I want to vape less frequently.
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I vape between 3-4ml a day. It has surprised me how much my vaping has dropped off naturally.
If I vaped 10ml/day, then my 2 ounce (60 ml) bottle would only last a week. But I get a month out of two of them (4 ounces= 120 ml.)
120ml / 60 days = 2ml/day. That's by the numbers; I do tend to vape heavier on weekends.
If I vaped 10ml/day, then my 2 ounce (60 ml) bottle would only last a week. But I get a month out of two of them (4 ounces= 120 ml.)
120ml / 60 days = 2ml/day. That's by the numbers; I do tend to vape heavier on weekends.
As far as techniques, one I used when I attended a stop smoking course was to limit your occasions.
So week one vape as normal. Week 2 no vape within 15 minutes of waking up, after meals and behind the wheel and before bed.
Week 2 move up to 30 minutes. Week 3 45 minutes.. Week 4 60 minutes.
After 4 weeks you have extremely limited windows to vape (or smoke).
Couple that with a corresponding reduction in nice content until you are at zero nic.
So week one vape as normal. Week 2 no vape within 15 minutes of waking up, after meals and behind the wheel and before bed.
Week 2 move up to 30 minutes. Week 3 45 minutes.. Week 4 60 minutes.
After 4 weeks you have extremely limited windows to vape (or smoke).
Couple that with a corresponding reduction in nice content until you are at zero nic.
Thanks, but...
If I go too long without a vape, I get a nasty case of Wall Puncher Syndrome!
Well you said you use 6mg in a dripper.
Do like I do.
Keep some 12, 18 or 24 handy, then when you get the urge, just add ONE DROP to your dripper on top of whatever is in there.
That's one of the flexibilities of a dripper.
my main bottle of mixed juice is about 1 to 2 mg strength, and that's what goes into my dripper; but lined up in front of my keyboard is about 6 flavors in different strengths (mostly 18mg) and once or twice a day I might add 1 drop each from each bottle;
not boring at all
not boring at all
I'm thinking some of that is us getting on in years
Burned the candle at both ends for to many years.
Don't let the FDA here that, they will be telling us Flavors are unnecessary and banned
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I don't want to be Vaping Air flavored, or worse - Tobacco flavored.
Me either. Vaping great flavors is what motivated me to switch *away* from the tobacco flavor! I sure don't want that ICK back!
Higher nic is the best way to cut down the amount of vaping, that and not having it attached to your hand constantly. My first effort at decreasing the amount I vaped was to leave my mod over on the kitchen counter, so I had to get up out of my chair to vape. It was effective, as I'm a rather lazy person.
However it also sometimes led to cravings for cigarettes, so I stopped doing that.No matter how much you vape, it's better than smoking. Worry about cutting back on vaping AFTER any cigarette cravings are FIRMLY in the past -- months or years.
But for any with lung problems like asthma or COPD who really do *need* to vape less, just to keep breathing... higher nicotine! WTA!
Andria
While you still have a dependence on nicotine and the motor/mechanical reflex action of "smoking" in my humble opinion, if your not smoking your in the non-smokers club. Period.
If we wish to look at the "whole picture" and rewind/rewrite your habits and dependencies to be similar to those of someone who has never smoked, then there's that nicotine dependence and habit of inhaling something that needs to be addressed.
I've had decent success with the lozenges, I use them when I can't vape. Why don't I just use THEM all the time? While the lozenges take care of the craving, they are incompatible with eating and drinking and I still like to inhale something. You may however vape less.
I've found it helpful to vape less by force. For others, this may not work that well. There are other things you can do though. If I'm driving, I like the feeling of a mechanical tube in my hand, I don't necessarily have to vape it if I'm holding it. I've also tried to occupy my hands in other ways such as a clicky pen or a flashlight. The best way for me by far is to leave the house without it, it's also more rewarding when you come back home too.
I love to vape, but I also want to get to the point in which I vape way less than I ever smoked. Kind of like a once a night or once in a while thing. I'm surprised to quit smoking, I'm sure I can also decrease my vaping habits. I'm also sure many of us can do the same. Still love to vape though!
I love to vape, but I also want to get to the point in which I vape way less than I ever smoked. Kind of like a once a night or once in a while thing. I'm surprised to quit smoking, I'm sure I can also decrease my vaping habits. I'm also sure many of us can do the same. Still love to vape though!
This exactly. I'm neither buying nor setting on fire any tobacco, therefore I AM A NON-SMOKER.
