Who or what convinced you to try ecigs ?

[Elphaba Thropp]

...found the SmokeStik website. It listed a local distributor...

Hi. You're the first one I've seen around here mention the "SmokeStik." It's the only brand I've tried and I'm not overly impressed. I was smoking a little more than a pack a day. Now a pack lasts about two-and-a-half days. The SmokeStik is so wimpy and unreliable that sometimes I want to just toss it. How does it compare to other brands? And are the components interchangable with other brands?

 

[annah]

I've been ready to quit for a lonnnnng while, but had to talk myself into making the commitment when everyone around me smokes. I was googling, trying to find somewhere cheaper to buy cigs, and an ad for BLU popped up. I looked at their website, and it only took me a second to realize it would perfectly fit my need to fitget, and go through the motions. I searched for a forum for more info, and here I am. I ordered my 901 within 2 days of finding the forum.

DH still thinks I'm a nut, but I think he's realizing now that I'm not smoking when he is, and not getting crabby and nic-fits..

 

[kc0cmp]

my kid sister, although hardly a kid anymore

 

[scott58]

The slowly increasing pressure in my chest pretty much talked me into it. 30 hrs later and no analogs I feel almost normal. I'm still am having a hard time believing how effective this is. haven't really even thought about a regular cigarette. Feel the need, pull it out of my pocket, take about 5 hits and put it back. The only thing i keep doing is reaching for a lighter. Probably the smartest thing i've done this decade.

 

[Michelle M]

My boss, who stumbled upon SE Gold while web-surfing. He got one. I kept trying (and liking) his Pomegranite carts, did some research and found E-Cig-Forum, and the rest's history!!

 

[mischiefgrrl]

I saw something on the news a couple of years ago I think about these electronic cigarettes and how realistic they were. Believe it or not, the news piece was actually tipping towards being in favor of them rather than just quoting FDA drivel. I made a mental note of it and thought that would be really cool if it caught on.

Last February I was reading a forum that my daughter and I both used to belong to for dog owners. A teenager was going off about their parents smoking and another said their mom had converted to an electronic cig and how much better things were. I did an e-cig search then and found this forum but didn't order anything yet.

Finally a couple of weeks ago I don't why but I decided it was time to buy one. I googled "electronic cigarette" and Blu was the most interesting website I found on the initial search. After ordering I did a search for blu reviews and found this forum again. Oops, mostly bad reviews.

Still, I'm glad I got the blu. It was a good beginning and will still be useful in many ways. I ordered a 510 and that should be here this week. Today is my first attempt at a full day with no analogs. Mostly because I drank too much wine with my neighbors last night and do not feeling like going to a store to get more.

 

[pmd]

A month ago, I read an article in the paper here. It was not a reporting like story, just an amusing little story about ecigs and a slam at the FDA for wanting to ban them. I had never heard of them nor seen them in any mall. I was curious but forgot about it until a week ago.
I really love to smoke but the smell to clothes and my apt, not to mention what I was spending per month on cartons as tax after tax keeps getting piled on was killing me.
I found this site on my first search and have been fascinated with the idea that I may stop analogs.
My first ecig is in the mail. I admitt to being overly excited and afraid I will not have the same success as all you fine folks.
I have learned a lot here. I even bought a box of PTB to mod a cart I don't have yet.
I know I will need a different mind set going into this. I hope it works
as summer ends and windows close, I desperately want o have a smoke free winter while enjoyin vaping.
Wish me luck, I see myself needing this place for support.

 

[buttercrunch]

I had been wanting to quit for years and years, I hated being addicted and hated the cost and stink and ..well you all know. I was only spending about $100/month filling my own, but after the big tax increase tripled the cost of tobacco, that was it for me...I was determined to figure something out...I spotted a box of little mouthpiece filters that eliminate almost all the tar & nic from cigs and thought maybe that would be a way to wean myself off the stinking things. I was looking them up online to see if they really worked and read a review from a woman that said "if these don't work I'm going to try an e-cig". I had never heard of an e-cig, so I looked them up, found this forum and knew right away this was for me! Researched for a few days, got a 510 about two weeks ago, and I love it! I'm still trying to figure out what flavors I like the best. I completely quit the stinkies within a 3 or 4 days, it was effortless, honestly! it still seems like a miracle to me. I tried an analog a few days after I quit just to compare and OMG they are so fowl!! I couldn't even smoke it, yuck! I'm so happy to be free of those horrid things! I don't know how long I will vape, but I do know I will never go back to analogs.

