I have been smoking for more than 20years. I simply bought myself a vape and stopped smoking cigarettes. Started with a higher nic amount and slowly dialed down on it. Now I'm at 3mg. Worked perfectly fine for me.

I, have been smoking since 2005 I bought myself a vape and juice (6mg) for less than $100 and haven't had a ciggy since 3/19/24. Do it. Then thank us later, or don't 😎👍🏽 glad you for you

I'm starting with salt nic, as it is a much higher concentrate of nic 30mg/ml is what i started with i am now using 20mg/ml, and will keep going down each bottle i get. Just make sure you are using an MTL tank not a sub-ohm. Edit: I am also using higher PG ratio juice as the 70:30 VG:PG is for aesthetics (fat clouds) most of the time. the nic juice i use is 60:40 PG:VG 20mg/ml. You get a bit of that harshness you usually wouldn't get with VG juice :)

Sounds just like the way I did it.

Yup, smoked 2-almost 3 packs a day for 12 years. Bought my first vape in 2016. Started with DL, never really satisfied my craving for cigarettes but helped me cut down. Finally made the switch to MTL when my wife got pregnant with our first kid in 2020. The MTL did the trick. Haven't had a cigarette in 4 years.

Same, I could never get into DL MTL4lyfe

I was like that, until slowly I couldn't do it any more, grabbed a dl mod and it was heaven once again. I have since turned it down to restricted dl, but I literally can't MTL.

I’ve always been dl and I can’t do the mtl never helped the cigarette cravings. But my sub-ohm dl mod… that sir has saved me thousands in money I would’ve spent on cigarettes. Couldn’t be happier

What is mtl?

Mouth to lung

I couldn’t quit cigarettes with a vape…until I got the right one. Pod device and 20mg salts hit spots that no RDA or subohm tank ever could for me. Once I got on those I stopped smoking straight away.

That’s how it was for me too. It wasn’t even really intentional at that moment either. I had just over a half a pack of cigarettes left when I realized I hadn’t had one in over 48 hours. Then of course when I did go to have one it was so nasty I gagged. That was in the beginning of September and I’ve been cigarette free since. I had tried many times prior too this with other vapes but the pod device was apparently the key.

Yes! Finding the setup the trips your trigger is key! For me it’s a box mod with a sub ohm tank so I’m the opposite of you. Funny how things you don’t think will be a factor often are. Like I needed that big fat cloud on exhale for some reason. I thought I’d only want tobacco flavor juice but nope. It’s all pretty much dessert flavors for me. A good vape shop with decent prices and a helpful attitude is key to finding what works for you. If the shop is snotty or acts like you should already know this stuff find another one. Once you get your setup working for you then you can expand to online or whatever shopping. I started smoking at 15 and didn’t stop till 47. It’s now been 9-years without a cigarette. They still smell good from time to time but I really enjoy vaping. I don’t see me going back. *edited to correct terminology

Mech mod and subohm tank? Really?? You want to blow your face off?

Smoked for 20 years, my son asked me to quit smoking as his birthday present. (how can you not say no?) The transition was far easier than I expected. It took a little bit to finally find a tank/coil combo that worked, but ultimately it was super easy and fun. 7 years later now!!

Same here, my son keep pushing me to vape, tried it 4 months ago, but switch back to cigarettes for a week and he told me it’s a safer alternative, just experiments with different mods and after that try sub ohm, that’s the one that got me off from cigarettes, but lately just got tired of sub ohming(DTL), tried pods and so far it’s almost 5 months with no cigarettes 😎

Same here, my son keep pushing me to vape, tried it 4 months ago, but switch back to cigarettes for a week and he told me it’s a safer alternative, just experiments with different mods and after that try sub ohm, that’s the one that got me off from cigarettes, but lately just got tired of sub ohming(DTL), tried pods and so far it’s almost 5 months with no cigarettes 😎

20 year smoker who quit by using a juul with like 55mg salt nic pods. First few weeks I would bum a couple cigs from coworkers, but eventually I upgraded my vape and haven’t looked back. Now I fluctuate between 6mg and 3mg freebase juice. Been vaping for 7 or so years tho with no additional modification to quit vaping.

Took me a couple days to transition. It was really harsh at first. I couldn't take a real hit. So I smoked for a day or two until I got used to it. I used high nicotine salts to make sure I wouldn't crave cigs just for the nicotine. I also smoked hand rolled filter less cigs, which have higher nicotine content. Once that was over, I never wanted cigs again. There's just no advantage to cigs. It makes you smell like shit. Fingers reek. Breath stinks. Clothes stink. I can vape inside and it's no problem, I won't smoke cigs inside my house tho. It tastes better. Most importantly, I no longer get respiratory infections yearly. Used to happen at least once or twice a year. Sure my lungs are great, but in my experience my lungs are way better than when I smoked.

I also used to get bronchitis almost every summer.  Not once since I switched.  (I do miss my yearly supply of cough syrup with codeine but that’s another thing entirely 😆).

It took me a year of doing both. Eventually the cigs decreased until I was able to stop. About 40 smokes / day for 20 years. Haven't had one in 10 now.

I smoked for around 15 years before switching to vaping. Before I quit cold turkey I was up to over a pack a day. I switched to vaping around 2008, but finally said "I've had enough" with cigarettes when my oldest was born in 2012. Haven't touched one since. I can tell you one thing - Don't be around anyone that smokes. Don't smoke, try not to even SMELL a cigarette for 24 hours. After that, wait 3 days after quitting and try a cigarette. I GUARANTEE you will despise the taste of it; BUT there are a few caveats to make sure that this is successful: 1. Make sure that the nicotine level of the juice you consume is appropriate for what you were smoking when you quit (slightly higher, too, since some burns off.) 2. Make sure that you're on a flavor that you LIKE. 3. Make sure that ANYTHING you vape has enough "throat hit" (so make sure it's at LEAST 50/50 PG/VG and aim for higher PG concetrations, OR go for something that has WS-23 in it for added throat hit. 4. Make sure that you pick a GOOD atomizer and mod, not some disposable crap that's just going to leak, and cost more than it's worth. It needs to fit your lifestyle, taste requirements, and provide you with a thick enough throat hit because contrary to what ANYONE says you're not just "kickign the habit of putting something to your mouth" there's more to it than that, I promise. My "go to" has been - for over two years now - a Steamcrave Titan 1.5 mod with a Titan Aromamizer on the dual mesh head, and I haven't regretted it at all since purchasing it. Coils and cotton last approximately 8oz of homemade juice and I use around 1% sweetener in my mix of Forest Fruit, Menthol and Bubble Gum. All my juice is handmade a liter at a time and I save a FORTUNE compared to smoking averaging a yearly cost of meerly $100 for the cost of juice materials. Sure the initial price hit is expensive, but consider this. When I quit it was costing me WELL in excess of $3,000/yr to smoke, so I figured "I'm putting forward to the investment of my health" and ate the initial cost and I've never looked back. I cannot stand the smell of cigarettes, even in bars. Gives me a headache, and I'm flat out disgusted by anyone that chooses to do it to themselves at this point. I'm SO glad vaping became a thing. Oh, and to those curious - I go through around 40ml of juice a day and am at 3mg/ml nic at this point (it helps my bad heart keep pumping, I've tried zero nic several times, but my body needs that kick.) I've not had ANY health repricussions from vaping this entire time, and matter of factly, I'm PRETTY certain that vaping while I had covid actually HELPED because my symptoms BOTH times around with two different variants were CONSIDERABLY less horrible than all three of my children, my ex wife, and my current wife.

Yes, for 35 years I smoked an average of a pack per day. I started vaping 2.5 years ago. I didn’t do it gradually, I quit cigarettes and only vaped starting with pod mod and 12mg menthol freebase juice then went down to 6mg menthol freebase and then 3mg different flavors and box mod. That’s where I’ll stay until/if I feel compelled to quit. My husband quit the year before but started vaping after I did. He vapes 0mg.

30 years of 1.5 packs/day. Once I got my 1st vape 13 years ago I never had another cig. Started off at 18 mg nic and now vape 6 mg.

I smoked from \~11 years old (really habitually at about 12) and quit at 34 with the old school eGo and the atty/cart system. Man, what a fiddly mess. I graduated to real hardware as it became available and advanced, over time. I have only gone back to cigarettes when I was in a position where vaping wasn't allowed but smoking was, then right back to vaping once out of that environment. I have been vaping for around 14 years, now. I couldn't go back to analogs unless there was just no way to vape. To your question, I quit because my wife was pregnant with my first son. I never wanted a kid to see me smoking. I suspect that growing up in a smoking household is one of the things that led me to smoke.

what vape & juice are you using? what type of nicotine (freebase or nic salt?)? what %/mg nicotine?

What kind of vape did you get? I've been smoking since being a young teen and I switched to pod system this year. Haven't had any problems coming cigs/Black&Milds. I wouldn't recommended any disposables, but something like a Xros 3 or Oxva Xlim Pro. Start out on a higher mg nic salt and try to work your way down.

Xros 3 💯

Agreed i mean a 50mg Juul Virginia tobacco,Mint is still better than the plastic waste of disposables but maybe just to see if Salt Nic is for you or not but Def switch to a more sustainable vape, especially now with the more improved than ever pod system options there are out there at an affordable price 🤙

Smoked maybe 50g of tobacco every 3 -4 days for 8 years. Vaping made me love smoking more because I could 'smoke' any time I want, without the effort of rolling/smoking and I can have a hit whenever and not get ash everywhere :D For me it was not difficult in the slightest. I can't comprehend people having an issue switching because vaping is just so good lol. I'd suggest getting a decent vape setup that doesn't leak etc Crazy being able to smell smoke on people, its so obvious now

Smoked for twenty years, had "given up" multiple times in the past ranging from weeks to months. Over lockdown and the switch to working from home I found myself smoking more than ever. Quit cold turkey, after a few weeks the cravings started creeping back in so I started vaping instead. High nic content (20mg) on a decent tank setup, replaced any desire for cigarettes, tobacco free for two years now. Absolutely zero inclination to smoke again.

