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    LandoCal126 0
    Banned
    Joined: 2 Oct 2009

    Doug, how much money would you say that you have saved since quitting and using your particular device?

    last edited by 11 Oct 2010, 23:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      DougNg
      Joined: 24 Sept 2009

      Heh, well, you'll have to take into account that cigs in NYC are ridiculously priced…about $858...

      Although I've spent a couple hundred on these ecigs because the devices and flavors are pretty awesome...it's become more of a hobby than a smoking cessation system...

      I would say I've saved maybe $400 though...

      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

      last edited by 12 Oct 2010, 02:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        DougNg
        Joined: 24 Sept 2009

        I'd like to add that my stepson is about that age that he is susceptible to pick up smoking…and I got him a kit...

        It works, and I'm happy about it, because him and a couple of his friends got caught smoking at school...but he got off the hook because he showed his Principal on the spot when they busted them that it is an ecigarette...and I got him the liquid with no nicotine in it...so it's working

        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

        last edited by 12 Oct 2010, 02:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          DougNg
          Joined: 24 Sept 2009

          I'm neither naive nor foolish. I'm aware that Steven, 16, will lie and withold information from his parents. I offered him a healthier alternative to smoking since I know he will be influenced by his peers.

          And I never said this was a trust issue, since he's aware that I won't hold it against him if he smokes. Teenagers will do what they want to do, I've learned to pick my fights with him wisely.

          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

          last edited by 12 Oct 2010, 10:43 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • G
            Greek
            Joined: 24 Aug 2010

            Down to about 5 cigs/day from a pack/day

            i enjoy smoking but lately not as satisfying as it once was
            been contemplating the ecigs and now that ive seen a review from someone i actually(kinda)(not really) know but certainly trust i think im gonna take the plunge and DougNg ill def use you as a refrence when i buy thanx for the review

            last edited by 12 Oct 2010, 17:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              DougNg
              Joined: 24 Sept 2009

              If you need any tips, just drop me a line

              I would recommend the Magma over the Volcano. You get a lot more flavor out of that one

              I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

              last edited by 12 Oct 2010, 22:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                DougNg
                Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                @simon626:

                Volcano also makes vaporizers for mary jane (the original volcano vape was for weed). They cost about 400 dollars. What it does is it heats up marijuana and extracts the thc from the plant buds and it fills an air tight bag full of thc infused water vapor. Pretty damn cool, there is no combustion involved. You inhale vapor, it gets you high, and you breathe out nothing but water vapor. The greatest thing about it is you arent smoking yet youre still getting high. No ash or smoke in your lungs. Still, i cant say it is as satisfying to smoke out of a vaporizer as it is to smoke out of a nice bong. I like the feeling of smoke in my lungs. Vaporizers are more clean thanbi prefer 😕

                This came up in the Volcano Forums. The Volcano vaporizer you're talking about is this one:

                https://www.wholesalevaporizers.com/

                Different product, different company

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                last edited by 22 Oct 2010, 10:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  DougNg
                  Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                  Three months now…=)

                  I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                  last edited by 5 Nov 2010, 11:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    I need. To quit

                    last edited by 5 Nov 2010, 16:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      ADDIC
                      Joined: 26 Feb 2010

                      same here. last night i was playing freeze tag and hide n go seek for my kickboxing class. and i was dying. if not quit, i need to at least cut back.

                      last edited by 5 Nov 2010, 16:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        xenophon
                        Joined: 23 Oct 2010

                        I like smoking & do a pack a day. At times it's been my only friend. It makes shit times a little less shit and good times a little more good.

                        I am abstemious in all things except tobacco, alcohol and curry

                        last edited by 5 Nov 2010, 18:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          DougNg
                          Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                          I enjoyed smoking too. I would honestly never have quit, but there were a number of factors. One, a pack in NY goes for between $12-15 a pack. Two, I'm getting older and I can feel myself slowing down from the smoking. Three, I'm just fucking tired of being a burden on my family by having them wait while I finish my smoke

                          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                          last edited by 5 Nov 2010, 18:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            bertoni
                            Joined: 17 Oct 2010

                            I love the old fags too but got to give up due to high cholesterol:( Just gone 24 hours without one…it does get easier right?!

                            last edited by 6 Nov 2010, 13:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              DougNg
                              Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                              It takes about a month before withdrawal symptoms are gone

                              The first week is the worst

                              That's when I was going cold turkey (I tried this a few times, never got past two weeks)

                              With the ecigarette, I was "a cranky asshole" according to Jody for the first week, and after that, was back to normal. This is probably because I'm still getting nicotine from the ecig. Though I've gone from 18mg/ml to 12mg/ml in the last couple months, and have no desire to go any lower. I figure I'll be a lifelong smoker, one way or another. If I dose myself at too low a level, I might be tempted to go back to regular cigarettes (analogs as what vapers refer to them)

                              I've noticed big changes in my health since I stopped smoking analogs

                              I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                              last edited by 6 Nov 2010, 16:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                bertoni
                                Joined: 17 Oct 2010

                                Not been shakin too much…could murder a wee one right about now though...and cos it's high cholesterol I don't even get to binge out on chocolate bikkies. Life's a biatch!!!

                                last edited by 6 Nov 2010, 16:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • M
                                  milosz
                                  Joined: 20 Oct 2010

                                  Have been stopping and starting in fits for the last month or so. Have a couple left here that I'm telling myself are it. Once I go to bed, done.

                                  Need to quit to get on with weight-loss plan, save money ($7/pack * 7 days/week…), etc.. - but I enjoy going out too much, and that's inevitably to a bar, where I inevitably have a couple of drinks and then a cigarette. And I spend most of my workday alone, driving from jobsite to jobsite, and smoke too much while doing that.

                                  sordid smoking history:
                                  Never smoked up through high school - my parents did 'til I was 16 and I hated cigarettes.
                                  Then I started waiting tables the summer before college, started doing E every couple of weeks (mmm, menthol), ramped up to about a pack a day for 2-3 years. Cut down when I left the restaurant industry, but in art school it was still a reinforced habit - on breaks go outside with the smokers. When I dropped out of school and quit going to bars I stopped completely for five and a half or six years.

                                  Picked it up a couple of years back when I started working security in a bar, quit for five months early this year because my girlfriend asked me to, started again when we broke up.

                                  last edited by 10 Nov 2010, 06:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    DougNg
                                    Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                    Four months today smoke free!!!

                                    (I keep forgetting the exact day I quit smoking until Jody reminded me last night that I quit on her birthday)

                                    I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                                    last edited by 6 Dec 2010, 11:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • simoncS
                                      simonc
                                      Banned
                                      Joined: 28 Nov 2010

                                      I'm not a smoker per say, I got over that about ten years ago, but I am getting a box of these for xmas!  55 ring gauge by 5.5 inches Woo f*ckin' Hoo!

                                      last edited by 6 Dec 2010, 11:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        DougNg
                                        Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                        Still smoke free

                                        Will be six months on Feb 6th

                                        Pretty happy with this ecig device. No desire to ever go back to regular cigarettes

                                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                                        last edited by 26 Jan 2011, 23:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • madmondayM
                                          madmonday
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                                          congrats DougNg,  with all u had going on -move, new gig, etc- it's great to see you didn't fall of the wagon

                                          head high, middle finger higher

                                          last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 11:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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