Any smokers here? Wanna quit?
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So Gai, you have been using E-cigs for a while?
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Sometimes you DO need that stinking smell/taste in your mouth. I still smoke cigarettes, too - but much less. I could not imagine a morning coffee or after a great lunch without a real cigarette but eCigs are great to be sitting at the computer and only sucking a draught or two - instead of letting half a cigarette burn. You know the kind: when you are waiting for a render or a download to complete and you feel "obliged" to do something in the meanwhile.
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@baz said:
PS: How are you going Solo, day 3?
Yup and going strong, no desire to touch the stinky anologues.
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Congratulations Pete!
Csaba, my mother did the same. She massively cut down cigarettes first for two weeks, then one day she didn't buy any more cigarettes. Everyone is different and suddenly stopping suited me but maybe not others. I know the feeling, you click render and immediately spark up.
You start to associate any waiting activity with having a cig.Baz, I've never been confronted by anyone. They may be confused for a second but nobody has told me to stop vaping. The stealth vaping technique is only really needed on a packed train etc.
Jeez every time I type vaping my auto-spell changes it to gaping!! Gotta be careful!
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Here they come!!! RJ Reynolds making ecigs & pushing for laws to kill the others
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Yeah the tobacco and traditional NRT companies such as Niquitin must be very worried indeed. I saw this coming the moment I began vaping, it's almost too good to be true.
So when they come to tax/restrict such products, I'll be buying 1000 bottles of E-liquid the night before!
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@jpalm32 said:
Here they come!!! RJ Reynolds making ecigs & pushing for laws to kill the others
As expected in America, big business buys loud politicians, they all do it, it's corruption out in the open. That's why we cannot have nice things.
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A long way off though mate, the public outcry will be enormous.
I'd like to see such stringent regulations on cigarettes; especially the thousands of chemicals they add! It's not even tobacco by the time you buy it.
You can make your own vapes anyway, screw em. If there's a ban/regulation I'll personally CNC everyone here my own E-Cig. It's just a battery, coil, wick and chamber.
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I can do the liquids, I have over a decade experience in food color and flavors, heck if I could just figure out where to get the nicotine base I would sell my own stuff.
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@olishea said:
A long way off though mate, the public outcry will be enormous.
I'd like to see such stringent regulations on cigarettes; especially the thousands of chemicals they add! It's not even tobacco by the time you buy it.
You can make your own vapes anyway, screw em. If there's a ban/regulation I'll personally CNC everyone here my own E-Cig. It's just a battery, coil, wick and chamber.
The coil is the key!
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OK... I'm tempted to try this eCig-thing...
I've just ordered an e-cig online... I assume I will get it early next week...
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Kim, welcome to the supreme club of international vapers!
Let us know which device you get and what you think.
@solo said:
I can do the liquids, I have over a decade experience in food color and flavors, heck if I could just figure out where to get the nicotine base I would sell my own stuff.
The nicotine base can be bought separately Pete, dunno about US regulations though. You can make your own flavours using the E-Liquid Calculator.
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@olishea said:
Kim, welcome to the supreme club of international vapers!
Let us know which device you get and what you think.
Cheers, Oli...
This is what I bought online...
Should get it Monday...
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Cool, I saw those in my Vape store, very popular starting setup they said. You gonna love it, did you know that vaping has an over 80% success rate (so they said) everyone that I have met so far (vapers) all quit from day one. I still have zero desire for a smoke, this shit works.
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OK, so it's more then 24 hours since I smoked my last stinkie. I can't believe it's so easy, way to easy.
I started yesterday at 8 pm (vaping) until 11 pm. I was taking like two puffs at 5 maybe 10 minutes intervals. Don't ask me why, it just felt ok for me this way. This morning around 8 o'clock, I was drinking my coffee, vaping and keep smiling like an idiot. It felt right, me and my wife drinking coffee in the same room. It was a great morning.
