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I smoked analogs for 11 years. Quit for three using Chantix and Wellbutrin. Got married to someone I had known for 12 years. He smoked. I missed it. Started back again. After all, I did not feel any healthier having quit... no extra money in my pocket those three years either. Quickly escalated to three packs a day. Love smoking and don't want to quit. But hate it and do. Husband is an ex now but believed that I couldn't quit. He did after a lifetime using vape. Can't let him be right or"better". 
So as of 40 hours ago, I do not smoke. I hope to continue the trend but no promises. But if I didn't have my vapor next to me... I would be at the gas station so fast they'd hear my credit card swipe before they'd even see me! Answer: not likely to give up vape any time soon.
So as of 40 hours ago, I do not smoke. I hope to continue the trend but no promises. But if I didn't have my vapor next to me... I would be at the gas station so fast they'd hear my credit card swipe before they'd even see me! Answer: not likely to give up vape any time soon. 
Even if I get to that zero nic magic number, I doubt I will stop vaping. It really helps to satisfy that hand to mouth habit that I have ingrained on my brain from over 30 years of smoking.
If I wasn't vaping, I would probably start feeding my face constantly. That would create all sorts of other health issues, which I can avoid by vaping
If I wasn't vaping, I would probably start feeding my face constantly. That would create all sorts of other health issues, which I can avoid by vaping
I'm not planning on quitting ... ever. I enjoy vaping.
We've got to have some vices, afterall.
We've got to have some vices, afterall.
I don't feel like I'm really addicted to nicotine anymore. I love e-cigs for the hobby. I love to collect and I love to vape. I can work a 12-17 hour shift without using my ecig and be just fine. When I smoked, going that long without a smoke would have been hell LOL.
I've been using e-cigs 2+ years. I still enjoy them, but I do imagine a day when I may lose interest in the hobby itself. At that point, I will quit. I'll always keep at least one set up though in case I ever get the urge to smoke again.
I've been using e-cigs 2+ years. I still enjoy them, but I do imagine a day when I may lose interest in the hobby itself. At that point, I will quit. I'll always keep at least one set up though in case I ever get the urge to smoke again.
I originally planned to give it up to 12 months gradually reducing the nicotine, I reached the 6mg level way before the 12months but when that mark came up it had become a hobby/pleasure more than something that would give me cravings if I didn't have it, I can easily go all day at work without or be half way down to the pub realising I forgot it at home and wont turn around to get it, I enjoy the whole thing rather than crave it it stays until I get bored of it.
I don't "plan" on quitting ecigs. I'm a one thing at a time kind of guy. For me, right now, not smoking cigarettes is huge. The only real plan I have is to reduce my nicotine level. Eventually I hope to reduce it to zero. I have high blood pressure, so nicotine is an issue, along with caffeine. So far I've gone from a pack and half and Cuban coffee to ecigs and half caf coffee.
I CAN quit at any given time because it is never like an analog... The question is... WOULD I WANT to quit? is the real question.
But Since I love smoking... IF Vaping is soon proven 10 times really dangerous (with Proof).. I will Quit at once... because I still want to see my son grow up.
But IF Vaping is as of now "The SAFER alternative".. I CAN still enjoy Vaping and at least "WE ALL WILL DIE one day..." but vaping can make you live longer than traditional smoking...
That being said... I plan to: "Bring this (One thing) to my Grave."
I'm not a quitter!!! In the words of Blood, Sweat, and Tears,,,,"And when I die! And when I'm dead, dead, and gone!"
Cremation being my last smoke?
Never looked at it that way, but like it!
heh! I always told my husband and son that when I go, they were to make sure and put a cigarette between my lips before they slide me into the cremator, so I could have a last smoke.
Andria
Cremation being my last smoke?
Never looked at it that way, but like it!
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I like this post and respect your decision and the way you worded this reply.
