Well... when I smoked I was addicted to many things (thanks for the chemical gumbo, BT). With vaping, I feel I am dependant on only two - nicotine and the physical act of inhaling/exhaling vapor.
Of the two, the latter is far and away the stronger draw (if you pardon the pun).
My nic is down to 3mg for the most part and I think that it's a crutch - more a psychological dependance than a physical one. I bought into this scene thinking that the nic was the active ingredient that would get me off the cigarettes and I think I'm hanging on to that unconsciously. I have every reason to believe that I could/will be nic free. Now, the inhale/exhale thing...... that's another story.
That's so true...!
For me too, the behavioral side of vaping it the most important. That, and a decent TH.
I have easily cut nicotine from 18mg to 9mg overnight, after switching to RTA's and mods. The added vapor production can still give me that TH with much less nicotine, and I did not really vaped more because of any nicotine "withdrawal".
Also, I have done some experiments with non-nic DIY, and I feel I could use it permanently, if it was not for that muted TH...
I am now at aroung 6mg... and thinking about trying BitExtra to stop using nic for good. That would be a good thing - Portugal is finally trying to tax liquids with nicotine. At 60 cents/ml, a 10ml bottle's price would raise from 4 Eur to 10...
(I have NOT paid anything yet: just kept ordering online from abroad, as usual. Whole 100ml bottles. 3 or 4 of them on each order. Our greedy politicians could be at least receiving VAT from my own coutry. As it is, they are losing BOTH the VAT and the new "tobacco" tax. On top of that, VAT is lower in other countries, anyway...
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