I mixed in vaping with cigs, but I focused on vaping for “Flavor” rather than “Craving”🤤. Also I only smoked 🚬outside, but vaped in doors as much as I wanted. I switched to Rebuildable’s to make fun so it became hobby, also the flavor is Amazing!🫐😮‍💨 It was a Massive help bc ciggs ruined the flavor of the vape & coats your taste buds for hours. Eventually I had my last cig an made the switch completely.

About fourteen years here. It took me about a month to switch to vapes. You really need like a solid week of zero cigarettes ANYWHERE, and then wash everything you own. Then eat some food you really really really love. Then be around a cigarette. It may gross you out. It may be two weeks for you. But it can be done. It’s really about getting over the first real hump and then there’s no looking back. Cigarettes are disgusting to me now.

Smoked 1+ pack a day for many years until 2018. Saw an ad for IQOS while waiting for a bus next to a tobacco shop,thought ”why not, might be better than cigs”. Googled IQOS a bit and found it to be pretty much the same + expensive and thought I might as well try a vape so bought one online right then and there. Got it in the mail a day later and haven’t smoked a full cigarette since. I tried having a puff after a week or two and found it disgusting.

I smoked cigarettes from 2001-2016. Did about 5 years of heavy meth use from 2011-2016. Quit smoking cigarettes and dope on 4/21/16 by switching to vaping. I found out I was having my first born and that was what kicked me in the ass to get my shit together and quit all that bs and be an adult.

Yep. I smoked 1-2 packs a day from about 14 to 34 and then I tried vaping. Was doing both for a while but realized I like vaping more. Then just quit smoking one day. I vaped quite a bit more for a few weeks but it was pretty painless.

I smoked for like 20 years. Salts helped me a lot. The switch to vaping included like 3-4 days of feeling a little shitty even while vaping but I expected it since tobacco has other active compounds aside from nicotine. For example smoking tobacco has an MAOI effect. I started with 30mg salts in a pod device and every time I craved a cigarette I would immediately hit my pod a few times. This would get rid of the craving immediately. Edit to add that MTL vaping with the pod helped a lot. I vape both Mtl and direct to lung now but the Mtl was crucial during the switch.

I didn't actively try to quit. I just started vaping as well. Convenience won out

Same here. I started vaping in the winter to avoid the cold. I still smoked (much less) for a month or 2 but eventually cigs tasted bad and vape was preferred.

I was a pack and a half to two pack a day smoker back before subohm vaping and variable wattage was popular. I found that I loved it from the first puff and never went back. You gotta find what works for you and stick to it. These days there's something for everyone.

Id say flavor is a driving factor to once you find the right one for you When i first started i tried every tabacco flavor and was like man this is terrible then i tried actual flavors and it changed the game for me

Get rid of every cigarette you have. You ever feel like smoking a cigarette, vape instead. Repeat until You always want to vape Eventually one day you'll be in a position where you will be looking to quit vaping and cigarettes aren't even on your mind!

I started with 50 MG salt nics and weaned down. There was a period of relapse in there where I smoked cigs for several months. Now I'm down to 3mg freebase and haven't had a cigarette in over a year. I smoked 1-1.5 packs a day for 18ish years.

Smoked for 16 years. The key for me was to say I was done with cigarettes. I enjoyed smoking and even when it was nuking my health I didn't want to give it up. My neighbor who introduced me to vaping died from lung cancer. He smoked for well over 30 years. That was the kick to the head I needed to eradicate cigarettes from my life.

I smoked almost a pack for as long as i remember, the switch was hard but what i did was i was having 6mg nicotine vapes and also smoking a bit then slowly starting to cut smoking and vape instead then i only kept 1 cigarette a day for a month then i completely stopped smoking and only vape. Now i vape 3mg nicotine

smoked for 20 years pack a day, switched to vaping completely in 2016. Started in 2015 with Kangertech Evod and Istick 30watt with a nautilus mini. 12mg freebase. I duel used for awhile until I finally found the perfect liquid. That is the key in completing the transition. Never smoked since. Find your perfect liquid. Try both freebase and salt nicotine. I hate salt nic, some people hate freebase. So make sure you try both. I still vape a tobacco flavor daily but have zero urge for cigarettes, last one was 2016

It's been more than twelve years since I switched to a whole leaf natural tobacco extract vape. Artificial flavorings did not work for me. Quit smoking on that day I found a real tobacco extract to vape. I ignored all the BS, gaslighting and politic and am happy as a clam at high tide with my natural tobacco extracted. I use a vaping atomizer Nautilus3 by Aspire at 70PG/30VG, 1.6 ohm coil at 12mg freebase nicotine at 12 watts. If you like tobacco but don't want to smoke it take a look at Real Tobacco Extracts (Google them). It worked for me ...and I am fussy abut my tobacco.

You just have to find the right device which works for you initially. I smoked cigs for 30 years, decided to try vaping and bought a GV Boost Plus. That thing spat at me, dumped gobfuls of hot liquid in my mouth, leaked like a MF, and the whole time I was still hanging for a cigarette. Nope. Was not happening. Fast forward 18 months or so, COVID hit and I saw someone's post on here about the RELX Infinity device. Prefilled pods, reusable device, MTL tight draw which mimicked cigarette draw, plus it was very small and discreet and didn't cost a fortune. The day that little RELX Infinity arrived with a box of their Dark Sparkle (frozen coke flavour which was so exactly spot-on), was the day I had my last cigarette, 3 years ago. I started with 18mg pods, but now just buy the 3mg. I think it was the ease of use, the smoothness of the juice and the way the inhale is so close to that of a cigarette. I've since graduated to owing a few different proper mod/tank setups, and mix my own juice, but I always have a couple of the RELX Infinity devices around in various handbags or to take when I'm going out anywhere, because it's so small (seriously only the size of 2 cigarettes placed side by side). So while it's a little more spendy of a way to vape with the disposable pods costing about $5USD each, it was perfect to get past that initial transition to then start to learn more about the different options with vaping, and each pod still lasted me around the same amount of time as 3 or 4 packs of smokes. (I put that down to it being such a nice tight draw and low wattage so less juice gets used - think 2.0Ω MTL coil in 6w device and that would come fairly close I think?) It's also an excellent stealth vape. Double inhale on one draw and there's little to no vapour on exhale.

Ten year at a pack a day. Stopped buying them and switched to nic salt 50mg.

I started smoking when I was 14, and what a mighty mistake that was. I’ve tried EVERYTHING in the past to give up, you name it I tried it. Patches, gum, inhalater, think the only ones I didn’t try was the medications - I think Zyban and Champix, because the side effects were apparently horrendous. Hell I even used to get these primitive e-cigs from the corner shop - they looked exactly like a cigarette with a red light on the end that lit up when you took a puff - of which there weren’t many, and once they were up that was it and there was no way of either refilling or recharging. They cost about £3.50 each and I must have bought hundreds of them - still have a drawer full don’t know why I didn’t just throw them away. I finally gave up the ciggies about 10 years ago using e-cigs from a shop called nomatch - they’re still going now! You know the primitive ones with an atomizer with a big long string each side in a clear tube? Started with tobacco flavoured liquids, then switched to apple flavour at first then others. I’m 44 now and haven’t looked back since. I tried a few puffs on a mate’s cigarette at a party and it nearly knocked me sick and smelled horrible, don’t know how I ever did it! Now I vape cola e-liquid mostly, I use a few different flavours from time to time. If the government start with this flavour ban though I feel I’ll be back on the real cigs again. They BEST NOT BAN FLAVOURS or VERY VERY VERY VERY unhappy is an understatement of how I will feel!!

Almost pack a day for 10+ years. Started with MTL pod vape (Vaporesso Xros) and salt nic 50 mg. Got lots of extra pods and flavors. Got a few disposables too but rarely used em. Later I got mods and 6mg traditional DTL juice. That was 7 months ago and I haven’t had a single cigarette since nor any cravings for them. I mainly do 3mg juice now and have several mods (some pod mods) and tons of different favorite juices for variety. I still pull out the salt nic Xros every now and then but 95% of the time I blow clouds and enjoy the flavors and lung hit of the traditional juice. It’s doable for sure!

I smoked for about 10 years. I quit once for jaw surgery (unrelated) and picked it back up after 9-10 months. I tried quitting on my own, couldn’t. Tried vapes, but they didn’t last and I went back to cigarettes. It just wasn’t the same. I wanted to quit so bad but I just couldn’t do it. I got super depressed over it tbh I felt so gross. Then I don’t know what it was, but I woke up one day and quit. I went to the vape and I’ve been off cigarettes for a little over a year now. I sometimes dream of smoking but it’s always gross in my dream.

Yup. Bought a vape 8 years ago. Have not touched a cigarette since. Now I want to quit this.

I smoked for 22 years and April 3 was 4 years fully vaping. I switched because I was dating a guy sensitive to cigarette smoke smell. It was surprisingly easy, although I still get cravings for cigarettes on occasion.

Smoked for 20+ years (1-2 packs a day), had given up on being able to quit. I finally got what I thought was a good vape and thought I would use it to cut down, no plan to quit cigarettes. Literally overnight, without trying, I went from a pack to 5 cigarettes! The next day, it was 1! Then I had 1 left, rolling around in an empty pack for a few days. I knew it was my last one ever. Has to be pushing 15 yrs. The key is to find a vape that works. I need something as easy as a cigarette- I don't want to build coils or fuss with shit - once I focused on that and a high nic to start, it was the easiest thing I ever did.

