I was vaping 12mg for a long time and still smoking about half a pack. I bumped up to 24mg and that cut me back to about 4 a day. After a couple of weeks at 24mg I find myself back up to half a pack. What gives? Do I need to go higher? Will I get used to 36mg and still need to smoke? Looking for helpful advice.
It only takes one person to start a revolution.
Sorry for your struggles.
I have a few questions, and I will share my experience.
Are the cigarettes you are still smoking the same brand you have been smoking all along?
If so, I recommend you replace them with cigs you don't like. Make sure they taste crappy. Maybe let the cigs you have go stale. Anything to make smokes taste bad.
Is the juice you are vaping tobacco flavored? Not a good idea if you are trying to quit cigs. You need to get as far away from anything that reminds you of tobacco. Try fruit. Try sweet. Try chocolate. Anything different than tobacco flavor. Distance yourself from tobacco.
I smoked about 30 a day of fairly strong tobacco, when I decided to vape to quit, I started off with 16mg juice. That 1st day I went a bit crazy and so I ran and got some 24mg juice. That stuff knocked me on my ..... I was so stoned. I only used the 24mg that one day, then diluted it down. I made sure I didn't have any of my regular cigs, and only had a few of some I didn't like. I only let myself have 2 or 3 a day for that first week.
About 10 days later, I lowered all my juice to 12mg. Still only have 1 or 2 cigs a day. Then I cut analogs out all together.
10 days later I reduced my nic to 6mg. That is where I am am now. I haven't had more than 2 cigs in the last 2 weeks. They taste terrible! They make me woozy. Vaping tastes sooooooo much better.
In my opinion, and thats all it is, my opinion, I think you are not reducing your nic level enough to curb your cravings. AND, you are picking up and using cigs too easily, too often. Each one of those nasty things you smoke makes it just that much harder to stop. There are devilish ingredients in that smoke that your brain craves. You need to get it out of your system.
What are you vaping with? Maybe you need more vapor, better taste, to satisfy you. Maybe look to upgrade your system. I switched to carto tanks. They put out a lot of warm vapor, and the flavor is better. (there is a bit of a learning curve to deal with, but for me it has been worth it)
I know it is hard. You have to be stronger. Have more resolve.
I still crave a cig. So I vape like crazy. I suck on this thing all day. It's like a pacifier. I don't care. It is working.
We are all rooting for you.