So, like Oli said "it like cheating". Now about my e-cig, it's called eGo-tech (iGo3) and the kit have: 2x Clearomizor iGo 3, 2x battery's eGo-Tech iGo3 at 650 mAh, 1x Adaptor 220 V, 1x circular charger (docking charger),1x USB cable. The battery autonomy it's like 900 puffs, But I can't tell, because I used both of my cigs, one with coca cola flavour, and the other without flavour. I'm on 24mg/g nicotine by the way. I only have two liquids because I didn't knew how it's going to taste like, but I definitely like the one with the flavour.
What can I say more, I'm in the technical stuff now, because I know I'll have to buy some "bits" sooner or later. As a conclusion, after one day only, everybody in my family is happy, because I was the only one who smoked. I didn't craved for a real one since I started yesterday, and I think this is the most important thing. I was smoking like a pack per day, and I tried to quit several times, and one thing I remember, and that's the feeling from first days without smoking, almost like a pain. Is not 100% sure others will succeed, but Oli is fine , Pete is fine, iichiversii is fine, I'm fine .....what can I say, if one of you want to quit smoking, then try this option. There is a big chance to join us.
Good job everyone!
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Oh Frederick, what strength nicotine did you get? I suggest 24mg to start, it's perfect for quitting and then as time goes you can decrease it as needed.
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This is a great thread I hope you all remain smoke free....
I'll reserve judgement on whether to vape or not.
My only experience with an electronic ciggie left a bad opinion. But I'm not even sure if it was one of these vape things?
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Well done Kim! Yours have clearomizers with long wick. Oli said it's better, but I don't find them available in my country.
What I forgot to say in my previous post, is the fact that you feel that "kick" like the real smoke.
Oli, what method do you have when you clean your clearomizers, and how often you do it?
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@rich o brien said:
This is a great thread I hope you all remain smoke free....
I'll reserve judgement on whether to vape or not.
My only experience with an electronic ciggie left a bad opinion. But I'm not even sure if it was one of these vape things?
Not the same thing Rich, I remember trying an e-fag from Mike's suggestion a couple years ago and it was horrible, this is something completely different.
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Good choice Kim. As Pete says, it's great for beginners and won't break the bank. I'm happy with mine still, Pete significantly raised the bar though!
@rich o brien said:
This is a great thread I hope you all remain smoke free....
I'll reserve judgement on whether to vape or not.
My only experience with an electronic ciggie left a bad opinion. But I'm not even sure if it was one of these vape things?
Well when you're in town next, just bob into the shop and sample it. The old style E-Cigs produce nowhere near as much smooth vapour as these. Plus with the choice in flavours and nicotine strength, they are significantly better (and cheaper) products. I first tried a Nicolite toy-looking cigarette last year, tasted like crap and as expensive as smoking but I knew it would be the future. Now these devices have taken the experience to another level. To make a product that actually beats the smoking sensation is pure genius.
@stefanq said:
Oli, what method do you have when you clean your clearomizers, and how often you do it?
Cheers!I don't clean, the middle clearomizer part lasts between 1-2 weeks so you just replace. When the taste starts to fade, or tastes a bit smokey, time to replace the clearomizer. You can clean the mouthpiece with water if you want. By topping up your E-LIquid things keep moving anyway.
I have found the new reinforced clearomizers/atomizers last much longer. And yes the longer wick helps draw up more E-Liquid. The old ones cracked and eventually leaked slightly. You will find an online shop that supplies them....don't worry about replacing, they are cheap! The battery part and everything else does not need replacing.
Tips: Don't let your liquid run low. Top up when there's about a quarter remaining to keep a nice flavour.
If you ever get a small amount of E-Liquid in your mouth, just rinse out with water.
Also when topping up your E-Liquid don't get any in the small vapour hole as it causes a blockage.
To remove a blockage, roll up some tissue and insert into the vapour hole. Now instead of inhaling, blow into the device and any liquid will come out the air holes
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