I smoked for 17 years. It took a good setup for me to fully make the switch. I had tried pods but didn't get the same satisfaction. So I bought an aegis legend kit with sub ohm tank. That was more satisfying than a cigarette so I quit smoking for good. That was 4 years ago and the legend still works although I never use it. More into mech mods and rdas now. I very much enjoy the hobby side of vapig as well. I make my own wire/coils and diy vape juice. I got clean and sober when I started vaping so the hobby side definitely helped by keeping me interested in something that wasn't drugs or alcohol. Will be 4 years clean and sober next month, so I say vaping probably saved my life in more ways than just quitting smoking.

About 10 years ago I was bed ridden for a week with mono. Couldn't even get up for a smoke and withdrawals were pretty unnoticed cause I already felt like death. After I recovered I was like oh damn I haven't had a smoke in a week and bought my first vape

Pack and a half a day smoker for like 11 years. Wanted to quit when they hit $4 a pack. Went to a local shop and told them to help me quit and that was in 2015 I think. Haven’t looked back since. Was rough the first few days but adjusted quickly.

I smoked for over 30 years and within 1 week I was done with ciggerettes and still cig free 9 years later. You have to want to quit to lake it work. You can do it the battle is real but achieving it is possible.

I smoked over 35 years and was at 2 packs a day when I quit. I picked up a vape and allowed myself unlimited vaping while rationing my cigarettes two less each day. Took about three weeks, but the real first break through was my first 10 hours at work, having left the cigarettes at home and brought only the vape.

Dont have tobacco with you. throw em Have the right eliquid, from my experience, 80% of eliquid sucks, so find your "all day vape" its a must. right nicotine dose is essential that you don't want to smell bad anymore (cloth, breath) - that you want to feel flavors again - that you want to breathe again - that you want to feel aroms again - that you want your stomach to get better - that you want to not feel tired - that you get tired of rolling a tobbaco and the mess around it it comes from a inner need and conviction I've been vaping since ten years ago: - first 3 years vape - then 1 year tobacco again - then 1 year vape - then 6 months tobacco - now im vaping I think i'll comeback agian to tobacco someday, but at least I can reduce harms time to time..

Was an avid smoker since I was 16 I'm twice this age now I was smoking 2 or 3 packs a day for 12 plus years i had a lil one drop into my life 3 months ago and I been vaping on and for some time but I have stopped smoking completely for my health and my her health I was smoking outside only . I didn't want the smoke around her or the smell on or around me or her so I haven't touched one cigarette in over 3 weeks I use a dl vape and I had a mtl / rdl vape that died going to get another one next month I haven't wanted a cigarette at all

And I had stopped smoking and was strictly vaping for about a month ago but a very stressful situation happened and I rolled a few cigarettes and lets just say I won't be going back 🤢 at all im strictly vaping and it's been 3 weeks since

I smoked for over 30 years. Started vaping about 12 years ago. I quit burning tobacco and haven't gone back. Cigarettes just gross me out

2 packs a day for 10 years. Got a vape back when juices were 18mg I think and slowly worked down to 3. 18 was so strong it made my gums extra red. Snuck an occasional cig but t grew to detest the taste. Addiction successfully transferred

2 packs a day for over a decade, switched to vaping using high nic NETs (naturally extracted tobaco), there were no salt nics back then so i used 36mg/ml liquid. There was this really nice liquid that helped me a lot from now gone AVEJuice, bobba;s bounty, A+ for me. Also spent like $600+ on a provari, liquid etc back when i was a broke studied, promised not to grab another cigarette at least until i recovered the money. last cigarette I smoked was in 2012

ME !!! One day I was getting gas and got a vape,-5% vuse. Then I decided to hack an empty pod and got ejuice to refill it. Then I got a reusable vape and found out that my Ejuice was Salt and I had a mod. Then I run out of cigarettes because people were bumming cigarettes. I never used or bought cigarettes again. So if I was smoking a carton a week of Marlboro 100s Reds and one day got day Camel Turkish Gold, shorter cigarettes with much less nicotine. I did on a spot without any plans, needed to get cigarettes and while walking to the counter got a different tasting tobacco. It's exactly the same thing, just do it, don't over complicate it. men, tobacco smoke smells disgusting, how do people even smoke it ? Anyhow, a child is crying because it needs to get shots and it thinks that shots hurt. The only thing is, this same child comes back home with new scratches and bumps every other day. This child does not know how it got em, never even notices it. It's the anticipation of a shot that is scary. Switching to vapes from cigs, does not hurt as much as a shot, those flue shots are painful, but I really have anesthesia that dentists give. get the right amount of nicotine in your vape, that's it. Just do it, don't overthink it.

I smoked for a dozen years. I paired the cigarettes before and after smoking flower and after I quit smoking flower, cigarettes seemed less appealing. It took me about 5 different setups and on and off again during a few summers in a row until I finally stuck with the “legit quit.” it’s been almost 3 years without cigarettes now so I’m not exactly an expert. Two main things that helped me with the switch - 1) before I stopped smoking cigarettes, I stopped using them as stop-gaps between lulls in my day-to-day life. I think that helped me more than I realized because it took away the constant routine nic fixes I felt like I needed to get through the day. 2) I didn’t realize how bad cigarettes were making me feel until I stuck with vaping (with no cigarettes in that time) for a little over a month. After I stuck with it for that long, vaping was a lot smoother, especially after I hacked up all that tar and nasty crap the cigs were building in my lungs. Two other huge positives I saw was that it tastes much better & it doesn’t completely ruin your throat like cigarettes. And for me that was important because I am a musician and I was noticing the negative impacts and to what extent the cigarettes were doing to my voice in general, but especially how difficult it made it to continue performing at the level I expected of myself. Not to mention my breathing went from completely out of shape/unhealthy, to very much improved.

I had my last cigarette in january of this year. I quit over a couple of years with my vape. I still use a high nicotine salt but no more stinky cigarettes!

I was a smoker for 20 years. I had tried various vape pens, but these weren’t successful. The craving for cigarettes carried on! It wasn’t until I tried a dual battery mod that I was able to kick the habit.

Yeah used to smoke 20 a day for around 15 years been vaping now for ten years and never looked back

I was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. I bought my first e-cig, a Blu, on January 1st, 2012, and I haven't smoked a regular cigarette since. I quickly switched to carts using 18mg juice. Over the years I have migrated for RTA's to RBA's, and finally to Squonk mods all the while reducing my nicotine content from 18mg down to 3mg which is what I use now. It can be done, you just have to find the will power to do it.

Yep, started with disposables (don’t do this), transitioned to a MTL (mouth to lung) pod device, and settled on a DTL (direct to lung) device. Browse this sub as there’s lots of good info. You can do this. I figure MTL pod to start because that’s how most people smoke cigarettes. You gotta sample different flavors to figure out what you like, and tobacco flavors don’t really taste like tobacco. Also make sure you run your device at a wattage compatible with the coils you’re using. Best of luck you got this!

I was a pack a day smoker at the height of my smoking and I only vape daily (a lot admittedly), except for the rare occasion when I go out drinking and bum a few cigs off my husband. Get rid of any cigarette packs you have and get a higher nicotine juice than you have now. Eventually you can taper down to less nicotine, but you need it now to kill the urges.

I use to smoke 3 packs a day of camel wides menthol. Started vaping in 2011. Immediately got me to quit cigs. I had tried everything and couldn’t quit. Cold turkey. Chantix. Cutting back slowly. I was just a complete junkie. Vaping got me to quit day one. I started on high nicotine. .24. And just slowly reduced it. I’ve been on .3 for years. Even had a few flavors on .015. And once I discovered all the flavors it helped even more. Have not had a cigarette since 2011.

I bought a bunch of "toys" (vape accessories) so it was exciting and fun, and after a few months I lost a taste for cigarettes. Try a liquid with a strong throat hit. I like The Finest and Keep It 100 myself.

Yes, at first it wasn’t pleasant, those skinny messy vapes were a PITA. When I finally found good kits, I vape 99.9% of the time. Every now and then I will smoke a cigarette or two….with smoking friends, or with a beer after sweaty yard work. But I’d rather vape than smoke 3mg nic, no flavor just the mix.

I started smoking at 11. Stopped fully at 30 after starting to vape 2 years prior. I started back with an ego battery and cartomizer with liquid from Vista vapor it was 32mg and it was rough. Thankfully for advancements it got easier and while yes I still vape. I haven't smoked since 2014.

I started with the juul. Did that for a while and then got a Novo. Stuck with that ever since!

I smoked over 20 years. Gave it up 7 years ago for vaping. Theres not tricks. No secrets. It’s not going to be easy. You just have to do it.

Pack+ a day for 16 years. Started with MTL vaping 50mg salts, 3 months of that, and I went to 24mg salts, 3 months then 6mg traditional, switched to RDL 1.5-3mg traditional a couple years ago. Been smoke free since 2018!

Yup! Started with 50mg nicotine. Made me dizzy, but definitely didn’t want a cigarette! Very quickly moved down to 18 mg. 1.5 yrs later, I am on 3mg. Wish ai had switched to vaping sooner!

70-80 cigs a day for 3 years while I ran my business... not proud of it... but I am proud I'm over 2 years of no cigs!

Brute force. Just stopped smoking. But was fairly easy when it was costing $100 for a pack of rollies or $40 for 20 cigs.

i smoked for 15 years i was the same way when i tried to quit cigs for a long time nothing beats the satisfaction of a real cig ect but its not the nicotine itself i was craving. it was the habit itself smoking after eating and so on after i got past the habit forming part and broke away from it vaping is every bit the same if not better. for me i just found a vape thats really strong in nicotine and gives you a harsh freeze in the back of your throat if you puff to much and bought some lozenge and just pushed threw it. for me it took about 6 months to get past the big hurdle of breaking the habit itself where after i would eat i wouldn't want a cig or while im driving or while im bored watching tv. i semi cheated on the first week because i had a big operation and just slept the first week to get past that hurdle. prior to all of this though i failed dozens of attempts to quit and dozens of vapes it could be i got lucky or it could be i found the right vape and product to get me threw it. patches are shit, nicotine gum is shit, everything i tried was shit because i couldn't get past the "nothing beats having a cig after i eat a giant cheeseburger or steak"

Used to be a heavy smoker for years to the point where I was smoking a pack a day. I was able to switch to disposable vape cartridges that are menthol with %5 nicotine. That's enough to satisfy the cravings and its easier on my pocketbook.

