This poll has probably been done before, but perhaps time for a results refresh. How many members have said goodbye to smoking completely?
Still Smoking?
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I still smoke two a day - not because I really need them, but because I still love them... Like Trog, I do not hate the things (nor did I have cough, or any other noticeable symptom, even after 23 years with them).
I am curious to see the results of this poll, although I guess that those who have completely quit may be a little more eager to respond than those who haven't....
I am curious to see the results of this poll, although I guess that those who have completely quit may be a little more eager to respond than those who haven't....
I kinda have to still smoke, since I have a DSE901 with only one good battery and a penstyle that really doesn't do much for me. PLEASE mr. Mailman, bring me my new mini and pipe kits this week!!!!!
Not a single cancer stick for almost 3 months
but just added up the money Ive spent on penstyles ,901s, batteries , atomisers, screwdrivers, e cigars, 30 different juices and loads of experimental things
Ive spent a whopping £661.00 !! In 3 months
but have enuff stock to last 3 more months I hope
So may have stopped any cancer but after adding up my bills may die from a heart attack instead !
but just added up the money Ive spent on penstyles ,901s, batteries , atomisers, screwdrivers, e cigars, 30 different juices and loads of experimental things
Ive spent a whopping £661.00 !! In 3 months
but have enuff stock to last 3 more months I hope
So may have stopped any cancer but after adding up my bills may die from a heart attack instead !
Same for me, only two months but no cost saving yet. If I can hold on without buying any more I'll be in profit in two weeks.
Trog don't even think of bringing out SD Mk2!!
The way the question is worded, I have to say "yes". I quit inhaling cigarettes July 17, 2007, switching first to snus and Stonewall dissolvable tobacco bits. In January, I began e-smoking .. pipe, cigar, and finally e-cigs. I've continued to do everything except inhale tobacco smoke. At best, I've mitigated the odds of lung disease. At worst, the nicotine is still killing my arteries in a way that won't show up for a few years.
I feel great, however, and the persistent smoker's cough is mostly gone. I tell people I've quit smoking. They see me puffing a pipe and say I'm still smoking. Your call. I've done what I think is best for my health, while remaining a hardcore nicotine addict.
I feel great, however, and the persistent smoker's cough is mostly gone. I tell people I've quit smoking. They see me puffing a pipe and say I'm still smoking. Your call. I've done what I think is best for my health, while remaining a hardcore nicotine addict.
I would say I have quit, even though this is only my 12th day using my e-cig.
I was out of town with friends for a couple of days last week, and though I took enough cartridges for myself I failed to factor in the number of people that would want to try it out... so the cartridges were drained towards the end...
I took a recular cig from one of my friends and went outside to smoke it, but smoked less than half before putting it out... they just don't do it for me anymore, the e-cig is far more enjoyable.
I was out of town with friends for a couple of days last week, and though I took enough cartridges for myself I failed to factor in the number of people that would want to try it out... so the cartridges were drained towards the end...
I took a recular cig from one of my friends and went outside to smoke it, but smoked less than half before putting it out... they just don't do it for me anymore, the e-cig is far more enjoyable.
Hi,
From 40 a day down to 10 by was hard work. Since I started with the e-cigs, down to 1 or 2 a day, some days none at all. So I may be classed as a smoker, but my COPD and lung function have improved dramatically which has pleased both myself and my doctor.
Cheers
Dave
From 40 a day down to 10 by was hard work. Since I started with the e-cigs, down to 1 or 2 a day, some days none at all. So I may be classed as a smoker, but my COPD and lung function have improved dramatically which has pleased both myself and my doctor.
Cheers
Dave
Been given up over half a solar year and so far so good! Started patches and they were crap luckily I discovered ecigs just in time and not smoked a naughty cig since!
Although I consider myself a "non-smoker" and say that I have quit I do still have the occasional cigarette so I voted yes. About every 3 or 4 days I get an urge and start to feel that old cigarette craving so I go outside and light one up. I puff on it 3 or 4 times and realize just how horrid it tastes then put it out, brush my teeth and go back to happily vaping. I'm sure if I wanted to I could work through these urges but I'm happy with where I am so I'm not going to stress over a quarter to half a cig every 3 or 4 days. Besides...it's a good reminder to me from time to time exactly why I wanted to give them up in the first place. The need to brush my teeth, use mouthwash and take a shower after few puffs definitely reminds me! 
Well, I ticked the "still smoking" box. I still have a couple of analogues a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less depending on how my collection of e-cigs are behaving on the day (it can be variable). If I can't get a decent vape out of my e-cig/s, I'll have an analogue.
