What influenced your decision to stop smoking?

[natewesselink]

my decision to stop smoking actually came to me at a 3-gun competition(for those who do not know it is a shooting sport were you compete with a rifle, pistol and shotgun in a timed course of fire). it was late august and was hotter than all getout outside (the range we were at is an outdor range) and i just finished the first stage, i was so out of breath that i had to sit in the shade of a tree for 20 mins to catch my breath. i knew it was from smoking and i just made the decision to quit. what brought me to vaping was a few guys that i worked with at the time had quit smoking by switching to vaping and they told me of a local vape shop that they used. i smoked my last analog on the way home from work on september 9th and bought an ego kit from the local vape shop and dropped a 10 year habbit like it was nothing. i now rarely ever get short of breath and have shot a few matches since then and havent even come close to the feeling i had that day i decided to quit. it has since turned into a hobby and ive become fairly good at rebuilding and troubleshooting just about any device. (i can thank PBusardo, GrimGreen and RIP Trippers for just about all of the knowledge that i know)

 

[Sickkboy]

Health and saving, but last one don't even came close lol.

 

[Simply Red]

I was doing, what I call, minor work outside during the summer months in Florida, which can last into October temperature wise, and I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. Other, what some would call, non-strenuous tasks would make me winded. Now, after 5 months of vaping, so far, so good.

Happy Vaping!!

 

[DetraMental]

I was tired of being a prisoner to a habit that was going to kill me and make me suffer before it did so. I was on 3 inhalers and a nebulizer which I used so I could breathe and then turn around and smoke. Stupid. I just had to find a way out. A friends sister, who was a heavier smoker than myself, quit using the V2's. I smoked for 33 years at 2 p.a d. and thought if she can do it maybe I can too. I also have a family history of heart attacks and strokes where the men seem to die young (father's side) and I didn't want to leave my son and grandchildren too soon. I'm not a male but my aunt also died young (father's side) so with all that plus having to use inhalers just to catch a breath I decided I'd give vaping a shot. It's been a little over a year since I made that choice and it amazes me to see how far I've come. Breathing is much easier now and I only have one inhaler I use every once in a while due to asthma. I feel FREE!

 

[MotherNatural]

Being unemployed for almost two years and living alone. No, it wasn't even the money. I'd have sold my clothes to pay for cigarettes. No health problems. Not even a cough. But there was nothing or no one to stop me from chain smoking. I smoked more than I ever had. Most of them I didn't even smoke, they just burned away in the ashtray spewing clouds of nasty smoke everywhere. But I felt like the kid who's mom made her smoke the whole carton in one sitting. Burning stuffy nose, thick smoke everywhere, and I smelled like a chimney. Yuk! It finally lost it's glory and I did too. Funny, sounds like I'm at a 12 step meeting talking about hitting my bottom. But that's what it took after 40 years of smoking. I've been smoke free for 11 days now and love each and every second of it. Even the thought of lighting up makes me gag. Vape on!

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

I'm one of those who truly enjoyed smoking my cigs. I smoked 1 and half pks a day for over 20 years. I noticed some cool looking devices online and figured I'd check it out. I bought a kit and loved it. I think vaping tastes better. I grabbed one of my hubby's marlboros the other day, took 1 puff and yuck... Never thought I'd say that about a Marlboro. Hubby's kit comes today, so with him vaping too we will be saving over 400 a month. Of course I have shiny things in a cart and will press send today. Another reason I decided to try vaping was my younger son told me I was going to die if I didn't quit. He's extremely happy I'm vaping.

 

[ohmywhattaday]

Reasons for quitting-health, expense, promises to non-smoking hubby to try quitting again, tired of stinking, going out in the cold to smoke, etc. BUT on December 2nd, 2013 I took a new job for a hospital. Not on the hospital campus but at an off campus business building. I wanted to start my new job smoke free and went on the nic gum during my work hours for the 1st few weeks of being employed there. Wasn't able to give up the cigs on my free time though. I've been wanting to quit (again, LOL) for quite a while before the new job but wasn't finding any willpower to do it. I would set a quit date and wake up on my quit date and go buy a pack of smokes. Sad but true. We have a new local brick and mortar store that I would drive by occasionally and think "I'm going to stop in there". On Saturday, January 25th this year I stopped in, tried the products, flavors, etc. Bought an inexpensive no name ego pen starter kit, some juices, smoked 2 more cigarettes from the pack I had. After puffing on my ego a little while, I crushed the rest of my cigs and threw them away. Haven't looked back since. Having a brick and mortar nearby is the best thing ever. They should be everywhere in my opinion. The dealer websites (for a newbie) are confusing and overwhelming. Anyway, that's my story. I love vaping, quitting cigs has been a dream come true and EASY.

