Should I start vaping?

[Ali Youssef]

So I have been smoking for the last 2.5-3 years, sometimes I'd smoke 10cigs a day, and sometimes a pack or even a pack and a half, depends on the day really.

Anyway, I decided to quit for good(cold turkey), it has been 3 days now, yesterday was really harsh, but today i'm feeling much better.

What comes to mind is not how much i miss cigarettes, because at the moment I'm at the point that I hate cigarettes, never want to touch them again, but what I crave is the routine, not the cigarette itself.

So I was thinking to start vaping at 0mg nicotine, should I do it or just continue with my life?

 

[Aus11]

If you feel at any point as if you may start smoking again use 0mg. I use 0mg because I enjoyed smoking but not the dying part. Nicotine was always a pointless venture for me.

Its a good alternative if you want to keep your hands and mouth busy to avoid smoking. Cause I know that was a thing for me.

At the end of the day using a vaporizer to avoid cigarettes is what its there for.

 

[Ali Youssef]

If you feel at any point as if you may start smoking again use 0mg. I use 0mg because I enjoyed smoking but not the dying part. Nicotine was always a pointless venture for me.

Its a good alternative if you want to keep your hands and mouth busy to avoid smoking. Cause I know that was a thing for me.

At the end of the day using a vaporizer to avoid cigarettes is what its there for.

Problem is im certain i wont smoke a cigarette again, but i the routine is quite hard to get over not the smoking part itself, this is why i was thinking about vaping and eventually will forget about vaping as well

 

[djsvapour]

Vaping zero nic is probably best for people who suffer with the routine (lack of) rather than the nicotine addiction (or people who work down to zero from something else).
2-3 years is not long to smoke, so I'd recommend giving it another few days and then saying goodbye forever to BOTH.
If Vaping had been around when I was 2-3 years in, I'd have given it a try though, probably with some Nicotine, yes.
The act of Vaping is quite addictive in itself...

So, that's me undecided, I guess.
Probably avoid it altogether if you can.

 

[Aus11]

Problem is im certain i wont smoke a cigarette again, but i the routine is quite hard to get over not the smoking part itself, this is why i was thinking about vaping and eventually will forget about vaping as well

If you want to use it to get over the routine that would work as well.

 

[Ali Youssef]

Vaping zero nic is probably best for people who suffer with the routine (lack of) rather than the nicotine addiction (or people who work down to zero from something else).
2-3 years is not long to smoke, so I'd recommend giving it another few days and then saying goodbye forever to BOTH.
If Vaping had been around when I was 2-3 years in, I'd have given it a try though, probably with some Nicotine, yes.
The act of Vaping is quite addictive in itself...

So, that's me undecided, I guess.
Probably avoid it altogether if you can.

I might as well wait a few more days and see how it goes, but whenever I do anything I used to smoke after it, breakfast lunch, study breaks, taking walks. so in the past 3 days i Have been saying" hey I used to smoke after doing this" , but I dont feel the urge to smoke I just despise cigarettes atm, it's the routine that has been on my mind all the time and It's really bothering me, i cant function properly

 

[Ali Youssef]

If you want to use it to get over the routine that would work as well.

In the past 3 days all I have been thinking about is I used to smoke after this, so I dont want to smoke I just got used to the routine

 

[lil_buddy]

they say it takes like 20 days to make a new habit...

 

[Ali Youssef]

they say it takes like 20 days to make a new habit...

Yeah this is true, what is worrying me is i changed a lot of things just before my final exams by 2 weeks, afraid i might affect studying and all that stuff, maybe I'm just giving myself more excuses .

 

[djsvapour]

they say it takes like 20 days to make a new habit...

When it comes to breakfast cereals, I'm saying 5 days!

 

[zoiDman]

So I have been smoking for the last 2.5-3 years, sometimes I'd smoke 10cigs a day, and sometimes a pack or even a pack and a half, depends on the day really.

Anyway, I decided to quit for good(cold turkey), it has been 3 days now, yesterday was really harsh, but today i'm feeling much better.

What comes to mind is not how much i miss cigarettes, because at the moment I'm at the point that I hate cigarettes, never want to touch them again, but what I crave is the routine, not the cigarette itself.

So I was thinking to start vaping at 0mg nicotine, should I do it or just continue with my life?

If you are 3 Days in and making it, I would just say just Keep Doing what you are Doing.

Think if you could just get another week or so under your belt. And Didn't want to Smoke or Use an e-Cigarette. Wouldn't that be the Best Possible outcome?

 

[Ali Youssef]

If you are 3 Days in and making it, I would just say just Keep Doing what you are Doing.

Think if you could just get another week or so under your belt. And Didn't want to Smoke or Use an e-Cigarette. Wouldn't that be the Best Possible outcome?

I think you are correct,it's best not to inhale anything at all

 

[stols001]

Ali Y, a lot of people use finger spinners now to keep their hands occupied, to deal with the fidgets.... That can work well and they're easy to find online or in many stores.

The other thing you can do is use a straw, (one of those tiny coffee stirring ones) and suck through it, chew on it, bend it, whatever makes you feel happy. A professor of mine (ex smoker) still uses one 10 years after he quit, with pride (he'd demonstrate it and announce his quit date).

The other thing? You will be a bit foggy/have trouble concentrating for awhile.... Two weeks seems to be the number given by the "experts" in tobacco cessation. There's also a good website called WhyQuit which is run by one of the most successful cold turkey gurus ever, who also travels around the US doing quitting cessation classes, and it's a great place for information and support (avoid the gory pics, I would, having seen them ) This site pulls no punches, which is why it can be an excellent morale booster for those going cold turkey, you will find out in no uncertain terms why quitting is good, and lots of questions/answers for dealing with the early quit.

