Nicotine vs. Caffeine

[LaceyUnderall]

Jenny - all I can tell you is that you are on the right track. Your body knows how much nicotine it needs and there will be ups and downs. It took me six months and I tried as hard as I could not to focus on the brand change Actually, I lost my e-cig for a two weeks and instead of pulling one from stock... god am I lucky... I went back to analogs. After two weeks of that, I was noticeably sick in many many ways. I was tired. I had nausea. I have a shoulder injury from tennis and it was bothering me more so than usual. My skin was even more pasty than normal (I have fair skin). So I sucked it up, looked for my e-cig and voila! That was it.

When I was smoking the tobacco, I puffed more. Then when I went completely e-cig, I started dripping and actually treating my e-cig like a cigarette and that is what has worked for me. The e-cig was just too clean for me. I needed to do something more than pick up my smoke and smoke it. (I am a ritual smoker.)

One day it will just happen for you but either way, you have cut 10 smokes from your daily intake and that my dear is FABULOUS!

[Kate]

There is some interesting information here regarding what we miss from tobacco Jenny - Vaping is not a complete substitute for tobacco smoking

This is thought to be a complimentary chemical with nicotine, in theory the two together should give a prolonged sense of satisfaction - Passion flower, has Harmine in it

[jasonb]

for me it has to be caffine, i love coffee, did you know the brand gamucci even supply coffee flavored electronic cigarette cartridges, how cool is that

[need_2quit]

I realize this thread is over a month old, but as a new e-cig vaper that needs to quit analogs...

As a heavy coffee drinker (black no sugar) as many analog smokers are - coffee and cigs seem to go together....

Caffeine actually inhibits the absorption of nicotine. I'll see if my history still has the link.

This made sense to me, because we go through at least 3 pots a day of coffee. Don't drink soda, etc, so this is our only source of caffeine...

Firing up my new e-cig on friday was not satisfying my urge to smoke. I'm not getting alot of vapor, so I figured that was the cause of not satisfying my nic craving.

I could smoke an analog, take a few tokes of my e-cig and feel no heart racing, etc. It was like I was getting no nic out of the e-cig.

I went to the store today and got some 4mg nicorette gum. WHAT a difference! I've only had 2 pieces of gum all day, have had one analog since getting the gum late today, and toke on the e-cig while chewing the gum. Totally satisified.

Maybe our heavy caffeine use is inhibiting the nic delivery of the e-cig. When I get my order of juice this week and drip enough to get some vapor out of my new e-cig, I'll be able to see what the perfect combo is.

I know years ago, if I used the patch or chewed nicorette, my heart would go nutz. Now it's taking alot of nic to satisfy the urge with no after effects.

For each of us it is different, but I swear by the nicorette and lite vaping for myself personally as an aid to quit.

[BlkSupra1jzed]

For me I got my e-cigs saturday and haven't touch a single analog since. It has literally been 48 hours as of this minute I type ha ha ha. I used to be a 1-1 1/2 pack a day smoker. I feel so much more energetic and now I have started the "cough neat things up for 2 weeks" phase. Like need2quit said, each of us are different...not many can just convert 100% right away. I am very fortunate to be able to do so.

[TropicalBob]

Glad you found a combination that works for you, Need. But it's a tad expensive. Read over the Alternatives section to learn about snus, dissolvable tobacco pellets, nasal snuff, Firebreak nicotine gum, etc. These are all much cheaper, and all can be used in combo with your e-cig. I know ... I use 'em all.