Here is a good guide with pictures. I know you like pictures.
http://onvaping.com/beginners-guide-to- ... of-vaping/
The biggest mistake almost all of us land up making including my self is starting small. i.e. we start with that silly cigarette looking device. Only because its cheap.
I know its hard to justify a dripper and Mech mod as your first purchase. So what you need to do if your thinking of using e-cig to stop smoking is that you find an experienced e-cig user and ask him to show you all the gear. Worst case try and get a few drags from a proper setup. That is all your brain needs to make up its mind. Very few guys try a proper setup like a tank and go back to the Cig Alikes. If you skip the first step you safe money and time.
Q: Whats a good juice / strength to use to stop smoking.
Ans: Depends on how much you smoke right now.
If your a very heavy smoker i.e. more than 20 a day. Then you need 36 Mg/ML
If your a heavy smoker i.e. more than a pack a day. Then you should start with 24 MG/ML.
If your a light smoker you can start with 18 Mg/ML.
But as this is an unregulated market. You cant go by what is printed on the box.
For example Hangseng which is the cheapest e-juice in India seems to suffer from very low nicotine levels. Or the guys selling it in India are diluting it.
I was chain vaping 24 MG/ML of Hangseng Indian Tabaco. But two puffs on the LiteJoy 18MG/ML and my craving for nicotine was over.
Then I tried some 24 MG/ML from the USA and it made the litejoy look like nothing.
Bottom line is this. If you still have craving to smoke regular cigies. Then your not getting the right quality or strength of nicotine.
Trust me when you taste the real deal. You will know and you will feel zero need to light up. And even if you light up. You wont like it.
Q: Why are so many people against e-cig. Why so much wrong info out there ?.
Ans: Big Tabacco is worried. The Govt is worried. If people stop smoking then they will loose millions in Taxes and Profits. So they are going out of their way to make it sound like a bad idea.
They are very smart. Way smarter than you and me. For example. They have been able to effect policy changes at the FDA level. To ban and prevent the sale of e-cigs. They have also got the FDA in India to ban sales of anything above 20 MG/ML. Why ?. You may ask ?. Its simple. That way real cigirates can not be challenged. You want to get the best buzz. Then you must buy a cigirate. A real cigirate will have the best kick off nicotine. Plus the fact that its free base Nicotine so the body absorbs its much faster. This is how they keep the Tobacco lobby happy. Tomorrow if big tobacco feels challenged all it takes is one phone to the right politician and e-cig gets banned in India. For now at least its being allowed.
Q: What are the most common reasons for people failing to stop smoking even after trying e-cig.
Here are the most common reasons for failing to give up smoking. In order of man reasons to least.
a. They do not start out with a good Brand. They buy something crappy. Low quality gear and juice. Is the number 1 reason why people give up and return to smoking.
b. They fall for bad publicity like e-cigs can blow up. E-Cig is more harmful etc.
c. They do not plan their stocks and gear. Smoking e-cig is just like regular smoking. As in you need to make sure you are stocked up on e-juice. You have a working battery and your stock of cartomizers.
So plan. Have at least 2 batteries. Have your stock of ejuice. And dont get stuck without stocks.
d. Poor quality e-juice. With not enough nicotine. So you land up getting frustrated and crave a normal cigie. And your back.
e. You play mind games with your self. i.e. I have not smoked for 1 Week / Month / Year. I can have a smoke now. No you cant. Once you have decided to stop. you stop. You can never light up again. Pure and simple.
FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
Q: What about Gum.
Ans: Gum is a good option. My plan is to shift from e-cig to gum slowlly. Maybe after I cross the 3 month mark.
Its way cheaper and works just as good as e-cig. In fact I hope that more and more people dump e-cig and move to gum.
I see no reason why e-liquid is so absurdly priced. Competition from Gum will force them to drop their prices or go out of business.
http://www.nicorette.in/cut-down-smokin ... orette-gum
You can buy it any chemist shop. Some even sell 4MG Gum. Which is really strong.
Some people have reported that the gum is too strong for them. I can agree on this point and the solution is simple.
a. Use it as per the company recommendation i.e. chew / stop etc.
b. Break it up into smaller pieces. I normally take at most half a gum.
Ans: Gum is a good option. My plan is to shift from e-cig to gum slowlly. Maybe after I cross the 3 month mark.
Its way cheaper and works just as good as e-cig. In fact I hope that more and more people dump e-cig and move to gum.
