Week 3 no analog Cigs. Vapingis working for this smoker of 29 years

[demtenjeep]

I got two brand new batteries, two new tanks and a new charger. Have three different flavors a Cherry Sprite- True menthol- something called swagger more of a licorice flavor. I alternate during the day just to mix it up a little. the strength of the nicotine is 24 and my goal is to drop to 18 next time I have to buy new juice. So far, I have spent almost 60$ and this should last quite a few weeks. Much better than the 70$ a carton of the reg cigs I would by weekly. That first week, I coughed a LOT. WheeZed a LOT but it is getting better. The craving for a real cigarette is not near as strong as thought it would be. I have true expectations that this will be the key to stop smoking. I am excited.

Thank you all for the information and the success stories. I am a believer.

[Autumn]

1. Good for you! I bought my set up Jan 31 and haven't had a cigarette since.

Zero nicotine and maybe pick up my vape pen once a day. I can't say enough good things about this vapeing to help with giving up tobacco. Oh and the first 3 bottles of juice? I only used about half of each of those and bought the Monster flavor zero nicotine. That's a hell of a savings. I am a believer because I did it.

[seabeyond]

24. yea. nt

[brewens]

2. I've been off the shit since November. I went cold turkey, for some reason I felt like

complete crap. Bad enough to make me not need any stop smoking aid. I think I'd given myself some kind of bronchitis and couldn't breath worth a shit, especially at night and it kept me up for two nights in a row. I was thinking I really did it this time! I must have COPD or something now!

It was about 36 hours off the cigs and I was feeling quite a bit better and got a great nights sleep. It was funny how quickly I felt way better and my lungs felt normal again. Whatever it was, that spooked me into quitting for good. Now I know what someone that needs to be on oxygen all the time must feel like and I never want to end up there.

I was never a very heavy smoker but I always favored the stronger brands and feel like I was a pretty serious deep inhaler. I was afraid that had made me the equivalent of a much heavier smoker. I mentioned all this to my doctor and so far, my lung capicity and oxygen levels are pretty good.

When I quit before I was doing pretty well and got hit by the urge out of the blue and screwed up. I really thought I had it kicked and didn't realize it could happen. It was like major nicotine withdrawl, four months after I quit. It had to be totally in my head but it got me. I smoked one and that was it, I was right back at it. I think this time, the memory of how bad I was feeling and knowing how I screwed up before will help me resist that if and when it happens again.

[seabeyond]

25. so six months... yea you. isnt it amazing what the brain does.

i am on 30 days. and yet, there are days i feel like i smoked three packs. (was a pack a day smoker). or like last night, i thought i smelled a room full of smoke. as if the brain conjured it up to make me smoke.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. I hope to be following in your footsteps. I've got the vape, but still smoke sometimes.

I need to just quit buyin' em.

[demtenjeep]

4. Thank you to all

I am excited to be a non-smoker

[seabeyond]

26. i need to hear these stories. i am walking your thread, for inspiration, and stay strong. i am

thrilled for you.

[demtenjeep]

5. I should add

I did it before for about 5 months, then hit a rough patch and thought...why the hell should I quit...so I went back. This time no matter what I am quitting for good...for me!

[seabeyond]

27. ya. in the last year i have quit 28 days. 3xs 18 days. lots of 8 or 10 days, lol.

i think the year i have not smoked more than smoked. but ya... this has got to be it. no more going back. not one.

the only thing about cigs is they make you want another.

[demtenjeep]

6. Question for fellow vapers:

how often do you vape? Seems like I take a drag off the thing quite often. I think it is more than if I were smoking. However, if I were smoking, it would take about 5 minutes to finish a cig. When I vape, I take a pull or two then stop til next time.

Is this typical?

[Oilwellian]

7. Yes, very typical

24mgs. of nicotine is only about a third of what a cigarette provides. So automatically, you're cutting your nicotine intake by two thirds. That, in and of itself, is a huge reduction. And like you said, you'll puff on a cigarette for an average of 8-10 minutes, yet only take a couple of puffs on the vape and then put it down. I do the same thing but have a tendency to continue holding the vape and just fondle it. LOL Within seven months after quitting cigarettes and taking up the vape, I cut nicotine out completely, and will celebrate a year of not smoking in August. Vaping has been nothing short of a miracle for me to finally kick a forty year habit.

Congrats to you and I wish you continued success toward a healthier life!

[demtenjeep]

8. thank you. That helps ease my mind

to know what I am doing is normal.

[demtenjeep]

9. how long before you were not

hacking up a lung?

[Oilwellian]

10. I coughed for about a month

That's what encouraged me to finally quit. I knew I was pushing my luck and didn't want to lug an oxygen tank around with me in my upcoming golden years. I feel so much better and that constant cough I was developing is completely gone. Woo hoo!