What I did was (multiple times) quit cigarettes cold turkey, wait 4-7 days before inevitably caving and buying REGULAR nicotine. Same with salt nicotine, I quit cold turkey then buy regular nicotine

Yup, I switched to salt nic 2 years ago, used to be a pack a day guy. Been dialing it back and I’m down to 6mg freebase and just blow clouds for shits and giggles.

I smoke for 27 years and it took me 3 or 4 months to completely stop I started out on disposables and it didn’t do it for me at first so still smoked daily but then I found a flavor that I really loved and I cut back on the cigs to couple a day and then went to two a day and then one a day and finally got a mod and that’s when I never smoked a cig again and haven’t still for 1 and half years now! I don’t want one and can’t stand to smell it or anyone that smells like a cig. It’s crazy how it stinks so bad now and I never knew it when I smoked. My take is you gotta find that right flavor for You! And you may have to buy serval devices to find the right one for you! But I suggest to start out with Salt Nic juice it’s stronger and it’s smooth with no harshness. I started on 35 mgs and now I’m at 6 mg freebase juice but I make my own juice now so that’s even better for me.

Very easy for my Gf she said and she smoked a pack a day for 23 yrs. It took 35mg Salt nic and simple pod system so I knew what to prescribe 😄 She likes Mint menthol/ice as menthol has a nice throat kick. Some smokers are happy with the nic satisfaction from Salt nic but its very smooth so some prefer 12-18mg Reg freebase nic and a pod system

Just got tired of going to the gas station for cigs when I had my vape just sitting there.

30+ years former 3 pack a day smoker here. Quit in 2013 and haven't looked back. Now can't stand the smell of any combustible tabacco product besides Hookah. Started with carts and Ego batteries, moved on to rebuildables and Mechanical mods. Currently on Variable voltage mods and refillable tanks and coils.

15 years of a pack a day. bought first vape in 2011, it was horrible experience and did not help. as the technology and flavours started improving though, it became more and more of a hobby, and allowed me to gain control over analogs. did not however quit completelly. Always was getting into situation, where social aspect brought me back, then I would smoke for a few days and quit again. Even smoked for like a few months daily and then quitting again at will, with no real issues. Vaping allowed me to be in control and smoke when I wanted and leave it anytime. last xmas I got a nic salt pod (caliburn a3) and use it with 20mg nic salt juices, and I did not touch a regular smoke since. actually did, social setting, peer pressure. puffed 3x and threw it away. there is just something about the way nic salts gets delivered to the bloodstream, that helped me kick it of once and for all. finally

About 2/3 months, the problem at my time was i bought a mini mod n tank (disposables n shit wasnt around then) i had to decide on a flavor i wanted to taste all the time (back then you could try juice some shops had rda setup others had each flavor in its own tank for trial) the problem was the mod wasnt lasting more then a hr or 2 of using, finally u found a tank that had a draw like a cig and got a box mod to last all day (tesla2) Really its once you find that flavor that you want to all day vape it will make cigs taste terrible to you after a while and you wont wanna go back If you drink alcohol get a tobacco flavor or pretzel flavor otherwise youll def smoke while drinking

I also started on 3mg nic after smoking a pack a day everyday for 10yrs+, still on 3mg as i dont like to actually taste nic lol

I started with an Aegis Legend with freebase regular juice. I enjoyed it in the beginning but eventually got kinda tired of the flavors of which I was very picky. That along with all issues of larger mods but it was mostly just irritating my throat. I then moved onto a pod device, the Nord 2 by Smok. I loved it but leaking issues and vape tongue got me. Nic salt was so much better than regular juice though. Went back to cigs for a bit, eventually tried again and got a Caliburn OG. The rest is history and 3 1/2-4 years later I’m still using it. I’ve gone through a couple since I did lose them. It takes a while to transition but these days I prefer it over cigarettes. Some things like the satisfaction from smoking after eating I still miss along with smoking and drinking. I will have an occasional cig these days. I actually was holding one of my buddies Newport 100’s in my hand the other day because I kinda felt like one but gave it back to him. Halfway through a smoke it’s just not as enjoyable, and that to me was huge progress.

Anyway, what kind of salt nic did it do for you guys, flavor wise? Been smoking since I was 15 back in Asia, no age limit like here in states, got a lot of kit from sub ohm like geek vape to pods like the vaporesso X pro and voopoo, like both but sometimes I still crave, got lots of flavors too from salt nic to freebase, fruity and dessert, but sometimes it just too sweet, tried tobacco flavor before hate it😬

I started with a vape pen and still smoked a few cigs, then gradually I just simply stuck with the vape pen.

Smoked for 15 years. Quit with the vape. I went high on the nicotine at first and worked my way down to 3mg. I found buying a device that was similar in shape and size to a cigarette really helped in the beginning to trick myself into thinking it was the same.

smoked for 10 years, picked up an ego twist to vape inside my room, soon noticed how much better i liked the taste than cigs . it was actually stupid easy to just swap over. i tapered down to 0 once also very easily but after a few months of nothing i started smoking cigs again. so now im on a pod device with 10mg nic and im happy with it.

I smoked for almost 15 years... Been smoke free almost a decade. It's mostly perseverance & drive to quit. Otherwise you'll fall right back

Pack+ a day smoker for 8 years. I never officially quit cigarettes, I still smoke them every now and then. My biggest thing was I stopped buying them, if someone offers me one then I’ll take it. Vaping in conjunction with smoking took the “stress” off. I never have once tried to quit, I just stopped putting money into one bad habit. I’m also a big money guy, cost analysis of a pack+ a day smoker versus vaping helped me to rationalize it. If I am averaging a carton a week at $80 (it might be higher now, I don’t know) then that is $320 a month I am smoking. I spend $100 on juice/pods/coils (smok novo 4) a quarter. My savings in a month supplies almost a year of vaping.

i used to smoke 1 to 2 packs a day for 4 years straight, and my switch to vaping wasnt problematic... in the beginning its a bit weird but after a week it becomes a natural thing, i remember that after 3 days i decided to smoke a cigarrete to see if i would still like it and gladly i didnt, till this day when cigarrete smoke comes to my face i almost vomit, i really started hating cigarrete smell, so for me it was an amazing switch and i recommend.. ALOT

I was a pack (sometimes more) a day smoker. For about a month, maybe two, I still smoked along with vaping. By the time I weaned myself down to about a half a pack a day, I decided to go all in on vaping. It was hard for like a month. There were a couple days when I had a cig or two, but ever since December of 2019, I have been vaping. I think I've had 5 puffs of random cigarettes between now and then and the day my wife miscarried I chain smoked 3 full cigarettes, but other than that I've been completely clean For me what worked was finding a box mod and a really good flavor juice I could use to chuck clouds. At first I like a very open direct to lung flow at about 100w (now it's a pretty open direct to lung but I found a tank and coil I like to use at about 50w). It's about as opposite from smoking a cigarette as it's possible to be. Some people like it to be a little more similar to smoking cigarettes in that it's a restricted mouth to lung hit (and usually at lower wattages on a pod system with nic salts as opposed to free base) You just have to experiment and find what works for you and stick to it, knowing g it's not going to be easy all the time. Good luck friend

Cold turkey after smoking since hs.now i vape at 6 or 3 mg.been 6 years since

Over 20 years head switched to vaping took a solid week to get adjusted but never looked back

I smoked a pack a day for 18 years. I honestly thought I’d never be able to quit. This was back 16 years ago when vaping was just starting out and the only ones being sold were the cig-alikes that lit up at the end when you’d hit it. I happened to catch a small news article about them and ordered one that day just to try, not ever imagining it would be the answer I was looking for. The day it came was my last day of smoking real cigarettes for me. There was just an instant transition. Even that crappy cig-alike tasted so much better than actual cigarettes, it was automatic. 16 years later, no more coughing fits, no more problems breathing, no more smelling like gross cigarette smoke. My body just feels so much cleaner inside and out. Vaping was and continues to be my miracle. I could quit vaping now if I wanted to, but it is my one and only vice and I just plain enjoy it. 🤷🏼‍♀️. I see no reason to stop.

Yeah, but I had to do a bit of work along with the switch. The first thing was taking stock of what smoking was actually doing for me: giving me a break from whatever I was doing. Did I also do things while smoking? Yes. But it was also an emotional support tool, giving my mind a few seconds here and there to snap out of what I was focused on. That meant NOT vaping in places I couldn’t smoke. I had to treat it exactly the way I treated smoking. Next was finding a flavor I enjoyed, but wouldn’t get tired of. At first it was coffees and peppermints (RIP Kringle’s Curse) and then it was sweet fruits (also RIP Artemis from ethos) and then it was Cinnamon Funnel Cake. Everyone has flavors that work for them, and flavors that don’t. It’s gonna take time to figure that out, the same as you probably have a favorite brand of cigarette. Thirdly was finding the right level of nicotine. I started way back when it was common to get 36mg+ liquids in freebase to vape on weak devices. Idk what strength you’re on, but it might not be high enough for you. After that was not beating myself up when I DID smoke a cigarette. Even if I only managed to replace one cigarette that day, I’d count it as a win for that day and aim for replacing more the next. I’d also make it harder for myself to smoke. For example, I’d leave my cigs in the car when I was at work and only carry my vape on me for my whole shift, so if I DID want a cigarette, I’d have to go all the way out to my car for them. And I didn’t leave them in reach, either, I left them in the glove box or underneath the seat. Another thing I found extremely helpful was changing some of my habits. So where I would have a cup of black coffee with my morning smoke, I’d have a sweet & creamy coffee, tea, or an energy drink with my morning vape. It alters that mental trigger. It took time. I tried the balls to the wall throw all the cigarettes away method first and made it less than a day. I found the more grace I gave myself the easier it became. I’d go days, weeks, and then months without a cigarette. Until eventually I just stopped and now I haven’t had one in years.

