Quitting smokeless tobacco with vaping?

[LeakingLeaf]

Alright, so an update might be in place again:

I have tried a few more times to give up the snus. The longest I've lasted since my last post is about 4 days. I'm so tired of being a tobacco wh**e it's crazy. I want to be free of this demon. And I know for a fact that vaping is so much more mellow and kind. It doesn't give me nearly the same stressful effect or withdrawals as snus does; it's like I'm back to my old self when vaping (except for the withdrawals I've had going such a short time without snus).

I feel lost, I have a great new set up, tank and everything, and last week I threw out all snus I had and committed completely to vaping. Then my friends who snus set off my abstinence one night when they all pulled out their cans and took one. 4 days it lasted.

I am still determined to make this switch my goal. I love nicotine (in moderate amounts), and I think vaping is the way to go. I feel awesome for a few days when making the switch, but then for some reason I go crazy. Snus is almost a part of my identity, and after those days it's like I feel that part of me dying. I like it, but at the same time, I feel so lost.

Again, my goal is to lower my nicotine amounts. Doing that with snus does not work for me. Even if I were to do exclusively mini portions (with half the amount of tobacco and nicotine) I would end up double or triple barreling them to get the effect I'm used to.

Vaping does seem to work in that department, since I can only vape as much as I have time for (which is not that often, comparing nicotine levels from snus to vaping). I also have full control of the nicotine content.

I know vaping works for me, but I seem to get to a point after a few days where I'm like "...... it, I need my snus to feel normal", and fall in to the trap again.

Sorry for the ramble. I just want to be free of this demon. I now I would feel a million times better than I feel today if I successfully made the switch. Feeling jittery and brain foggy is something I do everyday because of snusing too much now, and I think at my young age, this is not the way to live life.



EDIT: It's pretty scary seeing I made this thread half a year ago, and that I'm still struggling and haven't made the switch. Jesus christ...

 

[Blindtarm]

I have a TON of snus in the freezer though. Question is what I do with that. Even bought a few new cans today for some reason. Bah.

I had three pouches of rolling tobacco when I quit smoking. I just sold them for a nice price to a friend that still smoked.

 

[Blindtarm]

Maybe you should relax a bit on quitting, it might help. Allow yourself a couple of snus a day, without beating yourself up about it. Then try to vape in more and more situations until you can handle them all without snus, then it gets easier to stop snusing. I know I had to have a three month period figuring out how to vape instead of smoking in all situations, in the end cigarettes just tasted bad and it was an easy switch.
But don't stress it, you got time.

Good luck to you! You'll make it!

 

[lindah2207]

my husband switched from chewing tobacco to vaping a month ago. this last week he is coughing like crazy and actually has had a couple of short blackouts.... I am worried that the vaping is causing him to develop something other than a normal cough. has anyone else had these symptoms? does the cough go away? I swear I keep waiting to see him choke out a lung. im wondering if his lungs just don't like the vaping in them and will they get used to it? please help

 

[Fuzzy Bruce]

Long story, short as possible.

'60's teen, smoking was cool!

'70's saw an increase of cash flow,,, cigars added to the mix.

'80's, quit the cig's, added dip and chew along with collecting and smoking cigars.

'90's until just over a month ago, one to four cigars a day along with a can of dip every couple or three of days.

Around 2010 introduced to the hookah, another form of smoking added to the rest of my nic-addiction.

About a month ago was introduced to the real vape scene. Probably wil not ever see me with out the pv! Only about one cigar a week, and no dip at all. Even have a half can of Skoal sitting at my desk and a couple cans laying around somewhere else.

Vaping, as a nic replacement and a hobby seems to work for me! Sorry for the almost fifty year tobacco journey that seems to have ended.