To put this in proportion, I was a heavy smoker for 20 years - 20-30 per day and I could really FEEL the level of my addiction by the way I smoked, the level of enjoyment I got out of sucking down those chemicals was insane. And besides, if lung surgery wasn't able to stop me, it's pretty amazing to find something like the e-cig and for it to be so effective with such little effort.
I am very thankful for e-cigarette technology, even with all it's spectacular failures it's still effective in greatly reducing the harm done to my poor lungs.
I don't beat myself up over having a couple of cigs a day.
To put this in proportion, I was a heavy smoker for 20 years - 20-30 per day and I could really FEEL the level of my addiction by the way I smoked, the level of enjoyment I got out of sucking down those chemicals was insane. And besides, if lung surgery wasn't able to stop me, it's pretty amazing to find something like the e-cig and for it to be so effective with such little effort.
I am very thankful for e-cigarette technology, even with all it's spectacular failures it's still effective in greatly reducing the harm done to my poor lungs.
I don't beat myself up over having a couple of cigs a day.
I have not smoked a real cig for over 4 hours now. (rec. my e-cig when I got home from work this evening).
Will be heading to bed soon, so that'll be 13 hours off them by tomorrow morning! lol
The real test will be in the morning!
Will be heading to bed soon, so that'll be 13 hours off them by tomorrow morning! lol
The real test will be in the morning!
The real test, based on results from NRT, is not a day, not a week, not even three months off cigarettes. It starts to get serious at six months. Lots of people have returned to cigarettes by six months. And the failures have gone over a cliff at one year. The success rate, those who quit, is 5%. Ninety-five of every 100 who swore off cigarettes are back on them before the first anniversary. E-cigs' success can't be measured until at least a year of use without smoking.
I'm still guessing the quit rate with e-devices will be better than Big Pharma's 5% (maybe 10 to 25%). Then what?
But even this thread is disturbing, since e-cigs are never supposed to be called a quit-smoking device. That will red flag the FTC and perhaps the FDA. And that's when Big Trouble begins. The trouble, of course, will be a demand for scientific proof of efficacy. And e-smoking doesn't have it.
I'm still guessing the quit rate with e-devices will be better than Big Pharma's 5% (maybe 10 to 25%). Then what?
But even this thread is disturbing, since e-cigs are never supposed to be called a quit-smoking device. That will red flag the FTC and perhaps the FDA. And that's when Big Trouble begins. The trouble, of course, will be a demand for scientific proof of efficacy. And e-smoking doesn't have it.
I voted yes, because I don't think I'll ever leave it behind.
That said, I went cold smoke on July 11 (at 1:15pm - it was a Friday). Didn't have a problem with cravings or being near hot smokers. I was, however, curious about forum reports that hot cigs taste foul after being on the e-cig bus for awhile and also about whether the usual quitter's snare still obtained, i.e. that just one real cigarette would screw the good work of the previous three months. I strongly felt this would not be the case, because on all my previous falls from the wagon, I was cold turkey on nicotine. These last three months, I've been getting my share, maybe even more than my share. But there's something missing from e-cigs that I've never really nailed down. This has been on my mind almost constantly.
So, on October 11, I smoked a real one. It wasn't foul. It sure was over quickly, though. I'm used to lengthy (almost constant) nicotine intake these days. The main impression it left was dry heat in my mouth. There was that crappy aftertaste but no big deal. Stick of gum took care of that in seconds. I liked the smell. Secondhand smoke barely registers with me, but the firsthand stuff is fine. Smells are potent memory triggers (I think they might even be the strongest triggers) and I got a nostalgia hit along with the other dangerous chemicals. Actually smoking the thing was mundane. Didn't cough, no discernible difference between the nicotine hit of the real one and my e-cig (was using a Bling mostly that day). No dizzy "head hit". Very light in the hand though - guess we get used to the weight of e-cigs pretty much instantly.
Well, I scratched my itch. I was in Cyprus on October 11 (where even the dogs smoke!) and I picked up a carton of cigarettes for my mum in the duty free shop. I bring her a pack or two when I visit her, so there have been real cigarettes in my house for the last six weeks. I haven't been tempted, and in fact I forget about them until it's time to visit my mum.
I would therefore say that for me, the chain is broken. I am no longer dependent on hot cigarettes and, as reported by many here, I believe that an occasional real cigarette will not revive that dependency. Sooner or later I'm going to get caught without a working device and I'll fearlessly grab a pack of hotties. I'll probably end up cross-eyed on the floor, because when that day comes, I'm likely to smoke 'em like an e-cig, end-to-end until the battery runs out.
