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I have managed to go without cigarettes for the last two days and after 22 years of smoking it's no mean feat.
I had to share in the way that I have done this.
I have started on 2.4 mg nicotine electronic vaping cigarettes.
No tar, smoke, Carbon Monoxide or any other associated chemicals - and it's the dogs ********
I have no craving to light up a normal fag, in fact I dont want one at all.
This is a revelation to me - I can have my kick of nicotine without the associated crappy tar, smell and chemicals.
I can also smoke anywhere - as it's only water vapour that is exhaled!
The cost saving is also amazing - I spent about £130 per month on fags (Now it will be about £20 per month on refills that have the same effect.
This is the most amazing stop smoking thing I have used (tried gum, patches e.t.c.)
I felt that I had to pass this on - if you want to try it send me a pm and I will try to give you some advice.
By the way the NHS do not recommend this as a way to stop smoking because you are still using nicotine - how wrong are they!
I am a hardened smoker and I still don't want a normal fag - I'll stick with my vapestick thanks!
redken1
11-08-13, 04:12 PM
Well done Rabb and good luck. I gave up over a year ago with the help of chewing gum. One of my mates is on the electronic fags and swears by them too. I bet the Treasury and cigarette industry is squirming at the lost revenue from so many switching to the electronic substitute. Some one told me that over 1 million people are now using them. Keep it up
Stick with it mate, smoked for 20yrs 20 a day gave up 8yrs ago, feel so much better for it too :)
Thanks Ken - Will do!
I just can't believe how good they are!
"The futures bright, the future is vaping"
Thanks Wes - I know I'm still a nicotine addict but it will do no harm in this format so hey, onwards & upwards!
Last Train
11-08-13, 09:18 PM
:cool:
Conehead
11-08-13, 09:42 PM
For a moment I thought the thread was about 2 strokes. ;)
Only kidding. Good on you for making this big decision.
I used to smoke 30 - 40 a day for 18 years and I quit 6 years ago when I found out my wife was pregnant with my first child and never looked back. I have my moments when I would like one but apparently this never goes away.
I used a fake ciggie type of thing that you used like a real one, worked a treat. Patches were crap.
Good luck
I used a fake ciggie type of thing that you used like a real one, worked a treat. Patches were crap.
Yep I agree the patches are crap - I could never get them to light properly!
Ken, CH, Swanny & any others
Still cigarette free, and enjoying the e-cig alternative.
That about £18 I've saved already since I stopped........
Conehead
12-08-13, 08:04 PM
Well done Rabb
Five weeks cigarette free - saved a fortune with my vaping!
This is the single best way to give up cigarettes!
Pm me if you want to try this and I will advise the best types to try!
It costs me 1/5 of what smoking used to cost me and is in my opinion a better way to ingest nicotine.
RedSoul
08-09-13, 04:16 PM
I found a much better and cheaper way to stop smoking........I stopped putting cigarettes in my mouth four years ago and it cost me nothing.
Conehead
08-09-13, 05:27 PM
Well done for sticking with it Rabb. Well worth it in the end.
Five weeks cigarette free - saved a fortune with my vaping!
This is the single best way to give up cigarettes!
Pm me if you want to try this and I will advise the best types to try!
It costs me 1/5 of what smoking used to cost me and is in my opinion a better way to ingest nicotine.
Nice one Rabb !!! :cool: I've been vaping for a while now maybe we could exchange info suppliers etc .
Nice one Rabb !!! :cool: I've been vaping for a while now maybe we could exchange info suppliers etc .
Yep - sounds good to me!
I use Hangsen Gold & Silver mainly and RY6 for a change.
Best deals on liquid are with www.shopecigarette.co.uk
Really reliable and delivered next day - quality supplier!
I use Kanger EVOD's and an Innokin SVD - great vapes both!
The reason the NHS does not recommend e cigarettes is that they have not been tested and therefore unregulated. This means that they are not sure what they contain.
It is not because they contain nicotine, patches and other methods of giving up smoking contain nicotine, in a regulated dose.
Nicotine by itself is not dangerous, its the other chemicals that you inhale while smoking that causes the problems.
The government doesn't like them because they are not taxing them. Yet...
Great Stuff Rabb. Stick with it!!!
Conehead
09-09-13, 02:50 PM
The government doesn't like them because they are not taxing them. Yet...
That is soon to change. Thieving bastards.
Yep - sounds good to me!
I use Hangsen Gold & Silver mainly and RY6 for a change.
Best deals on liquid are with www.shopecigarette.co.uk (http://www.shopecigarette.co.uk)
Really reliable and delivered next day - quality supplier!
I use Kanger EVOD's and an Innokin SVD - great vapes both!
