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​Poor mod.  Hopefully it led a good life and may it R.I.P.

Motorcycle enthusiasts rank right up there also.

Congrats Tug.  I just hit my 1 year mark too! Feels great.

I retired in Feb 2011 at the ripe old age of 52, after 27 years in law enforcement. Drawing a pension from that and have a small lawn care business just to have something to do.

I retired in Feb 2011 at the ripe old age of 52, after 27 years in law enforcement. Drawing a pension from that and have a small lawn care business just to have something to do.

When changing a coil, I make sure to clean any juice inside the base where the spring is with a paper towel.

I have 2 Nautilus minis. One of them has the original coil in it which is over a month old and is like the day I got it. I use this one mostly at night. The other is my ADV and I get about 2 weeks or more per coil and I chain vape. Haven't had any problems with leakage, gurgling, or wicking. I did however break the glass tank after dropping my ADV for the second time. Got a stainless reinforced tank and all is good now.

Not working. But I remember all my details, so it's all good. 9 months today!

I'm at a week on my first coil on my new Nautilus mini tank. Looks like it may go another week before needing changing. I also chain vape.
Lets see: 1) a bvc coil every 2 weeks = about $2.50
2) $8 a day for cigarettes X 14 days = $112


Get a good setup with extra coils and you'll still come out way ahead of what smoking costs you.

Congrats on your success. It only gets easier from here.

It's hard to pick up a cigalike once you have had good juice on a quality device. The cigalike tasted like crap several months into vaping after good ejuice.

It's hard to pick up a cigalike once you have had good juice on a quality device. The cigalike tasted like crap several months into vaping after good ejuice.

I still like the smell of tobacco too, as long as it's not burning. I can sit with people who are smoking and don't get the urge to smoke, but I'll sit up wind from them.

My MVP 2.0 came with 2 dual coil iclear16 tanks. I love these tanks because they are top fill. I hated having to unscrew my other tanks from the battery, and turn them upside down to fill them.

They come with tanks because the MVP kit is a "starter-kit" (battery/tank/charging-cable), and well... because they can... if they can start you off with their tanks, you'll likely stick with them for a while, rather than invest your money with Kanger or Aspire, etc. for their tanks. The iClear tanks are okay, but I did not prefer them over my Kanger tanks, although some people like them...

Now you know

Hi. I'm Jon from at the moment, Malaysia and I've got a few insights that's hopefully helpful to those new to this wonderful activity.

Firstly, I was a 2 pack a day smoker for nearly 50 years, and had really given up the idea of ever going a day without a cigarette, cigar or pipe. I really thought I'd hack myself to death, and at the time 61, sooner rather than later.

Then I discovered vaping. I'd discovered it a couple of years before, but the devices at the time didn't work very well. They looked like cigarettes or pens and you had to refill cotton or whatever fabric pieces in the filter looking part which contacted the coil to produce vapour. They weren't consistent, didn't produce quality flavour, and the batteries weren't reliable.

Then I got into the much improved devices with clearomizers, atomizers and tanks, batteries that would last a whole day, and that was a whole new world. I stopped smoking 4 May, 2013 and with a few bumps now know that I'll be vaping for as long as I live. I truly expect that to be quite a bit longer because I feel better than I did when I was 12 and bought my first pack. That's basically my credential for saying this. I know nicotine has addictive qualities, but in my opinion it's not nearly so addictive as the FDA would have you believe, If it were, those nicotine patches and gum along with a dummy cigarette for the hand to mouth habit would be a highly effective way to quit smoking. Basically they don't work for most people. They certainly didn't for me. My joke all those years ago was, "Yeah, I tried those patches, but I couldn't keep them lit."

I really think that the other 4000 or so chemicals produced in cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke are more important than people think. It's really easy to just blame nicotine. I'm convinced from the rush I get those few times I've been caught short and had to smoke analogues, that those chemicals have properties that are also highly addictive, probably more so than nicotine. They probably mimic narcotic analgesics to make you feel good about what you are doing even though you know intellectually it's killing you slowly. Other chemicals probably act as bronchodilators to ease breathing and calm wheezing. Still others probably are like steroids to reduce inflammation to keep you from noticing the damage being caused by the tar particles. Maybe that's why your lungs feel so bad after a night's sleep and deprivation from these chemicals, so that you're inclined to immediately want to feel better so you light a cigarette and almost immediately after hacking up a lung, feel so much better.

