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Won’t help. Raising prices helped somewhat. E-Cigarettes already helped many quit smoking. The main problems with cigarettes was the carcinogenic cocktail that

Won’t help. Raising prices helped somewhat. E-Cigarettes already helped many quit smoking. The main problems with cigarettes was the carcinogenic cocktail that smokers and those around inhale when a cigarette is being smoked. The nicotine in E-Cigarettes is addictive, yes, but not as harmful and one can easily taper off with diy kit - put less and less nicotine in the mix. Plus, the main addiciton is psychological not physical - one can’t help wanting a puff with coffee, in social settings, etc That pleasant habit dies hard

igetspam 6y ago
I quit that way. I made a decision to stop smoking and switched to using a vaporizer. That satisfied the oral fixation and I felt better, physically, rather quickly. I then tapered off the nicotine (pretty quickly, compared to most people). Within a few months I was using zero nicotine mixes. After that, the next step was to limit it to home and bars, still with no nicotine. That was seven or eight years ago. I've had two cigarettes since and both tasted abysmal. No interest any more. My vaporizer hasn't left my desk in years. Occasionally I'll puff on it when I'm really stressed but it's a placebo and a habit of over decade of smoking. Changing rituals and eventually getting rid of all the nicotine was my path to success.
- tartoran 6y ago
  As an ex smoker I confirm that cigarettes taste and smell 10x worse after one quits. Congrats for beating the worst habit of the xx century. How are you feeling after all these years off cigarettes? Did you pick up any other bad habit? Im still on e-cigs but dilluted the nicotine concentration and am ready to stop altigether. Ive been e-ciggng for 3 years and didnt gave a regular cigarette since and am already feeling much better
  - igetspam 6y ago
    No new bad habits but no fewer, other than the one. I'm probably less winded when doing rigorous activities but I moved to Texas and it turns out I'm allergic to everything here, so I'm still coughing up a morning lung. It's definitely allergies and not the terror I saw when smoking. My life has more time in it now because I don't have to deal with smoke breaks. That's a double edged sword though. I forget to take mental breaks... Smoking is great and terrible. I loved smoking but I don't miss being a "smoker." Good luck on your journey.
    - tartoran 6y ago
      Yes, those regular mental breaks were priceless
- fallinghawks 6y ago
  I took the same path. Smoked for 30 years, switched to vaping, mixed my own e-liquid and tapered down to zero. Each time I dropped the nicotine level, I would get a headache for a couple days. But once it was down to zero, I picked up the vape a few times out of habit then noticed I was picking it up less and less. Like yours it sits on my desk and I might take a drag on it once or twice a week for the flavor, but there's no need like there was when nicotine was part of the equation.
ficklepickle 6y ago
It's really difficult to separate out mental and physical addiction. There are many misconceptions, including that mental addiction is somehow "less bad" than physical addiction. Trust me, physical addiction sucks, but the mental is the real battle. Cigs create an MAOI that is synergistic with nicotine. That is why, IMO, I needed much higher nicotine from a vape to quit smoking. This is clearly a stupid idea. Cure alcoholism by drinking nonalcoholic beer? It shows a complete lack of understanding of how addiction works.
- tartoran 6y ago
  You may need so but at least you can: (1) avoid the carcinogenic cocktail from combusted tabacco and (2) you can taper off easier as you can mix your vape juice with inert VG oil

igetspam 6y ago

I quit that way. I made a decision to stop smoking and switched to using a vaporizer. That satisfied the oral fixation and I felt better, physically, rather quickly. I then tapered off the nicotine (pretty quickly, compared to most people). Within a few months I was using zero nicotine mixes. After that, the next step was to limit it to home and bars, still with no nicotine. That was seven or eight years ago. I've had two cigarettes since and both tasted abysmal. No interest any more. My vaporizer hasn't left my desk in years. Occasionally I'll puff on it when I'm really stressed but it's a placebo and a habit of over decade of smoking. Changing rituals and eventually getting rid of all the nicotine was my path to success.

tartoran 6y ago
As an ex smoker I confirm that cigarettes taste and smell 10x worse after one quits. Congrats for beating the worst habit of the xx century. How are you feeling after all these years off cigarettes? Did you pick up any other bad habit? Im still on e-cigs but dilluted the nicotine concentration and am ready to stop altigether. Ive been e-ciggng for 3 years and didnt gave a regular cigarette since and am already feeling much better
- igetspam 6y ago
  No new bad habits but no fewer, other than the one. I'm probably less winded when doing rigorous activities but I moved to Texas and it turns out I'm allergic to everything here, so I'm still coughing up a morning lung. It's definitely allergies and not the terror I saw when smoking. My life has more time in it now because I don't have to deal with smoke breaks. That's a double edged sword though. I forget to take mental breaks... Smoking is great and terrible. I loved smoking but I don't miss being a "smoker." Good luck on your journey.
  - tartoran 6y ago
    Yes, those regular mental breaks were priceless
fallinghawks 6y ago
I took the same path. Smoked for 30 years, switched to vaping, mixed my own e-liquid and tapered down to zero. Each time I dropped the nicotine level, I would get a headache for a couple days. But once it was down to zero, I picked up the vape a few times out of habit then noticed I was picking it up less and less. Like yours it sits on my desk and I might take a drag on it once or twice a week for the flavor, but there's no need like there was when nicotine was part of the equation.

ficklepickle 6y ago

It's really difficult to separate out mental and physical addiction. There are many misconceptions, including that mental addiction is somehow "less bad" than physical addiction. Trust me, physical addiction sucks, but the mental is the real battle. Cigs create an MAOI that is synergistic with nicotine. That is why, IMO, I needed much higher nicotine from a vape to quit smoking. This is clearly a stupid idea. Cure alcoholism by drinking nonalcoholic beer? It shows a complete lack of understanding of how addiction works.

tartoran 6y ago
You may need so but at least you can: (1) avoid the carcinogenic cocktail from combusted tabacco and (2) you can taper off easier as you can mix your vape juice with inert VG oil