Ideas on quiting.

[chokmah]

This is what I did and not sure if it may help others but figured I would post just in case.

I was a 2 pk a day full flavor. I started cutting down on the number of cigs as well as the strength.. This made it easier to be satisfied with the e-cig when it finally arrived. The first week I used the patches so I could get use to the e-cig as well as still lowering the amount of actual analogs I smoked.. This made it easier to be satisfied with the e-cig and the strength..

I pretty much made the analogs so much lower than the high nicotine I would get from the e-cig that I would be more satisfied.

I eventually was able to quit analogs completely..

Hope this helps another and good luck..

 

[Duckies]

Thanks Chokmah! Personal experiences are always helpful.

Be well,

 

[ZambucaLu]

I pretty much made the analogs so much lower than the high nicotine I would get from the e-cig that I would be more satisfied.

I eventually was able to quit analogs completely..

Hope this helps another and good luck..

This is what I need to do....make these stinkin' analogs less desirable. Think I'll try that with the next pack. Great tip chokmah!

Lu

 

[chokmah]

Glad this has helped a few... I feel better now..

 

[MonkeyMonk]

That is a good tip! Thanks. My analogs will run out soon, and your transition method could just do the trick.

 

[KatnMe]

Newbie here, just finding my way around... This is a great tip and would like some input on this idea that's similar...

Use patch to handle nicotine withdrawal and e-cigs to handle all the rest... anyone tried this?

Hubby and I quit a couple of years ago for 8 months. The patches worked great for us and we supported each other. Until we fell off the wagon -- he'd been cheating, I hadn't, but it was sooooo easy to start up again. We were totally off nicotine, it was all the other things that we missed.

I know we could use the juice with nicotine, but from browsing around, it seems like the patches may be easier (more accurate) to step down and hopefully out! The e-cigs would be a permanent replacement (at least for now...) for all the other benefits of this habit.

 

[breakfastchef]

A few comments...

chokmah: I know you have some really stressful situations in your life and fell 'off the wagon' last month. Are you now vaping fulltime, only?

Quitting is can be a multi-faceted endeavor. Sometimes a multi-modal approach is necessary to quit tobacco. That might mean using personal vaporizors in combination with FDA approved NRTs. Talk with your doctor.

Some folks overdo the nicotine concentrations early on and are able to stop using tobacco shortly after starting to vape. While I do not necessarily condone this approach to other folks, it is an option that worked for me. I stopped the third day after I started vaping.

Lastly, another common thing to new vapers is 'constant vaping'. You know have a new pacifier loaded with noctine and it no longer stinks up you, your house and your breath. You can use it just about anytime you want. This leads to prolonged vaping sessions beyond the normal smoke break you used to take. It will pass, but, in the short term, you will be dosing yourself pretty heavily with nicotine. For me, it was worth it as I junked the caner sticks about two mothns ago.

The bottom line is to trust your body to give you feedback and realize that vaping is a full-contact habit that requires a lot of user interaction to keep the equipment and experience going strong.

 

[KatnMe]

Thanks much! I just ordered my first kit and opted for low nic and we'll see how that goes.