• be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Vaping works wonders because with custom mixed juice you can dial back the nicotine content to barely anything over time, then eventually to 0. In the meantime you just keep using it the same way.

    Having done this myself, you’d be amazed how quickly you start going “WTF am I doing this for?” after that final step to 0.

    There seems to have been a coordinated attempt to stomp out the idea of vaping as a smoking cessation tool, but given how relatively cheap and easy it can be, it’s hard for me not to pull out my tinfoil hat when I wonder why that was.

    I tried cold turkey, gum, patches, wellbutrin, and probably other methods I’ve forgotten about over decades. With vaping it was a no brainer.

    Not saying these other methods may not also work but I feel like technology has handed us the obvious solution, and while many ex-smokers have figured it out, seemingly no one else has.

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      9 months ago

      I am still not at 0 nicotine but even the health benefits from switching to vaping are impressive. You don’t need a tinfoil hat. It is pretty clear what the strategy was and it is disgusting.

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      9 months ago

      As someone who has found themselves becoming slightly addicted to/fixated on the mechanical motions associated with vaping THC cartridges, I can imagine having some difficulty stopping that even if the vapor contained no THC. There is something soothing about the whole thing that keeps my mind occupied in a way. It’s hard to describe.

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        9 months ago

        I felt exactly this way, but within a few weeks of yanking the nicotine out it started feeling dumb to me. YMMV of course, but you might be surprised at how your viewpoint changes once the active ingredient is no longer there. (I’m not claiming THC is like nicotine, just to be clear.)