Does vaping help you stop smoking?

[SonnyCooL]

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[dsites]

The short answer is yes.

Like many, I tried the conventional techniques and none of them worked. I tried vaping circa 2013 but the equipment was crappy and I went back to smoking. In 2017 I tried again and it stuck.

One of the more valuable tips on this forum is that there's no law against dual using. Lot's of people switch that way.

Smoking is a tricky addiction and each brand adds it's own 'sweeteners'. Withdrawel is different depending on the brand. I'd try different devices until you find the one that works.

 

[DaveP]

For me, vaping in April of 2010 was a cool way to simulate smoking in a "new" way. I approached it with hopes of quitting, but I continued to smoke and vape for a while as I learned how to deal with vaping hardware and tried out two or three vape pens and cig-a-likes.

At the end of the first week I realized that I had become enamored with my vaping and had not smoked nearly as many cigarettes. I thought that was cool because I never thought that vaping would take my focus away from smoking.

I continued to smoke when I wanted to. That meant a couple with coffee in the AM, one after meals, and one before bed. The rest of the time I was playing with vape stuff. I smoked about 6 cigs a day, down from 2 Packs a Day.

It wasn't until 9 months later that I decided smoking was going to go away. I finished the carton I had and didn't buy another. Vaping took over and I never smoked again. That happened in early 2011. I haven't touched a cigarette since.

So, the moral of that story is: Vape all you want and only smoke when you have to. Keep it up and let the vape take away the cigarettes. That way you aren't under pressure to quit until your brain says you don't need cigs anymore. Then, it's a piece of cake. The vape is your new habit and it's probably one you could quit rather easily if you decided to (as opposed to smoking cigarettes). Taper down in nic to a lower level and finally go to zero nic and see how that works. At that point it's just something to do with your hands, not an addiction to nicotine. Many of us really enjoyed smoking and vaping was the natural progression from smoking into a safer and more healthy lifestyle.

 

[HauntedMyst]

I smoked for 25 years, started vaping and within a week, no more smoking.

 

[Doctorvapes]

I drip 6mg juice at 60 watts currently and right now I am still having 1 or two cigarettes a day BUT I will say this 2 years ago I was smoking a pack to a pack and half a day steadily. There's no way I could've cut down this much and in my 2 years of vaping I have gone months without smoking. I just have trouble sometimes but like I said without vaping I'd be smoking about 28 more cigarettes a day. I believe it works. Also my gf who was a heavier smoker than me is also down to one or two cigarettes and vapes and she'd literally spend all day on the porch smoking cigarettes before so it's a nice change to see.

 

[United States]

Another issue is a flavor in your mouth that signals 'time to smoke'.

They say vaping dries you out. I tend to agree. How come? Got me, but it does seem to. So to kill 2 birds with one rock keep liquids handy.
That "time to smoke" flavor is masked and you'll stay better hydrated with liquids nearby.

Consider hard candy, soft candy or gum for when a liquid nearby is not practical.

In my office the nice lady up front keeps fruity and mint lifesavers and tootsie rolls each in different jar. I grab 3 or 4 as I enter and head to my desk. When I'm dispatched to the office it's not unusual to have 3 days worth of work with one day to perform it. Taking a smoke break wastes precious time. Yet with eating lifesavers I often end up finding it's quitting time without having wanted a single cigarette. That "time to smoke" flavor never materialized.

And as I walk across the parking lot towards my vehicle I pull out the vape and puff away not missing the cigarette.

