of my head at this point from reading this forum over the past few days.
With my limited smoking habit do e-cigs seem like a viable alternative to analogs?
From what I have gathered so far, I'd say yes. For my situation, I'd probably end up spending more per nicotine fix than if I were to smoke analogs, but the possible health advantages, the taste-factor, and the idea of being able to smoke in ban areas is really swaying me towards the e-cig.
Anyone run into (or foresee) problems with atomizers or batteries that sit around without being used on a regular basis?
TIA for any suggestions/info.
You guys have a very informative site here... Well done.
Background...
I've been a Camel Light smoker for the last 15 years. On average, I'd say most of that time I was a pack/day smoker. Over the last couple of years I cut back to a about half a pack/day by no longer smoking in the house and have even continued to smoke less and less since then (last month I was probably going through a pack every 3-4 days - sometimes longer). I've "quit" a couple of times (one time for almost a year), but two things always seem to drag me back to the habit; stress and drinking. As with most smokers, a few tokes off of a smoke always seem to help me relax. When things get stressful for me, usually one of my first thoughts is, "Man, I need a smoke." The other aspect, drinking, gets me worse... To me, there's just something about a beer and a smoke.
In fact, I've gone through extended periods of time (that's why I put the word 'quit' in quotation marks above) where I don't smoke at all unless I'm drinking.
In the last 3 weeks, I caught the "quitting bug" again and haven't had a full smoke unless I was drinking (1-3 cigs once or twice a week). A handful of times over those 3 weeks I got a bad craving for a smoke, grabbed my "drinking pack", and went outside with the intention of having a full smoke. Luckily, all of those instances resulted in taking a drag and feeling absolutely disgusted by the taste. In the past, I would usually ignore that disgusted feeling, smoke the rest of the cig and a couple hours later it would be much easier to smoke another... and so on... eventually leading back to smoking on a regular basis again.
Whew... that turned out a lot longer than I expected... Sorry.
Anyway, enough of that... On to some questions/advice seeking...
My appologies if you think the info I'm seeking is found easily, but my eyes are kind of bugging out of my head at this point from reading this forum over the past few days.
With my limited smoking habit do e-cigs seem like a viable alternative to analogs?
From what I have gathered so far, I'd say yes. For my situation, I'd probably end up spending more per nicotine fix than if I were to smoke analogs, but the possible health advantages, the taste-factor, and the idea of being able to smoke in ban areas is really swaying me towards the e-cig.
Anyone run into (or foresee) problems with atomizers or batteries that sit around without being used on a regular basis?
TIA for any suggestions/info.
You guys have a very informative site here... Well done.