I see no reason why e-liquid is so absurdly priced. Competition from Gum will force them to drop their prices or go out of business.
http://www.nicorette.in/cut-down-smokin ... orette-gum
You can buy it any chemist shop. Some even sell 4MG Gum. Which is really strong.
Some people have reported that the gum is too strong for them. I can agree on this point and the solution is simple.
a. Use it as per the company recommendation i.e. chew / stop etc.
b. Break it up into smaller pieces. I normally take at most half a gum.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
Q: What about other methods of Nicotine delivery.
Ans:
Anything that delivers nicotine to your body without you having to light a cigarette works for me.
I will try and avoid delivery systems that are known to cause cancer i.e. chewing tabaco etc.
You have nose sprays, you have patches, you have tabaco which can be chewed. Or eaten. All these methods will delivery nicotine.
You could also vape pure tabaco. As a dry herb.
Ans:
Anything that delivers nicotine to your body without you having to light a cigarette works for me.
I will try and avoid delivery systems that are known to cause cancer i.e. chewing tabaco etc.
You have nose sprays, you have patches, you have tabaco which can be chewed. Or eaten. All these methods will delivery nicotine.
You could also vape pure tabaco. As a dry herb.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
Q:Still craving to light up even after vaping ?
Ans: If yes. It just means you are not getting enough nicotine. Because the second you get the dose your body needs. The very thought of smoking vanishes.
Each person is different. Each person needs differ. The best guide to how much your body needs is defined by how many smokes you where on before you opted to stop.
Guys like me who where doing 4-5 packs a day. Need to use very high grade 24 MG/ML anything less and its a waste of time. Im now doing some 36 MG/ML and finally feel my brain getting back into gear.
yes I can live without Nicotine. But my brain feels like a blob of jelly. With the right dose of Nicotine. My brain is starting to feel like a sharp blade again.
Ans: If yes. It just means you are not getting enough nicotine. Because the second you get the dose your body needs. The very thought of smoking vanishes.
Each person is different. Each person needs differ. The best guide to how much your body needs is defined by how many smokes you where on before you opted to stop.
Guys like me who where doing 4-5 packs a day. Need to use very high grade 24 MG/ML anything less and its a waste of time. Im now doing some 36 MG/ML and finally feel my brain getting back into gear.
yes I can live without Nicotine. But my brain feels like a blob of jelly. With the right dose of Nicotine. My brain is starting to feel like a sharp blade again.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
I just read that a number of people in the UK and other places use e-cig with regular smokes.
This makes no sense to me.
What ever you do. Once you make the switch to e-cig you have to stop smoking.
Doing both is just stupid.
It may be hard for the first week or two. And you may have fits of craving. But once you start e-cig there is no way you should light up.
This much you must be able to do.
I fix my craving for a smoke with a super punch of high grade nicotine.
Right now what ever e-juice I use. I will add 1ML off 100 Mg/
So if its 16 MG it becomes 26 MG.
If its 24MG it becomes 34 MG.
For those guys who cant get their hands on 100MG nicotine from the US. You can buy 36 MG direct. All the sellers in India will sell it to you. Except for Joytech.
All the other vendors have offered me 36 MG. 36 MG is more than enough to deal with any craving level.
This makes no sense to me.
What ever you do. Once you make the switch to e-cig you have to stop smoking.
Doing both is just stupid.
It may be hard for the first week or two. And you may have fits of craving. But once you start e-cig there is no way you should light up.
This much you must be able to do.
I fix my craving for a smoke with a super punch of high grade nicotine.
Right now what ever e-juice I use. I will add 1ML off 100 Mg/
So if its 16 MG it becomes 26 MG.
If its 24MG it becomes 34 MG.
For those guys who cant get their hands on 100MG nicotine from the US. You can buy 36 MG direct. All the sellers in India will sell it to you. Except for Joytech.
All the other vendors have offered me 36 MG. 36 MG is more than enough to deal with any craving level.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
If you suffer from ADD and feel even nicotine is not working for you. Then do not despair there are still two options for you.
1. You can look into mixing Tobacco Absolute look it up. Its costly 25$ for 10 ML. But it contains all the Alkaloids you need.
2. You can look at vaping regular cig tobacco in a device like the iolite.
When my craving was really bad this is what I did in the first week. Took a pinch of gold flake kind and smoked it in the iolite
1. You can look into mixing Tobacco Absolute look it up. Its costly 25$ for 10 ML. But it contains all the Alkaloids you need.