 

[Completely Average]

I never really did plan to stop smoking. I started ecigs to use as a supplement for times where smoking was really inconvenient or impossible. Over time I just began to prefer the ecig to the analogs and just stopped smoking. It wasn't ever a conscience decision or planned, it just happened.

 

[DarkDays93]

Simple, the money. I was a pack-a-day(ish) smoker depending on where I was and what I was doing. It was costing me about £8 a day and god knows how many packs I was buying a month.

Never did work out how much I would be saving in the long run, a lot I'm guessing!

 

[DarkDays93]

Simple, the money. I was a pack-a-day(ish) smoker depending on where I was and what I was doing. It was costing me about £8 a day and god knows how many packs I was buying a month.

Never did work out how much I would be saving in the long run, a lot I'm guessing!

Just thought, if I was going on a night out I could easily go through 2 packs a day.. and some.

 

[dice57]

because it hurt like hell to continue to smoke, and when I tried my first cig-a-like device I knew I had found a way to not have to smoke after 27 years, while giving up nothing. Fast forward 9 months, have 2 regulated mods, 3 mechanicals, 6 rba's, DNA30 on the way, wrap coils with the best of them and DIY juice. Have never felt better in my life. Vape rocks smoke kills.

 

[Drew K]

Close relative past away from cancer. I don't want to see my children suffer the same way his did.

 

[Mark Anthony]

I just wanted to try vaping as i have a few friends that were doing it. I had no intentions of quitting smoking at all until I took my first vape...... since then I haven't touched an analog..... about 135 days ago!!!

 

[VapnWitch]

I didn't even really intend to quit smoking. I guess I sort of hoped for it, but I mostly just got the cig-alikes to shut my mom up (we're not close, really, and have a very strained relationship). She was one of those people who smoked very lightly (like one pack every 7-10 days) and used the, "Well I quit cold-turkey," plus all the facts about the effects of smoking (like I didn't know them) to try to force me into quitting. I knew how bad they were for me, but I'd tried to quit before (patches, gum, cold-turkey, cheap e-cigs from gas stations in the earlier e-cig days, etc.) and failed. I didn't want to quit, because I enjoyed it and it helped my migraines like nothing else. But, I got the cig-alike kit and ended up quitting anyway.

 

[FourWinds]

I always wanted to stop; I had that death fear every time I lit one up; I even had to ask the guys in stores to swap the packets I was buying here in England if they had the picture of the teeth or the neck on them (people from the UK will know what pictures I mean).

In the end it was a periodontist that suggested e-cigs to me, and when I see him again in a couple of years I'm going to offer to buy the man a drink.

 

[Maytwin]

I cut down gradually over about 2 years from a packet a day to 2 or 3 a day for health and financial reasons and on 19 December 2013 I smoked the last cigarette and promised my husband I wouldn't buy any more, so I've been vaping only since then (8 weeks now). I do still miss having 1 or 2 a day and yesterday, having something of a bad day, I could easily have lit up if one had been available. Don't feel like that today though and I really wouldn't want to break that promise that I made !

 

[stumpy01]

I have been smoking for years and had even quit for over a year after I lost my legs in 2007 in Iraq. Started up again and found myself right back where I was before I was injured. I honestly just got tired of waking up with that stupid smokers cough. I also new that vapor had come along way and it seems as though it has been a smooth transition, at least much easier than chantix and cold turkey.

 

[Completely Average]

Simple, the money. I was a pack-a-day(ish) smoker depending on where I was and what I was doing. It was costing me about £8 a day and god knows how many packs I was buying a month.

Never did work out how much I would be saving in the long run, a lot I'm guessing!

£8 per day X 365 days = £2,920 per year

Now just deduct what you spend vaping annually and you'll know your savings.

 

[MotherNatural]

I have been smoking for years and had even quit for over a year after I lost my legs in 2007 in Iraq. Started up again and found myself right back where I was before I was injured. I honestly just got tired of waking up with that stupid smokers cough. I also new that vapor had come along way and it seems as though it has been a smooth transition, at least much easier than chantix and cold turkey.

Thank you for your service and the sacrifices you've made.

 

[shakkajohn]

I decided to quit to make it easier to maintain military physical fitness standards. I've never been a small guy, so it takes some added effort on my part to stay physically fit. Add a couple of packs a day in there and I could see the shadow of involuntary seperation looming on the horizon. Now, after 7 months of vaping I have nearly no issues passing fitness assessments (aside from a shoulder injury that is slowly healing).

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