Your Personal Vaping Journey - Survey

[Silver]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? July 2014
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? October 2014 (just over 4.5 years)
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) One - Vaping did the trick.
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? For previous attempts, social smoking. Now I stick to my vapes.
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Not at this stage.


My first successful stop attempt was with Zyban. I stopped for three years with no troubles. I then started smoking socially on the odd occasion because I was 'clever' ( read 'an idiot' ). The odd occasion became more and more frequent, and 6 months later, I was back on 20 a day for the next 5 years.

I started vaping on the more common 12mg mixes at the time with low powered devices. Innokin MVP-2 and the Nautilus Mini - and some newfound will-power - was the magic combo that worked. I considered moving to 18mg, but even back then it was a bit rough on the throat, even on the common regulated devices that maxed at around 25W back then.
I cut down to 6mg initially after slowly moving away from MTL after more than a year of starting.
I'm now on 3mg and still happily vaping at around 22W.

Ah, the mighty and classic Innokin MVP2 and Nautilus Mini! What a combo @Kuhlkatz
I miss those devices. My MVP2 has been retired owing to a tired internal battery

 

[Kiai]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? 10 weeks
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? 10 weeks
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Too many to count. I cannot just stop, I need to replace it with something else.
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? Easy of doing it and always available
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) No, if I stop I will go back to smoking.

 

[Stranger]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? 8 years
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? No , occasionally I eat food.
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? 8 years
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively)
100's of times, I was an expert at giving up and even better at starting again. When I started vaping I never had another cigarette
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? Have not !!! I deny that accusation your Honour
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) In the words of Charlton Heston, Only when you pry it from my dead cold hands

 

[KarlDP]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? Since end October 2013 (7 years)
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yebo yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? 7 years. Have not touched a stinkie since.
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) none. since my first puff on my twisp clearo way back.. never smoked again.
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? N/A
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Nope. Maybe till the day i dont get excited about new devices and flavours. I dont know..

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? ± 5 Years
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes, except for those days that I dont feel like vaping... then I just sit and look at my vapes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? Almost 2 years, since the drs told me to quit or die...
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) 7 setups over 3 years before I found the right thing...
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? Zero interest in stinkies, now if i want to stink i'll poop in my pants rather...
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Yes, about 2 days after my funeral most likely...

 

[Dreadside]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? +- 4 years
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? +- 4 years
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) 1. Have had a fatty now and then but no tobacco, and now only edibles
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? Have not.
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) no I will not!

 

[Angelskeeper]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? +- 4 years
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? +- 4 years
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) only 1 attempt... went cold turkey, then sucked the life outta my mod when I "craved" an anologue.
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? I haven't
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) I'll quit the day I die!!

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

I'm clearly distracted, as I missed this thread until now

1.) How long have you been Vaping? I'm going to exclude my early attempts of moving to eciggies and say around Feb 2020
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? Some 8 months now
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? Shooooweeeee ... Name it and I tried it ... Hypnosis, Acupuncture, Nicotine Gum, Nic Mouth Sprays, Heet Pseudostinkies, early eCiggies ... I even tried the friggen Smokenders group, (I bet they were pleased to see me leave and carry on smoking too )
5.) What has been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back to stinkies? Not a sausage post Feb 2020, however prior to me getting my mind set on quitting, I'd use pretty much any ol' excuse. Stress being my favourite "go-to"
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Not a #### ... I can't handle the stench of ciggies anymore

 

[grouter]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? six months
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? six months
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the stinkies? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) Over the forty-five years that I smoked a pack a day, I must have tried to quit about ten times.
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back stinkies? I can say with absolute confidence that I will never go back to cigarettes.
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively). I don't anticipate such a scenario. A drink in the evening, the camaraderie of friends, the enjoyment of a good meal, the love of a lifelong partner, and the enjoyment of a satisfying vape - all things I doubt I shall ever get tired of or forgo.

Edit: A big shout out to Vaperite, @Sir Vape and @YeOldeOke respectively for my Caliburn (current favourite), Nord 2 (for day trips away from a charging point!) and some great juices! Thank you!

 

[Stew]

1.) How long have you been Vaping? Apr 2020
2.) Are you vaping exclusively? Yes
3.) How long have you been Vaping exclusively? Apr 2020 (About 4 months)
4.) How many attempts did it take you to give up the cigarettes? (I stopped twice before both times for about two years and "Cold Turkey" both times. I didn't have any problems stopping both times because it was something I decided for myself I wanted to do as against feeling I should stop smoking.) (This time I stopped purely because I thought the cigarette industry let us down and put up a pathetic fight and I refused point blank to pay black market prices for cigarettes. I never bought 1 black market cigarette. I did however have about two months supply as I normally am prepared for hiccups with things I enjoy.)
5.) What have been the biggest contributing factor to reverting back cigarettes? For previous attempts, I had a motorcycle accident and asked a bystander for a smoke the first time. The second time a work colleague picked up a packet of my brand outside the cafe, he gave them to me quite surprised to know I hadn't smoked for about two years previously.
6.) Do you intend to quit vaping in the future? (Only applicable if vaping exclusively) No, vaping is now the thing I do for my pleasure and not at all because I wanted to stop smoking. We all are going to die sometime. I thought I would have been hit by a bus long ago and it hasn't happened. I enjoyed my smoking and am enjoying my vaping.
My personal feeling is in the eyes of the people making laws, nicotine is the problem in their eyes and we shouldn't be snubbing smokers but sticking with them. The laws will be about nicotine not vaping or smoking.
I hate the term Stinkies by the way.