You don't need anything to quit... Except a little common sense, page 1

Originally posted by Xoanon
reply to post by James1982

I am vaping Mr E's Dew Des Ice. Right now. Lots of it. At 6mg.

Should I switch to the Chai Tea before bed? I dunno.

X.

I'm vaping some Top Vapor 24mg Tutti Fruiti as we speak, and will probably throw on my dual coil carto filled with some Top Vapor Grandpa's Mix in a few minutes here. Yeah I smell awful (awfully delicious! A girl I was messing around with a few months back always commented how she could taste the juice I was using when she kissed me. She liked Pineapple the best

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To the OP, E-Cigs work for people who use them to quit. They start off with a high mg juice, then taper down to zero nicotine. Then they can either keep vaping zero nicotine, which has basically zero health effects whatsoever, or just stop all together. It's a lot easier quitting one thing at a time.

Cigarettes have more chemicals that you are addicted to than just Nicotine. They have anti-depressant like alkaloids in them. If you quit using an e-cig it allows you spread out the discomfort of quitting. First when you switch to vaping with nicotine you get your body used to functioning without the anti-depressant effects of the cigarettes. Then as you taper down your nicotine you reduce your dependance on that. When your at zero nicotine then you can quit the whole oral-fixation of puffing on something. This way it's a gradual step down instead of all of the sudden stopping nicotine, the hand-mouth habit, and the anti-depressant.

Some have suggested that's why some people can quit smoking easier than others. The ones who can easily quit smoking don't rely on cigarettes for their anti-depressant qualities. They just use them for a little nicotine rush. It's easier for them to quit. For people that use cigarettes as an anti-depressant, it's a lot harder. Not only are you addicted to the nicotine, but you also use cigarettes to stabilize your mood. It's similar to coming off of Prozac or other anti-depressants after being on them for years and years, with the addition of a nicotine addiction to kick.

Some people just use E-Cigs as a replacement for cigarettes, and even that's just fine. When you are just getting nicotine, instead of carbon monoxide, tar, radioactive particles, and other horrible things in cigarettes you are going to be in far better health. These days I still smoke cigarettes on occasion, but have almost completely switched over to vaping. I don't spit up black chit anymore, I don't cough, I don't have trouble breathing when doing strenuous things. I am in much better health, and that's with still smoking the occasional cigarette. .

When I first switched to vaping I was smoke free for about 5 months. Felt so incredible. I still feel great, but with the occasional cigarette it's not as good as it could be if I was 100% smoke free.

edit on 17-7-2012 by James1982 because: (no reason given)