Thank you POTV!

[Smokeandsteam]

Hello all,

I’ve been a smoker for nearly 30 years. I gave up 6 weeks ago by switching to vaping. It’s been all absolute revelation because I’ve tried patches, gum, willpower, everything in the past to try to give up the ciggies. I wouldn’t say packing in has been a breeze but I can say that it was only possible because of switching to vaping. I have saved a fortune to date and best of all feel loads better health wise.

A mate at work suggested I buy the aspire zelos kit if I was going to try to give up. I’ve found it a superb device with decent flavour and strength and best of all easy to use. I’m using 12mg juice normally 50/50 which seems to work for me, although I wan to try to cut down to 6mg nicotine. Over the next few months I am definitely going to explore the next steps in terms of a mod to try to enhance the flavour more. The choice seems endless

Finding this site has been invaluable (along with the vaping with Vic vlog) in helping me to understand vaping and the terminology and tech. POTV has been an endless source of brilliant info for a complete noob like me and everyone seems dead friendly here as well. So thank you all, your advice and thoughts are important to those of us starting out.

I am going to check out the vape shops in Birmingham and find one I can trust as I still learning and still ask really stupid questions (so don’t expect me to post any good questions or ideas on here just yet!).

Anyway, thanks again and thanks for letting me join the community.

Cheers, Paul

 

[Shetland Sam]

Welcome Paul. There is no such thing as a stupid question so ask away and there is usually someone on hand to help. As long as you're up for a bit of banter and aren't a snowflake you will fit in here quite well

 

[ZendeR]

Well. I'm an absolute snowflake and you can't shake me off the forum! So snowflakes most welcome too if that's your thing @Smokeandsteam

Plenty of wisdom in here and an invaluable support to keeping off the stinkies. Don't be too bogged down in cutting down the nic. Just enjoy it if it's working and your body will tell you if/when it's time. Welcome aboard mate!

 

[Simon G]

Congrats and welcome .... your first paragraph is something many of us have been through, you are in good company.

Don't be in too much of a hurry to drop your nicotine level, the important thing is staying off the fags, the nicotine isn't going to hurt you.

I was vaping 12mg for two years and I've just dropped to 9 or 10mg. The last thing you want to do is drop too soon when there is no real reason to.

going from 12mg to 6mg is halving your nicotine intake and after 30 years that's a pretty big step. It's only been 6 weeks, enjoy being smoke free for a while before you even consider it. If you want to drop to zero and give up vaping eventually totally then that's great but I would say take your time with that, don't rush it because for me that's where all the other 'stop smoking' things failed and why it was so easy to go back to smoking.

 

[Jimmi_J]

Hello all,

I’ve been a smoker for nearly 30 years. I gave up 6 weeks ago by switching to vaping. It’s been all absolute revelation because I’ve tried patches, gum, willpower, everything in the past to try to give up the ciggies. I wouldn’t say packing in has been a breeze but I can say that it was only possible because of switching to vaping. I have saved a fortune to date and best of all feel loads better health wise.

A mate at work suggested I buy the aspire zelos kit if I was going to try to give up. I’ve found it a superb device with decent flavour and strength and best of all easy to use. I’m using 12mg juice normally 50/50 which seems to work for me, although I wan to try to cut down to 6mg nicotine. Over the next few months I am definitely going to explore the next steps in terms of a mod to try to enhance the flavour more. The choice seems endless

Finding this site has been invaluable (along with the vaping with Vic vlog) in helping me to understand vaping and the terminology and tech. POTV has been an endless source of brilliant info for a complete noob like me and everyone seems dead friendly here as well. So thank you all, your advice and thoughts are important to those of us starting out.

I am going to check out the vape shops in Birmingham and find one I can trust as I still learning and still ask really stupid questions (so don’t expect me to post any good questions or ideas on here just yet!).

Anyway, thanks again and thanks for letting me join the community.

Cheers, Paul

Wellcome to POTV, i'm new to)

 

[MrDJ]

Hi Paul and welcome to the planet.
Congratulations on kicking the stinks and always someone on to give advise no matter how stupid it may be it's normally not.

 

[rew]

Hi and welcome. Looks like you'll fit in well here. Nice intro by the way.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I’ll definitely take on board the advice about dropping the nicotine level too quickly. I ordered 3mg juice with the mod (not having a clue about what I was doing). I immediately realised it was an error and got some 12mg juice.

I don’t know if I am a ‘snowflake’ but I definitely enjoy the banter here and the fact that posters seem highly knowledgeable and patient with noobs. Thanks again for making me feel welcome everyone

 

[BULLDOG1964]

and to the planet..............

 

[Scanty81]

Hello from a fellow noob (technically)