Time to kick the analog habit.

[Jessecoupland81]

Hi all!
I've been smoking for far too long and now that my wee ones are learning the dangers associated with smoking I've finally decided to kick that pointless habit. I've tried in the past with not much success. A fellow coworker led me down the path of vaping. I bought one of those "wonderful" corner store kits and thought it would kill my craving for a cigarette. Well that thought went out the window when I would puff and puff and still crave a smoke right after. So today I finally cut my loses and picked up a itazte vv 3.0 and a protank 2 mini and I must say its a beautiful thing. Good throat hit, haven't had the urge for an analog... yet. I haven't played around with any of the settings yet but I'm sure it'll be even more enjoyable once I get the hang of it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated on this setup.
Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

You got a nice rig to start out with, my favorite setup. Just vape as much as you need to and if you do have a smoke at first, it's OK. Just count the ones you don't smoke and congratulate yourself for those!! One day, you will vape right on past those little urges and be done with the smokes.

 

[Tibbetts]

Good choice! The itastevv was my first setup. Wonderful device. As bigcat said, count the ones you don't have. The biggest help for me was downloading an app called Vape. It kept track of my savings, and my purchase amounts for vape gear. It is always fun trying to reach the next achievement.

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[Papajohns]

Give it a few weeks for the craving of analogs to go away. From there you will see vaping turning from a cessation method into an actual hobby If you stick with the protank, learn to rebuild the coils. Its really easy and much cheaper than buying replacements.

 

[jestermh]

Some people like to use the tabacoo flavors to quit with I found that for me a really sweet flavor like vapor sharks pinky flavor did the trick. Try a few diffrent ones and see what helps you forget the cig and makes you want to pick up that I taste vv instead.

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[jestermh]

By the way bro congrats im at two months no analogs and it feels great.

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[Peepaw]

Welcome to ECF Jesse.
Good luck on quitting. I smoked for 45 years and layed them down.
If I can do it so can you. It's mostly mental, at least for me.

 

[dripdaze]

Hello Jessecoupland81! Welcome to the forum and congrats on the decision to quit the stinkies. Keep on vaping.

 

[james chapman]

Good luck to you and congratulations. Vaping does work. I was a heavy smoker for 35 years,tried everything,but to no avail. Believe it or not I quit using the Blu. You may have to adjust as you go along,flavors nic strength,tanks,mods,but you will hit that sweet spot. I now use a Provari and Carto tanks and make my own juices. I have been quit for 3 yrs. A friend off mine,51 has stage 4 copd,so look at your little ones and say you want to be around to see their little ones. Good luck to you

 

[anumber1]

You have nice gear to start with so that is a huge plus.
I found that when I first started vaping, the first few days I had a few analogs left in a pack. I went 3 days vaping only to start. the urge for an analog was diminishing greatly. Then I smoked one.

CRAVE CRAVE CRAVE!

Smoking made me crave more even though I know I had plenty of nicotine in my vapor. I think it had to do with any number of the thousands of other chemicals in my camels that brought that urge to light up back so strong.

So I tossed the six remaining smokes I had left out, vaped to my hearts content and six weeks later I can say I truly have no urge to light up again. None. In fact I am now cutting the nic levels in the new juice I order. Started with 24mg juices, after a few weeks went to 18mg with a few flavors of 12mg juice with others and found that even the 12mg juice was fine for the nic addiction. Now I am vaping various flavors of 12mg and 6mg juice. Tapering off seems to be working for me.
I don't know if I'm gonna kick nic altogether but I have found I don't need a lot to not crave.

My wife shared my first starter kit with me and has pretty much quit nic altogether. No cigs since the new year. Since she does not share my new found obsession with vaping with me, pretty much has quit vaping now also (takes a puff or two a day now, mostly less!). She says she is done. For her, vaping was a means to an end of nicotine addiction and smoking. For me, well, I like vaping so much I don't see quitting the vapor anytime soon but may be on the path to quitting the nic. Time will tell I suppose.

My overall health has improved greatly tho even in this short time.

I like the tinker factor with this and vaping seems to be becoming a bit of a hobby. Since we were both pack a day smokers, the money we are no longer spending on cigs has more than paid for my bits of hardware and juice buying. I figure I spent at least $350 a month on cigs between us. My vaping, if I keep hardware purchases under control is less than $100 a month (damn do I want some more gear tho, not cuz I need it but some stuff looks so cool to me).

Since I now have a bunch of gear, I expect the cost of vaping to continue to decrease for me. Win Win! Better health, more folding money in my pocket.

 

[twentysacked]

Yeah that is a great starter set up. I started with the MVP 2 Good luck on your journey!

 

[Jessecoupland81]

Thanks for all the good words guys and gals. I love hearing success stories on ppl quitting.
I found a good little brick and mortar store fairly locally which helped me out a lot on the decision of which equipment to get.
I picked up some decent juice that are 16mg of nic so it should keep my cravings at bay for the most part.

 

[Free6413]

If I can quit after 2+ppd for over 35 years, anybody can. I congratulate you on the decision on trying to quit and the ability to cut back and hope you kick them all together! Welcome and Happy Vaping!

 

[fajuvo]

Hello and welcome to the forum and hopefully you fully quit them. Congrats !!

 

[iamzg]

Way to go man! Keep it up

 

[Grimwald]

I agree that a lot of quitting is mental. That's why vaping is so effective. As long as you can vape thru the cravings...especially that first one or ten in the morning...you can get thru it. You have good equipment to start, and with your mind set right, you'll do great. Welcome aboard.

 

[Simply Red]

Get rid of the "yet" and you'll do fine. I did the "yet" thing too. That was better than 5 months ago and I haven't had a analog............and won't! Bet you thought I was gonna say "yet" didn't ya?! Not! That's why I say.....See signature below.

Happy Vaping!!

 

[atcsat64]

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated on this setup.
Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks.

Suggest you get a backup soon. Any dead battery or failure can send you running to the nearest store for a pack of nasties!

 

[Kim B.]

Congrats on your decision to leave cigs behind! I smoked for 38 years and was able to quit them after my first day of vaping, haven't looked back since. Great choices on your equipment, I currently use the same setup, with a few mini Davide toppers thrown in. If you haven't already, get another iTaste vv v3 as a backup, then you're covered while you are charging the one you have, you'll also have a spare to carry with you when you're out and about.

 

[Tomjames]

Well done,

Quitting smoking is, amongst other things, absolutely terrifying. I was 20 years smoking, with the last few kind of flitting between giving up, and failing to give up. Until I got an ego ce4 about 2 months ago.

One converted wife, several egos, vamo v5, various clearomiser / tanks, and a full home mixing kit later, I would like to offer my thoughts....

1) I have quit smoking. Even typing that sounds good.
2) if I don't vape for a few hours (rare, but happens), the gnarly 'need nicotine' pangs are no where near as bad as fags. It's as if they add extra .... .
3) People sometimes worry a lot about their purchases. I don't want to undermine valuable critical discussion, or sound patronising to folk on a budget, but the money you save not smoking means you can seldom go wrong....just buy em and try em is my default position.
4) This forum, and the people on it are amazing.
5) Rewicking, coiling, mixing are probably within capable reach of every ex roll up smoker.
6) Always carry back ups.....


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