slight urge for a cigarette

[viktor]

I feel that once in a couple of days, more frequently now in my third week of vaping & being smoke free. It's like "I vaped so now is time for a smoke break". LOL but true I don't have real cigs in the house but I honestly doubt I'd light one if I had. Not very convincing urge, but it is still there. For how long will it last, from your experience?

 

[portguy]

Once in a while (like 2 or 3 times in 4 months) i had a little urge. I found out it was pure curiosity on how a cancer stick would feel after all this time. Whenever i get that feeling i just step into a smokers room and it goes away REALLY fast.

 

[CES]

It will vary by person. Some people struggle daily, and/or supplement with smokeless tobacco. Others report having no urges from the moment they first vaped.

I took my time switching over, so i had a cigg when i wanted one (I have no will power at all) . It took about 6 weeks for the urge to go away, but was down to almost nothing for a couple of weeks before that. For me, what it took was finding the right nicotine level for me (24mg/ml at that time, 18mg/ml now)

Either way, don't stress over it, and let yourself get through the learning curve and find what works for you.

 

[zbasspro]

viktor I`ve found just the opposite. I just got back from a gathering of 1/2 dozen friends, and we all sat at a picnic table for an hour, they were all smoking, just a while ago it hit me that I never had an urge. It should happen anytime for you. I smoked 2 packs a day for 27 years. Just vape more! I do vape non stop.

 

[mozzstyxx]

vaping non stop, is that where everyone ends up?

 

[CES]

Welcome to ECF Mozzstyxx. People may start out vaping nonstop- but they don't all end that way. After 6 months, I'm vaping less, AND my need for and tolerance for nicotine have decreased.

 

[Wafflestomper]

I feel your pain. I've been having the urge for hand rolled smoke.
Not sure why.

It's really wierd.

 

[zbasspro]

I smoked non stop! It`s what it`s taken me to get to this point. I have a plan to follow though. Reducing nic strength, and limiting my juice over time, I`m just enjoying it too much right now!

 

[WickedFish]

vaping non stop, is that where everyone ends up?

From what I can gather......no
Some vape like crazy and some don't.

Even if it were where we all end up, is that still better than smoking?

Quite possibly yes....

Just my opinion though.

 

[viktor]

vaping non stop, is that where everyone ends up?

I already decreased my nic level from 24 mg to 18 (except for the morning & drinking times ), so I don't think so.

Thanks everybody for sharing your experiences, very interesting.

 

[jj2]

vaping non stop, is that where everyone ends up?

For a while I did---from the time I got up to the time I went to bed. Eventually that feeling of "Okay, I've vaped, now I need a cig" went away and I was pretty unaware of it when it did.

Now the vaping has really decreased. When away from the house, I carry three Nicosticks and right now I switch the batteries out once a week, and a lot of times, the batteries are still working. And that is so differenct from right at first when I was running frantic trying to keep factory batteries charged.

 

[zbasspro]

viktor that could be why you`re still craving? Maybe it was a little to soon to start thinking about decreasing the nic level? Just a thought, but IMO better to stay off the analogs and take longer to wean off the nic than to drop to quick and still be wrestling with the urge.

 

[ceo51378]

If you have an urge for a smoke, do it. Over time, you will most likely find that it's the habit you're missing... because they will start tasting like crap. I know it sounds strange but I was/am still addicted to that 'dirty lung' feeling I get after chain smoking a few cigarettes. I remedied it by upping the nicotine and switching to a high volt mod. Now my e-cig is 'stronger' than a cigarette. This has helped kick the habit for the most part. I've been vaping for almost 2 years now. That being said, I will occasionally smoke in a social setting - though my 'expected' experience is far lacking compared what I get on with my e-cig. It's almost like I don't want to accept that analog cigs just don't do it for me anymore.

 

[viktor]

viktor that could be why you`re still craving? Maybe it was a little to soon to start thinking about decreasing the nic level? Just a thought, but IMO better to stay off the analogs and take longer to wean off the nic than to drop to quick and still be wrestling with the urge.

I'm decreasing my nic intake because it feels better. But maybe you're right, we're such complicated creatures

Anyway, all these concerns are minor, I still remember horrors of cold turkey six months ago.

 

[rosesense]

Hang in there, it does lessen in time for most of us. I can't remember when I had the last craving, several weeks at least. Whew, thank goodness.

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

I normally vape 10-12mg juice, but I always have a bottle of 24mg tobacco around for the morning and when I get an urge. Frankly I haven't had an urge in weeks but still vape a few drops every morning of the 24mg.

 

[jamesam1243]

going against the grain here but then i have been banned before

i agree with Tropical Bob here in that my ecig just does not do it all the way for me. on TB's suggestion i bought and am using Stonewall Jave spit-less tobacco. with it my desires/urges are satisfied.. my body did not react against no real tobacco until i had been cigarette free for three weeks and then it all fell apart.. when i use half a tablet of Stonewall i not only do not want a cigarette, i do not want nicotine from my ecig, i still like to puff on a 0mg ecig though

i could not find TB's video explaining this but YouTube - Dissolvable tobacco: Camel vs. Stonewall might be a good place to start looking for it.

hope this helps

also this might be of interest to you http://whyfiles.org/024nicotine/brainscan.html


James

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June 23 smoked 01 cigs, 39 less than my usual 40 cigs a day 1756 cigarettes not smoked in 51 days by using a Joye 510, Hello 016, Ken's BoxMod, MadVapes 2xAA Box Mod Vaporizer (ecig) and 19 bottles of ejuice partially used + Stonewall dissolvable tobacco, $0.28 per cig X 1756 Cigs = $491.68 diverted from cigarettes to Vaporizer (ecig) I have spent over $750.00 on ecigs and supplies so far ( + $364 for a one year supply of Stonewall spitless tobacco ) , what? you would rather not hear about "the cost of not smoking"?

 

[Drakos]

The first few days, I had a tremendous urge for a cigarette. I thought about it but e-cigs are much more enjoyable. The flavor is incredible without any of the negative side effects. I admit I took a drag off my friend's analog after a week on e-cigs and it tasted like crap. I can't believe what I have been missing these past few years.

 

[mozzstyxx]

i am interested in cutting my 24mg stuff down with some zero nic flavors mixed or just pure VG. what experience have you all had with that? Still like 24mg in the morning!

 

[Perpetual Knight]

I've had good experience cutting my 24 mg e-juice with vg, but I don't know what you'd end up with if you tried cutting it with a 0 mg flavor; it would depend on the flavor you started with. All I can say is good luck