POLL How long did it take you to stop smoking?

[Crispycritters]

When I started vaping my intention was to reduce the amount I was smoking rather than actually quit cigarettes as I had no intention of actually stopping smoking. It wasn't until I'd been using both for a few weeks that I realised I was instinctively reaching for my vape instead of my tobacco and papers and I just made a decision to stop buying tobacco.

I think I carried on for another week having a smoke after meals but the tobacco started to go dry and 'dusty' so I threw it - so it was around 4 weeks to stop smoking - and I bought my last pouch of tobacco on the same day as buying my first vape kit.

 

[knome]

How long?... Over 40 years...
This year will be my 10th anniversary of starting vaping... 10th anniversary of last cigarette will be early 2024.
It's been a journey.

 

[koowal]

It just happened like a flick of a switch. But I never struggled with going without smoking for long stretches before.

 

[Brett AX2]

Quit smoking & started vaping 8 years ago & haven't looked back,only ever used basic CE5 vapes,i'm in my mid fifties & started smoking when i was 12 years old.

 

[Deleted member 54254]

Best not to look back, the price of a deck of cigarettes these days would shock you.

 

[LordOdin]

I was quite ill at the time on March the 9th 2020, suffering from Pneumonia and Heart Failure and some other infection. I hadn't been to sleep through the night and was sat on the Sofa smoking away, was about 6 am and was feeling pretty rough and decided to ring for an Ambulance which rushed me into Hospital. That was the last time i smoked, i joined POTV on the 23rd March 2020 and that's when my Vape Journey started but actually stopping smoking was around 6am on the 9th March 2020.

 

[Brett AX2]

Best not to look back, the price of a deck of cigarettes these days would shock you.

Yea i can imagine!,i only ever smoked filtered roll-ups & was only paying £8 per 50g pouch at the time,i quit drinking at the same time,i was a weekend warrior,heavily involved in the bike club scene,i only meant to quit drinking for a few months to help keep me off the roll-ups but as time went on i realised i wasn't missing the hangovers,i'm a changed man now for sure.

 

[Naomi24]

I got my first vape, with some freebase juices, but I had no idea salt nic existed, so I didnt really enjoy it with those juices, hence why I kept smoking as well. Just a few cigarettes a day though, first week probs 5 cigs a day, then to three and once I got my salt nic juices in the mail I stopped smoking entirely.

 

[Moses]

1st day of vaping, I went and got a innokin t18 I think it was called. And I have never looked back. It's been 7-8 years now, people say imagine the money you save not smoking. Personally I don't see that now as I found vaping to be my hobby and there are many rabbit holes I've gone down and spent a small fortune on.

 

[SubSSC]

1st day of vaping I knew that it would work.