However, I was a smoker for 39 yrs, and millions upon millions of repetitions of the act of smoking have reinforced it so indelibly that I may never get free of my desire to bring something to my lips, inhale it, and receive enjoyment from it. And I do not care very much if I ever get free of it, having freed myself from thousands of harmful chemicals by the process of vaping a very few which are mostly non-toxic.
But I do have asthma, which forces me to concede that the day may come when my health forces me to either quit vaping entirely, or cut it down drastically. If that occurs, I will attempt to deal with it, but until I've been free of cigarettes for at least 5 yrs -- a bit over 1/8th of the time I smoked -- I won't even consider it, because I know how easily and how quickly cigarettes can get their hooks back in; I never want to feel those cravings again.
If vaping is actually worsening your health, then definitely, vaping less, or not at all, is something to consider. But if it's not hurting you in any perceptible way... WHY WORRY ABOUT IT! It's HARM REDUCTION. If you cut your amount of vaping too drastically, you may find thoughts of smoking returning, or becoming more intrusive -- which is dangerous, if you really don't want to smoke anymore. It doesn't take much to turn a thought of smoking, into a real craving.
Andria
I'm there with ya. Been doing it slowly.
1) Start accIlimating yourself to less of *everthing*. Do this SLOWLY. I am talking months to a year or so.
2) Transition to less powerful "tootle puffer" equipment..... you slowly acclimate to less vapor, less hit, etc. you are inhaling
3) If you buy vendor juice, drop your nic level
4) If you buy vendor juice, dilute it or start vaping flavorless nic solution so you are less dependent on the "treat"
5) While out on shorter errands, leave vape gear home
6) Do not attach yourself to vape gear like a pacifier. Leave on counter somewhere, so you have to actually walk over to pick it up, use it, set back down, and walk away
7) Substitute walking which is good for you and don't bring vape stuff on walks (1-5 miles per day)
I did this over course of a year and am at 0% nic, sometimes 3% vendor juice diluted, and went back to simple evod, ego, and ecab batteries with 2.2ohm-2.5ohm single coil delivery devices.....vape under 7 watts. I just habituated myself away from big throat hit, strong vape, etc. I hardly feel like I'm vaping anymore, just gives me something to do with hands, behavior.
I planned to do this because I knew when I got off cigs that I also wanted to get off vaping some day as well. Just want the overall FREEDOM
Your lungs as a long time smoker were not being well treated back then. Vaping is "treating them better", but the best treatment for your older, somewhat abused lungs is NOT inhaling anything at all. That is what you feel intuitively, and because, you are correct.
I did leave my vape stuff home during a 48 hour trip out of town, decided not to run to a store and buy anything since I didn't want to spend money on vape gear I already have at home.......
.......and I really had to check myself about picking up again when I got home.......becuase yeah, I DID feel a difference. My lungs still feel a little "gunky" vaping. After that 48 hours w/out inhaling anything, I did notice a difference.
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Certainly true for this asthmatic. I'm glad I didn't know, before I started vaping and quit smoking, that my asthma would actually get worse, or I might not have quit. For me, the long-term goal (being a non-smoker instead of a smoker) is worth a little short-term discomfort, but if I hadn't quit yet... not sure I would be willing -- you know any little excuse will suffice, for someone smoking to maintain their normal habit. Just making the choice to lay them down and not pick them back up is the hardest part of the whole deal.
Andria
Not if you're not in a hurry.
I believe that anything other than "cold turkey", whether it be food, cigs, or vaping, is a process.
New habits take about 21 days to "take" (according to newest brain science.) So, every month, just change up one SMALL thing in your vaping journey......that's why I really only vaped like normal person 1st 2 years. I needed that to get "off" cigarettes.
Once I realized I wasn't in danger of cigs again (and i"m really not, because every part of me is committed to never ever picking up a cig again, and I feel pretty confident I won't) was when I started experimenting with transitioning off vaping.
So say it has taken a full year or so, once I started to even "think" about cutting back on my vaping, to adjust my "habits".
Just don't do it fast. Your body will adjust, slowly.
Exactly why I've taken my time with my WTA step-down -- I started using it last August, at 10% of my vape; I'm now at 2.2%, but the process has been so gradual, I really haven't suffered for it -- a couple times, had a feeling like I just couldn't seem to vape enough, but it passed pretty quickly. Since I got below 3%, I've been going down .2 at a time, each time I mixed another 40ml (about a week's worth); once I get under 1%, I'll go down by .1, but only mix 30ml at a time.
Soon it will be plain nic, and I think most of the physical addiction will be done, since I'm only at 9mg nic, and plan to decrease that a little over the winter, try to not have such cold hands/feet.
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