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Runningdawg

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6. I quit 4-1-18 by vaping
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:13 PM
Nov 2018

Here is how I did it - I waited until I just could not stand the craving anymore, then I vaped 12 puffs. No more, no less. Vaping isn't the same as smoking a cig, you will still want one. When I just couldn't stop myself I smoked 1/2 of one. I didn't trust myself to stop at 1/2 so I cut it in 1/2 crushed the end and only smoked the 1/2 with the filter. Gradually I didn't even need to smoke 1/2. I started smoking but not inhaling. Just holding the real deal, seeing the smoke, the sensation in my mouth was enough. I took about 2 weeks to rely solely on the vape.
I started with 12mg of nicotine and by March 1st I was down to 3mg. I started vaping less. 12 puffs became 6, then 3 and by April I wasn't using it at all. I carried it around for 3 months, just in case I was about to smoke a real cig. Never did. Won't again.

YOU CAN DO THIS!!

Smoking [View all] musicman65 Nov 2018 OP
I've heard vaping helps as a transition SHRED Nov 2018 #1
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I quit 4-1-18 by vaping Runningdawg Nov 2018 #6
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I'm doing the patch. Day 8. n/t Yavin4 Nov 2018 #7
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thanks musicman65 Nov 2018 #19
Whatever you do, don't get discouraged if you blow it a few times. For me it was that I would be brewens Nov 2018 #10
Quit in February after around 30 years, vaping helps me. BootinUp Nov 2018 #11
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excersize musicman65 Nov 2018 #14
gum, 15 years ago, still chew it. Hamlette Nov 2018 #17
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