Three-Breath Hold!

[leannebug]

I smoked about 1.5 (avg) for the last 25 years. I've been vaping for about 5 months. Held my breath for 1:47 before I gasped for air. It used to be much much easier- I had great lung capacity as a child.

But my breathing has improved tremedously since I started vaping.
I had gotten to the point that I needed to use my Nebulizer every morning. I haven't used it in 2 or 3 months, I finally put it away

on another note: if you want more exposure, you can add your poll info to your tagline. That is how I ended up here I followed a link in someone's signature!
HTH!

 

[jayvap33]

Great tip Thanks!

 

[RooD]

no bull.... I can hold my breath for 3+ minutes... I smoked for 3 years... and the last year 2-3 packs a day and was going up....

I have always played (hold your breath games).... I also hold my breath before i sleep ( i dont know why it helps me relax )

 

[mcl5000]

5 pack years (yes, I know, not much), 2 minutes 42 seconds.

I could probably go longer but I've always been terrible at holding my breath. I give up too early lol.

 

[rayneinspain]

I quit analogs 3 weeks and 3 days ago, had smoked 1.5-2 PAD for almost 31 years...so about 53 pack years. 8-o

Held my breath for 1 min 15 sec. (about twice what I could a month ago).

 

[antok]

Hmm... 2 minutes, 16 seconds on my first attempt. I remember barely hitting a minute a few months ago.

 

[jayvap33]

- A lot of this has to do with practice and natural ability, but it is cool when you see the improvement upon switching to vapor.

 

[BetterBob]

Until i wake up.

 

[Mr.Vape]

Not sure how many pack years I smoked for, started when i was 14, switched to e-cigs when I was 31. During those years i went from about two packs a week (when i was young) to, at times, a pack and a half a day, so it's hard for me to calculate

When I was still smoking I could usually hold my breath for about 2 minutes, give or take. Just now I tried and got to 3:30 for the first time ever.

Also taking into consideration the fact that i had extremely bad asthma when i was born til sometime in my later teens, holding my breath for three and a half minutes isn't something I ever expected to be able to do, hehe.

 

[grimmer255]

1+ packs for 7 years then I joined the military and then went up to 2 packs a day for 6 years. Average breath held was for 2 minutes and 38 seconds. Not to shabby

 

[teabagger]

its hard to hold your breath for more than 2 mins.

 

[NCC]

I just surprised myself by holding my breath (as per your instructions) for 90 seconds, without going to desperate lengths. Makes me think I could top 2 minutes with effort.

When I was a youngun in HS, who ran the mile in Track, I thought anything over two minutes was respectable!

I quit almost seven months ago. 42 pack years, by your formula.

{frankly, surprised}

 

[BradSmith]

One minuet thirty seconds, a carton a week of menthols for over 20 years. I also have one of those gadgets that you take a deep breath and blow into as hard as you can, it's supposed to measure lung capacity. On that thing I'm back to way above normal like I used to be.

 

[jayvap33]

One minuet thirty seconds, a carton a week of menthols for over 20 years. I also have one of those gadgets that you take a deep breath and blow into as hard as you can, it's supposed to measure lung capacity. On that thing I'm back to way above normal like I used to be.

Excellent! I really believe the spirometer lung-function tests gave me incentive to quit; I figured I better quit before my lungs deteriorate. The double-edged sword is that many folks tend to think that a normal (or better) result means they don't have anything to worry about...

 

[jayvap33]

ok I tired it - I didnt take 3 FULL breaths - but I managed just a hair past 1 min before I had to breathe.
I was a PAD smoker for 25 years but at times I had a couple of packs at weekends - so i don't know how many pack years as it wasn't EVERY weekend. Maybe 30 pack years?

That's what I calculated if you smoked an extra pack on Friday and Saturday, 3 out of 4 weekends. 30.35 Pack years. Good job!

 

[JohnG1975]

1:35
Smoked for 18 years, about a pack a day.
Quit end of august 2010.

 

[pianoguy]

I just tried it a couple times - the first time I didn't quite make it 2 minutes, but the second time was 2:10. I smoked about 1.5 packs a day for 40 years, so 60 pack-years. Been using the e-cig exclusively since November '09.

 

[jayvap33]

I just tried it a couple times - the first time I didn't quite make it 2 minutes, but the second time was 2:10. I smoked about 1.5 packs a day for 40 years, so 60 pack-years. Been using the e-cig exclusively since November '09.

It's great motivation watching these numbers improve. I do a 3breath all the time when I find myself thinking at all about analogs. .... smoking!
Cigarettes my big

 

[Dillinger]

The big surprise for me is I remember my chest hurting somewhat when taking a reallyyy deep breath. This time no pain and I feel fine after finally inhaling.

1m 52s ; 10 pack-years

Quit 8m 20d ago.

 

[Heartisan]

Quit like 3 and a half months ago - 27 pack-years - held breath for 1.16, but I always stop before it starts burning. I'm a wimp.
A few months before I quit I started needing Albuterol daily, and couldn't get through
a sentence without needing to take a breath. Haven't used my inhaler in 3 months.