My lungs felt better when I switched to e-cigs but my nicotine intake skyrocketed. For cigarettes I had to go outside and devote a couple minutes. With e-cigs I could do it inside and I could just take a quick hit or two as I was doing things. So even though I felt better I felt waaay more dependent on the nicotine, tons of hits throughout the day. I ended up switching back to cigarettes for a few weeks before I finally quit because I found it easier to stop. Still wasn't easy though. Good luck!
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In my experience, back when I smoked I tried to use e-cigs to help me quit. basically just ended up vaping inside and smoking outside. Then started feeling real weird because the amounts of nicotine delivered (at least with the e-cigs of the time) was always wildly all over the place.
Didnt end up quitting until a few years later, when I had switched back to regular cigarettes—what helped me actually quit was being the only person in my friend group still smoking, and a boatload of tea tree oil infused toothpicks to nibble on.
It took me 6 years,and a lot of lowering nicotine strength. I haven't touched my vape in a year now and still have a box full of vape liquid.
Vaping made it easier to stop when nothing else would help. The laws that limited flavors and sales would have hampered my efforts, buy I was lucky enough to have fully quit when they finally came into effect.
Who told you e-cigs help you quit? All the people I know who used them, it was so they could use them inside, no intention of quitting.
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It depends by user really, but I've seen people getting addicted to all of the different fruity tastes even more than nicotine. E-cigs with taste have been outlawed in my country recently for that reason - people, especially young, often really vape/e-smoke for the flavours, untill they actually become addicted to nicotine in them. And, of course, the pandemic of single-use e-cigs which promote polution and are made with slave labour.
Why can't we just enforce laws against selling to minors, rather than ban a product that I, an adult, enjoy consuming and is much better for my health?
Because it's not possible to enforce. And I'm not talking about minors, but they suffer in result too. In my country these things were hot selling things so often sellers wouldn't check ID, and even then, it's not like asking an older brother to buy you something doesn't exist. It's just much worse than with alcohol or regular cigarettes because young people and minors often don't like those.
Vapes are a good replacement for smoking for a lot of people, and it does do a lot less harm to your lungs. It didn’t work for me at all though, vaping really messes with my lungs, every time I pick it up I get chronic bronchitis. I know a lot of people who quit smoking by vaping, but not any people who quit vaping afterwards.
Oh yes, they work. Got off cigs OVERNIGHT years ago. Still vape because now I love the fantastical fruity flavors and have a fixation.
I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn’t seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes.
Why would he become less addicted if he keeps getting nicotine? E-cigarettes are not supposed to help you quit. That's just how they arvertise them.
Well, they're supposed to help you quit smoking cigarettes so you're not inhaling all the tar and other stuff that usually lead to lung cancer. They're not primarily designed to get rid of your nicotine addiction. So it depends on your definition.
It's undoubtedly healthier to do neither
I quite vaping 6 months ago after 9 years. Vaping is....not good. Can it be used to stop smoking? Absolutely! Your lungs will thank you but man, everyone should be striving to quite nicotine entirely. It's does nothing for anyone. The anxiety it cures is its own creation
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