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[Spiritdancer]

Hi All,
Glad to find this forum of like minded people.
I'm very new to the whole vaping concept; having been a smoker for 42 years, I finally switched to e-cigs this past weekend and happy to say I've not had - or wanted - a cigarette since. I started off with a ciggie type e-cig plus a basic starter kit with clearomizer etc, and have progressed from high strength nicotine, to medium and now mixing medium with low. My aim is to move onto zero nicotine in time, whenever I feel ready. 


I've also now bought a Vision kit plus a few liquids, mostly low nicotine. Not really had time to experiment much with all the liquid options, that is something to look forward to for the future. The cig type prefilled cartridges are not going to be my regular choice, although the advantage is that seem a lot mellower and don't cause any throat dryness, so I'll probably just keep those for late night use. Overall I find the tank type more satisfying. ll


When I first thought of switching to e-cigs I never imagined it would be so complex and so many different options available. Quite mind boggling really, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far and never thought I would be able to stop smoking so easily. 
Look forward to hearing how others are doing it and all about their preferred options.

[taz96]

to the forum@spiritdancer

[scimitar]

hello and welcome

[chrisjw]

Hi & welcome to the forum Spiritdancer...............


"Life...........is just a bowl of tricks!!!!!!"

[hijack]

Hi Spiritdancer to the forum.
Good to hear you have stopped smoking, I may have misunderstood, but you started vaping this last weekend and have managed to cut down the nicotine already? That's good going, many find it hard to cut the nic content down. I started on 18mg and now use 12mg Im going to give another month then maybe try 6mg.
To be honest, I like vaping, I find it nicer than smoking and as long as nothing emerges 'health wise', im happy to carry on doing it.
I started about mid February, and feel so much better now. I used to be out of breath after just walking for a while, but my fitness is definitely improving all the time.
There are a lot of options around for vaping, but if you take in a bit at a time you start to cotton on to what others are doing. Its just a case of finding what works for you.
Anyway enjoy using the forum and don't hesitate to ask anything you like.

[DiscoDes]

[autumntwist32]

Hello spiritdancer  like hijack I started vaping in Feb. I began on 24mg nicotine and moved to 18mg about 6 weeks later, I'm only now experimenting with dropping a few more mg here and there but I'm happy not to push myself at all as I feel it's a massive achievement in itself just to have switched from tobacco. Hope you enjoy the forum

[padiho]

Welcome spiritdancer. Yes it's truly mind boggling isn't it. I'm also a smoker of 40 years plus and started pretty much like you. I've progressed to a vision spinner and two years on find that's adaquate for me. I still can't quite believe I'm a non smoker...like you after 40 odd years I never thought I could give it up. So well done you

[gill2009]

 A very BIG welcome to AAEC Spiritdancer...just ask away, somebody will have the answer - enjoy 

[rich100]

Hello and to the best forum around loads of help and advise here mate.
Oh and well done on giving up the stinky's.

[toots]

Hi there Spiritdancer & to the best & most nuttiest & craziest e-cig forum

I'm sure you'll end up feeling quite at home here, so put your feet up and have a good look around at all the helpful posts peeps have placed on here. Well done on giving up the stinkies too and switching to e-cigs

[chuck]

Hello and Spiritdancer

[chykensa]

Spiritdancer - hi and a warm from me too

[Spiritdancer]

Jul 1, 2014 16:59:41 GMT hijack said:

Hi Spiritdancer to the forum.
Good to hear you have stopped smoking, I may have misunderstood, but you started vaping this last weekend and have managed to cut down the nicotine already? That's good going, many find it hard to cut the nic content down. I started on 18mg and now use 12mg Im going to give another month then maybe try 6mg.
To be honest, I like vaping, I find it nicer than smoking and as long as nothing emerges 'health wise', im happy to carry on doing it.
I started about mid February, and feel so much better now. I used to be out of breath after just walking for a while, but my fitness is definitely improving all the time.
There are a lot of options around for vaping, but if you take in a bit at a time you start to cotton on to what others are doing. Its just a case of finding what works for you.
Anyway enjoy using the forum and don't hesitate to ask anything you like.

Thanks very much for the welcome all.
Yes I started on Saturday, high nicotine because I used to smoke roll ups (Old Holborn) and thought I would need the high nic hit. But I also bought some medium strength and decided to move down to high/medium mixed on Sunday .... I was fine on that but felt I wanted to try cutting down further. The seller I first used didn't have any low strength so I had to wait till my online order arrived this morning to start mixing medium with low. It is a bit soon, but if I start getting cravings I'll just go back to all medium. I'm hoping the new flavours that arrived today will help distract me, they're all 8mg so we'll see lol. 

Glad to hear you are doing so well, it doesn't matter how you do it or how long it takes. I've made a conscious effort to keep my routines as similar as possible, which I'm sure is helping me a lot. I'm convinced the habit of smoking is as much an addiction as the actual substance. I always kept my smokes in the kitchen and went out there to smoke .... so I do exactly the same with vaping. I also knew I would miss the rolling, especially early mornings, so I make sure I have something to do each morning - filling tanks, charging batteries etc, or just fiddling with liquid bottles. Sounds daft but it does help. 

Like you, I'm enjoying vaping and that has to be half the battle. I still have a long way to go in learning everything but I'm certainly very glad I took the first step. 

One daft question I have   I don't intend getting into self mixing liquids or any of the technical stuff, but I have a tank now that is about half full of tobacco flavour liquid. I just went ahead and added 5 or 6 drops of cappuccino to it. I know you're supposed to either wait till the tank is empty or use a different tank but is there any reason why you can't just add drops of different flavours? Or is it against Vape Etiquette? 

[charon]

Greetings and to AAEC Spiritdancer

Please feel free to ask if you need assistance. We all had to start at sometime and the cumulative expertise on here is truly asstounding.

But above all, enjoy yourself