 

[dripster]

It immediately worked for me first try, no dual use whatsoever and no real cravings so no struggle. That is, despite I had no intention to quit smoking, and I was smoking almost a pack a day, but I probably should add that the main reason why it worked so surprisingly effectively for me is because, right off the bat, I went for a truly satisfying vape experience, handbuilt Nichrome 80 fused clapton coils in a decent quality normal size Velocity-style RDA at 80 watts in my case, so skipping all the useless "starter kits", cigalike/pen style devices, pod systems, cartomizers/clearomizers, tanks that use factory premade coils, and what have you. The downside was there's a learning curve like trying to rewick properly, and dripping on an RDA also takes a bit more effort compared to smoking cigarettes. On the plus side, dripping let me use two separate bottles of juice (same flavor, different nicotine strength) for me to be in control of my nicotine consumption at all times by counting drops from each bottle. Doing this allowed me to avoid getting "nic sick", i.e. by lowering my nic consumption each time, temporarily, whilst aggressively chain vaping until my urge to chain vape had passed once again for another short while. So IME, that's the main secret.

Before my first vaping month was over, it had already become my hobby through advanced coil building. I had no prior experience with building stuff using wire, and I didn't even own a drill at the time when I first began to watch useful coil build video tutorials like the ones in the YouTube channel called The Art of Vaping.

 

[dwcraig1]

I quite smoking all my life, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 month, thought about it........then I started vaping, haven't had not one drag on a cigarette since. That was 61/2 years ago. Gotta just stay away from that first cig, need it, just vape more....it will pass.

 

[Eskie]

Everyone is different. For some, vaping quickly stops cigarette smoking. For others, it takes a while of dual use before a full switch can occur. For some it's a struggle, for others an easy transition without any thoughts or cravings for a smoke (despite a quick transition I wasn't in the easy group). And for some it just doesn't work.

Nothing is 100% effective whether vaping for smoking cessation or well, just about everything else in life. If vaping is not working, don't give up on the goal of stopping smoking. You can experiment to see if you can get it to work for you, and if despite all your efforts you decide to bag it, keep looking for any other way to get off the smokes. Good luck and a Happy New Year that will hopefully become cigarette free for you.

 

[VastoLorde]

I'm an MTL user ... 12 mg Nicotine Liquids be enough for me )
So I Stpped Smoking 1 year ago and in my opinion was a good choise..)

 

[Frenchfry1942]

On-line juice purchases go above 6%. I went to a store and they had nicotine "shots" to put into juice to raise the nic level. I don't normally go to B&Ms, I had just forgotten my juice bottle.

I smoked for 30 years. I prepped my gear and switched overnight. By lunchtime of that day, I knew it worked. It takes a bit of attitude, though...well, for me it did.

Very grateful in many ways.

 

[ThrashNeon]

Does vaping help you stop smoking?

I would say yes, but...

I signed up on this forum in 2009 when I was getting my first e-cig.
I'd been a Camel Lights carton a week smoker for almost 30 years at the time.
I had quit at one point cold turkey for 6+ months (and it wasn't dreadful for me), but other than that I had never really wanted to quit.

Once I got my first e-cig, I had a Camel with my coffee in the am, for a week or so - until my last pack was gone. Then just didn't buy any more cigarettes.

I didn't have any cravings or physical withdrawal symptoms at all. I simply didn't need to smoke because the oral/manual ritual was totally satisfied by vaping.

Now here's the really sad part of the story:

I'm ridiculously lazy.
At that time, it really was a PITA to to get stuff and have a back up stock.. plus the sketchy state of batteries and attys didn't help with the ease of use.

So, maybe 8-9 months into it when I ran out of something or all my batteries died, it was just easier to get a carton - and that was the end of vaping for me.

Here I am 10 years later. I've just ordered new supplies... we'll see how it goes this time.

 

[bnrkwest]

It is the only thing that worked for me, yes it really does work.

 

[toughdiamond]

Eventually worked pretty well for me after many years of being hooked on cigs. I tried nicotine gum first but although it helped a lot, it didn't give me the nicotine hit I craved. Tried e-cigs around 2009 and was able to quit cigs for a while but the technology was still pretty new, the nicotine concentration wasn't that high, and the coils and batteries kept conking out, and I got fed up paying for replacements and pulling on a device that wasn't giving off any vapour. Went back to gum for a few years but then they stopped selling the unflavoured 4mg stuff and I didn't like flavoured or coated gum, also I didn't trust the multiple additives and the prices were ludicrously high - about the same as smoking cigs.

