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Smoking Cessation

meow2u3

(24,916 posts)

6. No thanks. I prefer to vape

Reply to cbayer (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 08:16 AM

Sep 2014

I can always wean myself off nicotine slowly (over a period of years) by vaping. I reduced my nicotine from 24mg to 15 now, after 11 months.

Quitting cold turkey is not for me. Besides, you can even get 0 nicotine flavors--the nicotine in e-cigs is optional.

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Trying to quit after 19 years. [View all] jeffrey_pdx Sep 2014 OP

Buy or download the book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" cbayer Sep 2014 #1

Basically just dont ever smoke another cigarette. jambo101 Sep 2014 #2

Good advice. cbayer Sep 2014 #3

Do what I did: switch to vaping meow2u3 Sep 2014 #4

While I am not opposed to vaping, i chose not to use any kind of replacement. cbayer Sep 2014 #5

No thanks. I prefer to vape meow2u3 Sep 2014 #6

Whatever works - that is all that counts. cbayer Sep 2014 #7

I dont get vaping as a way to give up cigarettes jambo101 Sep 2014 #8

It's better than smoking health wise. cbayer Sep 2014 #9

It maybe a cleaner way to intake nicotine jambo101 Sep 2014 #10

That is my way of looking at it, but I think for others, switching delivery cbayer Sep 2014 #11

Agreed, its insidious jambo101 Sep 2014 #12

Wrong in every way Alan Selk Sep 2014 #20

I was a smoker for 35 years jambo101 Sep 2014 #21

I switched to vaping 7 months ago PennyK Sep 2014 #13

My biggest problem is the the after dinner smoke jeffrey_pdx Sep 2014 #14

One is too many and 1000 isn't enough. cbayer Sep 2014 #15

Ohhh yes PennyK Sep 2014 #16

I have been surrounded by smokers frequently since I quit. cbayer Sep 2014 #17

Being around smokers jambo101 Sep 2014 #18

I have definitiely noticed that as well cbayer Sep 2014 #19