need advice, not sure where to post this

[krawhitham]

7. disposable e-cigarettes did not work for me, here is what did

Take all this in with a grain of salt because I've only been cigarette free for 2 months (was 1.5 packs a day), I do not think I will relapse, this is the longest I have been smoke free in 20 years

I had tried disposable e-cigarettes on and off for almost 2 years and they in no way helped get me off the real thing. I then decided I had to quite no matter what because of the HC surcharge for smokers

At the start of May I picked up a refilliable/reuseable/rechargable e-cigarette from Halo. I also bought some patches (strongest they make).

I used patches and the e-cigarette for a week. The patch helped the cravings a lot but not all the way, the E-cig filled in the gap most of the time (I had about 1 real cig a day. I light it, take a puff then put it out, relight as needed through the day). During this time I noticed the cravings were less and less after the 1st couple days I was only switching the patch every 36-48 hours instead of the directed 24 hours

So I stopped using the patch and used the E-cig a little more the 2nd week, and I noticed I was not smoking all of my "allotted" real cig each day

When the 3rd week rolled around I stopped smoking any real cig (removed them all from the house), but I was using the e-cig a lot more.

Since that 3rd week I've only been using the E-Cig but I have greatly reduced how much I use the e-cig. This reduction was not planed or attempted it is just what I've noticed over time. Also I started with 24mg NIC level now I'm at 12mg.

So in the last 2 months on the E-cig I dropped my NIC level by half and I'm also only using half the liquid I was when I started. I have bought plenty of different flavors and a few extra batteries.

Knowing what I know now I would not have started with the Halo E-cig, their batteries are not compatible with most atomizers. Starting off now I would have bought a Ego Spinner battery and charger, that will let you use any EGO and/or 510 atomizer. But Halo's juice is some of the best I have found

If cost is a main concern shop from Fasttech.com Everything has free shipping but it is shipping from Hong Kong and it takes 1 to 1.5 weeks to get your items. Besides time Fasttech is great for hardware but do not buy any juices from them because you have no idea what they contain. Most USA juice makers give you a breakdown of what they are using


My plan is to drop to 0mg NIC and continue to use the e-cig as a food suppressant


E-Cigarette Forum is a great source of info on E-Cigs


BTW the NIC from a real cig hit you in 5-7 seconds, the NIC from an E-cig takes 25-35 seconds (something about vaper being larger than smoke)