Basically I hate judgemental cunts.
I thought the whole point of vaping was to get people off nicotine addiction by reduction?
Iām down from 40 Marlborough a day to a 2-3mg nicotine vape habit. From a 50% chance of dying from lung cancer (as far as medical research goes) in another 6 years Iāll have the same risk as a non smoker.
Have you tried nicotine pouches (the little things you put next to your gums, usually referred to as āsnusā)?
Iām using them ATM to wean myself off vaping which I started to do again following my recent stay in hospital/rehab where I was down as an occasional smoker/vaper and they gave me nicotine patches foc as an alternative, as smoking/vaping in a hospital bed is obviously frowned upon, The last thing I wanted to consider whilst stuck in rehab was putting myself through nicotine withdrawal whilst in pain and confined to a hospital bed off my kipper on opiates. Hence coming out of rehab with a nicotine habit much worse than I went in with!
I assume (although I donāt actually know) that they simply deliver nicotine in a readily absorbable fashion, and are safer as the donāt contain or deliver all the nasty shite that comes with vaping.
I also assume that they are waaaaay less damaging to the environment than any type of vaping, never mind using disposables. They are also considerably cheaper, with a tub of 20 being around a fiver, and last way longer than a five quid disposable.
Worth a try?
Crikey, thatās going some.
I was always a 15 B&H guy.
My uncle smoked 60 Senior Service a day, which unsurprisingly did for him in short order.
I stopped smoking using nicotine patches, one of the things that it broke was the oral habit of smoking which I can see would not be done with vaping.
Congrats on getting off 40 a day though.
When it comes to stopping smoking the journey is irrelevant, the destination is the only important bit, how you get there is whatever works for you.
I smoke about 6/7 Marlboro Touch per day although I did switch to IQOS for a few years when they first came out but went back to smoking. Could not get on with vaping as it just isnāt the same as taking a drag on a ciggy
I enjoy it and donāt really have any intention of giving up.
I think what I struggle with, is vapers (taken as a group, I know there will be individuals who do better), are a pretty ignorant lot.
Theyāre happy to walk along a street throwing out huge fumes of sweet toxic shit that I have no choice but to walk right into.
Even worse are the ones that think itās ok to do it indoors.
Thereās no evidence that passive vaping is harmful, annoying maybe but not toxic.
Mate of mine started vaping to give up smoking, he wasnāt even a big smoker just a sneaky one every now and then and down the pub. He now has a disposable vape permanently attached to his face and when he popped round the house started vaping indoors without even thinking about it. When I said donāt do that he apologised and said that he vapes indoors at home all the time.
I suspect that vapes are even more addictive than cigarettes. At least with a cigarette you light it and it burns for 3 mins but with a vape the fucking thing is perpetually available.
I have a work colleague who is similar. Always one in his gob when on Teams meetings, pretty much no matter who or how many are in the meeting.
I bloody loved smoking but as with most things in my life I did it to excess. I was spending around Ā£600 a month on cigs at the time my mortgage was Ā£450. Fcking ludicrous, I tried loads of times to quit but vaping was the only thing that worked. That was around 9 years ago. I had a blip around 2018 and went back to around 20 a day for about 10 months. Iāve not touched a smoke in five or six years now and no longer have any inclination to do so.
Iāve seen people on nights out where it never leaves their hand
Zero nicotine emerges in the cloud? That feels unlikely given the lungs donāt even absorb oxygen perfectly.
Where did I say they contained zero nicotine
Is the tiny dosage of nicotine in those clouds on the street harmful or toxic?
You get nicotine in a lot of plants and vegetables not just tobacco plants. Nicotine at smoking or vaping levels isnāt really harmful so passive even less so. Itās all the other shit that kills you.
yeah, but as a bystanderā¦ i dont want ANY. I shouldnāt have to choose how much nicotine i allow in my lunch as a PPM measurement in public.
you wanna do that filthy shit, do it in your own home
The new iqos was my mid point and the straw that broke the fags back . No nicotine vape is now in place but like Matt I like the feeling of smoke on the back of the throat , next. Last step will be knocking that on the head
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Ever go to a concert or a club? - See that smoke machine itās the same stuff in vapes - do you even party?
Not trying to get rid of you, but this may not be the optimum choice of forum for you
As a method of weaning, short-term, if it works: great, but anyone considering pouches instead of tabs &c, please google āSnus and mouth cancerā - and keep a bucket handyā¦
last i checked, they werent putting nicotine in smoke machines!