2. You can look at vaping regular cig tobacco in a device like the iolite.
When my craving was really bad this is what I did in the first week. Took a pinch of gold flake kind and smoked it in the iolite
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
If you still have craving to smoke even with higher nic levels.
Do not loose hope. There is still a final option to try.
http://www.aromaejuice.com/WTA-FAQ-WTAFAQ.htm
Do not loose hope. There is still a final option to try.
http://www.aromaejuice.com/WTA-FAQ-WTAFAQ.htm
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
So Im making my own WTA.
And it is finally the only thing that was able to cure my urge to smoke.
I call it "Something Missing"
If you have been vaping for months and you still have a strong urge to smoke. Or feel something is missing from your vaping exp. Then this is the stuff that you need.
We have no plans to sell it as on date. But your free to taste it next time we have a club meet.
You can make it your self also. I will post my process in a bit. Or you can head over to any of the e-cig forums and see how they make NET. (Naturally Extracted Tobacco).
And it is finally the only thing that was able to cure my urge to smoke.
I call it "Something Missing"
If you have been vaping for months and you still have a strong urge to smoke. Or feel something is missing from your vaping exp. Then this is the stuff that you need.
We have no plans to sell it as on date. But your free to taste it next time we have a club meet.
You can make it your self also. I will post my process in a bit. Or you can head over to any of the e-cig forums and see how they make NET. (Naturally Extracted Tobacco).
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
We now have access to pure Tobacco Absolute.
Not sure how we are going to use it. If we will even use it or not. But its something we have.
Its crazy costly.
Not sure how we are going to use it. If we will even use it or not. But its something we have.
Its crazy costly.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
If anybody needs to stop smoking to safe their life or just because they want to. And are not able to stop with the regular e-juice. Send me an e-mail. I will share my WTA / Absolute with you. All you need is a pin drop in 10 ML to work.
I suspect many companies like Halo use it.
You can know if an e-juice contains it because it will cause clotting in the tank and more carbon build up on the coil.
I suspect many companies like Halo use it.
You can know if an e-juice contains it because it will cause clotting in the tank and more carbon build up on the coil.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
Just google WTA and buy it from the vendors selling it online.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
My Nicotine Addiction.
My grand mother smoked from the age of 16. My grand father smoke a pipe. Both died of heart complications.
But at a ripe old age.
I started to smoke in the 5th STD. My first smoke with Sriraj behind the cricket sore board off the RSI club. We would cycle past it everyday yes I cycled from 4th std from cooke town to Bishops. More like raced lol. Had solid thighs and enjoyed cycling to Nandhi hills for fun. We did it as part of growing up not some fad.
My 8th STD i was hooked. A 20s pack of Charms was Rs 4/-
I smoked thru school and collage. More weed than tobacco most days.
After I crossed 42 I began to feel the effect of smoking. I would tire easy. I would be breathless easy.
Then came a cancer scare followed by a heart attack.
All the while I never once thought of stopping I enjoyed it too much. I was confident that if I was to take some silly new years resolution to stop and failed it would be harder to stop the next time. Addiction 101. i.e. each time you try and fail your next times chances of working falls. So I never tried.
I knew smoking was bad. There was no doubt that smokers are 10 times more likely to get cancer.
That smokers would develop circulation problems. Which I had. My legs swelling up. Yet I continued to smoke.
After much much thought I began to believe that smokers in fact have a death wish. No matter how smart they think they are deep down they really just want to die. There was no other explanation.
Having finally stopped smoking my views on the subject have taken an about turn. Its got nothing to do with a secret death wish the truth is something far removed.
Many people have stopped smoking without realizing this. Some have tried and failed and still dont understand whats really going on in their heads.
What is an addiction ?. Its something that changes your for ever. There is no going back. I believe we are all born perfect.
But then we tamper with Nature. We do something stupid like trying to smoke. Our brains change for ever. The chemical balance and pathways are rewired for every.
Nicotine messes with dopamine. And the reward centers of the brain. Its a stimulant. While at the same time there are alkeloids which calm and slow down the brain.
The real reasons why people who smoke have problems stopping is simply because when they stop. They are no longer the person they where. When you smoke you are no longer depressed. Nicotine is an antidepressant. Your brain feels like a computer on a Turbo. It does not make you smarter. If your brain is a 20 BHP engine on nicotine it feels like a 40 BHP engine.
If your brain is 100 BHP it feels like 200 BHP.
