What percentage of people would you say actually "quit" using an ecig?

[RRSweet]

Bought my 1st ego kit 89 days ago. Now have 2 ego style batteries, private ss v2 and trident clone and a innokin VTR with a pro tank 3. forgot to grab the batteries out of the charger this morning. I thought about buying a new battery, buying an ego style, buying a disposable cigarettes like. Decided to tough it out till I got home. Notice the option that never crossed my mind?

Wouldn't even consider buying another pack or bumming one ever again.

sent from my Galaxy S3

 

[jwag1973]

We had nine smokers in my family. Eight of us started vaping, seven still do exclusively. That's a fine batting average! If the question is if anyone's quit all together, the answer is none. That being said, everyone's nic level has dropped from twenty four to about a fourteen average. Steady progress only made possible via vaping!

 

[HauntedMyst]

I'd say 100% of me quit smoking.

 

[Ryedan]

I would guess that nearly 80% of the people that find this forum eventually succeed.

I would guess that maybe 10% of people who buy a cig-a-like, have no brick and mortar, have not found this forum, and have no friends that vape might succeed.

And in between those two extremes lie all sorts of various situations that lead to various success rates.

I'm going to go with DC2's numbers here. I've got no data to back it up, just gut feel from what I've seen the past couple of years.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

I'm just a little over 3 mos. vaping and not smoking and still fighting the good fight!! Judging by all the people I see at the local vape shops and chatting with them, I'd have to say more stay off the smokes than go back. Only time will tell!!

 

[lukewheeler]

My cravings for cigarettes simply disappeared after I found my perfect vape. I'm still able to have a quick cig if offered by a friend that smokes, I don't particularly enjoy it and I go right back to vaping. I was always scared that if I was to have a cigarette I'd go right back to them and forget about vaping, but in fact it's the other way round.

The experience of vaping, to me, is far superior to smoking cigarettes. I wasn't so much quitting cigarettes as I was finding something that is just hands down way more enjoyable. I can kick back, relax in front of the TV, blow out huge clouds of beautifully flavoured vapor in my non-smoking apartment, not stink out the place, I can switch up flavours when I want, and enjoy owning my perfect setup and taking it with me. For me, the entire overall experience of vaping kicks smoking's ....

I never really felt like I quit smoking by vaping – and that to me, says a huge amount.

 

[Jarbs]

My cravings for cigarettes simply disappeared after I found my perfect vape. I'm still able to have a quick cig if offered by a friend that smokes, I don't particularly enjoy it and I go right back to vaping. I was always scared that if I was to have a cigarette I'd go right back to them and forget about vaping, but in fact it's the other way round.

The experience of vaping, to me, is far superior to smoking cigarettes. I wasn't so much quitting cigarettes as I was finding something that is just hands down way more enjoyable. I can kick back, relax in front of the TV, blow out huge clouds of beautifully flavoured vapor in my non-smoking apartment, not stink out the place, I can switch up flavours when I want, and enjoy owning my perfect setup and taking it with me. For me, the entire overall experience of vaping kicks smoking's ....

I never really felt like I quit smoking by vaping – and that to me, says a huge amount.

since vaping, i've bummed the occasional smoke from a friend at parties but i regret it after the first drag. stupid impulsive me.

 

[retired soldier]

100% for me.

 

[Chas F.]

I know 7 people that use e-cigs. Four of them quit smoking entirely (all use an APV) and I'm unsure of the other 3 (they use cigalikes). My guess is ~50%.

 

[wv2win]

I would guess that nearly 80% of the people that find this forum eventually succeed.

I would guess that maybe 10% of people who buy a cig-a-like, have no brick and mortar, have not found this forum, and have no friends that vape might succeed.

And in between those two extremes lie all sorts of various situations that lead to various success rates.

Those who only try using a cig-a-like, are probably in the 10 - 20% success range. Those who seek out better alternatives and advice are probably in the 60%+ success range.

 

[p.opus]

I started on a cig-a-like and quit for a couple month. After washing one too many kr8080D's in the washing machine, I stopped "bothering" and went back to analogs.

I bought an ego-t kit in October and haven't smoked since. I am currently rocking 2 MVP's with 4 mini protanks. I am now buying 0 nic juice exclusively, although I still have some 12ml/mg remaining, I usually cut that with the 0 nic.

I'd say the only thing I am currently having an issue with is that pure 0 nic juice offers no throat hit whatsoever. I plan to be nicotine free to avoid the tobacco use penalty my insurance company will be implementing next October.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

With our non profit vape prog the number is at 84.2%. Realize we do not record participants as successful unless they've been analog free for 1 year. I believe the main reasons for our success is the introduction to vaping using high quality gear, the amount of info/ mentoring provided and the hope that those that have been successful "give back" to those just starting out.

