Still smoking support and chat thread

[etherealink]

And I haven't even been trying! I swear you spread good luck.

I pm'd them right away. I'm in so many contests that I don't know what all I've entered. The page is a little confusing. I think it's a vape case and couple of tank and a couple of juices. So I was hoping they'd tell me, ask me flavors, what phone I have, nic level, something that would give me a clue, right?
Nope. They just said "it's on it's way". Good thing I like surprises.

But what a way to start the week! HECK YEAH!
Next up, the lottery (after my tire gets fixed).

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I wonder if there's any contests for air pumps or battery chargers?

Lol, I understand your pain about too many contests... you should see my notebook list!!

Congrats Aik!!

 

[etherealink]

Hi...

I've been vaping about 4 months. I was an ex-smoker for many years and vaping was my attempt to thwart cigarette cravings I was having (even years after quitting). It didn't work, as I picked up smoking again, but I'm still vaping.

Finding vaping didn't work was so frustrating... especially as I've heard so many success stories. I kept thinking "What's wrong with me?" Then I started reading about minor tobacco alkaloids and realized tobacco addiction is a lot more complicated than just getting a nicotine fix.

Currently I'm more like a dual user. I have a few cigarettes a day but I vape when smoking would be difficult or impossible- I've cut my smoking down by half or 2/3. I'm considering trying smokeless tobacco to quit the cigs- I've tried American snuff but I really do prefer snus that I tried years ago (before it was trendy).

Welcome to the party FD, embrace the suck!!

 

[etherealink]

you all know I have been very lucky winning contests, I just won another that wasn't announced yet, it will be announced tomorrow. SO, that said, I have just about every kind of MOD there is out there and every kind of ATTY other than RBA's like Kayfun or Genie styles. I have drippers and BCC, BDC, well like I said, just about everything.

I now have some of the best juices that I have tasted. I still smoke! This is crazy! I sometimes take a puff of the Cig and then follow it up with the vapor, It tastes better, I know this, I like it better, so why am I smoking????? I must be crazy, I use RYO tobacco, I prefer still ,the store bought ,but can live with the RYO. I know a small part is the form factor, I like to hold the darn thing between my lips. that hasn't gone away
I am trying an experiment to just hold the cig in my lips,unlit and then vape if that is what it takes, I will do it. No fear of looking stupid, who is going to see me?

Flavor does make a huge difference, once you find flavors that you love, I don't mean ok flavors, I mean I love these flavors, then it does help to vape more, and smoke a little less. I saw product that I will buy, when I get my money, on the same basis that the eRoll is but larger an auto VV from V4L it might help i can only guess, I will either spend vast sums of money or vast amount of time to get what works, I am in this over a year now and I really believe it will work when I find the right thing. I will still use all my other stuff when I can think about what I am doing but for mindless vaping to be like mindless smoking, I must find the right setup, and I am sure it's out there.

I got some use out of a blue ecig for the same reason ... even when it died it helped the hand to mouth thing.

 

[FireDragon1138]

What equipment are you using and what are you vaping? Do you have an all day vape or do you like to mix it up a lot?

I have two KR808 shorty batteries and an unregulated eGo. I recently parted with some of my stuff that just wasn't working for me (long KR808 batteries- too heavy to be good cig-a-likes, and some of my backup EGo batteries). I also have a Mistic e-cig that works very well, but I don't like the juice as much (see below).

I'm actually going to buy some more KR808 shorties to try out- this time steel instead of white. I don't want it to be confused with a cigarette (I had that happen a few times).

I've also got an EGo-RS on the way. It's a 14500 mod, you can replace the battery and it has some different voltage settings (5-click). I've decided regulated voltage is important- my 808's are regulated and it seems to work better. Variable voltage might be nice too since I have so many different CE4's with different resistances. I also like the idea of replacing batteries.

I've considered other mods, particularly the 14500 batteries as I want something small.

Oh, and I am kinda a tobacco girl. No matter how many flavors I try I keep drifting back to something that has a tobacco base, although I like sweetened tobaccos.

I like tobacco flavors too, it's mostly all I've tried so far. I tried an iced tea flavor I liked.

