What analogs vs. PV habits have you changed?

[tribalmasters]

Damn I hate the smell of smoke indoors now! Not that I don't like smokers of course I still keep an ashtray, its home to my Intellicig Evos whilst the pen just sits out in the open along with Mr 901 and the e-CIGAR!!!

 

[RedBullHighBride]

Ok, here's my two penn'orth.
I really like nicotine, I've been cultivating my nicotine habit for twenty years and it pleases me, but I was just a bit tired of having to burn vegetable matter to maintain it. Plus it had started to taste and feel bad.
On the other hand, I really like the ritual of a smoke. I was a rollie smoker, so there was the whole 'lets build a ciggie and smoke it' thing going on. I had a tin with all my bits and pieces, my 'drug paraphenalia' if you will.
If the regular NRT things had been able to fulfil both these requirements I would probably gone for one of them, but while they do provide the nicotine, they don't fulfil the ritual/gadget-y element of the equation. It's not just about the drug, it's about the delivery. It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it.
Now I am a vaper. I get my nicotine, I have my bits and bobs. They are in a tin. A Zippo lighter tin, cos I appreciate irony. All of my requirements are satisfied, and so is my addiction. I tried half a rollie yesterday, because I was nostalgic/concerned that I was just faking it, and to be honest, the real thing cannot approach the satisfaction and benefits of the replacement. 'Real' smokes taste like pants and vape just kicks tobacco's ..... I put out the rollie after three drags and went back to my battery operated friend.
So, finally, to answer OP's question. I vape for less time than I used to smoke, but more often. I used to have to schedule a smoke break, now I just take a couple of hits when I feel like it. My overall nicotine intake probably hasn't changed much, but it's more spread out.
I don't have to go outside, or hang out of a window to get my fix any more. Quite often I do go outside to hang out with the smokers, cos they are fun, and there is a degree of cameraderie, but I don't have to.
I don't worry about my nicotine addiction any more. As addictions go it is one of the less malevolent ones, in the ranking of damaging addictions, nicotine comes pretty low. The danger with smoking is not the nicotine, it's the smoke and all the other crap in the smoke. It is all about the delivery, and I am all about this delivery device.
Digicigs are the future of nicotine and the sooner the tobacco companies realise this, the better. I can't wait for the next generation of e-cigs. They can only improve, and a big commercial input from the interested parties can't help but quantum-leap the technology. Handled right this can be win-win for everyone. Do you remember when we all used 35mm film in cameras? Then digital photography emerged and the manufacturers adapted. Now it's all 8 megapixel this and Canon Sureshot that and everyone's happy.
At that point the only problem will be how much Government feels they can tax it. As far as they are concerned you shouldn't be able to enjoy anything life without having to pay extra for it.
Wow. I went on a bit there.

TLDR:

I love electronic cigarettes. I hate analogues. I'm British and thats how we spell it.

Comments? I could goon about this all night.

 

[fishhd]

I started Easter Sunday at my 80 yr old non-smoking Mothers house. Thats right, the person who is worried about out living all 6 of her children. All 6 are still kicking.

Analog free, day 8, 30yr heavy smoker. Never tried to quit.

Week 1, changed habits:

I no longer worry about how many packs I have left. Even though I still have 6 packs in my suit case. I had to think about that for a min cause I forgot I had them.

Have to remember that I need to have a lighter handy case I need it. Always be prepared.

I am always paranoid cause I only have 1 functioning battery.

And Last but not least. Thinking about not thinking about smoking. Driving me and others crazy. Kind of like when my son was born. He was all I could talk about. Now @ 14, I wish he would shut-up. He he heee.

 

[DaniB]

I started vaping April 9th. I was hoping it would help me quit analogs but I can't believe that I actually quit analogs that day - and I have been a 2-3 pack a day smoker for the past 40 years! I just had to try out my new gadget and it was when I went to bed that night that I realized that I hadn't had an analog. I decided 2 days later to try an analog - only managed two drags and put it out - tasted so nasty. Tried another one a day ago and felt the same way - can't stand how analogs taste.