I started with a totally wicked Tornado Tank now using a vision vivi nova large tank still using the same ego style batteries and currently awaiting a Sigelei zmax telescopic vv/vw mod and a rapid cartotank and cartomizers ( Boge low resistance 1.8 ohm cartos) looking for greater vapour, throat hit, flavour, production :cool:
Cloud 9 Vaping - electronic cigarettes, e-liquid & e-smoking supplies (http://www.cloud9vaping.co.uk/epages/yxve46fvrnud.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/yxve46fvrnud/Categories)
Vape Escape (http://www.vapeescape.co.uk/)
Alba Vapours (http://alba-vapours.co.uk/)
great deals on all your electronic cigarette and e-liquid needs. high quality tried and tested products based in the uk . (http://www.health-e-vape.co.uk/index.asp)
I wish I could do the vapour thing, I feel like I'm missing out on all the fun :p
I wish I could do the vapour thing, I feel like I'm missing out on all the fun :p
Its not like you to be a sarky git swan !!! :p
http://www.cloud9vaping.co.uk/WebRoot/Store/Shops/yxve46fvrnud/51FA/52E3/0CF5/976B/7D20/58D0/C971/C5D5/Ecigs_save_lives_sticker.jpg
http://www.cloud9vaping.co.uk/WebRoot/Store/Shops/yxve46fvrnud/51FA/52E3/0CF5/976B/7D20/58D0/C971/C5D5/Ecigs_save_lives_sticker.jpg
Ditto +1
By the way everyone - some e-cigs including the ones I use have been tested to CE and ROHS standards and passed, and are marked accordingly. The e- liquids that I use only contain vegetable and propyl glycerine, food flavourings and sweeteners to give the vaping taste. Hangsen liquids contain no nasty chemicals and are TUV tested. So, it follows that the devices and liquids are as safe as anything else that has passed the CE, ROHS & TUV standards.
I started with a totally wicked Tornado Tank now using a vision vivi nova large tank still using the same ego style batteries and currently awaiting a Sigelei zmax telescopic vv/vw mod and a rapid cartotank and cartomizers ( Boge low resistance 1.8 ohm cartos) looking for greater vapour, throat hit, flavour, production :cool:
Cloud 9 Vaping - electronic cigarettes, e-liquid & e-smoking supplies (http://www.cloud9vaping.co.uk/epages/yxve46fvrnud.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/yxve46fvrnud/Categories)
Vape Escape (http://www.vapeescape.co.uk/)
Alba Vapours (http://alba-vapours.co.uk/)
great deals on all your electronic cigarette and e-liquid needs. high quality tried and tested products based in the uk . (http://www.health-e-vape.co.uk/index.asp)
Keep on vaping DC
Nice kit you've got - thanks for the supplier list......
I wish I could do the vapour thing, I feel like I'm missing out on all the fun :p
You are Swanny!
That is soon to change. Thieving bastards.
The governmental debate on use of e-cigs has been postponed until 2016!
They will probably classify as a medicine. So I'll just have to pop off to my GP and tell them that I will have to go back on normal cigs if I can't get my vaping kit. Then I'll have to have it on prescription?!!!
If it's classed as a medicine I don't think they can directly tax it but, I wouldn't put anything past these b@@@@@ds
I have already started stocking up! Just in case.
I should have enough for a few years of vaping as I am going to get into mixing my own concoctions.
Stuntsunlimited
21-09-13, 08:06 PM
I've been vaping for months now with an evic and genesis atomiser.. I have found some serious side effects though, my sense of smell has improved, I can taste food, I no longer get out of breath climbing the stairs, and little to no chest pains answering the phone... Cigarettes are one the governments biggest routes of revenue... Of course there will be stories saying they're harmful... Keep vaping
I've been vaping for months now with an evic and genesis atomiser.. I have found some serious side effects though, my sense of smell has improved, I can taste food, I no longer get out of breath climbing the stairs, and little to no chest pains answering the phone... Cigarettes are one the governments biggest routes of revenue... Of course there will be stories saying they're harmful... Keep vaping
what genny have you got Stunts ?
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m596/daddycool42/Vaping/150920131692_zps952b451e.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/daddycool42/media/Vaping/150920131692_zps952b451e.jpg.html)
Stuntsunlimited
23-09-13, 05:59 PM
I'm running a Cobra - I prefer the rebuildables to the cartomisers. I started off with an iTaste VV. I still have the odd ciggy... But nothing like the 40 a day I used to smoke. I think tomorrow I will not have an analogue but I fear I will run out of juice.
I'm running a Cobra - I prefer the rebuildables to the cartomisers. I started off with an iTaste VV. I still have the odd ciggy... But nothing like the 40 a day I used to smoke. I think tomorrow I will not have an analogue but I fear I will run out of juice.
