My grandfather passed away a few years ago from lung cancer. He had been smoking for close to 70 years. I decided that I would make him proud and quit. I tried cold turkey, then failed. When smokes got $6 a pack, I couldn't afford it anymore. (I'm a college student with only a part time job) Made the switch and never looked back.
What made you decide to take the plunge and give up smoking?
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What made you decide to take the plunge and give up smoking?
Would like to postpone dat as long as possible. Didn't think I could ever quit da 'bakky. Now I know better and will live longer as a result!!!
Would like to postpone dat as long as possible. Didn't think I could ever quit da 'bakky. Now I know better and will live longer as a result!!!
The realization that I was sinking way too much money into something that was making me feel like total crap at the end of the day especially easily going through 2-3 PAD. Noticing the effects it has had on me over the years going from being physically active to breathing heavily on longer stairways etc. Wanting to be there longer to be a great uncle to my nephews since their father is a deadbeat. A beautiful woman who begged me to quit after the engagement somehow wanting my scruffy .... to be around longer didn't hurt either 
Cancer runs in my family and after watching multiple family members suffer through treatments and withering away to nothing and ultimately passing away is a harsh realization of what the future holds in store if you don't make changes for the better.
Cancer runs in my family and after watching multiple family members suffer through treatments and withering away to nothing and ultimately passing away is a harsh realization of what the future holds in store if you don't make changes for the better.Being a health professional in New York State. Getting a job treating cancer patients... after the interview I started my vape habit and left 30 years of pack and half behind.
My son and wanting to be around for him in the future. Health concerns of being a 20 year smoker. Noticed that my breathing was getting weird with some mild wheezing. The smell, cost, and the added social stigma.
And many failed attempts as well. So glad I started vaping
And many failed attempts as well. So glad I started vaping
For me it was the expense of smoking plus my health was suffering as I was getting out of breath and coughing all the time, after several failed attempts to stop smoking, I quit trying to quit, until a friend of mine told me about ecigs, he advised me against the cigalikes and told me to go for an ego kit instead, which I did, I have not smoked since the day the kit arrived.
Now several months later, I am no longer out of breath and coughing all the time, and I have more money to spend on other things too, so it's a win win situation all round.
Now several months later, I am no longer out of breath and coughing all the time, and I have more money to spend on other things too, so it's a win win situation all round.
One word - Fatigue.
Smoked 25 years, no smokers cough, can run miles (and do) and lift weights but nothing is worth the growing fatigue that started creeping in when I was around 25 and got so bad recently I just had to stop.
Had blood tests, thyroid tests, tests up the whazzoo - nothing wrong with me - extremely fit the doctor said.
So I thought to myself I'm 37 but guys of 73 look like they have more energy than me. I knew it was the smokes.
2 days off them and into vaping the fatigue left and I have normal energy again.
Smoked 25 years, no smokers cough, can run miles (and do) and lift weights but nothing is worth the growing fatigue that started creeping in when I was around 25 and got so bad recently I just had to stop.
Had blood tests, thyroid tests, tests up the whazzoo - nothing wrong with me - extremely fit the doctor said.
So I thought to myself I'm 37 but guys of 73 look like they have more energy than me. I knew it was the smokes.
2 days off them and into vaping the fatigue left and I have normal energy again.
For my wife and I, it was when we purchased our two new cars 5 months ago. We had both talked about quitting for the last couple of years and had done the "pros and cons" list and everything most smokers do. But when we got the new cars...that was it!
We had tried it a couple of years ago, but the technology wasn't there to get that experience we needed or liked. Now that the e-cig industry has exploded, we have more mods and flavors!!!
We had tried it a couple of years ago, but the technology wasn't there to get that experience we needed or liked. Now that the e-cig industry has exploded, we have more mods and flavors!!!
The local smoke shop got a starter kit of sorts and, me being a gadget lover decided I'd research ecigs. One month when I was in there to get my monthly supply of smokes (6 cartons), I decided to get a kit and buy only 4 cartons. I loved it, but the replacement cartridges were a big let down. after a month of spending too much money and going back to get lots more cartridges I researched it more and found ecf and learned all about eGos. I found a vendor about 50 miles away and got a kit. Within a week, I was down to only my morning cig. I decided to try bringing only my ego to work that day and see if I went crazy or not. 24 hours later, sitting in the same chair, I realized I felt zero ill effects, so I said let's go for 48 hours. and in 2.5 years, there's been not one slip-up.
To answer your question, though. why? I like gadgets. I also wanted to be here to see my kids grow up. and stink less.
To answer your question, though. why? I like gadgets. I also wanted to be here to see my kids grow up. and stink less.
For me it was a combination of the nighttime weezing, along with the new commercials they show during prime time TV. You know, the ones showing people with holes in their throats and the images of being on your death bed trying to comfort your young child. It really hit home.
I had been trying to quit for many years. The reasons started with my wife, who has never smoked, and found it to offensive. My doctors added their evidence and urging. Even my optometrist told my about smoking accellerating macular degeneration. My health insurance company started charging me $2,000 more per year because I smoke. But perhaps the most important reason was that it was an addiction that I couldn't control. I couldn't just decide that I choose not to smoke. It was very frustrating to me that there was a part of my life that was simply out of control.