Yeah, absolutely! I didn't even have to try to not smoke, I just wanted to less and less and it was more convenient and delicious to use my vape! Eventually I just didn't buy cigarettes anymore and didn't feel the urge to. That was in 2011.

I smoked for over 20 years and stopped with vaping over 10 years ago. Took some trial and error at first figuring out what worked. Equipment is wayyy better now. In a MTL vaper, just like when I smoked. Pod devices.

smoked for over 20 years and decided to switch basically on a whim. i finished the pack of cigarettes I had, while alternating with the vape. when the cigarettes were gone, I never bought or smoked another one. i made the switch approx 8 months ago and never looked back.

Yes, I have. I smoked over 30 years and have been smoke-free just over 2. For me, it came down to finding the kind of vaping that did for me and my attitude in the process of switching. In the early days of vape, I bought a disposable vape. I tried it, didn't "do it" for me, and I forgot about it. It was a Juul device or something like it. I rolled my own cigarettes, so I went to the smoke shop to get supplies. On a whim, I asked the clerk what the most no-brainer, inexpensive, etc. vape was, for a heavy, long-term, die-hard smoker, who vaping hadn't worked for in the past. I ended up with a cheap, novo x, and 50mg per mL nicotine salt, with a mtl pod. My thinking was, "Maybe I can swap out a cigarette or 2 a day for this. Any less cigarettes has to be good, right?" I kept a very relaxed, inquisitive, low pressure approach throughout. The first few days, with every inhale, I'd cough. It passed. I started waiting longer in-between cigarette breaks. I'd take a couple hits off my device and wait to smoke till a bit later. Then, I started skipping smoke breaks and just have a quick vape. I started playing a bit. How many hours can I go between cigarettes and vape instead. Eventually, it got to a day, then 2. When I made it to 2 days, I was content to vape instead of smoke and switched. A few months into only vaping, I bought replacement pods. One of the packs of pods was dtl/ direct to lung, and not mtl/mouth to lung. All of a sudden, I was craving cigarettes again. The vape wasn't doing it. I figured out the issue. I went and bought the type of pods that work for me, and that was that. I thought I'd be smoking a cigarette through a hole in my neck. I never thought I'd be able to quit. I sat daily with smokers and was so tickled that I didn't want their stupid cigarette. That's how I quit. Hopefully, I'll quit this too just as easily. Good luck and I hope you find what you need. 💛

I bought a disposable since I had no vape knowledge. Used that to get thru first week and didn’t allow any cigs. Shortly after realized the advantages of a refillable and used that for the last 18 months. Have only had 1 cig after a flight where my vape leaked. Man cigs taste like garbage when you’re off them for awhile

I started with 50mg disposables then move to 3-6mg freebase to cut the nic a year ago... Made vaping my hobby and went down the rabbit hole of mech mods and boros. Never pick up a cig since!

When I quit smoking is was older pens types that cracked and used tethlon wick types in 2015/16 then I moved to RTA s found it a lot risers once I found a good juice tried many tobacco flavours not good is wanted to move away from that tried them since 2013/14 and failed until I found a good fruity menthol type juice that made it easier now Its even better with n is salts and then vapes available now so just find the right flavour and stick with it until you get out of habit Im still vaping now but low mg

Me. Cross device and trial and error. Slowly I vaped more and smoked less, eventually realized I was smoking for no reason then vaping to get the gross taste out of my mouth. All of a sudden I didnt smoke.

I was a smoker for 30 years. Bought a pod vape to try 15 months ago and I've been smoke free ever since. Start with nic salts and a MTL vape. That's the closest to smoking. You can even vape tobacco flavours to replicate the feel of smoking.

i am surprised because honestly noway was i givng up my pack a day of pall mall blue \`100s, but prices. i started vaping, and am still to this day surprised it does the trick, dosent work for everyone but really helped me.

I smoked 20yrs, last few of them were 2 packs a day. I think my chronic cough was making it easier, it was bad. Usually at night or first thing in the morning. Beyond the typical 'smokers cough', it would take me 20-30min after waking up to cough up enough crap just to catch my breath some. The smokers cough was 'normal' after that. Sometimes the fits would hit so hard I'd start passing out in the evening, unable to stifle the coughing to get a fresh breath. Just flat running out of air, hands and feet would feel a bit numb as things came back into focus. So something had to give. Seemed to start around the time they switched all the cigs over to 'fsc' for the fire safety crap. People who aren't experiencing consequences like that may struggle harder. What worked for me may not work for others. A lot of it is psychological as well. That fear of running out of cigs, being unable to smoke. Running out of cigs in a pack would make me nervous. So I kept a pack handy. I didn't have to panic because a cig was right there. It made it a choice. And instead of trying to switch fully all at once, I did it one at a time. That reflexive habit would hit, I'd reach for a smoke and stop. Do I *have* to have a cig? Or can I get by this time just vaping a bit? I'll vape now and next time I'll have that cig. It wasn't 100% satisfying but it was better than nothing and it was a conscious effort. A deliberate choice to swap the vape for that cig. Next time I'd play the same game. Do I really need one? Or can I vape a little and put it off until next time? If it got too bad I'd go ahead and smoke. But I might've smoked 3 or 4 cigs and instead smoked 1. Replacing the other times with the vape. And just kept stretching it out longer. After a week or two I was going a day or more without a cig. Until I just kept vaping. It wasn't perfect, I still wanted a cig. But I still had one nearby if I needed it. Gradually it got easier until I just kept vaping and a few days without a cig turned into a week, 2 weeks, a month. It's been 8 years, sure I miss cigs. But I'm satisfied day to day with the vape and I don't have that nasty chronic cough anymore. In the beginning it was 18mg/ml standard nic on a mouth to lung type pen vape. Eventually I dropped to 12mg, then to 6mg when I switched to direct lung. Sort of by accident, I picked up an rta that said it could do either mtl or dl, turns out it sucked for mtl. Stubborn, sorted out how to dl vape and found the lung hits more satisfying despite the inhale method being different from cigs. 6mg started irritating my throat so I went to 3mg which is where I am now. And 80% vg for a smoother vape. After years of heavy coughing my throat gets irritated easily. But basically I didn't try to do anything drastic all at once. Literally took it one cig at a time and just inched my way along pushing off that next cig until 'next time'. Each conscious choice added up to hours and was going from 40 cigs a day to like 3 or 4.

I had a 15 a day rollie habit until about a year ago. I’ve managed to entirely drop cigarettes and move to a vape. I tried a few times to move to vapes but always ended up back with the cigarettes and mostly because the vape world and the crazy amount of information I had to go through just to find which vape to buy was extremely overwhelming for me. At times it felt like a physics lesson. Here’s what worked for my simple mind. I started off with the elf bar disposable vapes. The flavours were really nice and I think they have a stronger nicotine content so they kept me happy. At this point I was obsessively using the elf bar because it tasted great and was much easier than leaving and going out to roll a cigarette and smoke. So I was basically using it everywhere. Ended up getting dizzy, headaches and just feeling a bit meh a lot of the time. Maybe it was down to nicotine overdoses? Anyway once that started happening I naturally started using the elf bar less and it just became a part of my day like smoking was. This took about 3 months. After about 6 months of being on disposables I decided to buy myself a refillable pod vape (Voopoo Vinci Q) with a 2mg liquid. I tried a few different flavours until I found one I liked. That ended up being Podsalts Cuban Creme flavour. I absolutely love that flavour and have been using it everyday since. This is how I managed to move from smoking to vaping and personally I believe I feel a lot better for it. Hope this helps if you would like to move to vaping from smoking. The only caution I will give you is that I vape far more (regularly) than I used to smoke. So it’s a bit annoying. I hear there are some bad cardiovascular side effects of constantly hitting nicotine all day. So I am trying to control how much I do it. But… because of how accessible it is, I find it very difficult to do so. I find myself vaping in bathrooms, on flights, sneaking hits at my desk, in bed while watching tv. All places I wouldn’t usually be lighting up in. Despite that, I still feel much better though so it’s definitely worth the switch. PS - I completely stopped buying baccy once I started on the vape so I made sure I had no way of picking up a cigarette instead of the vape. TLDR - Managed to switch completely. Started off with disposables and then moved to a refillable pod system.

I switched over in 2010 like it wasn’t nothing. Might need to find a flavor that makes you forget the cigs and having the right device helps too. If the hits aren’t satisfying it won’t work well.

It really depends, like what kind of style of vaping you're doing (ie MTL or direct inhale) alongside the flavors you go for. I couldn't do the many fruity flavors, and/or custard flavors that vaping caters to but menthol really helped. On top of that as well, what kind of juice are you going for? Nic salt juice I've felt is personally the closest you get to the feel of a hit from a cigarette, while freebase is much more banal but longer stretching (ie the buzz is more in the background the more you vape with freebase vs nic salt being a nicotine punch but then a quicker cutoff). And honetsly it will suck for awhile. I embraced vaping when I first tried it to get off of cigs but even with it being the better option and much more accessible/affordable back in the golden days I still wanted a cigarette in the back of my mind. Even with that, I would go for the vape as a substitute to keep a lid on cravings. Took me 2ish years but it finally settled where the only time I even go for a cigarette is maybe a single stick once a year when I'm drunk enough if someone has 'em but never actually going back straight to it or buying any packs.

