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Scooter1

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Hello everyone !
Just started the transition from smoking to vaping last week & it aint easy as a lot of you already know.
I've been smoking for 46 years so I think It's time to quit. The vaping helps & I like it as well.
I got the smok RPM 5 & I really like it ! Different than smoking for sure !
If anyone has any tips please let me know.

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Disposables cost near the same as cigarettes. A few hundred a month. There was one person in the news who quoted 600$/mo. Which I believe. At my smoking height it was 3 packs of lucky strike straights a day. Everyone is different though. When I vaped nic a disposable would last me about 3 days. I bought the larger cheap ones the size of a cigar, which in my area cost about $10. If I bought the little ones they sell in the gas station those lasted me an afternoon and were the same price, So with the vape store cheapies… $23/week, 52 weeks in the year… dang. I can’t multiply in my head anymore.. Old decrepit fart that I am….[rummages for a calculator app] $92/mo. So a used car or a new motorcycle payment, or 1 grade of apartment. If I bought them at the gas station though it’s more like $20/day. That gets me to the $600/mo. 1/2 A house payment. (depending on where you live and how big the house is)
DIYing juice though can get it a LOT lower. I do RDAs on squonkers and I measured it at $30/mo. 2 Netflix subscriptions.
These days it’s a good bit less because nic raises my blood pressure so I titrated off it. This is the beauty of ecigs. Theres the doesn’t leave foul smelling thick hard Brown/black goo on everything around you thing for one. That’s not small. Theres the no cancer. That’s not small either. The killer app though is once you’re off the analogs you can switch from disposables to pods or rebuildables, and you can titrate. Titrating is the key to quitting without niccy fits. It takes forever, nicotine is more addictive than ......, but it doesn’t suck. You try and quit off disposables though it’s the same as quitting off analogs. People usually fail.
They failed a lot using the vape store system that ends at 3mg/ml too though. This is where hand titrating is awesome. You can do 1.5%. You can do 0.5% if you want. I did. I don’t know if I needed to or not, but I did not want to niccy fit.
 
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Scooter1

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Disposables cost near the same as cigarettes. A few hundred a month. DIYing juice though can get it a LOT lower. I do RDAs on squonkers and I measured it at $30/mo. These days less because nic raises my blood pressure so I titrated off it. This is the beauty of ecigs. Theres the doesn’t leave foul smelling thick hard Brown/black goo on everything around you thing for one. That’s not small. Theres the no cancer. That’s not small either. The killer app though is once you’re off the analogs you can switch from disposables to pods or rebuildables, and you can titrate. Titrating is the key to quitting without niccy fits. It takes forever, nicotine is more addictive than ......, but it doesn’t suck. You try and quit off disposables though it’s the same as quitting off analogs. People usually fail.
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind & look into it as well.
 
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    Welcome to ECF, Scooter1. I've been vaping and not smoking for nearly 10 and a half years. In that time I haven't spent more than 32 grand on cigarettes and crap. Due to DIY juice and the use of several 5+ year old mod and tank variations, I spend very little.
     

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    Thanks, I'll keep it in mind & look into it as well.
    Oh, one more. nicotine is a major anti-anxiety and one of the fastest acting ones that exists. Im not sure it’s a real good one though. When I was titrating down I couldn’t get below 12 without an anti-anxiety med. thinking back on it, a niccy fit and a major anxiety attack have a lot in common. Desipramine has antianxiety features and is used for quitting smoking. It’s a tricyclic anti-depressant though. The weakest of the 3 I know of. I take certazine which is the strongest of the 3 I know of for other not pertinent reasons. I still needed an anti anxiety though.
     
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    Oh, one more. nicotine is a major anti-anxiety and one of the fastest acting ones that exists. Im not sure it’s a real good one though. When I was titrating down I couldn’t get below 12 without an anti-anxiety med. thinking back on it, a niccy fit and a major anxiety attack have a lot in common. Desipramine has antianxiety features and is used for quitting smoking. It’s a tricyclic anti-depressant though. The weakest of the 3 I know of. I take certazine which is the strongest of the 3 I know of for other not pertinent reasons. I still needed an anti anxiety though.
    WHEW !! That's a lot to inhale !
    Now I take cetirizine 1ce a day for allergies. So I guess it's been helping for 2 things, right ?
    Interesting !
     
