So how fast did you all switch to vaping????

[Matthew Shelbourn]

I tried to quit analogs with a few cig-alike models before the evolution of RDAs, Mechanicals, and VV/VW devices. I found no satisfaction with them, in fact, I wanted to smoke more when I was using them. So I guess it took me a couple years from the time I tried e-cigs for the first time to fully transition. However, when I finally got my first eGo and clearomizer I quit the same day.

 

[BigMak45]

3 weeks ago today I was out of cigs. I'd been wanting to quit for awhile now but hadn't had much success. So instead of buying more analogs, I drove to a local vape shop and bought a cheap ego setup. Ordered an MVP2, A couple Nautilus tanks and bvc's 5 days later.

After 37+ years of killing myself and wasting so much money, I can't even imagine smoking again. I am really enjoying vaping and the various flavors I've been trying, and in 3 short weeks it's amazing how much better I can breathe. I can't wait to see how much better I feel in 6 months, 1 year, etc.

 

[dhood]

Tried a few njoys to see if they would do me as i had to travel for business and knew i wouldn't be able to smoke. hit a local vape shop two days before the trip and was forced to vape for the week since i didn't bring any smokes with me. got back and tried one, couldn't stand the taste. haven't looked back since - almost 3 months now. just picked up an mvp2 (my 6th battery in my graduation to better equipment) today when i caught one on sale locally for $45 at a B&M. I'll never go back. too many good flavors and i'm still spending less than what i would have on analogs.

 

[Jan Graskewicz]

I wanted to try vaping in December but broke as usual after the holidays. Talked to my hubby and as usual he said nothing except nagging about the cigerettes. On his birthday Jan 10th he bought me an Evod set up and I have not had a cigarette since. I can even stand next to smokers and have no desire to smoke. This was after 50 years of smoking.


Thank you for sharing with me.

 

[The Torch]

Just about 3 years ago, I bought an eGo-T clone. It didn't produce much vapor and the flavor was there, but it needed to be cleaned more than once a tank and those tanks contained about 1 mL. I kept smoking and used the e-cig for cutting back at work or when chain smoking.

In May of this year, my GF at the time made me walk into a vape shop. I bought a modern eGo Vision tank and the next day I had cut down by 70% on cigarettes. I went back to get an entire new kit the following weekend and gave the old one to my GF, who also cut down on analogs by about 70%. A couple of weeks later, I started noticing how much better I could breathe (and how much faster I could clean the car and wax it twice), so I decided to leave the morning cigarette on the desk and vaped all day. Only had 2 drags off a cigarette ever since and got myself a Provari with a Russian 91% weeks later.

I thought I would reduce cigarettes to zero over a course of 6 months, but I made a conscious decision of quitting after noticing the difference of cutting back and, for that reason, I seriously doubt I'll ever smoke again other than having a yearly cigar or something like that.

 

[Rotowoman]

This has been a highly amazing journey for me. I was a 2 pack a day smoker. On 9/26/2014, I walked into a Vape shop and got my first setup. My cigarette consumption went straight down. I bought my last carton on 9/3/2014. I have the last pack in the carton tucked away in a cranny in my car, and I haven't had a cigarette in 5 days. I will be ditching the rest of what I have when I get in off work location.

 

[sub4me]

I think that if vaping can help someone who really wants to quit smoking then it's a great thing and I've read a lot of people who seem to have done it quite easily after they found vaping. It certainly helps a lot here.

But I also think there's a lot of us who vape and smoke. I don't think its all about the quitting smoking. When I first found an ecig it was about being able to get some nicotine when I couldn't smoke and it worked very good at doing that, which lead me to looking further into liquids and vaping. I never wanted to quit smoking because I like it but I stayed with the vaping because I like that also. Nothing wrong with doing both.

 

[chopdoc]

Curious to hear the experiences of others.

I am still in the early days but have been smoke free for almost three months now. Purchased an e-cig (then tank soon after) on a whim online (cannot purchase e-liquid where I live) with no intention of quitting the analogs -just found the concept interesting, and haven't touched a cigarette since.