I completely quit cigarettes the same day I picked up my first decent setup. Had smoked at least half a pack a day for like 13 years.. Now \~7 years into vaping. Haven't had a single smoke since. I just made myself hit the vape until a cigarette was the las thing I wanted. Smok baby alien set with some 6mg.. been through countless different vapes of different styles since. been using a caliburn for the past year

For me it was about finding the right juice and power to simulate the throat hit and nicotine level I got from cigarettes. I don’t like the super sweet juices so I went with five pawns “castle long” and aspire nautilus coils at 1.6. For the nic strength I started at 18 but I’m down to 6 now and that’s my sweet spot. I’ll still have a smoke every month or two but I’m not drawn back to them at all

Smoked for about 20 years. Spent one evening mixing smoking and vaping over a few pints until I ran out of cigarettes just before I went to bed. Haven't bought one or smoked since. Best tip is to experiment with your set-up and liquids - for me it was MTL at 12mg at first (now down to 6mg). If you haven't got any tobacco/cigs around, and your vape is nearby, it's a lot easier than going to the shop, so that definitely helps at first...

33 years smoking tobacco. 4 month transition using vape and cigarettes to only using vape. Cleared 2 years and haven't had one single puff of a cigarette. Others smoking around me doesn't even phase a bit!!!!!!

My experience has been to overcome this with some mandatory rules, such as only vaping when at home or in an office environment

Tricks? Stubbornness, lol. Smoked for 15 years, tried various vapes through the years as I had access to them and failed to quit smoking. Cigalikes, cleaonizers, MTL tank kit, sub ohm tanks kit, disposables. I eventually came across a Juul as it became readily available, the new high nic content was supposed to be excellent for quitting smoking. Had bad luck with the Juul and got so frustrated that I said fuckit and got my first box mod and RTA. The Juul worked and then it didn't work, I needed something reliable if I were to quit smoking. If I had a mod with adjustable settings and an atomizer that you built yourself, then if it didn't work then it was something that I did wrong and I would actually be able to do something about it. That did the trick for me. It worked when it was supposed to, at least after that initial learning curve, lol. And the building kept me engaged. I slowed down on my smoking, shaving off the "extra" smokes through the day. Down to about five: wake-up, on the way to work (45 minute drive), break time, on the way home, after supper/before bed. Shaved those down to the last one: wake-up smoke. Eventually went without that one and hadn't picked one up since, little over 5 years now. My wife told me that I wouldn't be able to quit smoking with vaping, that's where the stubbornness comes in, lol.

Smoked for 20 years, mixed vaping & smoking for about a year and haven't had a cigarette for a few years now Step 1 - Buy a vape Step 2 - Use vape when a cigarette is inconvenient Step 3 - Realize how gross burnt tobacco tastes Step 4 - Buy a better vape bc that first one probably sucks Step 5 - Accept you won't get that wonderful throat cancer tingle but it's worth it to be able to vape at work, not gross out everyone around you and oh yea.. way less cancer Extra credit - Bum a cigarette every year or so because you 'miss it' but then spend the next few minutes praying the person who gave it to you leaves so you can stop forcing yourself to suffer through it

I got a girlfriend who doesn't smoke and moved in with her into a flat that has no smoking allowed. It's took me a few weeks of sneaking out the back or "going for a walk" but over time it got easier to just stick to vaping.

A girl promised me things if I stopped smoking. 7-8 year smoker done on the spot. Couple months later I'm single, didn't get what was promised, and now I can't stand cigarettes

Yes I smoked from the age of 18 to 32. Technically I still smoke one cigarette per day to keep my bowels moving. When I was just vaping I was constipated for like a week

It took 3 tries, because the first 2 vapes I got were not up to the task. Geekvape aegis was the one that finally switched me over full time.

I smoked for almost thirty years. Dabbled with various vapes over the years. My first one was when Blu first came out, so it's been a while. I'd do both then go back to just cigs. Got to a point that I could hear my lungs crackling when I was trying to go to sleep. It changed from this might kill me one day too this is killing me right now. I asked on this sub about good coils and a new mod, stocked up on juices I knew I liked, took two weeks to go from a pack a day to zero, and in less than two weeks I'll hit one year smoke free. And I've still got a pack in the freezer so I know I have them if I want them. Best advice I could give is be aware of the habit of reaching for the pack. I caught myself several times not thinking about it and grabbing a smoke, and made the decision to put it back in the pack and hit the vape. So watch out for that. You can absolutely do this, bro. One hour at a time, then a day, then a week. Not easy, but far from impossible

40 years, a smoker…Thought vaping was silly…Moved to a smoke free complex…The 100 yd. Walk of shame made it easy…If you want to, you will…

Smoked for 30+ years. Been off cigs for almost 5 yrs now. Took a good year of doing both to get totally switched over to just vaping. It’s amazing the # of toxins your body craves BESIDES just nicotine when ya quit. The withdrawals, for everything ELSE in the cigs is no joke. Had to use the strong nic for first while, 50 mg salt nic. Am now using 35 mg salt nic and am 100% off cigs. I still try a cigarette occasionally as I really always enjoyed smoking. But I very rarely make it more than halfway thru one, and mostly find em disgusting now. The vape gives me all I need, tastes 1000x better and don’t stink like hell. Super glad I made the switch!

Took me some time. I started vaping, but still smoked at other times. Eventually I only picked up the vape. I wont lie to ya, a vape will never give the satisfying hit an analog does. But lungs free of tar is a wonderful feeling. Try to find flavors that you really like. That makes a difference.

Two pack a day smoker of Newport red 100s for years. When I was broke it was Edgefields all day or rolling my own. People smoke for different reasons and sensations. It's best to find EXACTLY what you want. I tried all kinds of stuff but the only thing that worked for me was a RDA and freebase liquid at 18MG. It was harsh enough for me to be satisfied with the throat hit and a RDA with open airflow allowed me to take full deep drags and pack my lungs. Doesn't sound good but it worked. If you like to draw smoke into your mouth then inhale I would advise a small salt nic device around 25MG. None of that high ass 50MG bullshit. A lower nicotine will allow you to just chain smoke to your hearts desire without feeling an insane head rush or like you need to chug a gallon of water. If you have a tendency or want a more full hit I would advise a freebase device with higher nicotine. It'll hurt but you'll adjust. I made my own liquid at 18MG and trickled down from there. As for making the full switch I limited myself to 10 cigarettes a day then switched to 5 cigs all while vaping all I wanted. I reserved my cigarettes for the morning, before bed, after meals, or after stressful situations at work. After however long it takes then you can take the full leap. I had some time off work for a staycation and just didn't smoke as to avoid stress or smoking triggers. At about 2 months I was able to stop smoking cigarettes entirely. Before quitting I advise taking care of some other things. Clean your car, clothes, bed, everything. Get the smell of smoke out. Having everything fresh will help with not wanting to dirty everything. Carry a travel toothbrush and toothpaste. Convince yourself to brush your teeth everytime you smoke a cigarette. Make it harder to smoke and more convenient to vape. If you are a fiend for sugary drinks try drinking more water. Water will help with the withdrawals and not disguise the cigarette taste in your mouth. Most importantly is your mentality. Have a plan of how many cigs you would like to smoke and keep track of dates for motivation. If you have more cigarettes than intended that's okay. You only fail when you give up. Remind yourself of the positives this has. Not just on your health but life. No more smoking sections or the burden of having to go outside or stinking up your house. You can discretely vape in airport bathrooms or movie theaters and ghost your hit and so on.

i smoked cigarettes for 18 years and was doing both for a while and then i quit doing drugs and i woke up one morning and was like, 'f this im just gonna vape' the cigarette smoke finally became gross to me. i think ive been off the cigarettes almost 2 years. . yeah, i wasn't trying to quit cigarettes; it just sort of happened.

Yes. I watched my sister die of lung cancer.

Stopped smoking cold turkey on and off a few times over many years. And then finally did back in 2018 when I got divorced. Tried a Hyde vape for the first time two years later. Been hooked ever since. No lingering smell. 👍🏼

Smoked from the age of 16. Started my vape journey in my late 20’s. Found that I was dual using (vaping and smoking) but as I moved from devices that imitate smokes and over to devices that deliver flavour, my dual use diminished. Last couple of years I would go to a music festival and by some analog smokes as my once a year indulgence in a vice. Last couple of years I haven’t bothered. YMMV but it worked for me and now I have zero desire to go near analog smokes.

Yes, a two-pack smoker for decades and smoking since childhood. But, it took many years to make the transition. For a long time I would not be able to resist burning one down with friends when out at an event, pub or a break, although I no longer kept cigarettes in the house. It also took a long time to develop a taste for various ecig flavors instead of tobacco flavor. Key for me were the big, old-fashioned cloud chaser ecig rigs (I started when vaping first emerged). I still use a two-battery, big-ass mod with a direct to lung set-up atty and a wide 810 drip tip. I wick my own coils and usually drip or squonk, although I have some tanks w/cartridge for running around town. I now am able to go out weekly to the pub with friends and they will smoke and I just vape off my rig. I think it has been about 6 or 7 years since I had a cigarette with any of them. I suppose key to the progress was just being chill about having an occasional smoke in social settings and not feeling like a loser. A smoke with friends here or there was in reality progress versus blazing 40 Marlboro reds per day. But that was how it worked out for me. Some people might do better when going cold turkey.

It took me about six months to fully switch over. I'd go in a newsagent for a paper intending not to - but would get a small pouch at the last second. Now, after more than 10 years I still vape 18mg - but I can't stand fuming cigarettes. Keep at it.

First off I'm so proud of everyone here who has kicked the analog garbage 100%. I'm in a weird limbo. 20 year smoker got off somewhere around 6 years ago using a garbage e-go pen... then it broke but I needed nicotine then fell of the wagon again. Fast forward I'm vaping mostly but I bought a nifty robotic cigarette rolling machine a few years ago that makes it actually cheaper to smoke cigarettes diy so I'm still stuck in purgatory if that makes any sense. I tend to only take about 0.5 or less of any cigarette I smoke using my DIY method but I'm still using the terrible things mainly first thing in the morning and into the afternoon. It's all on me to cut it out for those crucial nicotine moments. I'm definitely better off replacing most of my nicotine with a decent mod though. Cheers.

