How have you used vaping to quit analogs?

[Pilot]

I am almost done with reg cigarettes. About one or two a day from a pack a day for thirty years plus. I love the idea of not worrying where I vape. At home or when Im out its great not having to go outside. I will be done with reg cigarettes very soon.

 

[Racehorse]

Just curious what methods people have used vaping to quit the analogs?

Mike in case nobody has mentioned it, I would limit my use of the phrase vaped to quit. That would qualify it as a smoking cessation device, i.e. medical device.

I see this said a lot though. (myself included)_

Better to say I "switched" to vaping.

 

[zero7starz]

My two down falls that have kept me buying analogs is in the car and at work. I don't seem to travel with my rig very well.

I've cut my smoking down by half and it's been about two months? Or less. It's been a bunch of baby steps and habit breaking.


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[Greg58]

Well this is my first post! Just joined and am trying to quit REAL cigs again. Thanks for all the positive words I have read here. I tried using ecigs about a year ago, lasted a while but just wasn't cutting it. I stopped at a local vap shop yesterday and picked up an adjustable 650 battery and a ismoka what ever you call the tank you put the fluid in. (I have a lot to learn huh). This thing really puts out the vapor! Unlike the small cig size ones I tried before. I also went with the 24 mg nic, I was a 1 1/2 pack a day full flavor smoker for 40 years. I am really going to give it my all this time! I will be lurking around here and learning all I can. Thank you all!!!!

 

[ccubed]

Well this is my first post! Just joined and am trying to quit REAL cigs again. Thanks for all the positive words I have read here. I tried using ecigs about a year ago, lasted a while but just wasn't cutting it. I stopped at a local vap shop yesterday and picked up an adjustable 650 battery and a ismoka what ever you call the tank you put the fluid in. (I have a lot to learn huh). This thing really puts out the vapor! Unlike the small cig size ones I tried before. I also went with the 24 mg nic, I was a 1 1/2 pack a day full flavor smoker for 40 years. I am really going to give it my all this time! I will be lurking around here and learning all I can. Thank you all!!!!

Everyone's journey is a bit different. Like you, I wanted to quit smoking and was willing to try again. A friend of mine turned me on to the idea of vaping. I didn't jump in right away, but did some research...and found ECF. I decided to give vaping a try and for what ever reason, felt somewhat confident that vaping would replace smoking in my life. Everyone has different beliefs, but for me, I believe that some grace was involved. After smoking a pack plus of analogs for years, I smoked one cigarette the day after I started vaping and have been tobacco free since that day, 80 days ago.

This forum has been a huge part of my success. I still believe that grace was involved, but also know that for me grace has to be followed with action on my part. Taking care of my gear, participating in ECF, talking to my friends about vaping, and being conscious, aware and vigilant about being tobacco and smoke free are the things I do on a regular basis. So far, so good. I have made the switch from smoking and tobacco to vaping and my life is better.

Oh, and that tank thing is probably a clearo or carto. The vaping lingo is something you will pick up as you get more involved in vaping and in ECF. Namaste.

 

[claudebo]

Keep trying, but at the same time cut yourself some slack when you fumble.
I smoked 45 year. jezzzz which I have that money in retirement : )

 

[Rossum]

I think the key may be not setting out to quit. The psychological strain of saying or realizing that you are not ever allowing yourself another cigarette is terrifying and devastating. It goes against the natural "oppositional reflex" response that makes doing what someone (or yourself) tells you to do against your will almost impossible to accept.

I agree with this. I started vaping last Friday with a Halo starter kit and their tobacco flavor assortment, 18 mg juice. I did NOT want to pressure myself by "quitting" smoking; I just wanted to see how much of my 40-a-day analog habit I could replace with vaping, and without making myself miserable. That Friday afternoon/evening I still had 3. Saturday, 2 or 3. Sunday 2. Monday 1. Tuesday 1. Wednesday 0. Today 0.

By Sunday I considered the experiment a 95% success and ordered more/better gear and juices. Tuesday I drove through a snow storm to visit a local vape shop 'cause I knew I was hooked on vaping and wanted more juice and gear NOW. They were very helpful.

For me, no pressure was and remains very important. I still haven't "quit" -- I've simply replaced smoking with vaping. I still have most of a pack of analogs in my backpack, just in case. There's 3 more packs from a carton I bought last week in my desk drawer next to my Zippo, which is now dried out. I don't expect to need them anymore. The big ashtrays are gone from my desks, but there's still a couple of .... Buckets around.

I enjoyed smoking. I just didn't enjoy the side-effects and the guilt. Now I enjoy vaping. The side effects of smoking are already beginning to fade and the guilt is gone.

 

[SilentVapidity]

I posted this a while back, but think it is appropriate here:

GREAT POSTS!!

Lots and lots of common ground


Here's my quitting process

My first try at vaping did not go so good. Those imitation analogs that you suck on
and on a good day get little puffs of vapor ohh what were they called oh yeah Phoenix Vaper
I think. Second try when better with ego-T, but had lots of equipment failures.

