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Can he do it?

OlNate said:
I have - I started out at 18mg nicotine, and I'm now resting easy at between 3 - 6mg. I have friends that weaned themselves off the nicotine entirely, but still vape 0 nicotine juice, because they couldn't kick the habit. I might get there, I've noticed I vape less than I used to...but I'm not in a rush. I really really love smoking...hehe... This lets me, while feeling significantly better about what I'm doing to myself in the process.

Now, if I could just figure out how to vape bacon cheese burgers, I'd be well on my way to the cover of Men's Health magazine...hehe.... :p
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Well this might help

Bacon - eLiquid Flavor - ECBlend
 
OlNate said:
Good luck! :) The only tobacco product I use now is the occasional celebratory Cuban...and because it's so rare, I can afford to splurge on the good sticks. I've got a couple decent Cohibas, some Monte Cristo's, and a limited edition Romeo y Julieta keeping safe in my humidor for a good (or exceptionally bad) day.
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Many years ago, I quit cigs and took up cigars (for a few months). Unfortunately, I inhaled them (haha). That was nonsense, so I went back to cigs. I'm familiar with cigars (you list nice ones) and have one occasionally with a friend who's into them.
 
ecofarm said:
Many years ago, I quit cigs and took up cigars (for a few months). Unfortunately, I inhaled them (haha). That was nonsense, so I went back to cigs. I'm familiar with cigars (you list nice ones) and have one occasionally with a friend who's into them.
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Ya...not sure we should be blowing up this "quit smoking" thread with a great cigar discussion, but I'll leave it at being able to get Cuban cigars without sneaking around is one more nice feature of living up here. :)
 
Hari Seldon said:
I told my wife to quit while we were dating but she only smoked occasionally. Nothing for like 30 years now. I tried it once in my teens thanks to my older cousin. Coughed my brains out and told him he could keep it. Never touched it again. An occasional cigar but even that's rare. Coffee on the other hand.....
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Pretty much the same here. I tried cigarettes as a kid, but when the price started going up (this was the early 70's) I just decided it was a stupid way to try to create socializing situations. I did see people around me get hooked pretty fast and hard, so I'm happy not to have that in my genetics or whatever. Now that I've seen multiple friends and acquaintances die from tobacco & alcohol, I don't smoke anything and watch the drinking. I used to enjoy a good cigar about once or twice a year, but I stopped that as well.

The worst drugs are the legal ones. Go figure...

I also like a cup of coffee most days, but I'm not insane if I can't get one.
 
OlNate said:
Ya...not sure we should be blowing up this "quit smoking" thread with a great cigar discussion, but I'll leave it at being able to get Cuban cigars without sneaking around is one more nice feature of living up here. :)
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Did business with a company in Vancouver for a year or so back around 2006. That was one of my favorite parts of the many trips there - scoping out a great Cuban with the others and taking them back to have with beers.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Did business with a company in Vancouver for a year or so back around 2006. That was one of my favorite parts of the many trips there - scoping out a great Cuban with the others and taking them back to have with beers.
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Wait till you see what you can buy up here next year! ;) haha
 
OlNate said:
Wait till you see what you can buy up here next year! ;) haha
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I'm off the tobacco, but if you have anything else interesting -> suggest away!

We'll be up there this fall or next, and the location depends on 'yet to be determined' factors. It's likely to be the Vancouver or Montreal area. This will not be business.

TIA! :2wave:
 
OlNate said:
hehehe:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ize-marijuana-by-canada-day-2018-reports.html

;)



lol...have a good one! :)
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I actually have severe enough spine/nerve problems that I qualify for medical MJ in FL. I'll update the board on the process and how I feel about the whole thing once the state approves my application (Mayo clinic already let me in the door). Gonna go with CBD dominants to get started.

The problem for medical use has always been - black market, you don't know exactly what you're getting. It's not like opiates where a mistake can kill you, but I don't want to waste money on varieties that don't help. I like a buzz now and then, but I don't want to live that way, and some types offer more desirable 'buzz' than others.

Thanks! Hopefully the selection is better than we could find in Amsterdam, 2011.

:thumbs:
 
Dragonfly said:
National average cost per pack seems to be about $5.95

I know that each state has different taxes levied.

Still. When I smoked it was easy to go through a pack a day.