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    Perhaps I have the wrong drug. The one I take is also known as Zoloft.

    As I understand it, tricyclic antiepressants go Zoloft, Prozac, desipramine. With desipramine being the mildest. Prozac is the most maligned, but Zoloft is actually more powerful. And has nastier side effects. They all do their own stuff though, and it’s generally more than one thing.

    There is certazine and certraline. This is why pharmacy is one of those advanced degrees and medical advice on the internet is often worth what you pay for it. ($0)

    Autocorrect also doesn’t always help.
     
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    Hi and welcome aboard.

    The two best bits of advice I got from this Forum nearly 10 years ago were (1) Always have back ups for your back ups (2) Don't waste money by always buying the newest "best" thing, but work on getting the best out of the kit you have.

    That said, using a good refillable tank and mod ( that's what we call a rechargeble battery ) works our a lot cheaper than using disposables.

    Looking at Innokin's Zenth or Zlide tanks, often available as a kit with a rechargeable battery will save you money in the longer term - quite a lot actually - though you'll need to buy relaceable coil heads.

    Enetually if you want you could also save monet by mixing your own liquids.

    There's plenty of info on these aspects on this Forum.

    Once again welcome and good luck on your vaping journey.
     

    Scooter1

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    Hi and welcome aboard.

    The two best bits of advice I got from this Forum nearly 10 years ago were (1) Always have back ups for your back ups (2) Don't waste money by always buying the newest "best" thing, but work on getting the best out of the kit you have.

    That said, using a good refillable tank and mod ( that's what we call a rechargeble battery ) works our a lot cheaper than using disposables.

    Looking at Innokin's Zenth or Zlide tanks, often available as a kit with a rechargeable battery will save you money in the longer term - quite a lot actually - though you'll need to buy relaceable coil heads.

    Enetually if you want you could also save monet by mixing your own liquids.

    There's plenty of info on these aspects on this Forum.

    Once again welcome and good luck on your vaping journey.
    Thanks !
     

    Scooter1

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    To save $ on cigarettes in 1999 I started making my own w/the Top O Matic cigarette making device. Talk about $aving money !! I hope I do good w/the vape supplies.

    As I mentioned I got the Smok RPM 5 & its doing well. I'm up to 45w so it's
    about time to switch to the .15 Ω coil. It's a neat little device ! :D
    The other day I went over 12 hrs w/out lighting up a cigarette.

     

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    Ordered some liquids @ EcigMafia today. Used a 20% off coupon so not to bad.
    I got my Smok RPM 5 Kit @ EJuiceConnect for a good price.
    There sure is a LOT of retail sites out there !!
    Some have ridiculous shipping & signature fees !
    Is that because of where they're located in the US ?
    & pods in the UK can only hold a small amount of ml ? Is that strict or what ?!
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    2 mils is the limit for tanks, disposeables and pods throught Europe under TPD. ( Tobacco Prevention Directive).

    When the Innokin Sceptre came out, some on another forum claimed they had managed to get the extra inner sleeve out to increase capacity. I never did; it just sounded too much bother.

    You can however get legally ( so far) "Fat Boy" replacement glasses for tanks like the Nautilus 3 on Amazon, EBay and many other mainstream online vape shops.

    Such modified tanks need Vape Bands round them as they would break if dropped outside.

    At the end of the day though, we manage to vape away just fine - even if we have to take a spare filled tank or a juice bottle with us if we are out for a long day!
     
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    @Scooter1 - You haven't said where you are - if you are in America, the rules are probably different.

    BTW, he said, not meaning to be offensive, if you look at a World Globe, theres a lot of nothing from the East Coast of America until you find the UK and Ireland then there's a big bit to the East - that's where we keep Europe.

    I live in Dunoon ,where the US's nuclear fleet was based in the 60s on the Holy Loch, and many servicemmen posted there then, who still return and are welcome, hadn't a clue where they were going until they arrived.

    SMOK btw doesn't have the best reputation for either quality or long life - if you wish to change brands there's plenty folk on here will be willing and happy to point you towards better alternatives.

    Best meantime and once again welcome aboard.
     
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