[demtenjeep]

11. I think that is the most annoying thing right now. The constant coughing.

I didn't think I coughed like this when I actually smoked.

[Oilwellian]

12. Coughing is a good thing

That means the tiny hairs in your lungs that are called cilia are working to clear your lungs. Cough it up, baby. LOL

[demtenjeep]

13. I just read that

I am trying to cough it up every time I cough. It is annoying.

[Tsiyu]

31. Every time you smoke a regular cig

it paralyzes the cilia for 20 minutes, so yeah, once those cilia can do their job, they are gonna start clearing the gunk out of there. It stops after a few months usually

I have a vape pen but still smoke handrolled. I am very clumsy and active and I keep busting the atomizer. This week I forgot I left it in my car seat while I went in the store and I sat on it

Luckily I have a dear friend with a vape biz ( she set me up for free with my kit and I pay her a little at a time ) and she trades out the tips for me for free when I bust them. She also gives me her sample bottles. I like all the different flavors and combos.

Lately I've been doing a pineapple/coconut mix.

But I'm still not off the regular cigs. I just feel so much better when I stick to the vape.

GOOD FOR YOU for really quitting the regular cigs. I can't imagine paying $70 bucks a week to smoke. I spend about $6 for papers and loose tobacco, but I am hoping to quit also.

[Behind the Aegis]

33. It was been two months for me after 29 years of smoking.

Your coughing may take a month to 9 months (though, if it lasts more than 3 months and is heavy, see a doctor) to stop completely. You should notice you aren't coughing like you used to (climbing stairs, laughing, cold/really hot weather). The cough is almost a dry one. You may also know a tickle in the back of your throat, which causes coughing. This is also common and can be helped by a throat lozenge. You may think you didn't cough like that when you smoked, but chances are you didn't notice it.

Congrats! Oh, and in case you hadn't heard, you can also have "flu like" symptoms, this is also a "side effect" of quitting. To be honest, I was kvetching to my partner about how they always tell you all the "good" things, but forget to tell you what the other withdrawals are going to be.

[demtenjeep]

35. I am so glad you said this

I woke up this morning and was feeling pretty bad. "flu like" I thought what rotten timing, to get the flu the first day school was out.

[Prophet 451]

30. Yep, that's pretty normal

It's pretty common to almost "chain vape" in the beginning. It's likely because your subconscious is used to smoking in addition to finding something to do with your hands (just a hypothesis but nothing a decent research grant couldn't prove). I did exactly the same for my first couple of weeks.

[Sissyk]

14. Congratulations!!!

Keep it up, demtenjeep.

If it gets difficult, or the cravings gets worse for you; call, text, or email a friend to talk about it and get encouragement. It helps more than you know. Please feel free to pm me if you can't find someone at the time you need them. Just putting it in writing helps the cravings subside.

[demtenjeep]

15. thank you

for the support

[Behind the Aegis]

34. Just have to say this...

...you rock!

[Jenoch]

16. I smoked from 1981 to December 04, 2005.

I quit several times during that duration. twice I quite for six months each time, and once for 18 months. I started smoking again each time. I quit for good in December of 2005. I believe the cost alone would make me quit now if I were still a smoker.

[demtenjeep]

17. yea it was 7 $ a pack

that was hard to swallow, but it is more the health reasons.

I also didn't realize the time I spent smoking.

[Jenoch]

18. I only smoked a 1/2 pack a day the last couple of years,

and I never smoked more than a pack a day, and this was mostly before smoking was banned in so many places. I do not even have an urge to smoke anymore. In order to make it easier to keep from smoking I even quit drinking for six months.

[Holly_Hobby]

19. Congrats!

I too quit by vaping...I'm 58 and smoked since I was 15. I'd never thought I'd see the day where I wasn't smoking.

Feel free to PM me if you need support or encouragement.

[demtenjeep]

20. thank you

I will.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. glad to hear that.

[demtenjeep]

22. another week of successfully kicking the smoking habit through vaping

One more week of vaping and no cigs. That is probably close to 300$ not spent on cigs so far.

[roody]

29. Good for you! That's a lot of $!

[seabeyond]

23. pulling for you. i am 30 days, no cigs. chantex. whatever works. man... lol,

when does the time come that we actually feel like a non smoker. ever?

[Prophet 451]

28. Good on you, dude

I'm just over a month of no analogs at all. Flavours are a bit more limited here (UK) but I'm alternating between cherry, cinnamon and a heavy tobacco called "7 Wolves". The coughing is just your body clearing out teh gunk from thirty years of smoking, I had it to for a while.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

32. Been vaping for 3 years now. Last cig was 3 years ago. I smoked for over 45 years. .

It works.