I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn’t seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes.

I understand e-cigarettes are supposed to help you quit… but has anyone actually had success with them? Or, is it more like trading one vice for another?

  • rarkgrames@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I actually did quit using them. But it wasn’t a case of switching from cigs to vapes and then just quitting a few weeks later.

    I smoked for over 30 years and then moved over to vaping. I then vaped for about 7 years before finally managing to quit. That was 557 days ago now.

    I will say coming off the vapes did seem easier than coming off cigarettes which I’d never managed to do previously,

    Whether the vapes actually helped me quit I can’t say for sure but when I was on them I didn’t stink of smoke and I’m sure they are probably more healthy than actual cigarettes and they’re much cheaper so I look at the time vaping as a positive comparatively speaking.

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      1 year ago

      Congratulations!! I love it that you know exactly how many days.

      The slightly slower onset of nicotine in the vape (compared to smoking) probably did make it a little easier to quit.