I’m so proud of you all for giving it a try! The best thing is never to smoke, but this is a great idea either as an alternative or as a way to wean yourself off them entirely. 
I agree, I cringe when I hear people going to a pipe forum because they saw Lord of the Rings and want to learn to blow smoke rings or people wanting to use e-cigs just to learn to blow smoke rings.
Granted they can use 0mg nicotine cartridges with the e-cigs but still, why even push your luck?
Plus you are still inhaling something into your lungs.
I would like to get way down in nicotine and then just use a pipe for nicotine and keep the e-cig around for convenience times and stress times. (Pipes are relaxing and give nicotine but it’s not the same, I find the e-cig with high dose nicotine to be pretty close.)
I often wonder if I’d be smoking cigarettes again if those first doctors I went to for Panic Disorder would’ve given me Xanax earlier instead of waiting for months and trying drugs that made me worse.
But that first one was all I needed to send me back to as much as I was smoking 1 1/2 years before.
Well, mine came today and is charging. :cheering:
I really think this could work for me. Every time I light a cigarette, I can’t say I feel guilty, but I do feel like I’m tired of being tied to this nasty habit.
We’ll see how I do with it tomorrow.
I found this on the cigs forum and ordered one so I don’t have to mess with charging batteries.Here is a pick of it on the cigs forum just scroll down- http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/5036-i-dont-use-batteries-anymore-13.html
Only had 4 real cigs today:woohoo: Liken my 901:hug:
You guys have me really intrigued. My husband, as well.
We quit drinking last year (long story, but suffice it to say, it was a VERY good thing) and smoking is on my list. I have high blood pressure (at 34!) and I KNOW it’s bad for me. I don’t smoke much at work, I don’t have time, but at home I would de-stress by surfing the Internet and chainsmoking. What gets me about quitting is the habit - taking breaks from work, walking away, the hand-mouth movement, and rarely, the nicotine craving. My husband tried to quit last year using Chantix and had some of those side effects that are the subject of a class action lawsuit right now.
Knitting is helping - it’s keeping my hands busy, and I don’t smoke as much, but I’d like to get rid of it in the house. My husband has been smoking for about 20 years (I’m hitting 9) and has a nasty cough that makes me worry.
We’re really looking into the e-cigs, and I think I may jump in, although I may backslide while I’m in the sandbox for a few months for lack of supplies.
Thanks!
Day 2 of 901 cigs and I found myself puffing away more on this then on real cigs :noway:especially when I’m on computer.Guess that happens at first till you find the right strength for you.So today I tried just my Cherry juice(0 nicotine) and was just as satisfied with that as I was with the nicotine juice:shock: I decided to drip the juice right on the optimiser and boy does it make a lot more vapor (smoke) :yay: Still hard to get used to the weight of it (not like holding a cigarette) and wish the tip was round not flat.Feel like I got one of those small cigars with the tip on it in my mouth.:doh:
All in all I like the 901 and I get more used to everyday.I joined the e-cigs forum and have gotten LOTS of useful information to help me get used to the mechanical cigarette and how to use the juices (flavors and nicotine). I’m vaporing(smoking) the 901 now as I type this.LOVE the Cherry flavor.Had only 5 real cigs again today :woot:but I think that is great:woohoo:Good for me:hug:
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
Ingrid how did you do today?
I started with mine today, and I’ve had only 5 real cigs today! I don’t think I’ve had 5 in a day since I was, oh, 14. :shifty:
Each time I had a real one, I expected it to be more satisfying than the e-cig, but it wasn’t particularly better. :shrug:
I also was super-conscious of monitoring myself to see if I was craving anything. That, of course, made me use the e-cig that much more, though only a few puffs at a time. I’ll get used to the whole idea and it will be easier now that I know that it does satisfy quite well.
I didn’t bring any cigarettes into work with me today and used the fake one all day. So from 7:30 until 3:00 I was free of the crap. :cheering:
It’s a start, for sure.
OH–did anyone else find the instruction booklet translation as amusing as I did?
Or should I verbalize, was the finding of the translating booklet-wise found to be an interestingly visual read?
Good for you Ingrid :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:
At first I thought it was a misprint till I kept reading :roflhard:
I knew day 3 would be the worst, it always is.
I don’t know if I was getting a nicotine OD like no other I’ve ever had but the e-cig was giving me panic attacks this morning and again tonight.
It could also be the addiction to the other things in cigarettes causing withdrawl. Afterall it was panic attacks (and Wellbutrin/Zyban, so don’t bother suggesting that) that got me back to smoking cigarettes.
I had 4 cigarettes today and am going to try splitting the e-cig with a pipe tomorrow and until I can get some low nicotine liquid.
I tried one of the 0mg cartridges that came with it and it was terrible.
I have enough pipe tobacco that gives almost no nicotine joy so if it is nicotine OD causing the panic splitting it with a pipe should work. I just have to stay away from some of my pipe tobaccos that can give an OD on their own.
Yes it’s easy to do nothing but puff away on the e-cig, and if you are inhaling every time it’s easy to increase the amount of nicotine you’re taking in.
I like the flat tip, it’s like a pipe. But at first I had problems inhaling it because it reminded me of a pipe. Then on the first bowl I lit tonight I automatically inhaled and about died.
I also don’t mind the weight (and mine is a penstyle so it’s even heavier).
But right now I’m smoking a churchwarden (long hobbit type thing) and before it’s done I’ll have my calabash broken in again (Sherlock Holmes), between the two of those heavy, long and large are all covered.
