E-cigs...vape'em if ya got'em

[stankowalski]

Just bought my e-cig starter kit a couple of days ago. I've tried to quit smoking several times with no luck, other than a couple of weeks here and there. I've come to the conclusion that my addictive personality will not let this habit die easily. So I decided to check out e-cigarettes.

After a couple of days with it, I can say that my smoking has been cut to about 1/4 of what I normally smoke. I'm actually trying to phase out the real cigs totally. First I have to get used to the vapor. It actually hits my lungs harder than real cigarettes, or maybe that's my imagination.

Anyone else tried these? If so , what has been your experience? I think I may be able to get off of real cigarettes eventually. I think the habitual part of lighting up, ashing, etc. may be a part of the process that has to be broken down.

[lightsout]

Buddy of mine was on it for about a month. Eventually cut out real cigs all together. Then he had just 1 because he needed a smoke, didn't have the e-cig, so he bummed on off of somebody. Then he bought a pack. Long story short, he hasn't touched the e-cig in 3 weeks. If you're serious about it, don't under ANY circumstances pick up a real cig once you are able to go without and rely on the e-cig alone. Eventually, ween yourself off the e-cig and replace it with something else (like drawing, jogging, etc).

Side-note: I've been addicted to dip for years. Need to quit, but everybody around me in this dorm dips. It is impossible to avoid. :(

[stankowalski]

Yeah that's the tough part...keeping a charged battery for this thing. I've only had 2 cigarettes all day but had to go buy another pack because the damn battery takes an hour and a half to charge up.

[LiQuiD]

I never had much luck using them to avoid actually smoking. TBH I don't think the nicotine levels in the liquid are what they say they are, or if there's even any nicotine there at all.

As far as the addictive personality goes, yeah I think that has a lot to do with it. I've abused lots of different addictive drugs in my younger years and subsequently quit them without much problem. Cigarettes on the other hand...

[boo7382]

I dont smoke anymore, but when I was in high school, they had these cigarettes called Eclipses....they were still cigs just that they didn't smoke and you would just light the top and it wouldn't burn down, it would stay the same size the whole time..

Ive seen those e cigs in the mall though. Luckily, I didn't need anything to quit, I just stopped smoking one day b/c I didn't feel like it anymore..

My advice? Every time you want a cig, take a hit from the bowl :)

[TarPanther9180]

Just use those candy cigs to help you quit

[PantherBrew]

Just cure yourself with your Mind like Charlie Sheen.

[Dpantherman]

start drinking

[stankowalski]

Just cure yourself with your Mind like Charlie Sheen.

Yeah, I need to get myself some tiger blood.

[stankowalski]

I never had much luck using them to avoid actually smoking. TBH I don't think the nicotine levels in the liquid are what they say they are, or if there's even any nicotine there at all.

As far as the addictive personality goes, yeah I think that has a lot to do with it. I've abused lots of different addictive drugs in my younger years and subsequently quit them without much problem. Cigarettes on the other hand...

I don't know how much nicotine is actually in these things, I guess they are supposed to be the same as a real cig. I have been able to use the e-cig in place of smoking pretty effectively right now. I still haven't cut out cigs totally, but I only have 3 or 4 a day (I was a pack a day smoker).

It's funny how hard it is for me to quit smoking. I was able to quit drinking relatively easy, but smoking is just a bitch to quit.

[boo7382]

This is what the OP reminded me of:

Smoke if ya got em!

[2shy]

my best way to quit.

1- buy your fav pack of smokes

2- open them, leave out in sunlight for 2 weeks

3- after 2 weeks, anytime you want to smoke,,,, try one of those.

works evrytime!

[CLTPanther]

My wife wants one of these. I did channel my inner Charlie Sheen back in 2001 and quit smoking cold turkey. Never touched a cigarette again. In fact, now I cannot stand them. Makes you smell like a ashtray.

[Razzy]

The e-cig actually made things worse for me since I was puffing on that thing non-stop.