When to quit analogs after starting e-cig

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TruSound

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I guess it's all about what your ready and willing to do, I smoked 1.5-2 packs a day for 35 years...the day my first ecig arrived I never touched another cigarette, it's been almost 2 1/2 years...guess I was just ready to put um down. Hang in there...Soon enough you'll never touch another stinkie.
 

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Hey note,
You are down to 2 or 3 a day......
D***, celebrate, it was 15.:toast:
You go at your own pace, ease yourself in to the "no analogs".
vape, vape, vape.
IMHO, if you just have to have the analog, do it.
Soon you will not even want them. The Vape will get you there.
There is no time limit, no penalty for stepping back,
just stay on the "vape ride", brother......:2cool:
 

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It's been said before, and bears repeating.

The important number isn't the cigarettes you smoke, it's the number that you didn't smoke while vaping.

Some people go years having a cigarette every once in a while, some quit as soon as they put the drip tip in their mouth and take their first vape.

You'll know when you're done smoking. It'll happen, don't sweat it.
 

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I started vaping in June (?) and I still enjoy my morning ciggie with coffie. Altho I have gone from 2 PAD to 1 ciggie a day. It took about 4 months to get that far down...eventually I will forego that a.m. ciggie when I dont know... but it is rather kewl to see a pack of ciggies last almost 3 weeks instead of 1/2 a day
 

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I'm a die hard. . .think it took me 6 months before I could "Solo" Vape. Then, became concerned I might be inhaling too much Cinnamon, I made my next DIY Batch without it. A day or two later I discovered that I'd also left the nicotine out of that batch. From then on, got along great without it. Feb 6th was my last vape. Don't have any urge to do either now. Was my intent when I started vaping and I got there. Smoked tobacco more than 52 years. (2.5 PAD when I started vaping). Vaped alittle more than 3.5 years to get rid of the hand to mouthy, "Oral Gratification" thing.

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I've been a smoker for about 17 years and, as much as it has already been said, it is different for everyone. I got one of the "cig-a-like" vapor sticks a few years ago and it just didn't do it for me...Nothing did actually. Not until I found the set up I liked the most (Ego-T battery with a V3 clearomizer) and liquids I really liked did I actually start cutting down. I've given myself a year to completely make the switch. I'm currently smoking 3-4 cigarettes a day, but I consider that a huge victory because I was smoking about a pack and a half a day. You'll get there!
 

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When you start vaping, do not look at it as a way to quit smoking, or as a device to replace cigarettes. Simply treat it as something new and enjoyable in your life. If you feel the need to smoke, then do it. The best advice I have seen is if you feel like you need to smoke, make a conscious effort to vape first. Only smoke after you vape. The most noticable things I see on this forum are the number of folks who say that they "just stopped" smoking at some point after they started vaping.

Treating vaping as a stop smoking aide, puts pressure on you to make make vaping work. Treat it as something that stands on it's own merits. It tastes good, it's clean, and it delivers nicotine. Vape because you enjoy it. Most of us have found that after vaping for a while, we just started to dislike analogs. The smell, the ashes everywhere, the burnt clothes, burnt furniture, running out of them at inconvenient times, the list of negatives to smoking goes on and on. After vaping for a bit, the analogs will just seem to lose their charm. The last analog I smoked was very unsatisfying. Nicotine without the exquisite taste of a nice liquid behind it becomes very unfufilling.

So... For now, you are a smoker and a vaper. Give it some time, and enjoy both with no pressure on yourself. If you want a cigarette, do it, but vape first. My bet is that pretty soon, you too will no longer enjoy smoking. When that happens, you do not "quit" smoking, you just stop doing it.
 

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I am currently transitioning from about 1.5 PAD of Camel Turkish Gold to solo vaping, and it has not been all roses, either. I find it is strange that cigarette smoking is psychologically "sticky." For example, on my morning commute, if I had a cigarette once at a certain location along my drive, then every time I reached that location again, I found that I "had" to have that particular cigarette, even if I had just finished one. Another example, after a failed attempt at a cold turkey quit, I had broken down and had a cigarette on my morning drive, but not on my evening drive. From then on, I absolutely had to have the morning drive ciggie, but never needed the evening drive ciggie. I find that it is about psychology. So, now I am using vaping to "step" on those key ciggie times. I have noticed that after stepping on a key ciggie time with vaping for about 2-3 times, it get vastly easier to forget the cigarette. This process is going to take me a while, to say the least.
 

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I was a smoker for 40 years about a pack and half a day. Tried everything imaginable to stop smoking even tried a cig alike e cigarette and nothing worked. This past July 1st bought my first vape set up. One battery and one fancy pyrex tank as my local vape shop was out of the kanger pro tanks. On July 3rd I broke the fancy pyrex tank and nothing was open to get a replacement. Went out and bought a few packs of cigs. Finally went back to my vape shop on July 6th and got a protank, Evod, backup battery and tried again. Finally put down the cigs on July 12th. Lessons learned, always have a back up, and everyone stops at their own pace.
Give yourself a pat on your back for making the steps you made so far. When you are ready you will stop. Congrats on your success!
 

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There really is no right or wrong way. Some people taper down. Some quit right away. Some have one every once in a while. As long as your juice is a satisfying strength I would say your doing it right.
For myself, I vaped and had analogues for a few weeks. One day my analog just tasted awful so I tossed them.

I was a PAD+ for 40 years.
 
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i quit as soon as got my egos and have had 1 cig since as i wanted to see if i was missing anything and i must say it was horrible won't ever do it again tasted like crap after puffing good quality juice all day my vanilla custard and mint choc taste much better and i don't have to go outside use to smoke about 35 roll ups a day before i started vaping now i go though about 4-5ml 16mg juice and i prefer the juice any day
 

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Originally Posted by otrpu
. . .then on, got along great without it. Feb 6th was my last vape. Don't have any urge to do either now. Was my intent when I started vaping and I got there.

Originally Posted by f1vefour
Your the first person I have seen that quit vaping as well.
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There's a few of us. . .Don't think many hang around ECF after they quit vaping. I just do it to show people it's possible. But, I think you're right, most can stop tobacco, but continue to vape. Good luck with your quit(s). JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu
 

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My "last" analog is in the fridge, in a plastic tube attached by a rubber band to my "last" Budweiser, that has been there (through 3 refrigerators) since 1991 ...

I imagine they would both taste equally disgusting by now ...

The concensus seems to be that, in as little as 2 or 3 days, we develop an aversion to the smell of tobacco, and for some, even a hyper-sensitivity ...

The peer pressure and perception of coolness that started me smoking at age 14 no longer exists, and vaping gives me a level of satisfaction that smoking never could ...

For me, it was an upgrade with health benefits ... ;)
 
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