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Trying to switch to vape to quit. Hitting my vape doesn't to much to alleviate the withdrawl symptoms.

I had no problems switching to vaping a couple years ago. Make sure you have the right nicotine level for however much you were smoking.

MrWingnut posted...

I had no problems switching to vaping a couple years ago. Make sure you have the right nicotine level for however much you were smoking.

I can get a nicotine buzz from my Juul, but still have a major craving. Really white knuckling it rn

why do cigarettes have so many chemicals ?

GeraldDarko posted...

Juul

Try getting an actual vape with a coil and juice. It's cheaper than juuls in the long run anyway since those cartridges are expensive as fuck. I can get a big bottle of juice that'll last me a month that cost barely a little more than a 4 pack of Juul carts that didn't even last me a week and it's also stronger. And once you start off with a high nicotine content you can gradually lower it to ween yourself off if that's your end goal. I'm down to just 5 mg juice when I started at 12 mg a couple years ago.

I used nicotine patches to quit. Once you put one on you can tell yourself any cravings you're getting are in your head because you're getting the nicotine still. I was able to quit decently easy because any cravings that would pop up whenever I was wearing a patch I would just tell myself it's purely mental at that point.

WaterLink posted...

Try getting an actual vape with a coil and juice. It's cheaper than juuls in the long run anyway since those cartridges are expensive as fuck. I can get a big bottle of juice that'll last me a month that cost barely a little more than a 4 pack of Juul carts that didn't even last me a week and it's also stronger. And once you start off with a high nicotine content you can gradually lower it to ween yourself off if that's your end goal. I'm down to just 5 mg juice when I started at 12 mg a couple years ago.

Had one years ago, too much maintenance. A single Juul cart lasts me about a week. 5 bucks a week ain't nothing. Worth the convenience to me.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

why do cigarettes have so many chemicals ?

Most of it's bizarre hydrocarbons created by catching tobacco on fire, or the lead and polonium that end up all over the tobacco leaves themselves somehow.

The only real additives are freon and ammonia, which only serve to "puff" the tobacco, and should boil off on its own at room temperature (or at least the freon does). Used to be various flavorings as well, but they're illegal now.

Well I just learned a few new things about cigarettes today. Thanks Question.

Never smoke before and never will, glad some of the fam will never touch those gross unhealthy things.

@SomeLikeItHoth @Scotty_Rogers

GeraldDarko posted...

A single Juul cart lasts me about a week.

Is this combined with cigarettes or just on its own?

CyricZ posted...

Well I just learned a few new things about cigarettes today. Thanks Question.

further reading: https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/chemicals-cigarettes-plant-product-puff

WaterLink posted...

Is this combined with cigarettes or just on its own?

On its own. That's a few pulls 6-8 times a day.

If you have any ounce of will power, cold turkey is the very best way to quit cigarettes.

Your still feeding yourself nicotine with vape, so you won't quit.

The way lead and polonium get into cigarettes and strange and interesting, and largely preventable.
https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactivity-tobacco

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

why do cigarettes have so many chemicals ?

i thought it was to make it burn evenly

dont marijuana or cigars need to be relit constantly

UndefeatedGOAT posted...

dont marijuana or cigars need to be relit constantly

...no

UndefeatedGOAT posted...

i thought it was to make it burn evenly

dont marijuana or cigars need to be relit constantly

Sometimes yes, but usually no.

Questionmarktarius posted...

...no

i know its the internet so we cant say a single bad thing about weed

youre gunna defend cigars though?

gamestunner posted...

If you have any ounce of will power, cold turkey is the very best way to quit cigarettes.

Your still feeding yourself nicotine with vape, so you won't quit.

Any once of will power... shut the fuck up, bro

Many people transition from cigs to vape as they quit, so saying I won't quit is bullshit.

Go somewhere, fool.

Honestly the juul will never really satisfy the cig craving. It just gives you a different addiction. I only smoked like half a pack of cigs a day but when I quit and switched to a juul I was going through over one pod per day. Only used it for a year, shit made me feel worse than cigs ever did.

UndefeatedGOAT posted...

youre gunna defend cigars though?

Cigars stay lit just fine, or a least not terribly.
Cigarettes mostly stay lit because you're sucking the thing down quickly.

I went to a Voopoo vape and buy 32ml of "Marlboro " flavor. It's as if I'm smoking real pipe tobacco at only 6mg of nicotine. It was the only way to put down cigs without a craving for me.

Good luck though!

thronedfire2 posted...

Honestly the juul will never really satisfy the cig craving. It just gives you a different addiction. I only smoked like half a pack of cigs a day but when I quit and switched to a juul I was going through over one pod per day. Only used it for a year, shit made me feel worse than cigs ever did.

That's likely because you replaced cigarettes with the Juul and ended up taking in more nicotine. I'm just using the Juul sparingly as I quit.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Cigars stay lit just fine, or a least not terribly.
Cigarettes mostly stay lit because you're sucking the thing down quickly.

true..

clean living for me only though, i just need to cut back on candy

GeraldDarko posted...

That's likely because you replaced cigarettes with the Juul and ended up taking in more nicotine. I'm just using the Juul sparingly as I quit.

true, I think I was actually getting more nicotine from vaping. But it was giving me throat pains too

GeraldDarko posted...