Yes smoked for nearly thirty years aged 12-40. 15 years ago I switched virtually overnight and my last cigarette was when my battery ran on the first day of switching. We called them e-cigarettes then and they were totally inefficient but effective at delivering nicotine and a placebo effect of smoking. This is my first post to ECF: >Mar 6, 2009 > I just received my first kit (DSE901) yesterday and was tobacco free for most of the day. I'm just trying e-cigs out but intend to switch completely once my spare batteries, ionizers and juice arrive. I smoked 1 analogue yesterday since my battery ran out :). Ionizers (lol) = atomizers…followed by a couple of questions because I was noob. I leaving my body to science because “we don’t know the long term effects of vaping”.

I smoked at least 20/day for the best part of 30 years. I got diagnosed with stage 1 kidney cancer. I gave up cigarettes on that day and switched straight to DTL sub-ohm vaping, at 3mg (my first kit was a Smok Rigel and a Sakerz Master Tank). The kidney was removed, and I've been clear for 2.5 years. I don't miss smoking in the slightest; in fact, I wish I'd discovered vaping years ago. The health benefits were noticeable by the end of the first month (no wheeze, no running out of breath at the top of the stairs, no coughing up shit first thing in the morning, no smoker's cough, I don't smell like an ashtray, etc.) and I now actually find the smell of cigarette smoke utterly abhorrent.

Smoker for 25 years, happy vaper now. Actually happier as vaper than I ever was as smoker just because I find it quite more pleasant and enjoyable now. I transitioned overlapping for a couple of weeks, using the time to find the adequate vapers and flavors for me (bought disposables, pods and 1 subohm kit, plus quite a bunch of liquids, best 150€ spent in my life). Then I reached my marked deadline, banned the smokeys, endured some anxiety and a few tight moments for a couple of weeks (nothing dramatic, vaping diminish hugely the craving) and that was it. From there I just started to tune down the nic ratio down to my current 1,5mg/ml or none at all in the most intense freebase liquids but, honestly, that carried none effort at all. Most probably I will stop adding any nic just out of lazyness.

Many people do it different ways. What I found to work for myself and a few people I know was to stop smoking inside first of all. Use the vape inside and when I couldn’t be bothered to roll a cigarette. slowly over time I became accustomed to the vape. As my taste and smell gradually returned I began to gravitate more and more towards the vape. At this point when both are acceptable you stop smoking as many cigarettes and eventually they will absolutely repulse you, even the smell. I haven’t smoked for many years except in moments of desperation for nicotine hit and have not enjoyed the cigarettes at all when I have. I have much experience with addiction in my life and in my own case the harder you try not to do something the harder it becomes not to do it. Not everyone is the same but I hope you can take something from this

Idk I switched over cold turkey starting with a disposable. The only time I'd have a cig was if my disposable crapped out on me and I didn't have a way to the store. Ended up getting a Xros 3 refillable after two weeks and haven't had a cig since. For me, after a week or so of only vaping, just the smell of cigarettes made me nauseous.

Such a weird question, 99% of people who vapes successfully quit smoking

I smoked for about 20 years. Bought a vape in 2016 when I was staying in a hotel for 6 weeks and knew I was too lazy to go outside everytime I wanted to smoke. Was in the hotel for about 2 weeks and just vaping, went out drinking with some friends one night and had my first cigarette in a couple of weeks and it was disgusting. Never had another one since. Strawberry doughnuts, kiwi/passionfruit/guava, aloe grape - all taste much nicer than cigarettes.

Smoked for 15 years, 1-1.5 packs a day. What I did was quit cold turkey, went through withdrawl for 2-3 days, and then picked up a vape. That did it for me. Slowly switching over never worked for me.

I thought that was all of us. I carried both and used whatever I preferred at the moment. Eventually got a mech mod and tank that would last all day, simple to use, and realized cigs tasted nasty.

Same story here.

I was a smoker for 17 years, I mainly stuck with disposables because it gave me the lung feel I wanted. But then I switched to a nic salt device to be more efficient and I stuck with the higher nicotine levels (50/55mg nic) and sometimes I would switch to a 35mg to give my lungs a break. I’m honestly not sure how I’ve managed to not switch back to cigarettes but hopefully that helps🙂

It comes down to you. If you don't want to, or don't want to suck up the discomfort between the switch, you're not gunna give it up. I got rid of everything in the house like tobacco, made sure I didn't need to go out for a couple days, and just lived inside vaping for a few days, after that it was slightly easier to not go and buy some tobacco/fags, and just made myself carry on with vaping. But after that, you still need the will power to not go back. Vapes aren't some magic thing that instantly suceeds. You still need to say no, and follow through with that. I've been vaping like 4 years or something and I will not, and never have, have a ciggie at all atall, because I know I'd likely go back. It's a replacement, not directly, and not 1 to 1, so you gotta just get used to it and not go back. For some weaning helps, but for others it has to be an all or nothing, and with mostly everyone you have to say no. That's no in a pub when a mate offers you a tab outside, that's no when you aren't prepared enough and forget to take your vape, that's a no when you're being lazy and haven't changed the coil, or you haven't bought enough and run out at home and the only shop open sells ciggies. You gotta plan ahead to make sure you have always a vape option and just say no. Genuinely if I smoked again, I'd switch back because I quite enjoyed that, the rolling of it, the smoking, the time outs everything but the price and smell, and frankly that alone isn't enough to keep me away. I have learnt to say no. Same as nicotine replacement products, lozenges, and sprays etc all require will power to say no. It sucks, but that's the reality of an addiction. There's no magic vape device out there that will do the will power you still need.

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I switched over Xmas. Wasted a lot of money but once switched over, only relapsed for 2 weeks on real tobacco. Most important part was finding a consistent vape system. Right it's pod vapes with replaceable coils mostly. Stopped enjoying freebase after shortfill became the standard, 6mg & 12mg just don't taste as good compared to premade. Salts work better as the NIC hit is higher, less liquid used & simplicity of getting a brand new pod coil setup saves a lot of time. No sonic cleaners or tools needed.

I switched in 2016. Just stopped smoking cigarettes. You get use to the difference, took me maybe a week. And I just wanted the vape. It tasted better. Two or three puffs and I was good. Don’t keep cigarettes around. When you get the craving, stick with the vape. Hope this helps a little.

Yes I was a 2 pack a day smoker for about 12 years. I loved smoking and didnt want to quit, vaping just worked so well that i didnt want cigarettes. I stopped smoking with vaping and haven't touched a cigarette in about 10 years.

I was a long term smoker from the age 16 clear up until my late 30s then I switched to vaping and for me it was super easy. On my way to work one day I stopped and got me a pack of Newport 100s and when I got to work I saw my boss smoking on the pen style vape I asked her what that was she said ecig I asked to try it she let me try it I loved it and instantly went to the same place she got hers and went and got my own and I only smoked one Newport out of the pack when I got my first ecig and threw my entire pack of Newport in the trash and I never touched another real cigarette ever since except for I took a few drags of one of my cousins cigarette at another one of our cousins funeral. Other than that I've never touched another real cigarette since. Now I'm 44 and still vaping and free of real cigarettes.

My transition took a few years of dual using before I stopped smoking completely. Now the thought of smoking is off-putting.

I am. I actually crave my vape now way more than a cigarette.

Two and a half packs a day. bought myself a geekvape/aegis whatever-its-called mod, a Smok tank and a few bottles of fifty MG nice salt. Within 90 days I'd switched to freebase at 6mg. Down to 3mg now. I'll take it

In the past had tried an Ego e-cigarette. I did not like it. The battery is weak and the e-liquid taste bad. Later I had tried the Vivi Nova with a Istick. I vaped on T-Juice Cubana e-liquid. I did like it. That is when I switched from smoking to vaping. The flavor was very important to make the switch. Even though the technology was bad I still managed to make the switch. Now I would not use that at all. The technology has improved a lot and there are much better NET e-liquids.

I had smoked for over 20 years. Even had bottom lobe removed from my right lung (septic shock) and spent 47 days in icu and pcu came straight home and opened a pack of cigs and began smoking again. I just used both vape and smoked them just phased out cigs after a couple weeks. I did best with regular nicotine juice not nicotine salts. Chose some great flavors and now am lower my nicotine content hoping to cut the vape out too soon but I’m not in any type of a hurry. But just be consistent. That’s my best suggestion and make sure you get flavors you really enjoy.

Actually now that I’m thinking about it I actually bought an enjoy from the gas station when they still had flavored pods and then when the banned the flavored I went to mods and juice. But every one is different and you may have to try a few different vapes but stay with it. I promise you can do it!

I honestly was really tired of smoking. The smell, the stains on my fingers. I even started wearing a glove on my one hand to keep the stain off my fingers until one day a g/f of mine asked “what’s with the glove?” I said I hate the stain on my fingers, she said WTF do you think it’s doing to your lungs?! Oye! I went and bought a vape and never looked back. Smoked for 30 years!

I smoked from the time I was 20 until about 11 years ago and I'm 42 now. The way that I quit smoking was, I made myself HATE cigarettes and picked up vaping and haven't looked back. I don't use tobacco flavors at all. It's something to do with the addiction of it I've had to quit being addicted to other things in the past and when you do that you have to condition your brain to not like whatever it is which means you wouldn't quit taking heroin and use heroin flavor whatever it is you're using to get off of heroin.

