I started smoking when I was 16 and I’m 39 now. Typical start. Friends were doing it and I didn’t want to be the odd man out. It seemed to help me with the stress that I was going through in my life. Parents getting a divorce, being bullied at school, you know, all the stress of an adolescent teenager. Then I got the great idea of becoming a truck driver. Went from a pack a day to two and a half packs a day. Then the prices went through the roof. When I started smoking I paid $1.65 for a pack. Now it’s almost $6.00. It seemed I was working just to support my habit and to pay bills. My kids hated me smoking. They always were telling me to quit because they were afraid that I would get cancer. Then I heard an ad on the local radio station one day about a vape shop near me and I figured what the hell I’ll check it out. Glad I did. On 12/28/2016 I bought me first mod and tank, got some juice and never looked back on smoking. That was almost 6 months ago and have never felt better. My wife and kids are happy, my house smells better, and I feel great. Now I’m starting to try and make my own juices to save even more money in the long run.
Welcome to the fun house. If you haven’t already checked there are some great starter threads in the beginners section.
There are a bunch of very knowledgeable & helpful people here if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers
How do I resist? Well, for the first month I will admit that it did indeed require a little willpower even though I knew I got every thing I needed from my Vape. I stuck with it though and as of Nov 8 2016 I celebrated 3 years of non smoking. Let me tell you a little story that I now think of when I get tempted. After approximately 3 months of vaping and zero cigarettes I was at my shop doing some work (out in the middle of nowhere) and the coil in my vape decided to go out. I still had 3 hours of work to do before I could leave so by the time I could finish I was crawling the walls for nicotine. (Was still on 18mg at the time). Well I go outside and someone is smoking a cigarette so I broke down and bummed one from them. Oh my gosh, tasted like I had licked a DIRTY ashtray. I have not had a cigarette since that 1 nasty encounter when I was kinda forced to and whenever I am tempted I remember that last cigarette. I then hurriedly drove back into town and picked up a coil for my Vape. I was back in heaven once more…
I do have 2 suggestions for you. If your partner is smoking INSIDE the same house then nicely send them outside to do so. I would hate to start a riff with you and your partner however if you do it nicely I feel any CARING partner would be glad to do this for you. Second, ask them to not leave cigarettes laying around since it is a temptation for you to smoke.
Perhaps with slight help like this from your partner you will have a easier time. Good luck…
Hello everyone!! I’m new here and just wanted to introduce myself and I’m so excited to say I had my last stinky cigarette January 15th of this year and I can honestly say that I haven’t even wanted to pick up another one since I started vaping…wow, I really never thought I would say that! My husband and I bought vape pens from our local cig store more than a year ago and failed miserably at quitting. We hated the way it scratched the back of our throats so that only lasted about 3 weeks. I had no intentions to quit smoking when I came across our old setup this January but I thought what the hell, I’m just gonna see if I can at least cut down and I picked up the vape pen again! After watching countless videos and reading up on vaping and why we were experiencing the throat irritation I knew I could do it by finding what works for us! I ordered some flavors, new tanks, and some pg and vg with 24mg of nic only spending half of what I would have spent on a carton of cigs! Experimenting with the flavors and pg/vg % has become a hobby for me now. 
I live in a small town in Louisiana and I don’t see anyone vaping! I know they are here somewhere because there is 2 vape shops nearby but I buy all my supplies online to save money so I’ve never gone in.
Impressive story. I love it.
Hi and welcome…say hi here in this thread and share that great story!
What a great story! Welcome Crystal and congrats on quitting!
