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[nebulas]

I am new to this forum. I saw some threads that I wanted to contribute to but I am not allowed to reply to them. Is there some kind of waiting period or post count quota I must meet before I can reply to any thread?

On another note, I guess I will introduce myself. I have been a vapor for about 10 months. When I got my first ecig I actually didn't get it to quit smoking. I actually got it so I could smoke MORE! I was a diehard 15yr pack and a half to two packs a day smoker that had accepted the fate of death from smoking at 63 years old. (I'm only 31 now.) I LOVED smoking! I just hated all the smoking bans in all the bars and restaurants that forced me to stand outside in the cold like an outcasted criminal. So I purchased my first ecig kit so I could vape where I couldn't smoke and continue to smoke analogs as normally did. However, when I tried them, I was perfectly content puffing the ecig over an analog. For me it was super easy to give up the analogs. Maybe because I didn't have any rules about not smoking and I knew if I wanted a cig I could have one because I wasn't ever trying to quit, I don't know. It's almost like I quit by accident. Ever since I got my first ecig I have not gone back. Well, except a couple of times simply because I had dead batteries and a nic craving so I reluctantly lit up a smoke thinking I was going to be reminded of how much better real analog cigs are but to my surprise they tasted like complete garbage. I can't believe I actually smoked those nasty things for so long.

I have tried to get friends and family on the ecig and after seeing that it worked for me they knew it must be real but they all tried and failed. For some it just didn't work and for others it was just too much work in maintaining the parts and keeping supply's on hand. I think it takes a certain type of person to quit with the ecig. First I think you have to understand that you are replacing your habit and not quitting your habit. I also think you have to be a person who likes gadgets and gizmos and likes to take them apart. I personally think it has more to do with that than needing the desire to really want to quit. JMO.

[Viper Ron]

3 posts here then you can And welcome to the Forum

Edited November 11, 2011 by Viper Ron

[Jeffb]

Welcome to Vapor Talk

[Mark]

Nebulas, You said it all brother! When I first got my PV, I hadn't planned on quitting at all. After 30 years and 2 packs a day the e-cig did it for me too. Welcome to Vapor Talk!!

[nana]

Welcome to Vapor Talk!! A lot of us have almost the same story. I wanted to replace smoking with vaping because I didn't want to quit smoking and it was just that easy for me. I smoked a pack and a half per day for 34 years and have been smoke free for 2 years now and it still amazes me.

[Uma]

Welcome to VT, Nebulas!!