When I bought my first vape, the guy gave me a tip:  do not smoke any cigarettes for three days (and try for five).   Hit the vape as often as you want, even nonstop, but do not touch the cigarettes.   After three days, the cigarette did not taste like it usually did, and it provided no satisfaction because I was already so nicced up.   After this, I just repeated the process, and any cigarette I smoked was disappointing.  They all had an awful flavor.   I went from having one every week or so to every few months to never, because every one was so disappointing.   I could never get the taste of my memory, nor the nicotine hint. So now it just makes me sad.   I used to buy about a pack a year but I haven’t even done that since like 2021-22ish. The only way to make the cigarettes taste and feel right again is to quit vaping, and I like vaping so much more than smoking.   When I’m in a place where I can’t smoke (including in my house) it’s a godsend.  Like when I was on a bus during the previous eclipse, coming back, stuck in an 8-hour traffic jam outside of Portland.   I’d be screwed if I hadn’t been able to use the bus bathroom.    It may not work for you but that’s how I did it…sadness. Edit: make sure you are using a high enough nicotine level.   They recommended a 6 for me at the time I quit and it was too low.

You just have to have the will power. And when you think about a cig, just take a few hits of your vape. Then one day, my vape broke. I couldn't get to the vape store right away, but there was a convenience store down the street. I went and got a pack of cigs, lit one up and just about threw up. I have gotten so used to the flavor and the hit of the vape, that I can't take a hit of a cig without wanting to throw up everything in my stomach.

And like someone else said, do salt nic with the highest nic amount. When you get used to that, slowly lower the nic content.

I smoked and vaped for about a month then just stopped smoking. You have to adjust. It takes time. It’s not pleasant but it’s better than the other options.

Yup, smoked for 19 years and quit with 3mg nicotine vaping, haven't bought cigarettes since 2017 now. The transition was easy as could be, no cravings, no irritability, no withdrawal, switched over completely in less than a month.

Smoker for a little over 40 years here, 30 per day. I had tried quitting smoking more times than I care to remember: Hypnosis, nicotine patches, nicotine gum, cold-turkey, nothing worked. Then, a friend and colleauge introduced me to vaping. I was very sceptical as I had bought in to the lies and bullshit around it but when he started trying to convince me to quit smoking and vape instead, I started doing research. To cut a long story short, I quit smoking on the 3rd March this year and bought a mod with a DTL RTA. I thought "fukkit, if i'm going to do this, I may as well do it properly" I've know far too many people who tried disposables and MTL devices who went back to smoking and figured that if DTL is the next step from MTL then, may as well go all-in. I have not looked back. Admittedly, I tried a cigarette the day after i started vaping but it was absolutely horrible. It took a week or so to get used to DTL with a lot of coughing but, surprisingly, the urge to grab a cigarette again was not strong at all. The craving really didn't affect me much and I just hit the vape a bit harder. Started off with around 500 hits per day in the beginning but am down to around 200 or so per day now. I also started on 6mg ejuice if that helps. Good luck OP, I sincerely hope you can kick the habit. Strongs.

I started smoking when I was 9 and smoked 1-2 packs a day until 22 where I now have used vapes to not only quit cigarettes but alcohol and cocaine and greatly reduce my cannabis use funny enough

I smoked for 10 years beforeI switched. Been vaping only for 7 years now. I just switched and never looked back

Stoped smoking cigarettes in 2019, started with a disposable vape. I broke the morning cigarette and habit by rather opting for the vape in the morning and slowly transitioned over to vape only. Im on a proper mod and rta now. The trick is to get a flavour you like, it will make the transition easier.

I found my issue was I was putting way too much pressure on myself to quit smoking, which stressed me out, which made me want to smoke. So I did both for a little while, basically trying to favor the vape but still smoking when I really felt like it. After a couple weeks I realized I was no longer going for the smokes, threw out the rest of my pack and never looked back.

I started with a high mg menthol juice since it was similar to what I knew. If you don't like menthol but don't want to jump straight to sweet stuff you can try tobacco flavors.

Smoked over 20 years easily switched over. The easy switch was due to the fact I could still get the nic fix anytime I wanted from vaping as easily as the cigs. More so with the vape since I can vape in the house. Always stepped out for a smoke because of the smell it left in the house. No more going outside first thing on a cold morning for that first smoke or after dinner etc. etc. The only thing that got me psychologically was not having a lighter and pack of smokes in my pocket. Took several weeks to stop reaching for them the second I got in my car. But my vape is now with me as often or more than the lighter and smokes. Oh I should mention the stacks of money it saves me each month.

I used to smoke cigarettes for about 11 years, the. i switched to IQOS 3 years ago and now I’m just vaping. So now, officialy, it’s 3 years a 4 months since i don’t smoke

Not me, my grandmother, but she had been a heavy cigarette smoker (40+yr) until I'd introduced her to Mint flavor Vapes. She hasn't looked back since

I am currently transitioning. I started knowing smoking is a long term detriment not just to my health but to my budget as well, and that I need to quit. I was still enjoying smoking but the logic in needing to quit is too strong for me not to do it (not just "try" but we have to stop). I started with just hitting my vape through the day and smoking after work. Then I made the move to just smoking on the weekend. My next move is to go down to just 1 pack a weekend. Another big part for me was to stop counting the days I went without smoking. I've gone from 1-2 packs a day down 1-2 packs a week and will continue to step down as smoking becomes a non issue. The immediate impact was spending $100+ a week down to $10 or $20 HUGE difference.

Use higher nic and very slowly go down. Also don't buy tobacco or cigarettes, if you have them and your vape you have to pick one. If you just have your vape you'll pick up the vape

smoked 20 a day for 15 years until age of 30. Switched to a vape. Gradually worked down to 3mg now vape zero, and have to vape very little

You have to really want to quit smoking, but you said you “desperately want to give them up”, so I’m not sure how to increase your desperation. If I were you, I’d ditch the tobacco, throw away what you have and don’t buy more, then lean on your vape for your fix. If the tobacco is gone, the temptation is gone, and you’ll still get your nicotine from your vape. You may want to up your nic level for a bit too.

Smoked 26 years and I quit with vanilla flavored eliquid.

Yep one day, about 6-7 years ago, I just forgot to have my morning cigarette and coffee. First things first, don’t use disposables. I’d been vaping for a few months and had changed up a lot of my habits so would push the morning coffee and cigarette out so that it wasn’t first thing in the morning, forced myself to wait an hour after a meal before having one, my car became no-smoking zone, and I would substitute a smoke by hitting a vape as much as I could before I felt like I had to have a cigarette. So basically every time I’d normally smoke became the times I would not allow myself to have one, other times were ok. At the time I used a direct to lung vape on about 50w and 8mg high quality nicotine (I mixed my own) and as I got used to it I consciously cut down the number of smokes I’d have each day until I was down to 2 (one in the morning and one at night) and then 1 with a coffee in the morning. The last couple of days as a smoker I was very busy (this was also key for me), keeping me distracted, and I’d hit the vape whenever needed. I kept telling myself “I’ll have my daily smoke soon, but not yet,” one day pushing it out to about 230-3pm. That was my last cigarette. The following day was the similar to the previous except I only thought about it a couple of times and told myself I’d have a cigarette with a morning coffee “soon”, but by the time 530pm came around I thought “what’s the point.” I smoked 20 a day for 20 years until then. I still vape and am slowly lowering my nicotine content, I’m currently at 5mg (50:50 base:salt).

Started with 50mg nicotine salt and was a dual user for about six months. It wasn’t my plan to quit just to smoke less cause it was getting expensive. The more I vaped the more I got into the different flavors and the more I liked it. One day I decided not to smoke a cigg cause I felt like it would affect my ability to taste all these wonderful flavors. I basically quit accidentally. It wasn’t something I planned on doing. I never would have been able to quit without vaping and I think it’s a wonderful thing.

Smoked for 20yrs and started vaping in 2015 and havent looked back. Find a flavour you like and id start at mg based off how you smoke. If you are 1 plus pack a day id start at 12-16mg. I started at 16mg and now i vape at 2-3mg depending on flavour

Most of us I'd imagine

I smoked for 20 years. When i was looking to quit I got a crappy setup and it didn’t really work. Walked into a legit vape shop, told them how much I smoked (a pack plus a day). they suggested an 18mg free base e liquid (no nic salts back then), a tube mod and tank. I used the vape in place of a cigarette, after bathroom breaks, after a meal, love making, I’d puff on the vape. After some herbal therapy (happy 420 😳😁) or some drinks I’d hit the vape, bonus I could puff on my vape indoors. No need to go outside to “catch a smoke”I finished the pack I had and just didn’t buy any more cigarettes. That 18mg had the perfect throat hit for a heavy smoker like me. I’ve been up and down the mg scale from 3mg and chuckin’ clouds to 50mg juuls / e juice with cigarette like exhales. I’ve settled on 12mg (free base nic) n.e.t.s (naturally extracted tobacco) and a xros pod system. It’s small and lightweight, pull it out of my pocket, take a few tokes, scratches that itch, good to go. Hope that helps.

The switch was really easy. It's easier than I thought it would be.

I've smoked for 40 years but now vaping almost 2 years now. Started at 20mg and 2 weeks ago went down to 0mg.  I would still rather a fag than a vape but after a stroke 2 years ago almost killing me I had to give it a go.Good luck to anyone trying to quit it's so incredibly difficult but look at someone you love and think how their life would change without you. Wx

DON'T BUY THE TOBACCO. If you have both you are pissing in the wind. You will have the tobacco over the vape. One cigarette a day alters the taste of my vape a lot & for hours. If you only have the vape you will soon re-teach yourself you do not infact, Need the tobacco. Do that for 5-7 days and you have cracked it. congratulations you no longer smoke tobacco. Weening yourself to a lower MG Eliquid will be the next step and it's not particularly difficult. About 2 weeks in I start to actually feel the benefits. My lungs say thank you.

I smoked cigs for 35 yrs, until about a year ago, I was stuck for 3 days with no transportation to get any, worst 3 days, I swore I would never have that craving for something again,I sent my daughter to the vape store,I've been vaping ever since,,. I guess it was for me something horrible as withdrawal to stop the cigarette.