I tried the full range of prescription methods, from patch to drugs to nicotine inhalers. The nicotine inhalers came closest to helping, but were unsatisfying. Think of vaping a colorless, odorless, tasteless vape with zero cloud or throat hit. Vaping was a step up. I enjoy vaping and don't mind using it as a crutch to get rid of the cigarettes and regain some control. With vaping, I can easily control the nic strength, the cloud, the taste. I will gradually reduce the nic strength over time, because I choose to. I find vaping to be a huge help.
I tried the full range of prescription methods, from patch to drugs to nicotine inhalers. The nicotine inhalers came closest to helping, but were unsatisfying. Think of vaping a colorless, odorless, tasteless vape with zero cloud or throat hit. Vaping was a step up. I enjoy vaping and don't mind using it as a crutch to get rid of the cigarettes and regain some control. With vaping, I can easily control the nic strength, the cloud, the taste. I will gradually reduce the nic strength over time, because I choose to. I find vaping to be a huge help.
For me it was myself wanting to quit, tried by cutting down a lot.. But wife gave the extra motivation. ecigs helped the most. After a few months on my ego, I managed to quit for a full year. Until I started seeing all these new mods and hybrids I started getting curious! Now I'm back to vaping again but the wife isn't happy!
After realizing it's been almost a decade of smoking, and 1/3 of my life doing it. I thought it was time for a lifestyle change. College it was acceptable and lots of people I knew smoked. Now in my professional life, I have to dip out and hide from people who might judge me. Considering it's my job to support people and i spend a lot of time helping people at their desks, no one likes the smell of a smoker. The g/f too... she met me as a smoker, but wasn't really fond of my habit. I get more boom boom now.
I've noticed that I have more stamina at the gym while doing cardio, I've broken the smoker habits of having to burn one after every (fill in the blank). I also feel cleaner because I don't smell like smoke. So far I'm stoked and vaping as satisfies the urge.
I've noticed that I have more stamina at the gym while doing cardio, I've broken the smoker habits of having to burn one after every (fill in the blank). I also feel cleaner because I don't smell like smoke. So far I'm stoked and vaping as satisfies the urge.
I used to work in a hospital. If you saw the people in the ward who had smoking related illnesses - man that was the worst damned ward out of all of them- apart from the teen psych ward- literally once strong men and women broken down into pitiful wrecks.
Even that didn't stop me though. "It won't happen to me."
I think it has to start hurting you in some way for a long time smoker to make the switch and - a good kit from the get go so you don't look back.
I had wanted to quit for almost 4 years and one day my girlfriend brought home a cheap gas station kit. When I realized that it actually worked for me, I jumped off the deep end and haven't looked back.
The next day I bought the same $20 21st century kit
A week later I bought a Halo G6 kit
Another week later I bought my Provari
The next day I bought the same $20 21st century kit
A week later I bought a Halo G6 kit
Another week later I bought my Provari
For me it wasn't that I wanted to quit, really. After 30 years smoking and a PAD for 25 of those, I finally started to feel the effects of smoking. Started with coughing in the morning, then during the day. Still, not too bad. About 5 years ago I got a really bad cold/flu that turned into asthmatic bronchitis. Got my meds and an inhaler, and still smoked for another 5 years. After that bout of asthma the breathing problems never really went away. My wheezing at night got so bad that it would wake me up to clear my chest. Eventually I couldn't sleep on my side or stomach because my lungs would crackle and I would start choking. More coughing. Still didn't quit. Didn't really want to, or maybe I was afraid that I might not be able to, so I never tried. But I was TIRED of feeling like crap all the time.
I picked up a disposable along with some smokes one day, thinking I could cut down almost half of my smoking if I vaped in my car on the way to and from work.
Tried, it, liked it OK but not enough to stop altogether. But I saw the potential and found ECF. That got me inspired to try a "real" e-cig, and 24 hours after I bought one I didn't even think about smoking. Before that, the longest I had ever gone without smoking was 4 hours (except while sleeping), and even that was hell. I've fallen off the vaping wagon a couple of times, but not for long. Because now I can BREATHE, I don't cough, and I sleep like a baby now. I know I won't go back to smoking full time, even if I fall off the wagon again. I just feel too much better vaping to want to go back there again.
I picked up a disposable along with some smokes one day, thinking I could cut down almost half of my smoking if I vaped in my car on the way to and from work.
Tried, it, liked it OK but not enough to stop altogether. But I saw the potential and found ECF. That got me inspired to try a "real" e-cig, and 24 hours after I bought one I didn't even think about smoking. Before that, the longest I had ever gone without smoking was 4 hours (except while sleeping), and even that was hell. I've fallen off the vaping wagon a couple of times, but not for long. Because now I can BREATHE, I don't cough, and I sleep like a baby now. I know I won't go back to smoking full time, even if I fall off the wagon again. I just feel too much better vaping to want to go back there again.
Yeah... I can't handle that commercial. Just too disturbing. When it comes on I almost throw my arm out of the socket reaching for the remote so I can change the channel.
As far as quitting... It was health reasons of course, plus the cost, and the thought that I was contributing to BT's profits, buying their products, while slowly killing myself at the same time. Just couldn't rationalize or justify it any longer.
I'd hated smoking for quite awhile but still kept chokin' them down. Then one day I dug out an old 510 e-cig I'd stuffed in a drawer and decided I was gonna give it another try. That was over 2 months ago and haven't had a cigarette since.
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