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Smoking Cessation

jambo101

(797 posts)

21. I was a smoker for 35 years

Reply to Alan Selk (Reply #20)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:12 PM

Sep 2014

I know how tough it is to give up the product i just dont agree with vaping as an alternative to smoking as you are still a nicotine junkie and doing everything you used to do with a cigarette only now its in a plastic package.

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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