To give you an example. When I stopped smoking it was taking me 4 days to build one CDI. When I was smoking I could do one in 1 day. So to me Id rather not live feeling like a drooling idiot. This is the true problem.
The problem with e-cig is that it will give you just nicotine. There are none of those other alkaloids so you feel speeded up but there is nothing to calm you down. At least it solves half of the problem.
This is why smokers find it so hard to quit. This is why people who stop their very nature changes. They become different people.
I have no doubt that a lot of my drive and determination comes from my smoking.
If I dont smoke I prefer to spend my day just watching TV. All work comes to a stand still. If I smoke or get my nicotine I feel driven to get shit done.
Im sure if one where to totally stop in a few years you would return to normal. I dont feel I have a few years to piss down the drain waiting for my brain to become normal again. There is too much to do. To achieve. So I plan to remain on e-cig for the rest of my life. The Govt can play what games it wants with the Big Tobacco lobby pulling the strings I dont care.
If they ban e-cig Ill got to the chewing gums. Not a big deal. Gum is cheaper. And the Govt does not have the balls to touch the Big Pharma Gum industry.
One thing I am sure off smokers pay a very very high price. for the nicotine addiction. Now when I see somebody smoking. I feel like Im watching somebody harm their own body. Why do they do it. When they could switch to e-cig get the same effect without any of the health risks I dont know.
My objective in life now is to educate people that there is hope.
No matter what your addiction there is always a solution. If you dont want to ask on open forum e-mail me.
Smoking, drinking, drug addiction they all have cures. Research them for your self and free your self.
My grand mother smoked from the age of 16. My grand father smoke a pipe. Both died of heart complications.
But at a ripe old age.
I started to smoke in the 5th STD. My first smoke with Sriraj behind the cricket sore board off the RSI club. We would cycle past it everyday yes I cycled from 4th std from cooke town to Bishops. More like raced lol. Had solid thighs and enjoyed cycling to Nandhi hills for fun. We did it as part of growing up not some fad.
My 8th STD i was hooked. A 20s pack of Charms was Rs 4/-
I smoked thru school and collage. More weed than tobacco most days.
After I crossed 42 I began to feel the effect of smoking. I would tire easy. I would be breathless easy.
Then came a cancer scare followed by a heart attack.
All the while I never once thought of stopping I enjoyed it too much. I was confident that if I was to take some silly new years resolution to stop and failed it would be harder to stop the next time. Addiction 101. i.e. each time you try and fail your next times chances of working falls. So I never tried.
I knew smoking was bad. There was no doubt that smokers are 10 times more likely to get cancer.
That smokers would develop circulation problems. Which I had. My legs swelling up. Yet I continued to smoke.
After much much thought I began to believe that smokers in fact have a death wish. No matter how smart they think they are deep down they really just want to die. There was no other explanation.
Having finally stopped smoking my views on the subject have taken an about turn. Its got nothing to do with a secret death wish the truth is something far removed.
Many people have stopped smoking without realizing this. Some have tried and failed and still dont understand whats really going on in their heads.
What is an addiction ?. Its something that changes your for ever. There is no going back. I believe we are all born perfect.
But then we tamper with Nature. We do something stupid like trying to smoke. Our brains change for ever. The chemical balance and pathways are rewired for every.
Nicotine messes with dopamine. And the reward centers of the brain. Its a stimulant. While at the same time there are alkeloids which calm and slow down the brain.
The real reasons why people who smoke have problems stopping is simply because when they stop. They are no longer the person they where. When you smoke you are no longer depressed. Nicotine is an antidepressant. Your brain feels like a computer on a Turbo. It does not make you smarter. If your brain is a 20 BHP engine on nicotine it feels like a 40 BHP engine.
If your brain is 100 BHP it feels like 200 BHP.
To give you an example. When I stopped smoking it was taking me 4 days to build one CDI. When I was smoking I could do one in 1 day. So to me Id rather not live feeling like a drooling idiot. This is the true problem.
The problem with e-cig is that it will give you just nicotine. There are none of those other alkaloids so you feel speeded up but there is nothing to calm you down. At least it solves half of the problem.
This is why smokers find it so hard to quit. This is why people who stop their very nature changes. They become different people.
I have no doubt that a lot of my drive and determination comes from my smoking.
If I dont smoke I prefer to spend my day just watching TV. All work comes to a stand still. If I smoke or get my nicotine I feel driven to get shit done.
