Vaping habit trend

[digitalfairy]

I have been vaping for 3 weeks now (2 1/2 without analogs). My amount of vaping overall is higher, though my use of nic juice is about the same as my previous smoking habit. The thing for me is that around day 10 of not smoking analogs the cravings were far worse and I started using zero nic juice similar to Matodd as a pacifier. I am happy to hear folks say that the amount of vaping tends to drop off over time, as that is something I started thinking about today.

 

[texastumbleweed]

i thought i was the only female who "dips" ha ha....i have Camel Frost Snus in my handbag at all times, and in my truck. havent really used it much since vaping regularily. but when i was a smoker, i dipped whenever i coudnt smoke, e.g. at work, on airplanes, in movie theaters, any indoor places that were non smoking. i was/am a nicotine fiend.

A lot of the addictive substances in cigarettes work TOGETHER. For example, nic increases dopamine, and MAOI's stop them from being re-absorbed. The result is LOTS of dopamine floating around in your head.

I wonder if, when you remove one or the other, it lessens the grip of the addiction. Because now, it's just the nicotine. There's no MAOI's, like there is in cigs. So maybe nicotine on its own is simply not as addictive as the two combined. Maybe this is also why some people continue to crave cigs no matter how high nic they use. They're craving the MAOI's, not the nic.

For those really bad moments, I have a small supply of snuff (you can also use snus) that I keep around. These products are smokeless tobacco, and do contain MAOI's, but due to the lack of additives, and lack of combustion, they are not associated with severe health risks to the same level that smoking is.

I have found that if I'm really doing bad and I'm about to break down and have a cig, a bit of snuff takes that urge away, and I don't want a cig anymore. I don't use it much at all - I've had it for over a month (maybe two?) and I've used it once. But it's nice to know it's there, for when the craving feels out of control and vaping isn't helping.

MAOI's, in addition to being addictive, are also anti-depressants and anti-anxiety. This may be why you crave them in stressful times. You've essentially been medicating stress with cigs.

 

[BiffRocko]

I've been all over the board in regards to strength. I started at 24mg and it was way too much for me. I was vaping 12mg pretty consistently, but my daily vape doesn't quite do it for me at 12mg. The 18mg has a much better taste, so that's where I'm at now. I've had periods where I vaped 0mg most of the day and only threw in something with nic in it here and there through out the day.

I do not plan to quit vaping or to even go down to 0mg. As someone else said, nicotine has positive benefits. When my wife told her doctor she stopped smoking and started vaping, the Dr said, "Good," and confirmed the positive aspects of nicotine.

 

[WarsawNan]

I was a smoker (pack & 1/2 a day) for over 40 years. Decided a couple months ago to switch to vaping simply because it was more affordable. Thought I'd probably have to ween myself off the cigs gradually once I got my e-cig, but that wasn't the case at all. After vaping just one day, my cigs tasted like crap and I had no problem quitting them altogether.

My first couple weeks of vaping I was kind of amazed by how my nicotine craving was satisfied with so little vaping, perhaps 3 or 4 tokes an hour. But once I started ordering all the different delicious flavored juice out there, that changed! LOL Got a bottle of Snickerdoodles from Velvet Vapors and OMG!! I worried about OD-ing on nicotine because I couldn't stop vaping the stuff! Delicious!!

So now that I realize I'm loving all the yummy flavors out there and vaping more for that (rather than the need for nicotine), I've been ordering them with the lower nicotine levels. Still ordering new flavors every month, from various vendors, and probably already have accumulated more than I could go through in a year.