I quote and post a response cause I must admit that a person like yourself either makes me nervous or I think could take the cause to a level that many of us can't. If you show up for anything related to politics of vaping, you could be adamantly in favor of eCigs (arguing that a ban would be bad), and with knowledge that you do not vape, I think non-vapers would sit up and take notice. Then again, if ex-vapers are anything like ex-smokers, it is plausible one like you could become anti nicotine (and vape) zealot and turn against the vape cause. I reckon as the years go on, there will be many more like you and I hope your camp has many or majority that are able to make even stronger argument, be louder voice in the room, for why eCigs must absolutely be permitted.
Thank you for your thoughtful response, jman8. I never operate under the misconception that other people should do what I think, or that my opinion on anything matters to anyone but me. Please know that I will never become a zealot of any stripe. I am absolutely in favor of personal vaporizers as a means to quit smoking. I understand why they can't be marketed as such - they will be taxed and regulated as medical equipment and supplies. Then it brings insurance companies into it, and whether they would be covered, etc., which could put vaporizers out of reach of the common person, and fewer people will be able to quit smoking. I am also in favor of vaping as a hobby for those who like it, although I am against aiming the advertising at non-smokers or minors.
I didn't know that I would be over the process so soon. It just happened. I had no expectations going in, it just so happened that I quit smoking on the first day using a PV. I got over the addiction part much quicker and much less painfully than I could have imagined. If my body is over it, why not just be done with it? I've been wrecking my lungs for 42 years. I think they deserve a permanent break from it. I know I can do it. I am committed to it. If anything I've said helps anyone in any way, I am happy about it.
I didn't know that I would be over the process so soon. It just happened. I had no expectations going in, it just so happened that I quit smoking on the first day using a PV. I got over the addiction part much quicker and much less painfully than I could have imagined. If my body is over it, why not just be done with it? I've been wrecking my lungs for 42 years. I think they deserve a permanent break from it. I know I can do it. I am committed to it. If anything I've said helps anyone in any way, I am happy about it.
My sentiment too, when i took up vaping i gave up inhaling , after smoking for 30 years enough is enough.
Perfectly satisfied with mouth to nose, good flavour etc.
I must admit to cringing and a bit of ewww when i read of of those who like to vape gigantic volumes of vapour deep deep into their lungs.
As for giving up , i keep up to date with studies and thus far not concerned.
I do enjoy my diy net eliquids so there is a hobby element too, plus as others have mentioned , that old hand to mouth ritual.
My sentiment too, when i took up vaping i gave up inhaling , after smoking for 30 years enough is enough.
Perfectly satisfied with mouth to nose, good flavour etc.
I must admit to cringing and a bit of ewww when i read of of those who like to vape gigantic volumes of vapour deep deep into their lungs.
As for giving up , i keep up to date with studies and thus far not concerned.
I do enjoy my diy net eliquids so there is a hobby element too, plus as others have mentioned , that old hand to mouth ritual.
I think that is what made it easier to transition to vaping, satisfying that oral fixation! Something gum or patches could not do.
I agree that for everyone, it's completely different, and what works for one, may not work at all for others. The only problem at all that I can find with this approach, using e-cigs strictly as NRT, is for all those busybodies who keep asking me when I'm going to quit vaping; when I say "never," they come right back with 'well so-and-so did' -- as if that's pertinent to ME or to ANYONE else. I got this already from my mom, "well, my BFF's son's wife used those to quit, and now she's quit that too." My response was something like "bully for her! let me know when she starts back smoking." Because for a LOT of us, it's a bell that can't be unrung -- if we stop vaping, we're extremely likely to, at some point, go back to smoking. But so many just can't (or won't!) see that e-cigs are NOT "just NRT," they're a direct replacement, and if removed, the thing we're replacing will make a comeback. And I really don't think it has much if anything to do with the nicotine; it's that hand to mouth thing, which, after enough years of doing it, has carved itself permanently into the brain. Behavior is the hardest thing of all, to quit or change.
Andria
Cremation being my last smoke?
Shhhh.... ANTZ could hear you and pass a law to take that away from you too.....
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