Again! I´m back smoking

[Soon to be E]

I don´t know why, but even after going up in mg (I was smoking 16/18 mg, went up to 21), vaping isn´t doing the trick. I try not to buy, but smoking is always in the back of my head. I´m ordering some new flavors, not giving up entirely, but I´ll try to smoke myself to death and switch back. I hate this. My DSE901 and KR808 give good vapes with plenty of vapor, I never run out of batts, have plenty of spares of all kind but... Fighting smoking is getting too hard...

[Deschain]

A lot of folks here supliment with snus...seems to work for them


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[panewtovaping]

Don't despair! For the first month I smoked and vaped. Depending on stress levels which one I favored that day. Then I noticed I was smoking less and less and have now been smoke free for 24 days! Still get an occasional urge but it's not strong. I use 24mg. Don't know if that helped or not. Finding a flavor you really like helps too.

[bigozone]

i couldn't give up cigs until i made a 6v battery mod and used it with 36mg juice.

even a 5v pass thru w/ 36mg still left me craving an analog. but after hitting 6v with 36mg i was able to forget about cigs, and i've been slowly decreasing my vaping frequency. in 3 weeks i'm down to 3 carts a day! but still at 36mg

[Elapid]

Defiantly go to 36mg, you aren't going to give yourself nicotine poisoning I promise. I chain vape 36mg @ 5 volts and the Joneses for tobacco are gone. Better to vape 36mg than smoke an analog. Best of luck leaving tobacco behind you.

[Birdy]

For me it was a mental thing, not so much a physical craving.

I was having some difficulty until I decided that if I really wanted a cigarette then I could have one (but no more that 2-3 a day). I had my husband hold the pack and he'd give me one any time I asked for one- not to police me but rather to stop me from just sitting there with my pack and chain smoking mindlessly.

After about 5 days I realized that I just didn't want one (actually that I'd forgotten to smoke). Somehow knowing that I could if I wanted to, and I wouldn't feel guilty about it if I did... it just took the pressure off. I forgot about smoking.

Sometimes over focusing on Quitting just makes you obsess about it. And the more you obsess the more likely it is to trigger you. And once you're triggered and "give in" ... you think all is lost and screw it, you might as well just smoke the whole pack.

So maybe ease up on yourself a little, let it be ok to smoke one if you need to, knowing that you're trying and that you will eventually succeed.

I don´t know why, but even after going up in mg (I was smoking 16/18 mg, went up to 21), vaping isn´t doing the trick. I try not to buy, but smoking is always in the back of my head. I´m ordering some new flavors, not giving up entirely, but I´ll try to smoke myself to death and switch back. I hate this. My DSE901 and KR808 give good vapes with plenty of vapor, I never run out of batts, have plenty of spares of all kind but... Fighting smoking is getting too hard...

[kase]

Defiantly go to 36mg, you aren't going to give yourself nicotine poisoning I promise. I chain vape 36mg @ 5 volts and the Joneses for tobacco are gone. Better to vape 36mg than smoke an analog. Best of luck leaving tobacco behind you.

I agree with Elapid, increase nic with supreme defiance!!!!!

[dwolfe88]

Well said Birdy, That is great advice!

[TWISTED VICTOR]

I'd have to agree with Deschain. You've been off smokes for a while and I assume your nic level is satisfying, you're happy with your PV's, so an increase in nic mg may not change anything. What I've experienced is the loss of the alkaloids responsible for relaxation, mental focus and antidepressant effect create their own craving. A "somethings missing" kind of craving. No nicotine level will touch it. If this is the problem, a few smokes a day will probably put you back where you want to be, also, as Deschain brought up, many in this boat find relief in snus. Snus contains the alkaloids, too. Men and women alike have taken to it as a means to stay off the analogs. Don't feel bad. If this is the problem, it's more than the addiction to nic, it's a way of self medicating that, if left unchecked, can lead to depression. I hope things work out for you .

[Liscab]

don't try to quit analogs,just reduces them,I could't do it from the first time, just keep the EC to watch tv or to vape at work if you are indoor and so on