I'd say you are quitting at a stressful time, which actually can be a good thing as if you power through your upcoming exams, etc., you are going to feel so good.

Sucking through a straw is probably safer than vaping with 0 nicotine. If you get to the point that you are going to lose it though, and smoke, that would be the time to consider vaping, if you must.

For me, I craft and knit to occupy myself when I can't vape for a period of time, so you might want to pick something quiet you can do in your down time, maybe take up wood whittling. That can be a lot of fun.

I wish you all the luck in the world, and the problem with vaping 0 nic is, it solves the hand to mouth problem by replacement with another product, so you are going to have to confront that issue at *some point* and if you can do that without vaping, I would do so.

Best of luck!

Anna

 

[Ali Youssef]

Ali Y, a lot of people use finger spinners now to keep their hands occupied, to deal with the fidgets.... That can work well and they're easy to find online or in many stores.

The other thing you can do is use a straw, (one of those tiny coffee stirring ones) and suck through it, chew on it, bend it, whatever makes you feel happy. A professor of mine (ex smoker) still uses one 10 years after he quit, with pride (he'd demonstrate it and announce his quit date).

The other thing? You will be a bit foggy/have trouble concentrating for awhile.... Two weeks seems to be the number given by the "experts" in tobacco cessation. There's also a good website called WhyQuit which is run by one of the most successful cold turkey gurus ever, who also travels around the US doing quitting cessation classes, and it's a great place for information and support (avoid the gory pics, I would, having seen them ) This site pulls no punches, which is why it can be an excellent morale booster for those going cold turkey, you will find out in no uncertain terms why quitting is good, and lots of questions/answers for dealing with the early quit.

I'd say you are quitting at a stressful time, which actually can be a good thing as if you power through your upcoming exams, etc., you are going to feel so good.

Sucking through a straw is probably safer than vaping with 0 nicotine. If you get to the point that you are going to lose it though, and smoke, that would be the time to consider vaping, if you must.

For me, I craft and knit to occupy myself when I can't vape for a period of time, so you might want to pick something quiet you can do in your down time, maybe take up wood whittling. That can be a lot of fun.

I wish you all the luck in the world, and the problem with vaping 0 nic is, it solves the hand to mouth problem by replacement with another product, so you are going to have to confront that issue at *some point* and if you can do that without vaping, I would do so.

Best of luck!

Anna

Im no convinced with the straw thing to be honest, and I'm not a big fan of fidget spinners, I have ADHD as many other people, so when I have the habit of moving my fingers up and and down when i feel uncomfortable.

I have actually check why quit , and have been reading stuff on it since the first day I quit.


Since yesterday I have been having sever chest pain, and currently I'm actually in a lecture and my cheat is killing me, literally i feel that it's burning and it's being compressed so hard I just cant breathe.


I dont have the urge to smoke a cigarette at all, but the routine is what I think im addicted too.

 

[Asbestos4004]

I say don't smoke and don't start vaping. That's what my parents did and they're still alive. They have ailments but not one of them is smoking related.
I lacked the will to do it that way...but you don't. Vaping is an endless rabbit hole.

 

[stols001]

Okay.... So you are going to have to switch up your routines to train your brain into new pathways, if you can't find an acceptable mouth/finger device to occupy you. Like, DON'T go outside the building when you usually WOULD smoke, or if you do go outside, try some mindfulness exercises to apply a new habit instead of smoking. You can find examples all over the interwebs, as far as mindfulness, and some of the exercises are fun and distracting, though they take practice. If it helps, mindfulness training can help with ADHD, too.

I have ADHD and even switching to a vape, it was really hard, so I TOTALLY SALUTE you for quitting when you are (exam season) and searching out options. I don't think it would be *terrible* to vape 0 nic for awhile if it's getting devastating, even if you only do so for a few weeks to get you through exam season, but really, if you get hooked on that habit, you'll be stuck dealing with that.

If you get fidgety and antsy and it's awful, you might try a thermos of Chamomile tea to drink during the process, that stuff calms me down better than *any* herbal product has the right to, it just can make me sleepy if I OD on it....

Best of luck Ali, you'll get on the other side of this if you persevere. And remember, every quit is different, right? So, this may BE your successful attempt to quit if you just keep on going. And you will save yourself MUCH misery in the process.

Anna

 

[zoiDman]

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Since yesterday I have been having sever chest pain, and currently I'm actually in a lecture and my cheat is killing me, literally i feel that it's burning and it's being compressed so hard I just cant breathe.


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This is Beyond the Scope of Internet Forums. You need to see a Doctor as soon as Possible.

 

[stols001]

That is a very good point, zoiDiman, I missed that. Ali, you should get that checked out ASAP. It could be a quitting effect, but I don't think it's a common one. It could also be a *psychological* effect, but you still need to rule out any problems/issues with your lungs with your doc, ASAP. Sorry to add to your stress, but it's really important to make sure you are okay.

Are you coughing up a lot of stuff? How heavy was your smoking? But, whatever the answers are, if this persists more than a few minutes, you should get it checked out.

The only thing I can *even* come up with, is if you have asthma or something like that, your lungs may be extra aggravated during the quitting process, but I am NOT a doctor, and I think you should get checked out ASAP, too.

Anna

 

[Ali Youssef]

This is Beyond the Scope of Internet Forums. You need to see a Doctor as soon as Possible.

I Will go to the GP tomorrow, it's torturing me now

 

[stols001]

If it gets worse, do not pass go, head directly to your nearest ER. Even if you are in the middle of an exam, you can get a doctor's note indicating that you need to retake it for health reasons. When did it start?

Anna