Smoking the hottie made me realise what the je ne sais quoi of real cigs is, though. Convenience. Jeez, I miss the simple technology of a packet of fags and a lighter. That right there is the quantum leap. Whoever gets the buy 'em, smoke 'em, toss 'em device on to the market at a sane price will clean up, and deservedly so.
Emp
EDIT: I'm not suggesting that this will be anybody else's experience. Addiction is different for all of us and if you suspect that 'just one' will be the start of a slippery slope, don't smoke the one.
That said, I went cold smoke on July 11 (at 1:15pm - it was a Friday). Didn't have a problem with cravings or being near hot smokers. I was, however, curious about forum reports that hot cigs taste foul after being on the e-cig bus for awhile and also about whether the usual quitter's snare still obtained, i.e. that just one real cigarette would screw the good work of the previous three months. I strongly felt this would not be the case, because on all my previous falls from the wagon, I was cold turkey on nicotine. These last three months, I've been getting my share, maybe even more than my share. But there's something missing from e-cigs that I've never really nailed down. This has been on my mind almost constantly.
So, on October 11, I smoked a real one. It wasn't foul. It sure was over quickly, though. I'm used to lengthy (almost constant) nicotine intake these days. The main impression it left was dry heat in my mouth. There was that crappy aftertaste but no big deal. Stick of gum took care of that in seconds. I liked the smell. Secondhand smoke barely registers with me, but the firsthand stuff is fine. Smells are potent memory triggers (I think they might even be the strongest triggers) and I got a nostalgia hit along with the other dangerous chemicals. Actually smoking the thing was mundane. Didn't cough, no discernible difference between the nicotine hit of the real one and my e-cig (was using a Bling mostly that day). No dizzy "head hit". Very light in the hand though - guess we get used to the weight of e-cigs pretty much instantly.
Well, I scratched my itch. I was in Cyprus on October 11 (where even the dogs smoke!) and I picked up a carton of cigarettes for my mum in the duty free shop. I bring her a pack or two when I visit her, so there have been real cigarettes in my house for the last six weeks. I haven't been tempted, and in fact I forget about them until it's time to visit my mum.
I would therefore say that for me, the chain is broken. I am no longer dependent on hot cigarettes and, as reported by many here, I believe that an occasional real cigarette will not revive that dependency. Sooner or later I'm going to get caught without a working device and I'll fearlessly grab a pack of hotties. I'll probably end up cross-eyed on the floor, because when that day comes, I'm likely to smoke 'em like an e-cig, end-to-end until the battery runs out.
Smoking the hottie made me realise what the je ne sais quoi of real cigs is, though. Convenience. Jeez, I miss the simple technology of a packet of fags and a lighter. That right there is the quantum leap. Whoever gets the buy 'em, smoke 'em, toss 'em device on to the market at a sane price will clean up, and deservedly so.
Emp
EDIT: I'm not suggesting that this will be anybody else's experience. Addiction is different for all of us and if you suspect that 'just one' will be the start of a slippery slope, don't smoke the one.
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T-Bob, don't you find it somewhat ironic that we have to be worried about the fact that this device seems to have helped a lot of people cut down -or even quit (for a while at least)- cigarettes, because then it looks that this could be categorized as a quit smoking therapy and thus fall under draconian regulations?
It is pretty sad, and should make the various institutions, such as WHO, FDA, etc, think a bit....
Here is something that -whatever its original purpose- appears to work reasonably well for people with a strong addiction in cutting dramatically the consumption of something that is unanimously recognized as extremely unhealthy. However, its users are so worried about what those institutions that should be concerned with health would do if this "effectiveness" were to be made public that they want to make sure that it does not appear that it works....
OK - I've beaten all my records for terribly long sentences, here, but I just wanted to add that I did not buy it for quitting. Only in preparation of a total tobacco ban at my workplace. It worked way better than I expected, though....
It is pretty sad, and should make the various institutions, such as WHO, FDA, etc, think a bit....
Here is something that -whatever its original purpose- appears to work reasonably well for people with a strong addiction in cutting dramatically the consumption of something that is unanimously recognized as extremely unhealthy. However, its users are so worried about what those institutions that should be concerned with health would do if this "effectiveness" were to be made public that they want to make sure that it does not appear that it works....
OK - I've beaten all my records for terribly long sentences, here, but I just wanted to add that I did not buy it for quitting. Only in preparation of a total tobacco ban at my workplace. It worked way better than I expected, though....
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