This poll is for former smokers who quit with the help of e-cigarettes

[JayQC]

Yes, first try.

I have been running an EVOD/Mini PT2 since last april and now I feel that apart from their let's say below average taste, from a stricly habit/nicotine addict point of view, cigarettes have a really weak throat hit...

 

[redisin02]

It kinda was. When I first started using my ecig I would still smoke regular cigarettes too. Finally the taste got to me so bad I completely quit.

 

[scott58]

I tried everything. Chantix, gum, patches. You name it. Smoked for 32yrs. First hit of an ecig was my last cigarette. Amazing invention. Been over 5 yrs smoke free now.

 

[Deeo]

It didn't work for me the first time. But it did the second time around and I am only a few weeks away for my one year milestone. It made difference when I truly wanted to quit for good this time.

 

[Ryedan]

Yup. Been 2 1/2 years now after smoking for 37 years. Mostly vaping zero nic also for the last 1 1/2 year.

 

[HDMontana]

Last cigarette touched my lips January 9th, 2014. Vaping ever since.

HD

 

[nomore stinkies]

This was the ONLY alternative that worked. I can say proudly that it will be ONE YEAR January 1st, 2015. I can't believe my husband and I actually quit. 46 years of smoking gone with one circa 2014 EGO. Amazing.

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

My first rig, an MVPv2 with its supplied iClear16 clearomizers did the trick for me. I've been smoke free for as long as the counter below says, as I type this it is over a year without so much as a single puff on a cigarette.

I'd say the first 6 months were the the most trying as for cravings, but I had no insurmountable issues putting them aside with a vape on my trusty MVP.

I will never smoke again!

Maurice

 

[RosaJ]

Smoked 1 to 2 pad of cigarettes for more than 40 years. After 1 1/2 weeks of starting to vape, I did not have the desire to light one up. It will be 3 years come this March.

 

[katwb]

I smoked for 35 years - tried cold turkey - patches - nic gum - prescription meds - still smoked a pack to 1 1/2 pack a day until ..... my son bought a gas station ego and I tried it
I have been smoke free for 1 year and 1 month and loving it!

 

[jonnychadootz]

Seeing these success stories makes me happy As many others have stated. I have tried numerous other means of quitting cigarettes (patch,gum, cold turkey. Even degraded to name calling, Telling myself I'm a lil ..... for not being able to do this. Then I met an Army recruiter who let me try out his mvp and I ordered my 1st e-cig that day. It was 1 of those ....ty ebay types with the SS mesh an top coil design (It was garbage) but it got me on the path.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Yep. Over 40 years burning tobacco. Tried many times to quit and found quitting was easy but not starting again was the hard part

After several stops and starts while on a quest to quit about 6 years ago I swapped Snus and Skoal/Cope for my smokes. Kept me off them for the most part for almost five years but I still had a very strong desire to smoke. I would occasionally buy a pack and smoke a few then toss the pack to keep from finishing it. I probably smoked around 100 cigs in that 5 year period.

Bought an El-Cheapo Ego about a year ago and have not touched or even desired tobacco since.

Of course my gear has been upgraded since that CE4 but the result is the same...no more tobacco.

 

[riverwinds]

I tried everything - nicoderm, chantix, zyban (wellbutrin?), cold turkey, etc. - nothing worked except ecigs. And that's after 30 + years smoking. Started my ecigs in Nov. of 2010 (after much trolling and support from this board) and I never looked back. Thanks to this forum!!

 

[bigjim3793]

I've tried the patch, the gum, the pills, hypnosis,
and nothing worked until I was ready.
On my 50th birthday in Sept. I put down the smokes
and started Vaping full time and haven't looked back.

Jim

 

[DadEh]

Yes.
The day I started vaping was the day I quit, surprisingly. I intended to cut down but the effect was immediate - weeks today...
I am astounded with the success.

 

[debkerri]

Yes, it finally was after trying almost everything else and failing. The Cha*** pills made me sick, so I had to quit taking them, or they may have worked, I'll never know. The patch I tried numerous times, but they never really helped. They just o'd me on nicotine. I tried the so called ecigs that they sell at the gas stations, many times, almost every brand that they made at the time. They just didn't do it. They were like smoking a wooden dowel rod and getting nothing but a nicotine rush.
A year and a half ago, my brother & sis-in-law came back on vacation. Amy had an ego with a big atty on it and several flavors of juice. I took 1 hit off hers and I knew that was the answer. When I got paid I ordered my starter kit from MadVapes. They were having a killer sale $20+ for the full 2 battery (1100 mah) kit.
I got my kit in the mail July 8, 2013. I put my cigarettes down that day and that was it. I never looked back, after smoking for 40 years,

 

[SmokinJoe23]

No way in hell I could have quit without it.

 

[Loofer]

I was a 25+ year smoker. I tried patches, gum, and the Chantix, (the suicide pill). Also tried some crappy, cigarette looking things a few years ago. Nothing worked. Recently got an Ego and have not looked back. Dare I say that the Ego made quitting easy? Yes, I do.

 

[Smoking B]

Yes - thankfully vaping has allowed me to finally quit

 

[katwb]

Yes - tried patches - cold turkey - medication - cutting back - nothing worked except vaping

35 years smoking - 1 year smoke free thanks to vaping