Nicotine replacement therapy

[Beth109]

I am looking to stop smoking has anyone got any suggestions on nicotine replacement therapy?

 

[r77r7r]

 

[djsvapour]

Most of us see e-cigs as our NRT.

Failing that, it's up to you.

Personally, I have a stock of tabs/tablets which are about $6 for 24.
Kind of better than paying $20 for 12 which is what the big brand Pharmaceutical companies want us to pay.

I don't like inhalers and patches make me sick.

 

[rgerber]

The best replacement I found after almost 60 years of cigars and pipes was vaping. I started out over two years ago at 24 mg of nic. Now I have it all the way down to 24 mgs of nic. That's what I call progress!!

 

[mattmc92]

vaping? failing that, snus?

 

[gingertalk196]

Beth, if you take a look in this forum you can see how successful vaping has been for so many of us when all else failed. So in response, Vaping, it works! Good luck!

 

[RainSong]

Vaping has been the only nicotine replacement therapy that ever worked for me because I get that hand to mouth action and produce clouds. Now that I've found vaping I really don't think I could ever return to the stink sticks.

 

[KentA]

My last cigarette was just before my 1st vape.

 

[Beth109]

Thanks for the suggestions all! I've been lent a vape until the end of the week, I like it but I'm worried it's just going to swap one addiction for another... still in 2 minds whether to buy one for myself or try another type of NRT.

P.S. I've tried to copy your sig banner @MthompLmt (I hope you don't mind) but it wouldn't work...

Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[Cheallaigh]

this might help you decide
E Cigarettes Miracle or Menace | Horizon (2016) - Video Dailymotion

this is how to get the banner
Quit Smoking Counter Banner Generator - EcigAlternative.com

 

[Hitmetwice]

By "switching" habits you will be reducing the harm from tobacco by at least 95%. No tar, none of the additives added to tobacco in e-liquid.

E-cigarettes around 95% less harmful than tobacco estimates landmark review - Press releases - GOV.UK

 

[djsvapour]

Thanks for the suggestions all! I've been lent a vape until the end of the week, I like it but I'm worried it's just going to swap one addiction for another... still in 2 minds whether to buy one for myself or try another type of NRT.

It's up to you, of course, but the whole point of vaping is swapping a dangerous highly addictive habit to a safer less addictive habit.
You can chew gum or wear a patch and hand over your hard earned $£ to the Pharmaceutical industry but ultimately you're still going to need Nicotine most probably. Weening yourself off is easier over a long time.
Conventionally NRT is just money for old rope... maybe if it wasn't 95% pure profit, more people might actually go the course and use patches for a year or two.
The Pharmaceutical industry doesn't actually want anyone to stop using Nicotine, that's why the products are so badly 'graded' on the steps down. With Vaping you can go down one level every few months and be finished in a couple years or something if that's what you want to do.

 

[daviedog]

@Beth109,
Tell us in a week your thoughts..

 

[Smoke_too_much]

...but I'm worried it's just going to swap one addiction for another...

That is exactly why vaping is the best way to quit. Yes you are replacing one habit with another but the replacement has two big benefits. One, it is far healthier habit, enough said. Two, you are in control of it.

Having quit a 47 year cig habit about 3 1/2 weeks ago I should know. Switching to vaping only took me about 7 months while I got used to it, got it figured how to get good vapes, got to know what I like in juices, and got to know the equipment. I'd been vaping 6mg juices while I was smoking 8mg cigs. The nic level at 6mg wasn't enough and always left me wanting to have a smoke, albeit the number I smoked did naturally go down just because I didn't feel the craving so often. When I decided to finally quit I ordered in 18mg nic juice and that was enough. 10 to 15 draws on that and I simply didn't feel like having a smoke so it was that simple to quit. No will power, no agony, no anxiety, every time my thoughts turned to having a smoke I said ok but I have to vape first which was simple as I was willing to wait for my smoke, and knowing full well that after vaping I was not in the least interested in smoking. In between those cravings I continued to vape my 6mg juice too.

So now 3 1/2 weeks later I found that in my 2nd week I started to feel less and less like vaping the 18mg, partly because of its taste and partly because I didn't feel I needed or wanted that much nic. So I watered down my juice turning the 18's into 12's and now I'm finding even that less desirable and starting to switch to 6mg with only a few 12mg vapes a day. This week I even ordered 3mg juice.

Gum tastes horrible and maybe that's why some folks can quit smoking as they punish themselves with chewing that crap. Patches make your skin itch badly and you have little or no control over how much nic you are using. Since both only address the nic cravings neither works well to rid yourself of a smoking habit. The pills are major tranquilizers (the same stuff they give to schizo's to try and keep them sane) and do work by making all your cares and anxiety go away. Drugs will do that but at some point you have to stop taking them, and then what (back to smoking like I did after 3 months)? I like the medicine for quitting that I hear advertised each day on the TV where if you listen closely to the very long list of potential side effects the stuff can actually be lethal, and the FDA approved it, what a joke. Vaping is definitely the way to go, at least it is for me.

 

[RainSong]

Yep, I've definitely swapped a bad habit for a less harmful one and I'm ok with that. The hand to mouth habit and being able to blow visible vapor is honestly what I am most addicted too, more so than nicotine. Vaping fit my addiction bill perfectly. It's so much more fun too, between trying out new equipment, flavors and DIY juice.

 

[Beth109]

Thanks again for the advice everyone.

The cost is the main thing for me, I needed to quit altogether really! I've been smoke-free for 10 days now and was doing it on will power alone and with the help of my boyfriend for the first week but I the cravings were too much and I felt like I needed something so I bought one of them Nicorette QuickMist sprays from Weldricks and it has honestly helped me a lot. Then hopefully when the cravings start going (I've read that they do after a month or 2... ) I won't have to buy anything!

It's similar to when I was trying to lose weight, just having an apple or a light snack whenever you get a craving for food - works perfect for me.

If I do end up wanting to start again for whatever reason, I know now to go back to an e-cig rather than a cig and see how that works for me.

I'll stick around and post every now and then. Also well done to all those who have quit!

 

[Cheallaigh]

if it works for you, do it, the most important part is the quitting and not the how, really. good luck!

 

[daviedog]

Very good news. Do tell us how it goez.
Yer in the gang..