Great post @cyniclinic! Your story is very familiar to my own. I was a heaver smoker for over 20 years (like 2+ packs a day heavy). Seem like I tried to quit at least a couple times a year. I finally did manage to quit using Chantix which really messed me up some.
I was smoke free for a little over a years time. I'll tell you, at least with me, the urge to smoke never went away. In fact, I would say it steadily and steadily got worse as time went by. Needless to say, I eventually began smoking again.
This was a year or two after I first heard of ecigs. I told my wife that I wanted to try and quit again, so I ordered a couple of the old, pre-filled cartridge, cigarette style pen vapes. At first, I smoked and used the vaporizer together. After about a month of that, I was smoke free again. The hardest part about it for me was finding an e-juice flavor I enjoyed. This was over 5 years ago.
I've tried all kinds of different vaporizer set ups. The one I've been using for the past 3 or 4 months, I think, is the best set up I've tried. It's an Eleaf mod with a 2 ml tank. Hits great and is totally adjustable.
Absolutely, there is no telling how bad these vapes are on the human body. Personally, I put nicotine in the same category as caffeine (but, that's just me). I will say that I feel great and breathe great. No hacking or coughing.
Looking forward to future posts!
hey man, i've heard about chantix. you should look into whether there are any class action lawsuits going on. i've heard really terrible things about it, so i hope you're alright. and yea, the worst part is, my friends tell me that they still wanted to smoke anyway! this is why i actually get angry over the fact that there are moneyed interests trying to prevent people from vaping to get off of cigarettes.
i actually really like eleaf :D i started using the eleaf istick s, and i'm using a pico mod right now, with an oumier white bone mini. perfect for me. just curious, what eleaf mod are you using? i've only tried the two i have.
yea, i'm not too worried about the nicotine because my intake is already pretty low (i aim for 6mg or less). and my plan is to slowly taper, but i haven't really been focusing on that :p
thanks for reading and congrats on quitting man!
Appreciate it. Yeah, I'm fine. What I've noticed most is increased anxiety. When I was taking it though, I was all kinds of jacked up emotionally. It was crazy.
Funny, the Eleaf mod I have been using is also the pico, hehe. I really like it. I also have an ijust s. I like it, but if you fill the tank more than half way, it leaks. They both use the same atomizer, which is nice.
woh weird, i also started with the ijust s, then got the pico 0_0
anyway, i'm very happy with the pico. the ijust had a problem where the tank/atomizer wouldn't make contact with the body after a while for some people, me included.
so you've been vaping for a while, did you ever try making your own wicks and coils for RDAs and RTAs? when i started using rdas and rtas, i noticed a big difference in quality. it's just more consistent, strangely...i almost suspect planned obsolescene is in play because the difference is so huge. i can literally go months without rewicking! i remember having to change the atomizer probably every 1-2 weeks? i dunno, maybe it has something to do with the way i vape too, because i take pretty long draws. as long as it's working and you're not smoking, that's good :)
No, I never ventured into making my own wicks or anything. RDA/RTA are foreign terms to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge supporter of vaping, but I have always just purchased commercially made products. I've never even tried to mix my own juice. I should look into that!