So I bit the bullet and bought Sigelii a Kanger and some evods.
That went better, finally got 2 mvp's, and that is my equipment now
From start to now was a 30 months process with long lapses of not
vaping.

Four things really helped :
Advise from people on u-tube and blogs
Having good equipment
Taking the time each day to clean out the equipment
Encouragement from my better half.

I cut back by taking out a single pack of cigarets, Then seeing if I could smoke only 10 in the course of a day.
I would tell myself I had to vape before having a cig. Then if I still wanted one I could.

She said :attaboy

Then I was at 4 per day for about 6 weeks. Still laying out my allowance for the day, but allowing myself to
fail now and then. She said :attaboy

Then it was 2 per day, and I noticed I was sometimes forgetting to smoke those. I was shifting my habit to e-cigs.
Had 1/2 a cigs months ago tasted like hell.

She said :attaboy

Not matter what I did she always gave the the attaboy, I swear I could have said I smoked a dozen foot long cigars from cuba and she would have said : attaboy lol.

Anyhow that's how I shifted from analog to e-cigs.


Now I'm cutting down on the nicotine, started at 24 then 16 now 12
next order a mix of 12 and 6

Right attaboy : )

I like your better half. She sounds fabulous!

 

[Notorious C.I.G.]

I quit within 24 hours of receiving my starter kit, basically I just ran out of cigs. Granted, I bought one more pack a week later, smoked/bummed them all at the bar that night, then never bought a pack after that, and since then (about a month and half, almost 2) I have smoked a few cigarettes on two occasions.

Stop buying packs, I know it's hard, but that's crucial. Get past the first 3 days with 0 cigs and your craving will significantly decrease. When you're craving one, vape more, just don't buy that pack.

Mind you, I didn't intend on quitting cigs when I got my kit. But after I ran out of cigs, I was just like screw it, I'm not going to the store and buying more cigs. After another day of vaping, I was like wow, I can quit, screw it.

Another thing is, after I only vaped for awhile, I found I don't like the taste of cigs as much anymore, my taste has seemed to change. Old habits die hard, but once you get past the initial lump, it gets easier. As the smokers cough eased, I felt like I could breathe more deeply also, which makes cigs not seem so appealing anymore.

 

[E_red3]

Only a week in but I was a pack a day smoker for 17 years. Got a ego and soon as it was done charging I haven't had a analog since. It really amazed me how easy the transition was!

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[sammyboy709]

I have and am hoping to get my mother to start vaping and quit analogs

 

[SamNapolitanke]

I picked up an eVic and told myself ... vape as much as I need to keep the cravings at bay ... it worked

This! im doing this! it's been 10 hours without a smoke

 

[Onekraus]

I smoked two packs a day for 20 years. My company started charging smokers $75 every two weeks as an insurance surcharge. I got a nicotine patch kit, some gum, and a prescription for Wellbutrin as well. Next, on the recommendation of a friend, I went to a local 'vape shop' and was able to try out many flavors. I ended up leaving with the EVOD starter kit and some HALO Tribeca juice. The next monday, I started the patch and Wellbutrin and switched to Vaping only. I continued the patch and Wellbutrin for about a week to 10 days and at that point I felt I did not need the patch or the drug anymore.

Have not smoked a cigarette since and its been 86 Days so far. I find vaping has now replaced analogs 100% for me.

 

[BlenderCrab]

Funny enough, I never intended to quit smoking. I was given a free cigalike and actually didn't like it much at all. However, I was curious as to how the whole thing worked, so I did some research. I ended up buying an Ego starter kit (and some juice) without high hopes, but rather with almost sort of a morbid curiosity. At best, I thought, I would have something I could use indoors and in other smoking-unfriendly places -- at absolute worst I was out roughly $100. Within hours of opening my first vapemail, I was off analogs. The bummer? I had just bought a brand new can of American Spirit tobacco. So in the end, I was out that $35.

That happened nearly exactly five months ago. Day before yesterday, Santa brought me a brand new Provari. Funny how things work out.

 

[EyeBallKidd]

I went from a pack a day to completely smoke free right after getting my rig. I ended up vaping a TON to begin with and now I have cut back a lot unintentionally. I found that once I got a little bit of my taste buds back, I started to enjoy the taste of certain juices and smoking became repulsive again. I was actually shocked at how fast cigarettes went back to tasting like burning garbage. There is still a certain amount of will power involved in moving to vaping only but its a hell of a lot easier than going cold turkey. Good luck making the switch!

 

[Mark C Gandy]

I started vaping about a month ago , and have never looked back ....this is after 30 years of pack a day smoking ....love the flavor and it has now become more of a hobby than a habit...i am down to 6mg after starting at 18mg's .....don't miss analogs at all!

 

[BigFatDan]

On Oct. 18, 2011 my grandmother broke down and cried to me and told me not to die like my Aunt Jo. On Oct. 19, 2011 my grandmother presented me with a gas station ecig, the brand was "Century 21". I liked it. Bought an eGo starter kit. Never touched an analog since that Century 21...