Some DIY stuff using FlavorArt's Cowboy Blend or 7 Leaves and a bit of Ethyl maltol is as close as I get to an ADV. I also use WholeCig's unflavored WTA and vape vegetable-glycerin heavy blends. I also like Aroma E Juice's GI Joe or any RY4. It feels like I have too many juice bottles sitting around- another beginner issue. I'm going to invest in a small refrigerator to help me store them, plus I will be able to keep snuff in there too and batteries.

I find it hard to vape regular nicotine e-liquid. Sometimes it makes me chain vape and I get too much nic and I still crave a cigarette, or I'll think I'm doing OK for a while and I notice I start losing my cool. I'm prone to panic attacks.

When I said I'm a dual user, I think that label suits me better. I like tobacco in general and have always tended to use it in different forms, though when I get into cig smoking it usually takes over and squeezes other stuff out. I never got into e-cigs with the intention of "quitting smoking" and I don't have the willpower for it. Hence my problems with vaping regular nicotine e-liquid, it reminds me too much of using the NRT patch, and that was at a point in my life I was highly motivated to quit altogether (and I did for several years, then my life went downhill a few years ago and it was a struggle not to just buy a pack of cigs). I have no interest in "quitting", just looking for a healthier alternative that satisfies some of the reasons I smoke (hand to mouth oral fixation I have and the alert calm sensation tobacco provides).

I vape regular nicotine occasionally, just not that much. I do evny the availability of flavors and convenience of regular e-liquid, it just doesn't seem to be working for me very well.

 

[ShariR]

Firedragon, using the vendor eliquid can also be an expensive quest. At one point I had almost 150 bottles of different flavors from different vendors all over my sunroom and coffee table. I traded a lot of them and gave away many more. I am down to two vendors right now that I truly enjoy. But it took forever to find out what I like and what likes me.

Try the Juice Swap thread here in the PIF area. You may find something you like.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-please-read-first-post-rules-guidelines.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...atural-extracted-tobacco-pif-swap-thread.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-please-read-first-post-rules-guidelines.html

 

[Karen N Daytona]

I am sooooo tired, and I can't sleep yet, I am trying to make it till I can see the "Pink Moon" I might miss it

 

[aikanae1]

I am sooooo tired, and I can't sleep yet, I am trying to make it till I can see the "Pink Moon" I might miss it

I almost forgot about that.
You really are going to make us wait until tomorrow to reveal your prize, aren't you?
Geesh.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

I won a DNA 20 with juice and tank, I also just won a CHI YOU a little while ago

 

[Thayamax]

I won a DNA 20 with juice and tank, I also just won a CHI YOU a little while ago

Holy moly, woman! If you keep this up you'll be able to open up your own vape shop soon.

Congrats, by the way. I can't think of anyone else who deserves it more.

Welcome to our thread, Fire Dragon. You'll like it here.

 

[aikanae1]

^^^ ^^^

Way to go!!!

Now ya' done it. I'm off tha bench.
That's like having a second job!

 

[Karen N Daytona]

I know, I can't believe how lucky I was this week, let alone the last few, I am stoked! have to play lottery!!!!!

i so want to quit smoking, I leave the house to smoke now, he quit again the last 4 days, o I hope that it will be easier for me, its a PITA to go in and out so I am hoping the lazy in me wins.

its a vapor shark DNA 20, ok guys tell me what makes it special to me, I know its supposed to be able to let me sub ohm, but I don't so why is it special to me?

the tank is a good one from Innokin and their juice we'll see, I am just as excited about the Chi You I assume its a clone, I didn't look at it that carefully.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Holy moly, woman! If you keep this up you'll be able to open up your own vape shop soon.

Congrats, by the way. I can't think of anyone else who deserves it more.



love you too! it's crazy, but fun!!!!!

 

[Karen N Daytona]

must sleep , screw the moon! LOL good night all

 

[ShariR]

Karen - I second that Holy Moly!!! Wow. You have sure been lucky lately. How many contests a day are you entering.

Oh, I do not want to do Facebook. But you are getting me thinking about it a lot. I dream about what fake names I can come up with. And setting up separate email addresses.

Good for you. That DNA 20 is a popular device. If you do not want it you probably can sell it on the classys in a heartbeat.

 

[aikanae1]

Karen - I second that Holy Moly!!! Wow. You have sure been lucky lately. How many contests a day are you entering.

