Vaping just isnt cutting it....

[Crash Moses]

Just the fact that you can't tell me that might be part of the problem. vaping isn't smoking and you don't absorb nicotine the same way. It takes some trial and error before you find what works for you. If you over vape you won't feel well, but not for long, it's a cue from your body. Otherwise, try and relax and vape what you need to. When I first started, I was vaping unless I was asleep. Slow easy drags...

This.

Up your nicotine as suggested and don't feel bad about having the occasional cigarette. When I started I used vaping to supplement my smoking until I was smoking fewer and fewer cigarettes. Eventually I just stopped smoking and now vape exclusively.

There's no hard and fast rule that says you need to quit cold turkey the first week.

 

[peterforpats]

get some WTA unflavored from wholecig.com(i'd tell you to go to aromaejuice.com but they are out of stock with unflavored-when it is in stock GET SOME!)get a 510 atomizer and drip some of the WTA and take nice slow drags and it will satisfy and get you over the hump. use it whenever the urge strikes and eventually you can wean to regular juice. or not, I use it every day and it HAS kept me from missing cigs- don't even want them anymore. look, it's not magic, but a different way of processing the tobacco to leave in some of the things you are craving. no NET is even close to comparing. it is more expensive than regular juice but it is worth it if it keeps you off cigs and it is still cheaper than smoking. try it- there are a lot of people on this forum who swear by it and I am one of them........

 

[Jeep02]

Also what equipment are you using?

Im about 50 miles from Atlanta....An I use a VV ego with Smoktech ARO. Will be getting another ego soon then look into some mod in the very near future.

 

[Zealous]

I didn't read this whole thread but to the OP I would like to say, don't be hard on yourself. Not everyone will be able to quit clean from cigarettes to ecigs &you don't need to. Just cutting back & vaping some will mean you're not smoking some of the cigarettes you would have smoked.

But you need more nicotine than you're currently getting. I vape 24mg & have since I started vaping 2 years ago (I was a 1 pad smoker). I do believe that if you up your nicotine dose you will be able to get through the withdrawal period from cigarettes. I'm not really surprised you're having such a hard time with it with just 12 mg nicotine. That wouldn't satisfy me even now & it's been 2 years off cigarettes (I can go as low as 18 without getting antsy. Any lower & it becomes a serious preoccupation).

edit: after reading the thread I would also like to suggest that when you take a puff off it you try take a nice slow drag not sucking it deep into your lungs but instead keeping it in your mouth. Then let all of that go to the back of your throat so you can feel the throat hit. for me a little puff will not give me a throat hit. I need to take a larger puff & do it that way.

That sensation in the back of your throat you get from smoking you can get to a certain degree with vaping but you just need to get the technique down. It's not like smoking.

 

[Jeep02]

Thanks. For sure gonna up my nic level to 18mg. And will work on the techniques on improving vaping.

 

[matt6242]

Gotta up the nicotine level if you are first trying to quit cigarettes. I have been using 24mg for two years and find it to work good. You may also wanna try the ego-c twist. It lets you get a heavier hit which may also help your cause.

 

[Butters78]

Thanks. For sure gonna up my nic level to 18mg. And will work on the techniques on improving vaping.

 

[Chas F.]

I'm in the up the nic content and smoke an analog if you must camp, but keep on cutting down the smoking routine. Week 1 is supposedly one of the toughest.

 

[pufZeppelin]

I use a VV ego with Smoktech ARO. Will be getting another ego soon then look into some mod in the very near future.

Hi Jeep,

looks like it has been said - UP your nic level - and VAPE (don't smoke)

what helped me was different bottles of NIC at first (12mg,24mg,36mg)

curious : what are your settings...? {coils=2.5Ω / eGo VV 4.2v}

and don't beat yourself up about the 'ole stinkies, pretty soon you will not want one any more !

GOOD LUCK and HANG TUFF

 

[BusterBear]

Agreed with most people, its OK to have an analog or chain vape in the am, everyone is different and many people here find their way off the ciggies

 

[Madison76]

One thing not mentioned is that your body is also very used to thousands of other .....y chemicals it got from smokes. That took me about a week or so to get used to not ingesting. It made me feel very "off."

Everything already said is also spot on.

 

[onjre]

These guys have everything covered I think. Nic level is your primary problem. I would jump directly to 24mg though. Just to make sure you're getting enough nicotine. Quitting cigarettes is hard enough, don't make it harder by choosing a low nicotine level. After a couple of months of no cigarettes THEN drop the nicotine level. This is much easier because you can still hit your 24 on occasion without feeling like you're relapsing.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Vaping works if you want it to.

If you're not ready, you're not ready. You know in your bones if you're ready. If you're on the fence, you're not ready. These won't work if you don't want them to. Don't waste your money. If you really want them to, they work. If you kinda sorta want them/don't want them to, rethink your decision.

I find people who smoke/vape confusing. You're not really saving any money.

If you can afford to smoke and vape and it's not over-budget, do what you wanna do.

Today is 1 week off cigs. Everyday it gets harder and harder. Only thing that runs through my mind everyday is cigs cigs cigs. I vape 10 times back to back it dont cut the cravings one bit @ 12mg. I think I need to get a pack of cigs. Not to start back, but to ease the cravings a couple times a day till I can order some higher strength juice. What you guys suggest. The cravings are NOT getting better.

 

[Baditude]

I may be going against the conventional wisdom here, but if you feel like you need a cigarette now and then (while vaping), you won't be breaking any unspoken law if you do.

