Does vaping really helps to quit smoking?

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Mindfield

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Sorry, I have to disagree. You'll feel much better for yourself once you have no analogs at hand. You can always see smoking friends or go to a shop if you needed analogs. If you stopped analogs, no need to keep unless you are keeping a keep sake of an unopened and unwrapped one.

You will feel better once you ditch the analogs entirely -- but only when you're ready. This only really works if you can avoid stressing yourself out about making the switch. That includes not denying yourself analogs if you feel like you really need them, or feeling pressured to throw out your past pack(s). As I mentioned earlier, cigarettes are a comfort item for some that have provided solace and respite in times when they needed it, and the thought of being without them causes anxiety, which leads to an elevated desire to smoke analogs even when vaping is an option. For these few, this is an emotional issue, not a logical one, and chucking the analogs before they're ready can easily lead to going and buying another pack to bring that comfort zone back and prevent that whole wanting what they can't have thing.

Those for whom giving up the analogs even while vaping is a difficult process, whatever the reason for the difficulty, are best served by being able to avoid stressing about that fact lest the stress push them further back to the analogs.
 

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I smoked 4 packs a day for almost 40 years, did not want to quit but after I tried this I quit the nasty and changed to this full time , I don't miss those nasty analogs for a second, so yes!!!! it sure worked for me!

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There are lots of people who keep a pack around for fun, or for psychological reinforcement.

It is really fun to look at that pack and realize you have no desire whatsoever to smoke one of them.
And it can be a powerful reinforcement that you are in charge of them, not them in charge of you.

And a lot of times people will give in to curiousity and try one, only to find to their surprise that they now hate them.
And that is when a lot of people REALLY know for certain that they have won the battle.

On the other hand, any or all of the above might not be a good idea for some people.
Which is why we constantly repeat the mantra that everyone is different.
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There are lots of people who keep a pack around for fun, or for psychological reinforcement.

It is really fun to look at that pack and realize you have no desire whatsoever to smoke one of them.
And it can be a powerful reinforcement that you are in charge of them, not them in charge of you.

And a lot of times people will give in to curiousity and try one, only to find to their surprise that they now hate them.
And that is when a lot of people REALLY know for certain that they have won the battle.

On the other hand, any or all of the above might not be a good idea for some people.
Which is why we constantly repeat the mantra that everyone is different.
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So true!! I carried a pack of cigs (unopened of course!!) around for about a month after I started vaping. I needed to know that I could have one if I wanted to. Thankfully I never wanted to!
 

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Sorry, I have to disagree. You'll feel much better for yourself once you have no analogs at hand. You can always see smoking friends or go to a shop if you needed analogs. If you stopped analogs, no need to keep unless you are keeping a keep sake of an unopened and unwrapped one.

You say that because it was easy for you to quit. For some of us, it's not that easy. I was smoking 3 to 3.5 packs a day before I bought an eGo. Now I'm smoking around 10 a day.

According to you, since I still get cig cravings after I eat, I may as well stop vaping.

I disagree.

For one thing, I think I'm on the right path that will lead to quitting the cigs for good. For another thing, even if I never improve over where I'm at now, I'm still smoking under 20% of what I was smoking before.

"Just stop smoking" wasn't an answer before I got a PV. Like many here, just stopping didn't work for me. It just made me jittery, irritable, etc. Right now, I've cut out a lot of cigarettes without going through that.

I'm not going to do it just to make you happy. And I'm not going to say "Since I haven't completely quit cigarettes, I should stop even trying and throw away my eGo and my juices".
 

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The usual quit-smoking rules don't apply to vaping. It's not an all-or-nothing game like it is with cold turker or the patches/gum/Chantix. Keep the pack of cigarettes around if that makes you feel better because if you're like most of us here, eventually you will prefer the vaping to the smoking. At that point, you will be able to throw away the stale old pack(s) of cigarettes without a bit of anxiety. As someone above me said, you'll know then that you've won the war.