Looking into the rebuildables myself possibly the AC9 by Vapinaze :cool: . There's a new shop opened in Bath ,not too good for hardware but have checked reviews and their juice is supposed to be pretty good . You can get there in 40 minutes from Swindon :D http://www.miragecigarettes.co.uk/shop/oasis-e-liquid-pg/ so no need to run out of juice !!! Stay off the analogues :( even if it's just to deprive the chancellor of your hard earned !!!
Stuntsunlimited
24-09-13, 04:35 PM
Looking into the rebuildables myself possibly the AC9 by Vapinaze :cool: . There's a new shop opened in Bath ,not too good for hardware but have checked reviews and their juice is supposed to be pretty good . You can get there in 40 minutes from Swindon :D http://www.miragecigarettes.co.uk/shop/oasis-e-liquid-pg/ so no need to run out of juice !!! Stay off the analogues :( even if it's just to deprive the chancellor of your hard earned !!!
It strange as I don't like the taste of analogues now. AC9 looks pretty sweet. I ordered some of my favourite vape from the internet now.
Birdylegs
24-09-13, 07:03 PM
I'm stopping smoking by using tablets they work I just wake up not wanting a smoke iv smoked for 20 years and only time I want to put hand to mouth is for tea or mc'd (ok but ant stopped smoking yet but there working)
Stuntsunlimited
25-09-13, 02:24 PM
I'm stopping smoking by using tablets they work I just wake up not wanting a smoke iv smoked for 20 years and only time I want to put hand to mouth is for tea or mc'd (ok but ant stopped smoking yet but there working)
I tried the tablets too a fashion. they worked, but gave me hellish nightmares, I could think straight, i killed a couple of people... well slight exaggeration there! I wouldn't touch that stuff again.
Found a very interesting vid about vaping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3zZWTUa0iQ
:D
Stuntsunlimited
02-08-14, 11:10 AM
Found a very interesting vid about vaping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3zZWTUa0iQ
:D
Thats a great video... Beautifully shot...
yep.. some great advice there.. :)
I started vaping recently, just bought a cheapie e pen off ebay.. just a thin tank on top. You can buy 'em for 9 quid or so all in ..I bought some fruit flavour liquids locally, but after a few days the taste changes to a sooty flavour. tastes like the wick is burning out.
Should I spend more on a better quality vape kit?..
I bought a set of 5 tanks on the bay for a fiver, and they again taste fine for a while, then the sooty taste returns.
shouldn't be so tight I suppose.. ha ha
I enjoy vaping .. think I'll buy a better quality kit. any recommendations?
and where can I buy locally?
Chris you need the Aspire Nautilus Mini (I bought one today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H8iZlE0xvA
There are now two vaping shops in Trogtown. One opposite the White Swan and one opposite WHSmiths (this one sells the Aspire stuff)
Next you need a decent battery. I'm trying to find the one I want
Burbler
02-08-14, 08:32 PM
I gave up 'cold turkey' about 10 yrs ago after smoking for 40 yrs.
I had to have a laryngeal biopsy under GA and was told to not smoke during the preceding 48 hrs.
On discharge I was told to not smoke for the next 48 hrs. By coincidence I had just run out of rolling baccy and our regular booze & baccy trip to France / Belgium was cancelled.
So I stopped. It was hard and traumatic but I did it. After about 5 or 6 months I went berserk. Had to stop my main hobby as an official as I had nil tolerance. The girl-friend would not get in the car with me as I was driving like a maniac and screaming at road-users an pedestrians alike. Eventually it dissipated and I became sweet and lovely again.
So pleased I stopped. Huge financial gain and feel much better as well. Did put on some weight though.
Thanks for that Swanny... looks just what I'm after.. I'll take a trip into town and check 'em out. :)
http://ecigaretteguide.com.au/
Pretty good site for us learners :)
I tried a vape a while ago and didn't get on with it, I then gave up cold turkey and then started again about 6 months later. I've tried vaping again the past week and been successful but been using one of the older style e-cigs that looks like a fag. It works for me because I can gently puff away much the same as I would with a fag where as the vape thing I tried a while back was more like hitting some kind of crack pipe.
Tried this first and hated it
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh504/wr6133/IMG_20140804_101549_zps42ee0221.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/wr6133/media/IMG_20140804_101549_zps42ee0221.jpg.html)
Using these now and like them
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh504/wr6133/IMG_20140804_101527_zps26ae207c.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/wr6133/media/IMG_20140804_101527_zps26ae207c.jpg.html)
shiftyblake
04-08-14, 08:03 PM
Good luck, they are much better than lighting up. Once you have kicked the ciggy habit then go for the big one, off altogether. Best of Luck I smoked from 13 to 30 and gave up. Took years of trying. Now 44 and so glad I did !
I have been a regular vaper for over a year now.
