Now I'm WAY addicted to vaping instead???

[PrincessRynny]

I quit smoking almost a year ago, but I've become increasingly more dependent on my e cig. My goal wasn't just to have the e cig forever instead; my goal was to use it as a means to quit and then eventually quit that too. I've been really unsuccessful every time I've tried. Any suggestions?

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky]

Hiya princess and welcome to quit support😊

Well done on nearly a year quit👍🏼 great job so well done to you👏🏼

Perhaps you could try and go longer periods of time without your ecig, just to see how ya get on. Make a few rules like I will only have 5 puffs in the kitchen and I'll wait until a certain time. you may surprise yourself and not need it as much as you think. Good luck😊X

[PrincessRynny 14 Month Winner in reply to Briarwood]

That's a good idea, thanks for the advice!!

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Hi! 'Just want to say Welcome! I have to defer to others re using e-cigs because I just didn't care for them when i tried them last year.

However ,.. take a look at then "related posts" and "pinned posts" over on the right side of the page -- and there are some very relevant replies to a post from earlier today called "Vaping too much".

BTW: Hearty congratulations for being a year smoke free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[monky Administrator Cake sniffer outer]

Hi PrincessRynny and a big warm welcome to our lovely quit support community and a great big massive WELL DONE to you for reaching very nearly 1 whole Year quit that is just flippin ACE gal

Rite, e-cigs these are a form of NRT to help us to quit to which it has helped you to quit eh

Any form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy is there to help us to quit the cigs BUT, we then have to wean ourselves off that NRT

Princess, you dont say what sort of e-cig you are using but I am using the vape type, so we can cut the nicotine level down bit by bit

I've cut down from 24mg nic to 12mg now and I'm 17 months quit BUT am getting their gal The vape e-cig allows us to cut down more gradual as from going from 18mg nic to 12mg nic, if you half fill your vaporiser with 18mg and half fill it with 12mg, that will give you about 15mg,s sooooo, its not such a big er drop if you see what I mean So just try to cut it down, bit by bit

The only reason that I havnt cut it down any more, is cos I havnt got the confidences to do that yet, cos I have 2 smokers in the house But, I know I will

Princess, even if you are vaping more, your only getting nicotine and NOT all those other 4000 toxins that you get with the flippin cigs eh Now thats got to be good eh

Good luck Princess and please if you would be so kind, let me know your quit date then I can add you to the Wall of Winners and keep your Winners badge up to date

Pete

[PrincessRynny 14 Month Winner in reply to monky]

Thanks for the encouragement! My quit date - my last cigarette - was actually January 1 2015. So almost a year and yes I totally get not being able to decrease the nicotine yet, I started at 24 and now I'm at 12 and I'm scared to go below 8 or 9. But it's a work in progress!