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Since last week, I have been trying to drop down my analog usage by being aware of when and how many I smoke as well as always using it when I spend time with my wife even out on our back patio. The weekends are hard while watching football and drinking a few, but I cut down to 8 analogs on Saturday and only 5 on Sunday. My wife and I figured out that she is very fidgety and nervous and she has found a certain amount of relaxation in just even holding the e-cig in her hand. She also found it relaxing just to close her eyes and lean back and take a drag and hold it in her mouth. She sometimes swallows and inhales through her nose, but if she is going to use the e-cig, I want her to get the relaxation whether she inhales or not, and she really does seem to get what she was looking for out of it while still using the 0 nic. I gave her a case and she now carries a DSE 901 in her purse with preloaded strawberry and menthol atty's and cartridges. How often she uses it to relieve stress will be seen in the future, but I think using the e-cig is better than taking a xanax when she is stressed and needs to get away for a few minutes.

Thank you all for the great ideas. As they say, old habits die hard. I am not going to beat myself up for not getting off of analogs completely so far, but I am trying to at least be more aware of when and how many analogs I smoke. I found that by counting, I am smoking less and vaping more. My wife, a non smoker is vaping a little bit with me and finds that the flavors are pretty good and it reduces her fidgity tendancies with her hands if she is holding one. She is using 0 nicotine, and when I am with her now, I mostly vape instead of smoke. In the last 5 days I have only had 1 pack of analogs. When I started vaping, I was smoking a carton a week and dropped to about 4 or 5 packs a week with the vaping. With the effort, I am now down to about a pack and a half and I will keep working on it. It is funny that I do not even carry a pack with me and I no longer carry a lighter in my pocket. The only time I use the analogs now is at home. I will keep the faith and continue to work on this. It kind of motivates me that I turned my neighbors on to vaping and they have now been analog free for 5 days.

I don't know that she was planning on taking up smoking for sure, but she sure was talking about it a lot and we do have a lot of friends who smoke as well as me. So far I have introduced 4 of my smoker friends to e-cigs and I am cutting way down on analogs myself - only 2 yesterday and 1 so far today. The fact that she tried an analog in the 1st place was sort of an indicator to me.

Thank you for your comment. As I told Uma, this is a touchy subject at best. I do think it is very sexy when a woman smokes, and it was incredible to watch her smoke an analog the 1st time, but I don't want her to start something that she can't stop if she wants to. If I was doing it because I want her to, I would probably be making sure that she was using something besides 0 nicotine to ensure that she gets addicted. Since this is not my choice, I am letting her try it and learn how to do it with 0 nicotine. If she decides that she wants to take it up as a habit that will be her choice alone and I will not force that choice on her in any way. I love my wife very much and I just want her to relax and enjoy life more and I would never force her to do something that she wasn't open to.

Yes Uma, I do accept your apology. I know it is a touchy subject. The question is whether she would do it on her own or whether she is doing it because I do it and want her to share with me. I told her the other day that I was going to stop trying to teach her and have her vape more often with me because it does get a little frustrating. She asked me not to quit trying and that sometimes she just doesn't feel like it and she wants to do it when we have more time. She does not want to vape or smoke in any way in front of our son and since he goes to bed at 8:30 to 9:00 and she goes to bed between 9:30 and 10:00 we only get a limited amount of time together each day. In addition to the vaping, we are sharing many other things, but the main objective is to change her unhappy rituals and get her to relax and be more uninhibited overall.