My regular vape device is an Itaste VTR mod.
My fave juices are Banana, Gold & Silver and Gins Addiction (as a cleanser)
Hate the smell of regular fags now - and I generally move away from anyone smoking now.
Now up to 1 year and 3 days off regular fags - and love my vaping!
I have been a regular vaper for over a year now.
My regular vape device is an Itaste VTR mod.
My fave juices are Banana, Gold & Silver and Gins Addiction (as a cleanser)
Hate the smell of regular fags now - and I generally move away from anyone smoking now.
Now up to 1 year and 3 days off regular fags - and love my vaping!
My regular vape device is an Itaste VTR mod.
I looked at them but think I'll go for the itaste-mvp as it has a built in battery http://www.innokin.com/itaste-mvp.html
Either that or the VAMO V5 http://vamov5.com/
The shop opposite the white swan was selling them for £30 plus £10 for a battery
Have you tried the custard flavours that are all the rage?
Vamo V5 is meant to be good with Pro-Tanks
Haven't tried the custards yet - The shop by the Swan is getting them in sometime next week.
Stuntsunlimited
05-08-14, 04:01 PM
Might have a joytech evic intelligent vape device for sale if i can find the collar for it if anyones interested?
Looks interesting. How much are you looking for?
My wife stopped part way through January (she has had the odd one but now hates the taste). E-Cigs are the way to go. She's now onto Blueberry and Granny Smith flavours as why smoke something that still tastes like a cigarette. Very proud of her after smoking for so long.
If anyone's interested there is a shop in Church Street, Trowbridge that also lets you try the different flavours to see what you prefer.
I bought the VAMO V5 :cool:
bobf279
21-08-14, 11:09 PM
I managed to quit 4 and half years ago, 3 weeks on patches before I ditched them. Vaping would certainly have been an option for me back then, I have seen a quite a few heavy smokers just switch to vaping and stuck with it.
Just bought a Kangertech from church street shop... great taste, and they're only 8 quid.. with spare coils at 2 fifty a piece.. loving the vaping!
I have a Kangertech Mega. Wait till you upgrade your battery, you will love it even more :o
Good little shop isn't it
Tis a great shop Swanny... friendly helpful guys in there too.. recommended.
'Ban E-cigarette use indoors,' says WHO
The World Health Organization says there should be a ban on the use of e-cigarettes indoors and that sales to children should stop.
In a report the health body says there must be no more claims that the devices can help smokers quit - until there is firm evidence to support this.
WHO experts warn the products might pose a threat to adolescents and the foetuses of pregnant women.
But campaigners say regulations must be proportionate.
Tempting flavours According to the WHO legal steps need to be taken to end the use of e-cigarettes indoors - both in public spaces and in work places.
And the report focuses on the potential for products to spark wider cigarette use in children.
The health experts call for a ban on advertisements that could encourage children and non-smokers to use the devices.
And they say fruit, candy or alcoholic-drink style flavours should be prohibited too, while the sales of electronic cigarettes from vending machines should be heavily restricted.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/66239000/gif/_66239292_line2.gif
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75179000/gif/_75179546_e-cig_624.gif
1. On some e-cigarettes, inhalation activates the battery-powered atomiser. Other types are manually switched on
2. A heating coil inside the atomiser heats liquid nicotine contained in a cartridge
3. Liquid nicotine becomes vapour and is inhaled. The 'smoke' produced is largely water vapour. Many e-cigarettes have an LED light as a cosmetic feature to simulate traditional cigarette glow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28937610
I wonder why they are so set against them? http://www.thesealedvault.org/vb/forum/images/smilies/confused.png I'm sure most of you know that WHO couldn't give a **** about your health
Of course it's nothing to do with big pharma seeing their BS overpriced stop smoking aids no longer selling much because a respectable organisation such as the WHO wouldn't be a corporate whore. If GSK or Astra Zeneca had invented and patented these I'm sure the WHO would have the same view.
I am a hard core vaper..
I have been cigarette free for over a year.
I strip machines down and do 'dry burns' to clean elements e.t.c.
I have an ITaste VTR and a few Evods too
Any advice - pls PM me - I'm not an expert, but I have lots of experience.
http://www.lickwid.co.uk/
They are doing £1.25 for 10ml. I got their cherry cola and likwid energy flavours. Quite nice.
http://www.lickwid.co.uk/
They are doing £1.25 for 10ml. I got their cherry cola and likwid energy flavours. Quite nice.
Thanks - I will order some at that price
I will let you know of anything I come across thats a "Good Deal"
Good thread and I'm sure it is helpful for many people. From the point of view of my experience, I quited smoking several times. I tried electronic cigarettes, but nothing really worked until I became really ready to stop. When my wife told me she was pregnant, I understood that it was time to stop smoking.
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