I love not smelling like smoke - I am re-washing all my clothes and taking my drycleaning in tonorrow to get rid of all the smell. This is the greatest thing ever! I'm glad it's spring and I can air out the house and clean everything to get rid of all the smell - might actually have to repaint too! Now I have to try some new flavors, and maybe some new types of devices, and maybe some....Probably going to cost me a fortune, but that's ok.

 

[Mary Kay]

I love all your stories about how you have changed since modifing or losing the analog habit. The kr808 did not begin to satisfy my 40 analog a day habit, but in the 5 days I have had the 901....Ta Da! I haven't had an analog in 36 hours and didn't realize it until I saw my cigarette case in my purse, in a cabinet. It's not been 2 feet away from me at all times in the last 30 years. I just left it there. There is hope.
Salex88..how the heck did a battery break in the charger? I am the one who normally breaks things.
To all the British Members out there ..I just love the word "Whilst". "Analogues" are pretty cool too.
Mary

 

[Nottoohappy]

I don't need to vape in the morning with my coffee.
I don't get to flick my butts anymore.
I can never find a lighter when I need one.
I don't freeze my ... off to go vape in the winter.
That's about it.

 

[spakk]

Started vaping the afternoon of Mar 19. Stopped my thirty year, pack-a-day habit of Lucky Strikes and roll-your-own that same day.

For about twenty of those years, I rarely smoked indoors or in a car - rules at work and an asthmatic wife saw to that. Also, I had to find interesting things to do outdoors, ten minutes at a crack, every hour or so without fail. Living at a latitude of 43N meant appreciating the extremes of nature.

The biggest challenge has been trying to reorganize my world outside the context of planning my next cigarette. Even so, I still feel overly protective of my new habit. At work, I'll sometimes catch myself casting a furtive look around before vaping - as if my new found freedom might be infringed.

They say smells are one of the most powerful memory inducers. Well, at two or three years old, the first thing I'd smell in the morning was my father's cigarette (followed closely by the smell of bacon frying at breakfast). By about four years old I'd learned the lyrics and music to TV commercial classics; 'Winstons Taste Good Like a Cigarette Should.' And morality lessons: some things are worth fighting for, for example, the taste of a Tareyton cigarette. Belair and nature were pretty much interchangeable. Then, as I aged into my teens, it became clear that sex was somehow mystically tied into smoking - especially Newports.

Most of the important firsts in my life, and all the stressful, joyous, tragic and wonderful events were accompanied by smoking. Having said that, I think I'll have no problem creating new, vapor-centric memories.

 

[lucky strike]

I guess I was lucky in the sence that I had the flu and ergo less cravings when I decided to go and buy the ecig. I only had 1 analog in 3 weeks and I have to say its the first time I enjoyed the flavor in a very very long time. I could actually taste it.
I still enjoy the smell when others smoke around me. but then again I like the tabacco flavour.

 

[Klimpt]

I'd particularly like to tip my hat to you folks who were either smoking a lot (2 packs+ a day) or who are over 50 years of age.

I'm in my 30's and only smoked 1 pack a day, but you guys have been doing it longer and harder than me, so whenever I read stories from you lot I feel particularly pleased you are making progress (mainly HUGE progress) in kicking this dreadful habit of ours.

Special congrats if you are in one of these categories!

 

[Ahinch]

I now do not panic if I have less than half a carton. I am still smoking analogs but maybe 4-5 a day versus pack a day for last 22 years. Today I received my DSE901 and boy what a difference to what I previously had (health e) so I can now safely say I may be off analogs all together soon (I hope). For me the toughest part of the day is when I wake up and also my biggest weakness is when I get in the car I am so used to lighting up before buckling up. Once I break these bad habits it will be smooth sailing.

 

[Mary Kay]

Ahinch, you sound like me! The car is my weakness. About once a month I drive to Tampa (a two hour drive one way) Instead of packs of cigs I am charging batteries and looking for all my refilled carts LOL.
Spakk, You sound like a writer to me. That was an interesting take on smells. Now you will have to write an artical about what NEW things you are smelling.
Lucky, hang in there.
Klimpt, is that you patting my head...cut it out, you are flattening the "do".
Mary