To conclude, the nicotine in vapour is a great help in overcoming the cigarette addiction, but so is the vapour cloud, and the hand to mouth activity. I strongly recommend you to buy a reasonable device and not one of those convenience store disposables before you decide if vaping will help you. I'm not very familiar with the names, and many here can direct you to some good starter products. My real point is to keep vigilant of those cravings that come from sources other than nicotine, and be prepared. If I had known this before I started I would have had an easier time making the decision to change smoke for vapour. Instead I actually listened to the idiot, easily swayed, easily lobbied FDA that nicotine was the major bad guy. I write this because I so want everyone who tries this to succeed. Plus, as many here say, it makes an awesome hobby. Best of luck to all you newbies. It really works. My real difficulty was deciding to switch, because I was afraid that life without cigarettes wasn't worth living. Then the discovery that quitting was almost totally painless.

It's been 504 days, and I'm loving life even without cigarettes!

Jon

I was a 2 pack a day smoker for many years. I started with Chantix April 4th of this year. Started vaping at the same time. Went from 2 packs a day to just 3 or 4 cigarettes a day in like 3 days. Quit cigs completely April 24th. I only cheated 2 or 3 times after that by taking a puff and immediately put it out because it tasted nasty. Havent even tasted a cigarette in about 3 months. I still have half a pack in my motorcycle saddlebag which I need to throw away.

We may be trading one habit for another, but in the 5 months since I quit smoking 2 packs a day, I no longer have the cough, no longer have the wheezing sound every time I try to breathe. I can smell things now that I couldn't smell for years, and food tastes better now (gained a little weight because of this LOL). I would say that vaping is the better habit.... cheaper too, for me anyway.

We may be trading one habit for another, but in the 5 months since I quit smoking 2 packs a day, I no longer have the cough, no longer have the wheezing sound every time I try to breathe. I can smell things now that I couldn't smell for years, and food tastes better now (gained a little weight because of this LOL). I would say that vaping is the better habit.... cheaper too, for me anyway.

I couldn't believe how fast vaping turned me off of cigarettes completely once I got the right juice and nic content. I didn't set a goal of quitting analogs completely, although I was planning to eventually for my girlfriend/future wife and the kiddos.

Once the cravings weren't so strong, cigarettes tasted so nasty and made me feel so bad, so without the strong cravings there just wasn't a lot of motivations considering the pros vs cons.

Has it surprised anyone how strong and awful the smell is when a smoking coworker comes into your office or you smell someone around you that is a smoker? Even hours later although the "whiff" when they walk by isn't as forceful it's still an awful, strong, "wow I can't believe I ever smelled that bad" type of smell for me.

I have only been smoke free for about a month and a half. I tried to smoke an analog about 3 days ago, took two drags and put it out. Awful! Even when my friends light up I can't stand the smell anymore!

I have to say I do feel a LOT better since I've stopped.

I still have a lot of friends who have no desire to quit smoking and today I was with one of them.
I have to say, the smell of cigarettes makes me nauseated after 6 months of having been smoke free but after a few beers I asked my friend if I could have one of his cigarettes. I held onto it till I got home. I kept asking myself, do you really want to put this stupid thing in your mouth, smell like the bowling alley bar and hate everything about yourself again?

Well I guess I was pretty buzzed because once I got home I walked outside (no way do I ever want my house to smell like cigarette trash again) went around the corner (so none of my neighbors could see me) and lit it up....

On the first drag I immediately remembered the familiar taste of what tobacco smoke tastes like on the pallet... SH!T!

The second drag had my conscious asking me why are you doing this!!!?

And 1/2 way through the third drag the cigarette was under my shoe while I squashed it out!

Tobacco is NASTY! Never EVER again will it put one of those stupid coffin nails in my mouth!

So proud to be smoke free!

I'm sorry for your loss.

The chantix can be a good tool. It was responsible for my longest time span i have gone without an analog. It just didn't stick for me.

I am only a little over 2 months in this time, and only vaping. So far so good.

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