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Except for the fact that other ways don’t work. It’s not possible to slowly reduce your nicotine intake with cigarettes. The only alternative is: stop all your

by slau 7y ago

Except for the fact that other ways don’t work. It’s not possible to slowly reduce your nicotine intake with cigarettes. The only alternative is: stop all your smoking habits, and maybe one of these nicotine substitutes will help. But that only adresses one part of the issue: the nicotine addiction. Smoking is a lot more complex than just the nicotine addiction. I know a lot of smokers who managed to take a break from cigarettes for a few months, but I’ve never met a vaper who went back to cigarettes. I’m slowly rewiring my brain to not need cigarettes or vaping. I smoked for 15 years, and started during my formative years, so I know this will be a long process. Just telling me to chew gum or apply patches is a cop out for the government to clear its conscience about not really helping its population kick the smoking habit. There’s a reason the tobacco industry doesn’t care about patches and gum: it doesn’t work for the majority of smokers.

apexalpha 7y ago
>It’s not possible to slowly reduce your nicotine intake with cigarettes. The only alternative is: stop all your smoking habits, and maybe one of these nicotine substitutes will help. Why not? Just go from 2 packs a day to 1.9, to 1.8 etc..
- PeterisP 7y ago
  It's easy to say but hard to do. Every smoker and ex-smoker I know has tried to quit multiple times, so there's a bunch of experience there. Their consensus (I don't smoke, so no firs-thand experience) seems to be that going from 2 packs a day to 0 (or a "party mode" where it's 0 most days but a pack during a festival or something) is actually easier than going from 2 packs to 1. Habits and addiction work in ways that aren't entirely intuitive.
- GonzaloQuero 7y ago
  That tapers the physical addiction part of it, but worsens the psychological part of the addiction, because now that you're having less, you're craving each cigarette more, and start valuing those you allow yourself to have even more. In the end, by doing this, you're suffering continuous withdrawal while worsening your psychological addiction.
fdg98ljkh5h5 7y ago
Increase your copper intake to increase your Cu-Zn Super Oxide Dismutase enzymes[1] which will help neutralise the free radicals. Increase Vit C to gram level (ascorbic acid mixed in milk is good), this is a base for many enzymes and will also help reduce the free radicals in the body. Damage to sperm can be reversed at this level. The liver metabolises nicotine into an alkoid called Cotinine which is thought to be the main reason people smoke. Other studies have suggested other chemicals are also linked to addiction found in tobacco because rat studies have shown rats will prefer water sources without nicotine in, when given a choice. Tobacco also increases the level of copper in the blood stream, helping to make smokers go grey more quickly than peers. Water only fasting will reduce tobacco cravings within a few days, which then also gives the body a chance to clean itself up more quickly because White blood cell counts will remain elevated in the lungs for as much as 5 years after giving up smoking. No studies on vapours yet. Whilst its been shown that brain pathways take 42 days to rewire themselves which is the period of time thought to remove the addiction from the brain, the liver is more involved in the brain and addiction pathways than the medical profession will care to admit. Another easy way to give up smoking is consuming raw Ox liver. The enzymes in the liver like catalase, ceruloplasmin and others will remove the stress and desire to smoke plus will give you an immediate energy boost. The risk of consuming raw ox liver periodically throughout the day is from parasites, but the raw liver makes you feel very good and alive if you ever need a pick me up. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide_dismutase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide_dismutase [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine
SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
Have you found that you're reducing your vaping usage?
lonelappde 7y ago
How about patch/gum plus fake cigarettes that just heat air you can suck on and breathe?

by slau 7y ago

apexalpha 7y ago

>It’s not possible to slowly reduce your nicotine intake with cigarettes. The only alternative is: stop all your smoking habits, and maybe one of these nicotine substitutes will help. Why not? Just go from 2 packs a day to 1.9, to 1.8 etc..

PeterisP 7y ago
It's easy to say but hard to do. Every smoker and ex-smoker I know has tried to quit multiple times, so there's a bunch of experience there. Their consensus (I don't smoke, so no firs-thand experience) seems to be that going from 2 packs a day to 0 (or a "party mode" where it's 0 most days but a pack during a festival or something) is actually easier than going from 2 packs to 1. Habits and addiction work in ways that aren't entirely intuitive.
GonzaloQuero 7y ago
That tapers the physical addiction part of it, but worsens the psychological part of the addiction, because now that you're having less, you're craving each cigarette more, and start valuing those you allow yourself to have even more. In the end, by doing this, you're suffering continuous withdrawal while worsening your psychological addiction.

fdg98ljkh5h5 7y ago

Increase your copper intake to increase your Cu-Zn Super Oxide Dismutase enzymes[1] which will help neutralise the free radicals. Increase Vit C to gram level (ascorbic acid mixed in milk is good), this is a base for many enzymes and will also help reduce the free radicals in the body. Damage to sperm can be reversed at this level. The liver metabolises nicotine into an alkoid called Cotinine which is thought to be the main reason people smoke. Other studies have suggested other chemicals are also linked to addiction found in tobacco because rat studies have shown rats will prefer water sources without nicotine in, when given a choice. Tobacco also increases the level of copper in the blood stream, helping to make smokers go grey more quickly than peers. Water only fasting will reduce tobacco cravings within a few days, which then also gives the body a chance to clean itself up more quickly because White blood cell counts will remain elevated in the lungs for as much as 5 years after giving up smoking. No studies on vapours yet. Whilst its been shown that brain pathways take 42 days to rewire themselves which is the period of time thought to remove the addiction from the brain, the liver is more involved in the brain and addiction pathways than the medical profession will care to admit. Another easy way to give up smoking is consuming raw Ox liver. The enzymes in the liver like catalase, ceruloplasmin and others will remove the stress and desire to smoke plus will give you an immediate energy boost. The risk of consuming raw ox liver periodically throughout the day is from parasites, but the raw liver makes you feel very good and alive if you ever need a pick me up. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide_dismutase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide_dismutase [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago

Have you found that you're reducing your vaping usage?

lonelappde 7y ago

How about patch/gum plus fake cigarettes that just heat air you can suck on and breathe?