Not everyone who vapes quit cold turkey. I allowed myself a few cigarettes a day my first week. I started with 24mg nic, double what you are using. If I felt a craving, I vaped more (harder). If that didn't help, I allowed myself HALF of a cigarette. Saved the second half for next time.

By the end of the week, the cravings got less frequent or were not as strong. The cigs started tasting bad and not satisfying. I began to prefer the vape. At the end of the week when my last pack was done, so was I. I never touched another cigarette again. One and half years later I've never had a craving for a cigarette.

We have a saying here on ECF. "It's not how many cigarettes you smoked that count, its the ones you didn't."

For the time being, focus on just cutting down on the stinkies until you get the vape thing on with a higher nic juice. When you're really READY to quit, you can...and will.

 

[vjc0628]

keep in mind to ciggs have chemicals in them that
1 increase the speed it hits your brain
2 increase the efficiency it hit you
3 increase the effect with easier absorbtion

Also in ecigg juice has a different delivery into your system it will take you a little while (not tooo long) to adjust
when you vape and are new you might find you vape 10 min but don't feel the satisfaction but if you check 10 min more your ok
Its just not the same instant satisfaction but trust me you get used to it

it just takes a little while to adjust but you will be ok
18mg should be good do 24 if you must but remember when I was new chain vaping happened a lot so you might get headache here and there

but all this will pass as you adjust

 

[vjc0628]

I may be going against the conventional wisdom here, but if you feel like you need a cigarette now and then (while vaping), you won't be breaking any unspoken law if you do.

Not everyone who vapes quit cold turkey. I allowed myself a few cigarettes a day my first week. I started with 24mg nic, twice what you are using. If I felt a craving, I vaped more (harder). If that didn't help, I allowed myself HALF of a cigarette. Saved the second half for next time.

By the end of the week, the cravings got less frequent or not as strong. The cigs started tasting bad and not satisfying. I began to prefer the vape. At the end of the week when my last pack was done, so was I. I never touched another cigarette again. One and half years later I've never had a craving for a cigarette.

We have a saying here on ECF. "It not how many cigarettes you smoked that count, its the ones you did't."

For the time being, focus on just cutting down on the stinkies until you get the vape thing on with a higher nic juice. When you're really READY to quit, you can...and will.

and this is true as well I went to 10 ciggs a day my first week 7 ye second 4 the 3rd 2 the 4th
The hardest thing was putting down the last 2 I had to force myself hard
but to may amazment after 3 days I was ok

 

[JerseyB.]

Today is 1 week off cigs. Everyday it gets harder and harder. Only thing that runs through my mind everyday is cigs cigs cigs. I vape 10 times back to back it dont cut the cravings one bit @ 12mg. I think I need to get a pack of cigs. Not to start back, but to ease the cravings a couple times a day till I can order some higher strength juice. What you guys suggest. The cravings are NOT getting better.

I can totally relate to you when I first started vaping, I just could not stop thinking about smoking. The only thing that kept me going is 24mg and 18mg Red's by Green Smoke (the closest thing to Marlb. Reds in my opinion). I just wanted the harshest, most tobacco-like flavor available. I really think that truly saved me. After about a week of not letting go of my Green Smoke battery, I was used to it, and it was MY cigarette. I Remember i tried smoking a cigarette just to see what it was like about a month later, and did not like like the flavor at all.

Just stick with it man, remember why you are doing this: for your health, for your family/friends, to not smell like an ashtray, to not develop cancer at an early age, to be able to walk up a flight of stairs without being out of breath, to not cough up black and green things that look like they came out of satans ..., etc etc.

Stick with it, One day at a time...

 

[JerseyB.]

Baditude: totally agreed, not everybody can quit cold turkey, in fact, I'm sure most people had to cut down and then transition to vaping, I know I did. As long as you keep trying, and smoking less and less, you are making progress. Just don't give up

 

[CrimsonJack]

Don't feel like you have to cut yourself off after a certain number of puffs, either. Vape until you feel satisfied. It's not like cigs where if you chain smoke a pack you're going to hacking crap up. Well, you might at first, but it will be your lungs clearing out from lack of smokes, not the vape doing it. I started on 24mg, cut down to 18 after a couple months, but even on the 24mg I vaped more than I smoked, but it worked right off the bat, not a cig since I started. BUT, as others have said, there's no rule that says you have to go cold turkey and never have another smoke, so don't beat yourself up, just don't GIVE up. You'll find soon enough that when you go for that emergency smoke, it'll taste so bad compared to your vape you won't WANT to finish it. In the meantime, even if you didn't smoke menthols before, I'd recommend trying menthol juice. When I first started vaping I found it had the strongest taste, therefore felt the most like actual smoke because it was such a powerful mouth feel/throat hit. YMMV, but that worked for me!

 

[JerseyB.]

Today is 1 week off cigs. Everyday it gets harder and harder. Only thing that runs through my mind everyday is cigs cigs cigs. I vape 10 times back to back it dont cut the cravings one bit @ 12mg. I think I need to get a pack of cigs. Not to start back, but to ease the cravings a couple times a day till I can order some higher strength juice. What you guys suggest. The cravings are NOT getting better.

Oh and by the way, I appreciate your honesty, because your definitely not the only one facing this issue. Being able to acknowledge it and try to fix it by asking your fellow vapers and ex-smokers for help takes balls, and you've got big brass ones
<--those aren't pennies, they are brass balls