Still Smoking?

[Fusion_Vap]

I know that this forum is about quitting smoking, but i smoke an analog every so often.

I love vaping, but i still smoke a cigarette occasionally. I only do it when im out with my friends, and its more of a social matter. On my own time i stick to vaping though.

but is there anyone on this forum like me? who only smokes with friends, maybe once every two weeks?

 

[kellogg]

There are some who still smoke occasionally and some who took months to completely quit. With a community this large, the diversity is huge.

 

[Azarath]

I know that this forum is about quitting smoking, but i smoke an analog every so often.

I love vaping, but i still smoke a cigarette occasionally. I only do it when im out with my friends, and its more of a social matter. On my own time i stick to vaping though.

but is there anyone on this forum like me? who only smokes with friends, maybe once every two weeks?

I'm a medium - social smoker. I smoke outside of my house, especially when I'm out with my motorcycle buddies. Never do I take "smoke breaks" when I am at home or work though.
I JUST started vaping and I'm hating my prefilled carts, so I'm still smoking the analogs while I'm out with my motorcycle buds.

Now, when I get the right juices in the mail tomorrow from FSUSA... I really do expect to only vape... Even if I get weird looks from the smokers . I've already gotten my best friend to buy a KR808 -- let's see how many more I can get into the vaping .

 

[Neemy]

I've always made it a rule to never say I "quit", just so I don't feel like such a failure when I start up again (and after quitting and restarting many times over 22 years, you see why I don't want to be continually "failing"...) but since I started vaping, I haven't touched an analog. I have half a carton in my glovebox, and I haven't touched it in over a month! I haven't thrown it out, either...

I'll just say I'm on a (hopefully) "permanent hiatus" from smoking.

 

[FreakyStylie]

I've never really viewed this forum to be about quitting smoking. I've always seen it as a place to find a way to still get nicotine through the familiar habituation of cigarettes while reducing the amount of harm you get from smoking. I don't think there would be a single person in here that would say anything negative about reducing the amount of cigarettes you have. My wife still smokes . . . about half of what she used to, and that's a really good thing!

 

[Zork]

I also smoke occasionally with friends but the longer I vape, the worse analogs taste to me.

 

[Affectionatedragon]

I started vaping about two months ago and still smoke. I figured I would be completely done by now, but apparently not. However, I am not going to beat myself up about because instead of two packs a day, it's maybe a half a pack or less. I actually only smoked four analogs today, and that's the least I've smoked in years.

The way I see it, is one day at a time. And one of those days I will forget to buy a pack like I sometimes do, shrug my shoulders, and say "F" it I don't need 'um anymore.

 

[PandaMonia]

The only thing that has kept me off of smoking analogs were LR atties I just love the warmth of the vapor and it has really kept me away. I used to smoke half a pack a day and vape 3-5 mls of juice until I discovered LR attys and 6v devices. Maybe you should try that and see what its like

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

I know of a few who are still smoking occaisionally after months of vaping....I was vaping for 6 months before I finally walked away from analogs....it was an easy choice after I found what works for me. But then I also had no intentions of "quitting" when I started vaping...but still had an open mind. After a while the analogs become distasteful all on their own. But everyone is different. I have friends who quit within the first month of vaping, and I've met a few who transitioned immediatly from smoking to vaping and have never looked back.

 

[trouble2k]

I started vaping in July, and had no real intentions of quitting either. My smoking had automatically decreased to around a 1/2 pk a day versus 1.5-2 pks, though. It took me over 2 months to allow myself to reach the 24 hr mark without a cigarette. Once I got the right equipment and juice, I was suddenly only smoking 2-4. For the last 6 weeks, I was only smoking 1 a day and not really even trying to quit.

It wasn't until last Monday morning that I realized I had only one cigarette left in my pack, so I decided to stick it the freezer and see how long I could go before I needed it. That's one week ago today and it's still there.

For some of us, we just need to let the process of replacing smoking with vaping come naturally. I couldn't force it on myself. That would have taken the fun out of it for me!

 

[rons29445]

Hopefully I am doing it right.
After 40 years of smoking tobacco I look at vaping as an alternative to tobacco and smoking.
No tobacco since 9-22-10

 

[sherid]

I still smoke 1 per day with morning coffee. I have no intention of ever giving that one up. If I go to a bar and have drinks, I may chain smoke, but I have not gone over 7 cigarettes in a day for the past two years. That's after 40 years of a pack a day. Seems like a god thing to me.

 

[Beachlover]

I still smoke along with vaping...have cut way down to about 1/2 pack a day from 2-3 packs a day. Yesterday I smoked more but oh well...today is new. Eventually I will find the right combo but I am not going to beat myself up about it as this is a great improvement.

 

[NCC]

I haven't smoked a cigarette in nine months. Oh, but I have thought about it, seems like at least 2 or 3 times a week. If I could buy a single cigarette, I probably would ... just to remind myself what they taste like. It's not as simple as bumming a smoke off someone, because my brand was quite uncommon in this area.
That's a good thing in my way of looking at it. Although, if I really wanted just one ... I could easily bum my second choice.

I've known people who quit for a decade or more and then went back to a pack a day, overnight! I sure don't want to do that. I refuse.

Last night I had a dream that I bought a pack. Arggg!

 

[boobsmurphy]

I've only been vaping for about 2 weeks now. I used to smoke 1-1.5 packs a day (smoked for 12 years) and now I'm down to 3-4, which is a huge improvement for me. I'm loving all the flavors that are out there but I'm still looking for that perfect replacement from smoking menthols. Either way, I can already tell a great improvement in my lungs.. so I'm happy.
Eventually I would like to cut out analogs completely, it's just not an immediate thing for me. But I'm getting there!

 

[Spoomsister]

I think it's really neat how it seems you guys have just naturally weaned your self off analogs, intentional or not. I'm wanting to quit analogs completely, and plan on doing so once I find the right PV and juice combo. Good luck everyone!

 

[tonna11]

For some of us, we just need to let the process of replacing smoking with vaping come naturally. I couldn't force it on myself. That would have taken the fun out of it for me!

What a great way of looking at it! I havent vaped yet, my starter kit is arriving today--but I am doing this to try to quit analogs. I dont care if I ever quit the nicotine at this point, I just want off the analogs--but I'm one of those people who need to approach something like this with no pressure or it backfires on me. Like when I go on a diet and end up gaining 20lbs cuz all I'm thinking about is the food I cant have. I dont want to do that here, since I'm almost 3 PAD anyway, and that would really be awful to end up smoking 5 PAD, LOL!!! I really like the way you stated that-and I think I'll take approach to it. I hope I'm one of those who vape once and never touch another analog again, but if not, I'll keep trying to find the right equipment and juice till I get it right!

 

[abechik]

i still have 1 and half pack analog with me .. i'm almost 20 days off the analog but i never restrict myself of analog at this point of time.. it just a matter of choice.. right now i chose ecig because it just taste better ..

 

[KissMint]

I didn't plan on quitting analogs, just the thought scares me... don't want to be a fail. Just happens that im officially not a chain smoker nor a heavy smoker anymore. Two weeks into it, i still have an analog here and there and it is usually when I can't the ego to perform.

 

[Jim211]

To me it was smoking fewer cigarettes when i started vaping. If I wanted a cig I would smoke one but after a while they started tasting nasty and I had all these good tasting juices so on 6/1 i said enough and gave all my cigarettes away.