I quit smoking and switched to vaping 2/25/16
Just a few months ago I quit smoking after having been vaping a while. The decision to stop cigarettes was a personal health decision but I can share that I had toxicity issues going on, and disorders with mood, insomnia, vision, headaches, anxiety, many more, etc. Smokes were not the only factor but had to be eliminated at that point having already made dietary, nutritional, and exercise modifications. I was able to drop the Tobacco gracefully as opposed to continuing the struggle with my health and I am grateful that I was able to with the help of my creator. I’m not advocating that the vape is actually good for you but there is no comparison whatsoever to the health improvement margins that I experienced. It is quite simply astounding in the difference that it made. If you cannot find it in yourself to exit Nicotine this is the only way I know I could recommend that has also a pleasurable experience. I would also like to thank those who posted factual information about the toxins/carcinogen compounds in cigarettes. It really helped me to quit picking up. Also to e-liquid-recipes.com for assisting me in my new hobby of formulating my new recipes. It couldn’t happen without all of you so lots of love going out, I am very thankful! 
March 20 2017. Five weeks in!
It has been 2 years and 8 days since I quit smoking.
Congrats man. I bet you feel better already!
A week over your 2 year anniversary. Happy anniversary on your quit date and congrats!
Hey all,
Been trying to vape since 2015 with little success. Then, in Feb 2016 I thought sod this and decided to vape only. Bought an MVP pro 3.0. June last year i found my one true vape - Zeus Juice DimpleBerry. Been on that ever since but am now looking to roll my own.
So, 15 months, 3 Mods (I don’t count the start pen thingy’s) and 5 tanks later here I am!
Nice one! Good to have you here 
Having smoked a pack a day at least on and off for about 25 years (more on than off) i tried everything to quit, but for some reason or other was always unsuccessful. Started vaping Dec 30, 2014 and haven’t looked back
"Approved" smoking aides didn’t work for me, I tried them all.
Cold turkey - just didn’t have the willpower i guess
The gum - Have had some jaw surgery - bone grafts and the like which means that I have a bit of dental work, that stuff sticks like glue, not to mention that it dried out my throat the nicotene burn on my tongue and throat just wasn’t a pleasant experience.
The patch - tried this many times, it was OK, but always after 2-3 days, I would get chronic muscle aches in my arms and shoulders. first couple of times I put this down to the chemical changes occurring but eventually correlated the two. Could not move my arms without pain - put them above my head? impossible without a bottle of advil or scotch…
The pills - yeah, those things mess with your head. Quitting by suicide is effective, but not productive in the long term.
Anyways, on a slow day at work where I was able to get away from my desk, went out for a walk and saw a new vape shop downtown. Figured what the hell, haven’t tried this yet, I’ll throw $100 at it and see how it goes. Picked up a little eleaf 20 or 30 watt mod and a tank. The first week of transitioning from smoke to vapour and getting used to the new texture in the throat was the hardest (And I believe that this is what turns people off from switching from analog cigarettes to digital ENDS.) but haven’t looked back.
The results and the change were amazing and fast. After a week, when I could finally take a full lung draw (without choking on the vape), I could take a maximum 2.5 second inhale. That’s how little my lung capacity was (I had no idea). Within that month, all the black and green sludge started to come out (not a pretty sound or sight) but my lung capacity increased so that I was hitting the 10 second shut off regularly, my daytime wheezing as well as my nighttime snoring was reduced.
Now I go down and vape with the smokers, (hell, we are overwhelmingly all ex-smokers ourselves, so we can’t be preachy or holier-than-though to who we used to be) and I’ve actually gotten a number people who have asked me about vaping to give it a try. Over half of them are avid vapers today. I keep a cheapish mod (with internal battery that is USB chargeable to keep it simple) and tank at home which I lend to people who want to try vaping relatively investment free but are leery of the investment. We book an hour, and I take them over to that same vape shop (or one closer to home if it’s someone out here) with a pad of paper to do some taste testing. I find as long as people have some support, and are informed about the transition process and have some foreknowledge on where they will find it hard, they are consistently for more likely to find that it works for them as well.
Welcome to the club! I’ve been here 24 hours and it already feels like home
Welcome! And I love the name. 
Great story Harry and welcome in. Ya I’ve (Loaned) out my Aspire K1 and VV stick a couple of times to people I know who inquired about them. Got one off and the other I feel will be back to try again.