I'm one of the lucky ones who never smoked after my first vape but it's really a crap shoot. Whatever works is what you should do.
 

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You say that because it was easy for you to quit. For some of us, it's not that easy. I was smoking 3 to 3.5 packs a day before I bought an eGo. Now I'm smoking around 10 a day.

According to you, since I still get cig cravings after I eat, I may as well stop vaping.

I disagree.

For one thing, I think I'm on the right path that will lead to quitting the cigs for good. For another thing, even if I never improve over where I'm at now, I'm still smoking under 20% of what I was smoking before.

"Just stop smoking" wasn't an answer before I got a PV. Like many here, just stopping didn't work for me. It just made me jittery, irritable, etc. Right now, I've cut out a lot of cigarettes without going through that.

I'm not going to do it just to make you happy. And I'm not going to say "Since I haven't completely quit cigarettes, I should stop even trying and throw away my eGo and my juices".

I appreciate what you're saying but you obviously misread my message.

1. I referred to chucking away analogs if you went full time vaping? I was trying to say what is the point unless you are having an unopened keep sake pack.

2. When did I imply anybody to stop vaping????? After eating, I vape.. it satisfies me... but I never implied anybody to chuck analogs to people who still smoke them. I feel you thought I was being preachy which I wasn't

Stop misreading what I am saying. I empathize with people who can't quit analogs 100%. I never slandered them. Maybe you need glasses instead of ecigs!!!
 

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VapingRulz wrote that if you needed to keep cigs around, that's OK, at least you're cutting down. Every cig you don't smoke is a minor victory.

You disagreed, saying You'll feel much better for yourself once you have no analogs at hand. You can always see smoking friends or go to a shop if you needed analogs.

But if I don't keep cigs around, I'm going to have problems. I'm not going to "feel much better", I'm going to start going through withdrawal. I'm going to have the same jittery feelings I had when I tried to quit cold turkey. I'm going to get irritable. I've already tried all that. And since I don't deal with it well, I go buy cigarettes.

I realize that a lot of people can buy a PV and some juice and never smoke again. But that doesn't apply to all of us. Some of us need to keep cigs around for awhile, we need to adjust more slowly.

Trust me, I'd love to be off the cigs, have a few packs left. I'll tape business cards for Vaporesence (they are local) to those packs and give them away.

But for now, I'm not ready for that. I'm still addicted to the cigs.
 
Since Labor Day, I have only burned one analog pack on a day of weakness. But the similarities in taste and satisfaction in getting enough nicotine allowed me to return to my ecigarette the very next day without guilt. I think such a failure is justified in the early stages until you gain full confidence in the ecigarette taking over and providing the needed satisfaction. The one thing I can certainly testify to is that I have never yet had any nicotine fits or craving for nicotine. The e-cigs seem to be handling that part very, very well. I started full flavor, of course.
 
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I'm gonna jump in here again...if you can't quit the funkies right away, that's OK, we're all different...my Wife quit her ppd addiction with her first vape, it took me 5 days to quit a 3ppd habit and my step-daughter took 2 weeks to quit her ppd habit...others will take longer...it doesn't matter as long as you keep on keepin' on...I have told others, to look at it as, a War Against Funkarette addiction...every funky not smoked is a battle won and once you have won enough battles, the War will be won...good luck to all and Keep On Vaping(happily)
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I hope this helps a few of you. If you're vaping a lot and still have nerve problems from nicotine withdrawal, your juice might not be strong enough. Example: You have 18 mg juice and you just can't vape enough to end the nicotine jitters - go up to 24 mg juice and see how that works for you. If you need to go higher than 24 mg, there are vendors selling juices up to 36 mg. The trick at first is to settle your nerves and supply the nicotine your body is addicted to. Get the craving under control with vaping with a juice that's strong enough to get the job done without vaping continually. You can worry about reducing the strength of your juice later, so just concentrate on switching to vaping. You will start feeling better pretty quickly, and you'll eventually get to the point where cigarettes taste and smell horrible. You can also experiment with flavors that taste and smell GREAT.
 
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