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"Wiggles uses one and its cut her smoking down a ton. Smells a lot nicer and dosnt cause me asthma attacks. So even though I don't smoke either, I far prefer the ecigs."  | |||
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"Sorry my post might as come across as confusing - I've quit smoking cigarettes totally, I was a 20/30 a day guy and decided to stop one day, it's the ecig I want to quit because I find it gives me a dry throat and sometimes I sound like Barry White "The ladies love a Barry White | |||
"I tried it but came to the conclusion your just replacing the habit, you can lower the nicotine mg but the physical aspect is all in the mental approach...Ecigs make it easier to quit but they don't make it easy. Good on ya though, i also struggled to find any decent flavours other than Blueberry but i saved a heap of ones since i started 'vaping' "Thanks man Yes I'm down to the low MG which is good as only now and again I feel the requirement for nicotine - I just want to break the habit of the ecig too. | |||
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"Sorry my post might as come across as confusing - I've quit smoking cigarettes totally, I was a 20/30 a day guy and decided to stop one day, it's the ecig I want to quit because I find it gives me a dry throat and sometimes I sound like Barry White
The ladies love a Barry White "Not with a Welsh accent | |||
"I bought a cheap £20 Ecig kit from the garage. Lasted a week or so. In January I went into our local vape shop and splashed out £70 on a decent set up that's still going strong and I've just bought an e-pipe - a gorgeous brushed steel and real wood set up that with a decent tank and dripper was about £90 (plus a couple of new batteries). The cheap ecigs didn't give me the 'hit' that smoking did, so I'd have the occasional lapse. The better kit works wonders. Oh - and if you want a good 'flavour' I can strongly recommend caramel macchiato!
A"I'll give that one a try! My £30 kit is doing its job perfectly, I've seen those big set ups but think they're a bit over the top for public, I've got a nice brushed steel one that looks great in hand and far nicer to the eye than a packet of fags | |||
"I bought a cheap £20 Ecig kit from the garage. Lasted a week or so. In January I went into our local vape shop and splashed out £70 on a decent set up that's still going strong and I've just bought an e-pipe - a gorgeous brushed steel and real wood set up that with a decent tank and dripper was about £90 (plus a couple of new batteries). The cheap ecigs didn't give me the 'hit' that smoking did, so I'd have the occasional lapse. The better kit works wonders. Oh - and if you want a good 'flavour' I can strongly recommend caramel macchiato!
A"Went to a local Vape store & tried a table of different flavours...felt sick! Some of them are scandalous! I'm quite content with the £20 one for a few months now, have the odd lapse with a pint though but thats just my own laziness & it's a nightmare (although a laugh) trying to refill when pissed! Lol Will check your recommendation out, thanks | |||
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"I used ecigs for six months, I had early issues caused by smoking them in the same way you have, sore throat and mouth, that went after a few days. I found over time it simply became a cigarette that never ran out, I used it more and more until it became ridiculous. I then realised, as you have, the dependency I had formed for the ecig. Easy to do as you tend to feel healthier and strangely guilt free as you are feeling better. I went out and brought some nicorette inhalators and did a combined thing, ecig and NI until after a month I was using only the inhalator. Everything was going fine, I was heading in the right direction until I experienced, what I can only explain as, 'my head flipped'. It lasted until I had a cigarette (Id thrown the ecigs away), yep, straight back on the fags! All I can think is I got some inhalators that may have been fake, they cost and must be easy to copy, they really did mess me up. I am going to start stopping again, in the same way and just hope it was a fake batch before. This time I'm going to time the ecig use, not immediately but once I have stopped the cigarette craving. Set your phone/watch alarm for 30 mins and smoke for say 3 mins do this for a week then increase the set alarm time to 35 or 40 mins, its up to you. Continue doing this until it becomes silly like waiting five hours plus between puffs lol By then you have taken control of the constant usage of the ecig and built your confidence in going without. This may seem stupid for others but hey-ho lol Good luck fella " That's not actually a bad way of trying to cut it out. I only use mine seldom though, mainly when I used to smoke more like when driving or traveling, after I finish a task at work, whilst having a coffee and like a lot of smokers - when having a drink. I survived two sessions on the lash with only one thought of having a cigarette. Luckily for me the smell of smoke now actually turns me so don't think I'd return to smoking no matter what, I just want to quit the ecig use and wean myself off, I only like simple addictions like sex haha... So being addicted to an electronic cigarette seems silly to me. | |||