I know I am in my early days but I had chain smoked for a good seven years prior, and the very concept of quitting was stressful before I switched to vaping.

Am still mind=blown that I was able to switch so easily.

Your experiences???

Grats on quiting Drtinker. I picked up an ego stype batt and cartomizer in a kit one day on my way to work and 4 days later quit a 40 year 3pack or more a day habit. That was three months ago and I am still vaping and loving it.

 

[runitskat]

I believe it took me 3 days of dual use before I stopped smoking. That was about 4 months ago. I can't stand the smell of cigarettes now.

 

[BLUwazoo]

Well, about a year ago, I was dating somebody who vaped and she kind of showed me the ropes. But, although I bought a basic ego battery and a tank, I just basically used it only occasionally and rarely at that. It was about two months ago that I switched to vaping full time. Haven't touched a cig - or wanted one - since then. Now I'm down to 6 mg. juice and will soon go down to 3. I might start using the 3 mg just for dripping.

 

[K_Tech]

For me, there was a 12 hour transition where I was a dual user.

But I don't count the years I tried, rather unsuccessfully, to quit using cigalikes, because I didn't even know the term "vaping" until about a month before I started.

 

[Madtypist]

it wasnt all at once for me, was very gradual, with lots of trial and errors... key is finding the right juice and the right set up, ,,,

 

[AndriaD]

For me, it was a month-long phasing smoking out and vaping in, a little at a time -- I kept a tally of cigarettes smoked, and really enjoyed watching the tally-marks get less and less each day that went by. Mainly because when I first started, I really had no thought of quitting smoking, I was just trying to cut down, and not have to go out in the cold (it was Feb at the time). It surprised the hell out of me that I was able to reduce it so much that quitting became a real possibility, and then a fact.

And that technique actually worked for me twice -- after my appendectomy when I went back to smoking, I did the same thing, and was able to keep the return to smoking down to just a month, by gradually increasing my vaping each day. Once I get to about 5 cigarettes a day or less, they just taste awful, so it's not really hard at the end.

Andria

 

[Ren76]

By the end of day five of dual use I finished my last cig and haven't had one since, that was 41 days ago. I was a PAD for 23 years and have no intentions of going back.

 

[TheOdessa]

I'm still working on FULLY quiting. I smoked half a cigar while drinking on Saturday.

I went from smoking a pack of Black n Mild cigars a day to smoking half a cigar every 2 weeks. Nice change if you ask me.

I can actually smell when someone else is smoking now. I couldn't smell that before.

 

[GreenEyezGirl]

Curious to hear the experiences of others.

I am still in the early days but have been smoke free for almost three months now. Purchased an e-cig (then tank soon after) on a whim online (cannot purchase e-liquid where I live) with no intention of quitting the analogs -just found the concept interesting, and haven't touched a cigarette since.

I know I am in my early days but I had chain smoked for a good seven years prior, and the very concept of quitting was stressful before I switched to vaping.

Am still mind=blown that I was able to switch so easily.

Your experiences???

You and I are a lot alike. I purchased my first set-up on a whim while purchasing a carton of cigarettes. I never opened the carton and ended up selling it to somebody at work. Anyway...... I am also mind-blown that I was able to switch so easily. I wish everybody could!!

 

[Paradicio]

I smoked a pack a day for 21 years. Tried quitting many times before with no success. After I started vaping, it took me 4 days to fully quit. The last 2 of those 4 days, I only had 1 cig each day.

 

[daz2013]

i had a smoke walking to my local b&m picked up a starter kit used it in the shop to make sure everything was ok and that was it
never had another smoke.

 

[GinnyTx]

about a week five months ago..we had three a day for about four days, that fifth to seventh..one with coffee and that's IT, gave it all away to a friend who smokes who didn't want to quit...rolling machine, pounds of tobacco, tubes, cases.lighters, etc.

best day ever, stomping out the ciggie and buying a vape.

 

[GaG8tor]

I started with blus and various other cig-a-likes in December of last year. I bought a Vision Spinner kit in January and it was extremely easy to quit. I do occasionaly smoke an analog when drinking or out with friends to remind me just how disgusting they are.