So glad I stopped.
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Only a pack?? LOL
 
RAMOSS said:
I think that the vegetable based oil is less damaging, and the lower voltage pens. The higher voltage pens will create just as many carcinogens, even if the lungs are not as damaged by hot smoke. I would research the vape oil.. some people have allergic reactions to the PGP based oil. I am told by a number of people that they were able to dial down the amount of nicotine used, which then allowed them to quit. I was also told by a few people they had bad reactions from the vape oil (but not nearly as many as said it helped them clear up their lungs)

My attitude to vaping/smoking is .. if you don't do either, don't start.. but if you smoke, vaping is potentially less harmful than smoking.
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Thanks!
 
I hope you don't mind me asking, but how's it going?
 
OlNate said:
Arg...that's dumb.

Vaping 95 Percent Healthier and 40% Cheaper than Smoking | Money

Perhaps the most important quote:

"The study, which was not funded by the tobacco lobby but rather the U.K.’s Department of Health,..."
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I smoked for 30 plus years and now do business with a couple of gap shops. I catch a nic buzz after being inside the fog for a few minutes. IMO, it's not safe.
That article you posted is two years old. The Feds and others are cracking down.
 
WCH said:
I smoked for 30 plus years and now do business with a couple of gap shops. I catch a nic buzz after being inside the fog for a few minutes. IMO, it's not safe.
That article you posted is two years old. The Feds and others are cracking down.
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Hmm...well, we all make decisions based on the best data available. Me, I tend to look for studies from folks with nothing to lose by telling the truth. You will find studies that post different findings...all from places with a strong tobacco lobby...and we all know how honest they are. ;)

For me, I've tried quitting and started up again enough to know that that path isn't for me...so rather than trying to kid myself about that, and continue do the whole "six months on, 3 months off" program, I'll take the lesser of evils.
 
OlNate said:
Hmm...well, we all make decisions based on the best data available. Me, I tend to look for studies from folks with nothing to lose by telling the truth. You will find studies that post different findings...all from places with a strong tobacco lobby...and we all know how honest they are. ;)

For me, I've tried quitting and started up again enough to know that that path isn't for me...so rather than trying to kid myself about that, and continue do the whole "six months on, 3 months off" program, I'll take the lesser of evils.
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I quit once....cold turkey. But like you said, each to his own.
 
WCH said:
I quit once....cold turkey. But like you said, each to his own.
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Lucky you, man...you're one of 22% that are able to quit using that method. My wife did it too, cold turkey, just decided one day enough was enough, and that was it. :) Me, I wish I never started in the first place...one of the main reasons I never got into hard drugs is that I know I have addiction issues, a number of alcoholics in my family, so I don't beat myself up of feel ashamed that I can't entirely kick the habit...I'm doing the best I can to be "healthier" about it, gotta live with what God gave me... hehe :)
 
I quit. Used the nicotine patch system. Took about 6 weeks but I never had another ciggy after the first patch went on.

You can do it. The most important aspects are willpower and determination.
 
OlNate said:
Lucky you, man...you're one of 22% that are able to quit using that method. My wife did it too, cold turkey, just decided one day enough was enough, and that was it. :) Me, I wish I never started in the first place...one of the main reasons I never got into hard drugs is that I know I have addiction issues, a number of alcoholics in my family, so I don't beat myself up of feel ashamed that I can't entirely kick the habit...I'm doing the best I can to be "healthier" about it, gotta live with what God gave me... hehe :)
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Get nicotine out of your system if you are serious. BTW: I kicked drugs a!so &#55357;&#56833;
 
OlNate said:
Good luck, man. If you find it ass-kickingly tough, give vaping a try. I could *not* quit smoking to (literally) save my life, but after switching to vape, which is infinitely healthier to begin with, I never missed smoking again. Lots of people I know have used the fact that you can gradually lower the nicotine level to act as a more satisfying "patch" approach....weaning themselves off gradually. I kept going because I like it...but my nicotine is next to nothing, and my next step is zero nicotine, so we'll see how long I bother after that.
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We are now trying vaping. Will see how that works.
 
holbritter said:
Thanks!
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Good luck. I don't either vape or smoke, but I know that being around someone who vapes does not trigger off allergic reactions for me, while cigarettes cause my chest to feel tight and hurt. I suspect it's one of the additives, since pipe tobacco doesn't effect me like that. It is, however, a habit I am glad i did not pick up.
 
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