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"I used ecigs for six months, I had early issues caused by smoking them in the same way you have, sore throat and mouth, that went after a few days. I found over time it simply became a cigarette that never ran out, I used it more and more until it became ridiculous. I then realised, as you have, the dependency I had formed for the ecig. Easy to do as you tend to feel healthier and strangely guilt free as you are feeling better. I went out and brought some nicorette inhalators and did a combined thing, ecig and NI until after a month I was using only the inhalator. Everything was going fine, I was heading in the right direction until I experienced, what I can only explain as, 'my head flipped'. It lasted until I had a cigarette (Id thrown the ecigs away), yep, straight back on the fags! All I can think is I got some inhalators that may have been fake, they cost and must be easy to copy, they really did mess me up. I am going to start stopping again, in the same way and just hope it was a fake batch before. This time I'm going to time the ecig use, not immediately but once I have stopped the cigarette craving. Set your phone/watch alarm for 30 mins and smoke for say 3 mins do this for a week then increase the set alarm time to 35 or 40 mins, its up to you. Continue doing this until it becomes silly like waiting five hours plus between puffs lol By then you have taken control of the constant usage of the ecig and built your confidence in going without. This may seem stupid for others but hey-ho lol Good luck fella That's not actually a bad way of trying to cut it out. I only use mine seldom though, mainly when I used to smoke more like when driving or traveling, after I finish a task at work, whilst having a coffee and like a lot of smokers - when having a drink. I survived two sessions on the lash with only one thought of having a cigarette. Luckily for me the smell of smoke now actually turns me so don't think I'd return to smoking no matter what, I just want to quit the ecig use and wean myself off, I only like simple addictions like sex haha... So being addicted to an electronic cigarette seems silly to me." I see less of an issue with vaping than I ever did with smoking. I can do it in the house, the car - anywhere that is previously either not smoke or would leave a fag smell. Cost wise? Now I've bought my kits - after the initial expense I can get through maybe one bottle (20ml) of juice a week at £6.50 rather than £7 a day on cigs. Health wise? Sure, I'm still putting nicotine into my system. But gone are the multitude of harmful chemicals that came with the fags. "Some cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco smoke and their other common uses Tar - a mixture of dangerous chemicals Arsenic - used in wood preservatives Benzene - an industrial solvent, refined from crude oil Cadmium - used in batteries Formaldehyde - used in mortuaries and paint manufacturing Polonium-210 - a highly radioactive element Chromium - used to manufacture dye, paints and alloys 1,3-Butadiene - used in rubber manufacturing Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - a group of dangerous DNA-damaging chemicals Tobacco-specific nitrosamines - a group of carcinogens only found in tobacco Acrolein - used as a chemical weapon in World War 1 - and acetaldehyde - used in the industrial production of acid Other chemicals in cigarette smoke Nicotine – highly addictive Hydrogen cyanide - used as an industrial pesticide Carbon monoxide - found in car exhausts and used in chemicals manufacturing Nitrogen oxides - a major component of smog Ammonia - used to make fertilisers and explosives And many more" *borrowed from cancer research! I'm far happier and healthier on the vape. A | |||
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"Oh this again (no offence OP) Been on mine for 2.5 years, much healthier than before, have more money in my pocket, have my taste buds back, I dont stink of smoke. I have no interest at the moment to give my e-cig up. Obi - £6.50 is the most I have seen for liquid, I pay £4 or x3 for £10" I've seen it cheaper - I just like this one. I'd never buy 'blind' off the internet and at less than a single pack of fags it's good value to me. A | |||
"Oh this again (no offence OP) Been on mine for 2.5 years, much healthier than before, have more money in my pocket, have my taste buds back, I dont stink of smoke. I have no interest at the moment to give my e-cig up. Obi - £6.50 is the most I have seen for liquid, I pay £4 or x3 for £10 I've seen it cheaper - I just like this one. I'd never buy 'blind' off the internet and at less than a single pack of fags it's good value to me. A" I dont think I have made an online purchase in almost 10 years now. I go to my local expert shop and try the testers on my own battery first. How the hell did we ever afford to smoke? | |||
"Oh this again (no offence OP) Been on mine for 2.5 years, much healthier than before, have more money in my pocket, have my taste buds back, I dont stink of smoke. I have no interest at the moment to give my e-cig up. Obi - £6.50 is the most I have seen for liquid, I pay £4 or x3 for £10 I've seen it cheaper - I just like this one. I'd never buy 'blind' off the internet and at less than a single pack of fags it's good value to me. A I dont think I have made an online purchase in almost 10 years now. I go to my local expert shop and try the testers on my own battery first. How the hell did we ever afford to smoke?" More to the point - where's all the spare cash I should now have disappearing too?
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"Oh this again (no offence OP) Been on mine for 2.5 years, much healthier than before, have more money in my pocket, have my taste buds back, I dont stink of smoke. I have no interest at the moment to give my e-cig up. Obi - £6.50 is the most I have seen for liquid, I pay £4 or x3 for £10 I've seen it cheaper - I just like this one. I'd never buy 'blind' off the internet and at less than a single pack of fags it's good value to me. A I dont think I have made an online purchase in almost 10 years now. I go to my local expert shop and try the testers on my own battery first. How the hell did we ever afford to smoke? More to the point - where's all the spare cash I should now have disappearing too?
A"If you put the £8 or whatever in a pot by the end of the year......right, lets just stop that Your right, somehow it just dosent work that way | |||
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