 

[~bruce~]

I wasn't even looking to quit smoking.....but the additional taxes here in Florida was killing me....almost doubling the cost of cigarettes here. I heardabout e-cigs from somewhere...I don't even remember where...googled them ordered a blu cig....waited for the blu...waited some more.....and more you get the idea.
I finally got tired of waiting and went down the the local mall in search of an e-cig kiosk...I found it...paid a friggin fortune for it. Got it home and vaped for the next 3 days without even thinking of a regular cigarette....INCREDIBLE for me...as I have never been without a cig for the past 30 years.
That's when I found this forum and got kinda ...... at the ridiculous price I spent at SE.....little did I know that was small potatoes compared to what I would actually have invested in this thing. I can't complain too much...it got me off the analogs and I feel alot better...I can breathe !

 

[~bruce~]

P.S. after a month and a half of wiating on Blu to ship my starter kits...I cancelled the order and bought other stuff....I think they got caught up on the the orders and began taking orders again 2 days later... looks like I lucked out there

 

[inkfox]

A co worker of mine showed my blu's site and i thought "wow...this would be cool and a huge money saver." I was on the fence untill I did some searching online and happened acoross GrimGreen's reviews and all the excitement he had with all his different tech and juices, it was him who got me all excited about this.

Thanks Grim, and to others posting there reviews. I hope some day to match the ranks of all of you.

 

[smc]

I have known about them for about a year. Then my mom watched a segment on the show The Doctors and started bugging me about it from time to time. I found this forum and started lurking. Last week I bought a 510 from TW and some juice from eastmall.

It was about time anyway. Smoking kills my energy. I'll post my 'pay it forward' story in about a month.

 

[SudokuGal]

Hi. You're the first one I've seen around here mention the "SmokeStik." It's the only brand I've tried and I'm not overly impressed. I was smoking a little more than a pack a day. Now a pack lasts about two-and-a-half days. The SmokeStik is so wimpy and unreliable that sometimes I want to just toss it. How does it compare to other brands? And are the components interchangable with other brands?

I don't know if any of their parts are interchangeable. I like it and think it does a decent job, being an automatic. I use it when I don't want to have to mess with pressing the button on my 510.

I did have some trouble with a battery and an atomizer but the replacements seem to work fine. The distributor told me they have an "improved" battery now, but I haven't tried it yet. Plus, I've liked the SS a lot better since I bought juices and refill. Oh, I also rotate my two atomizers very frequently.

 

[Satyr]

-"The Man"
-Taxation without representation
-Overly restrictive laws
-Addiction to nicotine

 

[KevinD872]

I first heard about it in a comments section of a major newspaper's website. The story was about how smoking bans were popping up everywhere and someone made the comment that he didn't smoke but if he did, he'd use an e-cig just because they seem to enrage the anti-smokers even more than the real ones. I had no idea what an e-cig was, but it sounded interesting. I did a quick search, thought it looked neat, but didn't think much else of it. A few weeks later my mom asked me if I had ever heard of e-cigs and said that her co-worker quit smoking with one. She gave me a flier and after two days I stupidly* purchased it. I have since upgraded and have actually quit my 21+ year habit (and so has my wife)!

* I say stupidly because it turned out to be yet another cheap knock-off of the same 'ol e-cigs you find in malls. Not that they are all bad or worthless, but after finding this forum, I purchased the equivelant of four entire 510s with extra juice for the price I paid for that cheaper one with nothing but one extra battery and 5 crappy carts. Live and learn. I have since given that first one to a friend to see if he can have any luck with it.

 

[isande]

my kid sister, although hardly a kid anymore

Ha! Finally: you admit it!

So, I'm a freelance writer and editor. One of my contracts involves going through search terms that have been pre-screened by both a script and a few humans and editing them into article titles. You might be surprised by just how many men are searching for various ways to enlarge their man-bits, but anyway...

From time to time, I run into a puzzling search term that I don't quite understand and have to Google it to figure out whether it can be turned into a reasonable article title or not. Mostly, this happens when I get an automotive title, but about a month ago I ran into this one:

"Nicotine addiction caused by e-cigarettes"

...wha?

Being a long-time computer geek, my first reaction was to remember all those ASCII art pics the silly AOLers used to email each other back in the 1990s. "An e-hug for you!" or "Here's a cup of e-coffee!" or "Enjoy this e-muffin!"... you get the idea.

While staring baffled at this title, my husband walked over, looked at my screen and remarked, "Oh, yeah, I suppose that could happen if a non-smoker was using one." Needless to say, this left me even more confused.

So I Googled it and knocked off work for the day when I realized what I'd stumbled onto. Less than 24 hours later, I ordered a 901 kit and a bottle of juice.

--K