Oh, I do not want to do Facebook. But you are getting me thinking about it a lot. I dream about what fake names I can come up with. And setting up separate email addresses.

Good for you. That DNA 20 is a popular device. If you do not want it you probably can sell it on the classys in a heartbeat.

I know ya' wanna. LOL!

Some of the names are pretty funny; Drippin Bob, Wicked Witch, somebody Vapor, etc. I wished I woulda done it that way. I skip some because I don't want to give my name or connect my page to something. Still, I was aiming for tanks and atomizers, doing mods (not expecting anything) and spending an hour 2-3x/wk and I won twice in a month. Not shabby. I'm hoping the tanks I'm getting are protanks. A lot of juice contests, some premium; Fuzion, 5 Pawns, Plume Room. Most unknown. It was sure nice to win a spinner a week after my old spinner died.

Anyway, I should be sleeping and I forgot all about the moon.The power of contests.

It takes me longer cause I'm slightly ADD. Gotta look at the whole page, follow links, read a little. So cut my time down by half.

I found my new anthem. Went right up on FB.

 

[darksparkle13]

Hi...

I've been vaping about 4 months. I was an ex-smoker for many years and vaping was my attempt to thwart cigarette cravings I was having (even years after quitting). It didn't work, as I picked up smoking again, but I'm still vaping.

Finding vaping didn't work was so frustrating... especially as I've heard so many success stories. I kept thinking "What's wrong with me?" Then I started reading about minor tobacco alkaloids and realized tobacco addiction is a lot more complicated than just getting a nicotine fix.

Currently I'm more like a dual user. I have a few cigarettes a day but I vape when smoking would be difficult or impossible- I've cut my smoking down by half or 2/3. I'm considering trying smokeless tobacco to quit the cigs- I've tried American snuff but I really do prefer snus that I tried years ago (before it was trendy).

Welcome I am a dual user as well still smoking but love vaping! And everyone understands! Yay!

 

[FinallyQuit]

Hello everyone! I'm facing a hurdle right now that I haven't faced since I quit smoking last July. I got a chest cold. I know, call the wambulance, right? Vaping feels like inhaling boiling hot lava. Switched to unflavored at the lowest wattage on my device, still painful. I remember when smoking numbed everything while I was sick. . .

Congrats to all the winners! Keep it going!

Welcome new friends, as well. Stick around, we are a pretty fun bunch!

 

[etherealink]

Hello everyone! I'm facing a hurdle right now that I haven't faced since I quit smoking last July. I got a chest cold. I know, call the wambulance, right? Vaping feels like inhaling boiling hot lava. Switched to unflavored at the lowest wattage on my device, still painful. I remember when smoking numbed everything while I was sick. . .

Congrats to all the winners! Keep it going!

Welcome new friends, as well. Stick around, we are a pretty fun bunch!

FQ, if you diy, mix menthol and eucalyptus with a very low pg % and that will help some. Also light citrus flavors were easier for me when sick.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Hello everyone! I'm facing a hurdle right now that I haven't faced since I quit smoking last July. I got a chest cold. I know, call the wambulance, right? Vaping feels like inhaling boiling hot lava. Switched to unflavored at the lowest wattage on my device, still painful. I remember when smoking numbed everything while I was sick. . .

Congrats to all the winners! Keep it going!

Welcome new friends, as well. Stick around, we are a pretty fun bunch!

FQ, this is going to be a huge challenge, do not smoke!!!! it will make it very hard to vape. I made this mistake!!!!!!!!
go back to your stick batteries if you have to, try Menthol if you can stand it. they say its easier to vape menthol with a cold.

Love you! embrace the suck!

 

[FinallyQuit]

Thanks you guys! The problem is I hate menthol!!! I have Lemonade Stand from Aroma in one tank right now, at 3.0 watts on a 1.9 ohm coil head. It's like inhaling glass shards. The other tank is unflavored 50/50 on the iTazte at 6.0 watts (that's as low as it goes) on a 2.0 ohm coil head, it's not like glass shards but still pretty painful. I feel MUCH better today than yesterday, so maybe it won't stick around too long. I'm hanging on by a thread here! I avoided the smoking shelter for break this morning, because my Newport buddy would have helped me out if I'd asked him to. No, no, no, no!!