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In all honesty, there are several things going on here. First, my wife's job is horrible and she comes home in tears on many nights. She has mentioned that she was thinking of taking up smoking just so she could go outside for a break. She has also mentioned that she needs a way to relax and that I seem to get a lot of pleasure out of smoking. She also wants to try new things that are outside her comfort level without totally going off the deep end. She tried a regular cigarette a few weeks ago and found it relatively unpleasant, but said that she would want to try it again and remained open. This week as she was almost in tears after work, she mentioned that she would love to smoke for 2 weeks to learn how to do it properly so that she could smoke only when she gets stressed out. I am the one that suggested the e-cig as an alternative and I bought her 3 flavors of 0 nicotine juice. Second, I do like that she and I can share this. It has actually opened up a whole new line of communication for us and we are spending a lot more time together now whether she vapes or not. Even when she doesn't vape, she mentions that she wants to learn, but she wants to do it when there is more time on the weekend or when she isn't just getting over her current cold. I make the 0 nic e-cig available to her, but I don't push her unless she starts talking about it herself. Third, I do find it a little sexy that she is doing something that she would not have done in the past. It was exciting the night that she smoked the analog and I have to admit that it got me excited. I don't however want her to take up smoking or vaping on a regualr daily basis and I don't want her to get addicted to anything that will harm her. I am providing her with the 0 nicotine so that she can learn easily without getting addidcted and then she can vape when she feels like it a few times a week in the evenings without NEEDING to smoke or vape because she is addicted. Fourth, in addition to the vaping, I have started her playing backgammon with me, and most nights she has an evening cocktail with me to take the edge off. All of this is a process to help her reduce stress and learn how to relax, and it all works together as her and I work together. Sorry that was so long, but it was a great thing for you to make me think about her and my motivation in this. Thank you!!

That was a great response Popsicle and thank you for that. I am using the DSE 901 with 36mg nicotine juice. My biggest problem is the ritual of lighting up, smoking for a few minutes and putting it out. I am now always vaping during the day, but haven't gotten over that 1st one in the morning and the evenings with my daily cocktail. As I spend more time with my wife and talk and share, it is getting better. On Wednesday I only had 4 analogs and just 2 yesterday. For my wife, she is very stressed and somewhat uptight and basically is looking to let go a little bit and do things to relax that are outside of her normal routine. She is joining me most evenings for a cocktail to take the edge off and we started playing backgammon. She hasn't vaped in the last week due to being sick, but expressed an interest in spending some time learning more this weekend.. Prior to all of this, she busied herself around the house each night until bedtime and never stopped to relax and smell the roses. The vaping is just one of the ways that we are using to change her routine and help her relax.

I use the DSE 901 automatic with blank cartriges and the e liquid juice in 36. These seem to at least equal the cigarettes that I was smoking and gives a great throat hit and pretty good amount of vapor. You can get replacement parts and starter kits at a lot of different places. I found the cheapest is www.ecigarettecigar.com. They have a pretty good selection. and the starter kit is only $36.00 and includes 2 batteries, 2 atomizers, 5 blank cartridges and a wall charger. The e liquid is only $6.00 for a 15ml bottle and if you spend over $75.00 total the shipping is free. I have 4 batteries and 11 atty's with one for each flavor that I use. I have bought 3 staerter kits to get all of this and now have 3 chargers with 2 at home and one at work so that I never have to worry about having a charged battery. The DSE 901 seems to last about 4 hours on a charge and only takes about an hour to recharge.

Thank you for the supportive reply. I am not forcing her to do this, but I do make the zero nicotine ones available to her so that if she wants to do this, she won't get addicted to the nicotine and can just do it to relax and unwind after a stressful day.

I am still working on this. Yesterday, I only had 4 analogs. I did manage to go one weekend staying at my in laws house without using any analogs, and another weekend staying with friends where I only had 2 analogs over the 3 day weekend. Yesterday and today I only had one analog when I got up instead of my usual 2 or 3 before leaving for work, and when I got home I waited about an hour before I had my second of the day. It was a stressful evening with a packed schedule and when it was all done, I had 2 more in the late evening with my evening drink. Any other suggestions?

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I use the DES 901 and like it pretty well, but I have been thinking of trying the EGO. I have found the cheapest place to get my supplies is http://ecigarettecigar.com/ecigshop/ They have it in stock for $45.00 and the e-juice they have is preety good and is only $6.00 for 15 ml. Tell Alan that Tim referred you if you try this site. Shipping and customer service is excellent. I usually get my products in 2 to 3 days and if anything is wrong or does not work, he ships a replacement out immediately.