The first cigarette I had today (about 36 hours without) didn’t taste terrible, it actually tasted like one of my very first ones. The second one didn’t taste too good.
Making fun of instruction book is forbidden to those using the e-cig.
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Congratulation, ArtLady. May you have many more years to celebrate your achievement!
Thanks for the news, Mason. Last I’d heard of these things was that they were subject to FDA regulation as a drug delivery system. Didn’t know they had reached retail markets.
So these are OTC or is a Rx required?
I’m a non-smoker, but many family members are smokers (a few have quit). My wife quit in 1990 and is still clean. I can be difficult when smokers come to stay with us on holidays.
I have to admit (with guilt) my first thought was I need a pack of these e-cigs to offer smoking guest when they arrive. Well, they would be family and both I and my wife have trouble with azthma. I’m not that bad for thinking it, am I? :sad:
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Making fun of instruction book is forbidden to those using the e-cig.
How can you not?
I think it’s a great idea to have some for your smoking guests, Jack. Tell them that it’s either that or they go outside. It’s your house. :shrug:
I only had 3 cigs so far today, and not really missing them.:happydance:
Glad to see some positive results so far, that’s great as anything that keeps you from smoking is a good thing.
No RX needed, they’re considered consumer items (at the moment).
Mike, nic OD is highly likely. 36mg is quite a bit of nic and an OD can cause the symptoms you described. I’d scale back on the nic if it were me.
As to “dripping”. Yes, it does create a lot more vapor and many people do it, but if you choose to drip be prepared to replace your atomizer much more often as it was never designed for dripping and it will shorten it’s life. At least that’s what I have read. I believe that the practice of dripping is exactly why so many people suffer from frequent atomizer death.
The routine I use for vaping is to not try and make it equivalent to smoking, but instead I just take a few puffs here and there and then stick it in my short pocket or lay it down until I feel like a few more puffs.
They’re kind of between government departments at the moment.
If they’re not pushed as NRT it’s not a drug, if they’re pushed as NRT it’s the wrong nicotine to be a drug.
I look for the FDA to put a stop to them soon. I just hope I’m off nicotine enough by that time that I won’t need the liquid with the nicotine.
I didn’t use 36mg, it was a bit much. When I did it was only a puff here and there.
I cut the 36mg down to 20mg, and I generally smoked the 24mg.
24mg was what it takes to get me over the desire to light up. Once I’m over that I put it down.
If it was an OD then maybe the FDA would be right in banning the liquid because it would have to build up unlike other NRTs or tobacco.
But I don’t think it has anything to do with too much nicotine.
I’ve only had a few puffs off the e-cig today and while I was sleeping and I’m still a little panicky.
I think it’s withdrawal making me not feel right coupled with “Chinese” and “untested in the US” that is giving my panic the opportunity to go wild.
So instead of cutting the cigs totally I’m going to cut back and have a couple in the morning and maybe one in the evening and also work in pipe tobacco.
I do plan on getting some 0mg stuff to make sure it’s not a reaction to something else in the liquid.
Well ya never know, I guess a person could be allergic to PG or something. Anything is possible. I’ve never read or heard about such a thing but allergies can be like that.
It could be nic withdrawal. It’s a tough drug to kick and it’s possible you’ve developed a serious addiction to some other chemical(s) in tobacco smoke. There’s more than 4,000 chemicals in that smoke and surely more than a few are addictive.
I hope you’re able to kick it as it would benefit your health greatly (but you already know that).
Panic is an odd thing.
I’m rational enough even when I’m panicking to know it just panic, but that doesn’t stop it.
I was just crocheting away and hadn’t had my pipe or a cigarette in a while so I took a puff off the e-cig and felt a twinge of panic. Nicotine wouldn’t react that fast or from one puff so I’m pretty sure it’s panic.
Realize that I hadn’t smoked cigarettes for 1 1/2 years before I had panic come back in full force, I was even starting to cut back on my pipe. I finally gave in and had a cigarette.
Also at Christmas I ate too much and was about to gather up my stuff because I was panicking and then a cigarette calmed me down.
So cigarettes are tied to it whether it’s a chemical thing or a mental thing.
I’m not giving up on quitting. I’m just not focusing on the e-cig as much. I’ll have to get myself used to it slowly.
Well, I have to admit here that I’ve never experienced the feeling of panic so I won’t pretend to understand it. I just hope ya can manage it.
I’m surprised at how many of us knitters are/were smokers! I, too, smoked for years and years, but then I moved down to Savannah and it must be something in the air, but my asthma, which has been dormant for over 20 years, came back with a vengeance. I’ve heard from lots of people that the air here is bad for people with allergies. Anyway, I tried everything and then my asthma doctor prescribed the Chantix. It worked! :woohoo: :woohoo:
I’ve not smoked for over a year and have no inclination to smoke now. I did have to deal with some pretty weird nightmares, but that seemed to be the only side effect I had, thank goodness. It sure feels good not to need a cigarette anymore. My husband quit with me a year ago, but he’s just recently started back!!! I could kick his a@#, but as long as he keeps it outside and not in my car, I guess I’ll deal with it. Hopefully, he’ll decide to quit again because I think he’s getting tired of the dirty looks I give him everytime he goes outside to smoke.
Just so you know, that might make it worse. I know it does with me.
The more dirty looks I get or lectures I hear (even when I’ve quit cigarettes) the more I want one.
I’m in your neck of the woods this weekend. Am holed up in a motel in Richmond Hill.
Chantix is known to work well for quitters, but as a trucker I am not allowed to take it. It’s banned for use by truckers by the FMCSA.