Im sure if one where to totally stop in a few years you would return to normal. I dont feel I have a few years to piss down the drain waiting for my brain to become normal again. There is too much to do. To achieve. So I plan to remain on e-cig for the rest of my life. The Govt can play what games it wants with the Big Tobacco lobby pulling the strings I dont care.
If they ban e-cig Ill got to the chewing gums. Not a big deal. Gum is cheaper. And the Govt does not have the balls to touch the Big Pharma Gum industry.
One thing I am sure off smokers pay a very very high price. for the nicotine addiction. Now when I see somebody smoking. I feel like Im watching somebody harm their own body. Why do they do it. When they could switch to e-cig get the same effect without any of the health risks I dont know.
My objective in life now is to educate people that there is hope.
No matter what your addiction there is always a solution. If you dont want to ask on open forum e-mail me.
Smoking, drinking, drug addiction they all have cures. Research them for your self and free your self.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
There are going to be a subset of people. For whom e-cig will not work.
BY not working I mean. They go back to smoking or doing both.
This can be linked to stress, health, mental state, etc.
The only way to beat this is to play mental games with your self.
One method was to promise your self some good new gear for every 3 months you stop.
The other way is to be smart enough to accept the addiction and fight it.
You have to find your own motivation. Just remember every time you light up you re-set the counter on since I last smoked.
That motivation differs from person to person.
For one midle aged woman it was the fact that smoking was going to give her wrinkles and make her look 10 years older than her actual age.
For me it was first the pain of the heart attack. And now after my recent relapse I have made fitness my number 1 priority. People who know me. WIll understand what Im refering to.
I want to be super fit. I want to improve my stamina. And I want to most of all make sure my blood circulation is healthy and stays this way for as many years as possible.
So I cant smoke. No matter how good it makes me feel. Having fun in the sack is more important to me than smoking.
So you need to find that one thing that keeps you from smoking and use it.
There is without a doubt. Drugs in tobacco that calm you down. Make you feel relaxed and which work as antidepressants.
But it is possible to survive without them or smoking. With the right mental approach. And fitness.
Worst case seek help for your depression, panic attacks. ANything would be better than smoking.
BY not working I mean. They go back to smoking or doing both.
This can be linked to stress, health, mental state, etc.
The only way to beat this is to play mental games with your self.
One method was to promise your self some good new gear for every 3 months you stop.
The other way is to be smart enough to accept the addiction and fight it.
You have to find your own motivation. Just remember every time you light up you re-set the counter on since I last smoked.
That motivation differs from person to person.
For one midle aged woman it was the fact that smoking was going to give her wrinkles and make her look 10 years older than her actual age.
For me it was first the pain of the heart attack. And now after my recent relapse I have made fitness my number 1 priority. People who know me. WIll understand what Im refering to.
I want to be super fit. I want to improve my stamina. And I want to most of all make sure my blood circulation is healthy and stays this way for as many years as possible.
So I cant smoke. No matter how good it makes me feel. Having fun in the sack is more important to me than smoking.
So you need to find that one thing that keeps you from smoking and use it.
There is without a doubt. Drugs in tobacco that calm you down. Make you feel relaxed and which work as antidepressants.
But it is possible to survive without them or smoking. With the right mental approach. And fitness.
Worst case seek help for your depression, panic attacks. ANything would be better than smoking.
Re: FAQ - So you want to stop smoking.
The number 1 reason for people continuing to smoke after e-cig is that first cig of the day. Or the early morning smoke. Which allows you to crap. Without which you feel like you cant crap.
I understand this feeling. And my solution was simply to smoke an e-juice with WTA in it. WTA stands for Whole Tobacco Alkeloids.
Any flavor which is tobacco leaf 100% natural flavor will have it.
Some examples are
1. Mysore Leaf
2. Orisa Leaf
3. Champange Cigar
4. Prize Fighter Cigar
5. Honey Do
Flavors which wont have it.
Cuban Cigar
RY4 (All our RY4 variations).
Western
Turkish
etc etc
I understand this feeling. And my solution was simply to smoke an e-juice with WTA in it. WTA stands for Whole Tobacco Alkeloids.
Any flavor which is tobacco leaf 100% natural flavor will have it.
Some examples are
1. Mysore Leaf
2. Orisa Leaf
3. Champange Cigar
4. Prize Fighter Cigar
5. Honey Do
Flavors which wont have it.
Cuban Cigar
RY4 (All our RY4 variations).
Western
Turkish
etc etc