So I got me a small refillable vaping pen a year or two ago and that worked beautifully - 15mg/ml nicotine strength, unflavoured, the hit feels as good as anything I ever had from tobacco and I don't feel any need to go back. Even buying small bottles of e-liquid it's a lot cheaper than cigs, and the hardware components are much more reliable so the cost is going down all the time. Cigs used to make me feel sick and make my lungs feel kind of asthmatic, but the vaping pen doesn't do any of that. No stink, no messy ash trays or fiddly lighters. With cigs there's a "need" to finish the whole cig rather than let it burn away to nothing, and if you put it out halfway through then it doesn't taste right. With the pen I can just use as little or as much as I like, and I can often use it discreetly while I'm in public. I keep a bit of gum in case I daren't use the pen. I like the pen's "fidget value" which for me is as good as that of cigs.

I think a lot depends on the person and whether or not you get a good reliable device and an e-liquid you can live with.

 

[Philabos]

I smoked for decades and never really had a desire to quit.
Tried some of the pen types and never could get off the cigs, mostly because I really did not have that desire.
Finally one day 16 months ago, I bought an Endura T18. Added a good commercial tobacco juice and decided it actually tasted better than the cig.
I have moved on now, but will always fondly remember that T18. Never have had a cig since it finally showed me the way.

 

[dstin1]

yes and nic salts will help but now you are addicted to them. Better than cigs. Your nicotine addiction will not probably kill you your cigarettes will.

 

[Trico]

I smoked for 25 years, started vaping and within a week, no more smoking.

Same here.
Smoked for 30 years (I'm 50), started vaping late January 2018, smoke free since February 1st.

 

[YKruss]

Thanks to vaping I am still alive today - Yes vaping works!

 

[dripster]

Everyone is different. For some, vaping quickly stops cigarette smoking. For others, it takes a while of dual use before a full switch can occur. For some it's a struggle, for others an easy transition without any thoughts or cravings for a smoke (despite a quick transition I wasn't in the easy group). And for some it just doesn't work.

Nothing is 100% effective whether vaping for smoking cessation or well, just about everything else in life. If vaping is not working, don't give up on the goal of stopping smoking. You can experiment to see if you can get it to work for you, and if despite all your efforts you decide to bag it, keep looking for any other way to get off the smokes. Good luck and a Happy New Year that will hopefully become cigarette free for you.

Given the fact I had no intention to quit smoking and was smoking 16-17 cigs/day, for me I'd say it was about 150% effective because I kept cigs standing right next to my mod where I could see them clearly each time when I reached for my mod, yet, despite this, it never actually even crossed my mind to grab another cig. Even though I agree it works differently for different people, some (or a lot of) dual users simply want to believe they did everything that they could to find the kind of vape that satisfies them enough to make the switch as effortlessly as possible (or close to zero effort needed...), when the reality is that they are still miles away from being capable to accept the truth. Like, for example, some people would rather relapse back to cigs after several months of being a dual user than they would take a single shred of real advice from a high wattage vaper. Prejudice/stereotyping about the size and visibility of the clouds is still very often the culprit. Personally, I, have seen many pitfalling for this exact reason. Mention something about trying bigger clouds. Get deafening silence as a result.

 

[Hansy]

It certainly helped me. After fifty years of smoking +25 sigs or more and a number of attempts to quit, (longest time 14 months). I finally took the step to vaping after a friend persuaded me to do so. This resulted in having a brand new hobby, DIY making juices, rolling new coils and learning more about vaping. I must say I feel great, more air, no more smokers cough, no more headaches after a day of smoking too much. I feel much cleaner, no more brown snot when I blow my nose, no more squeaking/ gurgling sounds when I go to bed. My clothes don't smell and my house smells nice and stays clean. I also started vaping CDB because this is a much more effective and pleasant way to take in than using it orally.
A very happy vaper indeed.