I can get a nicotine buzz from my Juul, but still have a major craving. Really white knuckling it rn

That's how I started out but you get used to it. It's not the same so it doesn't feel like you're getting what you want. It will pass.

Or just keep the ball rolling and lose the vape. We'd be better off without them.

GeraldDarko posted...

Any once of will power... shut the fuck up, bro

Many people transition from cigs to vape as they quit, so saying I won't quit is bullshit.

Go somewhere, fool.

Hey, this fool was trying to help you.

I quit 6 years ago cold turkey. After 20 years 1-1 1/2 pack a day. After decreasing my habit to quit, only to buy another pack another day.

I wasn't implying you had no will power.

I was implying it takes a lot of will power to quit cold turkey. Which is the best way. Because when all said and done the accomplishment is far greater than having patches or continuing to breathe in nicotine. Which I never said didn't work, more so that you are still taking it in and it will taker longer to quit.

My intention, was not to demoralize the way you're trying to quit.

Cut out the source immediately, and be done with it.

gamestunner posted...

Hey, this fool was trying to help you.

I quit 6 years ago cold turkey. After 20 years 1-1 1/2 pack a day. After decreasing my habit to quit, only to buy another pack another day.

I wasn't implying you had no will power.

I was implying it takes a lot of will power to quit cold turkey. Which is the best way. Because when all said and done the accomplishment is far greater than having patches or continuing to breathe in nicotine. Which I never said didn't work, more so that you are still taking it in and it will taker longer to quit.

My intention, was not to demoralize the way you're trying to quit.

Cut out the source immediately, and be done with it.

I may be a bit on edge lol

Only made it 3 days cold turkey, but 3 months without anything when I used a vape to ween off.

KanWan posted...

Finding a good vape makes all the difference

I went from smoking a pack of day since 15 to only smoking on the weekends when Im drinking >_>

Im 28 now and have been vaping for 2ish years? Hardly ever want a cig now. The trick is to find coils that hit well, can be found everywhere, and a device small enough to carry with you.

+ the nicotine as well.. I have aspire GT mini tank and paired it with a vaporesso gen nano

I don't want to use it long, so I'm not doing all that

Takes a lot of mental strength to just quit like that and it's extremely difficult for people who may not have endured such hardship before but people do regularly quit like that.

faizan_faizan posted...

Takes a lot of mental strength to just quit like that and it's extremely difficult for people who may not have endured such hardship before but people do regularly quit like that.

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Is this a TRUTH commercial?

Don't SMOKE!!!!!
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GeraldDarko posted...

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You are the only one keeping yourself addicted.

Questionmarktarius posted...

polonium

oh god no.

faizan_faizan posted...

You are the only one keeping yourself addicted.

https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/44812364/Inspirational

Just ate a ton of pizza
Whew doggy... I want a smoke. If I had one, I'd be done.

If you're still getting withdrawal symptoms, you would be better off adding in something like patches for a few weeks to smooth out that ride.

Sonic_Cannon posted...

If you're still getting withdrawal symptoms, you would be better off adding in something like patches for a few weeks to smooth out that ride.

Tried them a few years ago.
After an hour it was burning like crazy and bright red. Gave it a couple tries. Could have been the brand, but I'll stick it out with my Juul.

How about some of the other non-nicotine things to reduce withdrawals? Nortriptyline, bupropion, varenicline?

I used to be heavily addicted to poppers (weed mixed with tobacco in a bong) and vaping being invented has been a godsend for getting off that shit. Only time I rip ciggys now is either when Im absolutely hammered, or trying to hit on a girl in a smoke pit while hammered.

Keep at it. Jump to 50 nic if your struggling with the regular juuls.

Sonic_Cannon posted...

How about some of the other non-nicotine things to reduce withdrawals? Nortriptyline, bupropion, varenicline?

No need to go nuclear.

electricbugs2 posted...

I used to be heavily addicted to poppers (weed mixed with tobacco in a bong) and vaping being invented has been a godsend for getting off that shit. Only time I rip ciggys now is either when Im absolutely hammered, or trying to hit on a girl in a smoke pit while hammered.

Keep at it. Jump to 50 nic if your struggling with the regular juuls.

I'm weening myself off. Few pulls 6-8 times a day for now. That's enough to keep my from going out and buying cigs.

GeraldDarko posted...

No need to go nuclear.

there is more than one path to quitting the nasty habit. even if it's with medication (though the side effects can suck).

kingdrake2 posted...

there is more than one path to quitting the nasty habit. even if it's with medication (though the side effects can suck).

You're right. I have my method and I'm making it work. I don't need or expect an at attaboy or you can do it, I'm just doing it, but that is perhaps the most affective advice -butt this is CE, so every post was telling me how I should actually do it. No big deal, just kinda silly.

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It really is
I am already not waking up congested and phlegmy and it at least feels a big easier to breath during my cardio. Both looking forward to and dreading coughing up the tar.

Just quit cold turkey. Remove all reminders of smoking like ash trays, lighters, etc from your place of living and car. Id avoid friends/fam who smoke for like a week. Also helps to establish which parts of the day you smoke most and get used to experiencing those parts without the cigs. It gets easier as time goes on. Main thing is you have to really truly want to quit otherwise you prob wont

Lordgold666 posted...

Just quit cold turkey.

No.

Well enjoy slowly dying then, idgaf