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When I went out before, I'd buy a pack for the night, but that was it, it could be months before the next time i went out and had a cigarette, i didn't want to smoke at home or work. Vapes allow you to get round all the reasons like taste / smell that cigarettes cause.
I'm constantly feel like i'm about to have a heart attack, which I can only assume is the nicotine craving / impact of the nasty shit of vapes etc.
jazzythumper
@hugo7
Firstly, well done.
No experience of vaping, but having quit smoking many, many, times before managing to "quit for good" I would say there is no right answer.
One of the first times I seriously quit I found patches really helpful. This was when you could still smoke indoors so it helped me to not smoke on nights out, take the edge of and break the habit. Most importantly the habit of buying a "pack for the night", then having some left over to smoke the next day... and hey presto you're still smoking.
So I would say if there is a ritualistic element to your addiction (there always was for me - zipo, tapping, holding packets, rolling, etc.) then not worrying about the physical addiction while dealing with the habit is helpful.
However, if this isn't much of a factor I believe you're best cutting it out completely. It is also useful to work out what the events / patterns are that lead up to you vaping. Mitigating those is a useful way to prevent relapse.