 

[K_Tech]

I think the percentage of people who succeed is directly proportional to the number of people who were properly prepared, supplied and supported. Trying to do it on your own is tough but with a little help and guidance it is virtually painless.

Truth.

I've posted this before, but I've tried to quit using everything from gum to Chantix to cig-a-likes. I found out about vaping quite by accident - I stumbled across a video on YouTube about vaping, and that led to more videos and this forum.

That, in turn, led me to talking to some people and ordering two Ego C-twists, two Kanger PTII's, and placing a couple of juice orders.

Quite frankly, had it not been for the information I found lurking here, I'd still be smoking cigarettes right now.

 

[zoiDman]

I would estimate 20-25% of people who use an ecig for 3-6 months end up quitting smoking altogether. Do you think that's a good estimate or do you think its higher or lower?

I think 20~25% is Realistic.

The reason I think this Percentage is so Low is that Many People try an e-Cigarette when they are Not Really Ready to Quit.

It would be Nice if they quite, but deep down inside they just Aren't ready to give up Analogs.

Of the People who have Tried Various Methods of Quitting. And are at the End of the Road with Analogs, then the Percentage Jumps Up Dramatically. Perhaps something like 70%.

 

[pcrdude]

Of the people I have observed at work, about 1/2 try vaping and stop, about 1/4 vape and still smoke, and about 1/4 turn to only vaping.

As for me, I tried a disposable (NJoy), went to a B&M the next day and bought a kit with eGo batts and two CE4s. I tried a Blu disposable that second day as well. I smoked and vaped that day, finished the pack of smokes I had, and never picked up a regular cigarette again. That was January of 2013, and I am approaching one year vaping only.

I started vaping to see what it was like. It was FAR superiour to cigarettes, so I never went back to them. I was one of the "I like smoking, so I'll never quit (damned with my health)".

YMMV

 

[Linden]

That is a really hard question to answer. I would be really excited to see some hard data with separate data sets for cigalike users and APV users. We also need some long term studies.
For me, I was on cigalikes from Vapor4Life for a very long time(appx 18 months, boy am I every slow on the up-take!). Even with *that* equipment, I was able to quit within 5 days...the fact driven home by a puff on a real cigarette which had me gurgling mouthwash for an hour to get the taste out. Cigalikes CAN work but as we all know, many of us had some mild but uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Does that not exist if you start with an APV?
At this point, I'm weaning down my nic and am unsure how I will tolerate 0 nic when I actually get there. One thing is for sure, I have a mild panic attack when I think about smoking an analog and becoming re-addicted to them. I simply don't want to.

 

[bosun]

Ex- cigarette smoker. Still smoke the occasional pipe. I wanted to quit the coffin nails after 40 years plus but never had any luck of doing it on my own and was some what skeptical of them new-fangled yuppie electronic things. Nice lady on one of the pipe forums explained some of the terminology and gave me links to an 808 starter kit that she used. Ordered, received, vaped, and haven't looked back!! If they say that cold-turkey and pharmaceutical have a five percent chance of getting you to quit, vaping has to be in the fifty percent range. Assuming a little hand-holding, advice, desire to quit, and decent gear I think the chances increase to eighty percent!!

 

[volume control]

Its definitely dependent on personality. I love electronic stuff, so the moment i tried an ecig i was in love, and had no problem quitting with crappy cigalikes, i just finished off my smokes slowly over 2 weeks using both. Eventually found this place and got even better stuff.



From my experience id say under 10%, a lot of people i know have tried ecigs and say they dont like them, or just plain out dont want to quit smoking. I watch them either use a mixture, or drop ecigs after a few months. Funny thing is plenty of them try mine, and say oh thats great i should get one like that, and they never do...

 

[cathleenmarie]

Thanks to a PV user I met at an airport I quit analogs using a PV. I never tried e-cigs and don't think I would have quit if I had used them.

 

[StormFinch]

I'm going to go with DC2's numbers here. I've got no data to back it up, just gut feel from what I've seen the past couple of years.

I haven't seen data from CASAA's most recent poll, but the previous one had forum goers at an approximate 85% quit rate. I'm not exactly sure of the second digit but it was definitely over 80% by a few percent. The rest were dual users in the process of quitting or either unable/unwilling to get rid of those last few cigarettes. This was before WTAs came on the scene and eGo styles were relatively new.