I’m pretty sure this is the most appropriate place for this thread, so here goes.
I’ve been a smoker for awhile, since Sophomore year in college. The wife and I decided to switch to electronic cigarettes. We first tried the ones you can get at Walgreens or gas stations a few months ago and they did not cut the mustard.
Monday I picked up the other kind. The ones that, for lack of other reference, look more like a crack pipe with the refillable fluid reservoirs. Yesterday I smoked 1 full cigarette and two halves. Today, none.
Ultimately, I’d like to get off nicotine completely. For now, I’m spending a fraction of the money and have gotten rid of all the other nasty chemical compounds found in traditional cigarettes. I admit, they look ridiculous, but then again many say smoking cigarettes does as well. Lots of little side benefits too.
Anyone else with success stories with longer term use? Failure stories?
I went to a blue CIG electronic cigarette for three months switching from the strong nicotine to eventually none just the flavoring. It worked for me. I haven’t smoked a real cigarette for a year and five months. I quit the blu cig after using it for three months. I feel great now and my lungs thank me everytime I PT.
I started smoking in high school & smoked for over 20 years. I’m athletic yet I really enjoyed smoking. It never seemed to slow me down. My wife, however, was very anti & my smoking was straining our relationship. I was sneaking behind her back & my days were planned around having a cigarette. Along came our 1st child & at that point I knew I had to quit. It took 2 go-arounds with Chantix but it worked. I’ve been smoke free for almost 2 years & I love it. I feel like I’m 23 again… with a few extra pounds.
You can do it but you gotta wanna. It’s sooo worth it. Good luck bud!
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Wife and I started using the V2 ecigs about a month or so back.
It cut our cigarette use by half within the first week and we’re still at nearly the same mark. They really come in handy in the car or when the grandkids are around.
Friend of mine has been wanting to quit, and I got him the SmokeToLive cig. He’s been very happy with it. Whether it leads to totally stopping, can’t say yet for him, but he feels much better already he says. My understanding is some electronic cigs are better than others. See:
I had some friends that were trying to quit using an E-Cig but their results weren’t so great, so I had reservations about trying one for myself. After a lot of consideration and research I went with a company called Halo. They sell all US made products and although they were a little more expensive (definitely not the most expensive out there though) I figured that after all the other things I tried what was another $75 to give it a shot?
After I got it, I definitely liked it quite a bit and being able to use it indoors was a plus. I could use it while I was in my bunk on the boat I work on and while inside running the dive rack without having to get somebody to relieve me. I did still smoke the cigarettes that I still had because I was still at the time trying to get over the mindset of “wasting” cigarettes. That mentality soon passed and although I did buy a pack or two over the next couple of months I never felt like I got the same satisfaction from them and realized I was finally over wanting to smoke.
All said and done, from the time I purchased my E-Cig to the time I finally quit smoking was just at 3 months and probably cost me $175 (the equivalent of 4 cartons down here). That was December of 2011 and I’m still smoke free. I still get a craving once in awhile and I don’t believe that will ever subside and now if I’m around someone smoking it makes me nauseous just like my wife and friends used to bitch about.
Don’t think that buying an E-Cig or using Chantix or gum or any other stop smoking aide is going to be a magic cure. I honestly believe you actually have to WANT to stop smoking before anything is going to help you. Recently I sent all the leftover equipment I had to my wife’s aunt who wanted to stop and last I heard it was working for her too.
On top of it all, I used the money I wasn’t wasting on all that shit to buy more Guns, Reloading supplies and Ammo. Definitely a better trade in my opinion. As always, good luck with your battle, I hope you can kick the habit.
I’ll second motivation as the most important component. The urge will never go away completely, but luckily the intervals increase. In ten years off cigs they stretched to months. Mom caught dad sneaking some of mine after 25 years clean. Lively entertainment there.
Major stress events can trigger a what-the-hell attitude. My divorce made keeping healthy seem less important than frequent little smoke rewards.
I went to a red CIG e-cig for three several weeks changing from the powerful smoking to gradually none just the flavor. It proved helpful for me. I haven’t used a actual smoke for a year and five several weeks. I stop the blu cig after using it for three several weeks. I experience much better now and my respiratory system thank me whenever I PT.
I smoked for 42 years. I tried vaping three years ago and never looked back. I don’t cough any more, the house does not stink, and it saves me a fortune, I think it has saved my life… The nice thing about it is that I never had to give anything up.
Started vaping at college, such a social vaping Started with e-cigs now I am all into cbd vape (THC free of course), it is not addictive and improves quality of sleep rather effectively. I know a lot of guys who quit smoking this way, I personally see more pros than cons in vaping.
It’s a new tech, and data not what it could be and should be. To simply ignore that " hate and ignorance and the tobacco industry" is short sited and a bad idea. It may indeed be vastly safer than smoking (I’m spectacle of the 95% safer number above) but there’s no free lunch in human biology. If one can avoid vaping or smoking, that’s best policy, but vaping appears preferable to smoking.
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