I have been vaping for about a year and a half and I am still smoking analogs 1st thing in the morning and in the evenings. I quit vaping for about 8 months when my 1st dse 901 stopped working (I guess the batteries wear out). I bought another 901 plus a spare starter kit and although I haven't stopped analogs altogether yet, I have cut back from a little over a pack a day to about 6 or 7 a day. For me it is the process of lighting up and taking a break. I vape all day at work without using an analog, but I do it at my desk and it is not the same as taking time out for an analog. I will not beat myself up for smoking analogs, and I hope eventually I won't use them at all.

She is mainly doing it as a diversion. She has a horrid job and a lot of stress. She only vapes about once or twice a week when we have free time in the evenings after the little one has gone to bed and before she goes to bed an hour later.

Wow, pretty harsh responses here. She is a very stressed lady and I try to find things that we can share in the she likes to do, but she is very busy and unless she has a reason to sit down and take a break for a few minutes, she will just run herself into the ground. She has talked about taking up analogs and even tried one a few weeks ago, and I said that it would be better to try vaping than analogs and she agreed. The fact that it gave us something additional to share in and gave her an opportunity to sit down and do something that takes her mind off of everything is a bonus. Unless I quit both analogs and vaping, I suspect that she will take up one or the other eventually and I would prefer it to be vaping.

I appreciate your honesty Jkimbo. You are correct in a lot of ways. My wife is coming with me willingly and believe it or not, the experience has made us closer over the last few weeks because it is something we can take time together with and share. She is using 0 nicotine and only doing it when we sit down in the evenings together to relax (which we weren't doing before). If it helps make us closer and helps me at the same time, is there really any harm?

I have been vaping for a little over a year, but can't seem to get off of the analogs completely. I have cut down by over 60%, but still am smoking about 6 to 8 analogs a day. My wife tried her 1st analog a few weeks ago at age 42 and found the experience quite unpleasant. She has been trying the e-cig over the last few weeks and seems to be OK with it, but has only done it a few times a week. I find that when she is trying the e-cig, I am more likely to leave the analogs sit and vape instead. She is using 0 nicotine and is still learning. Is it wrong of me to encourage her to do it more so that we can share and to help me reduce my analog intake?

That would probably be great to have a 5 minute battery that would also recharge in 45 minutes or less.

Wow, you are right, that is expensive, but it is kind of weird looking too. The DSE 901 is sort of elegant and I just bought a second starter kit for $36.00 that includes 2 batteries, 2 atomizers, 5 empty carts and a wall charger. I also just got the lemon flavored 36mg juice that is not too bad. I like the fact that I now have 1 charger for work and one for home and this now gives me 6 atomizers which I can dedicate to different flavors.

I think the main reason that I still smoke analog cigarettes along with using the e-cig is because of the timing/break aspect. When I smoke an analog, I begin by taking one out of the package and then I light it. I smoke it for a short period of time and when it burns down close to the filter I put it out and the process is complete. With the e-cig, there is no difinitave beginning or ending to the process. I keep it in my pocket or on my desk and just pick it up and take a drag. I may hold it for a little while and take several drags in a row, but there is no beginning and ending to the process. How do I get over this as it seems to be the main reason I keep up with the analogs. They are more of an event. They don't even taste that good anymore.

I have been vaping for about a year and a half and my wife has started trying it even though she does not smoke analogs (she uses 0 nicotine). I currently use the DSE 901 and like the shape and smoke from it, but wonder if there are better types out there. I currently get my supplies from www.ecigarettecigar.com but they are limited on brands and juices. I am looking for something that does not have a huge stupid looking battery, is fairly light weight, is easy to use and gives a lot of vapor. As for liquid, I am looking for a variety of flavors with several levels of nicotine including 36, 24, 18, 6 and 0 levels. I know this site has a store, but outside of that, does anyone have any usefull sugestions? Also, what is the difference between VG and PG and how do you know which one you are getting?