From Leigh Marcos
Let’s get straight to the point—you want to stop smoking and you’re interested in how vaping can help you to do this. You’ve probably seen or heard of vaping as an alternative to smoking and you are probably aware that nicotine can be consumed with a vaporizer. So how does it work and how is it supposed to help you to quit smoking? Vaping works by helping you to wean yourself off the nicotine that you currently get from your cigarette habit. Vaping allows you to very precisely control your nicotine dosage, which is crucial to the success of any step-down process. The key word here is ‘control.’ As such, the vaporizer can be viewed as tool that can help you to turn the tables on nicotine, that is, to help you to physically control your nicotine rather than allow the nicotine to control you. If this sounds good to you so far then read on. All you will need to start off with is a vaporizer (also known as an e-cigarette) and some high strength nicotine liquid. Start Strong. Starting with high strength nicotine liquid might appear to be counter intuitive. After all, you’re supposed to be quitting nicotine, not giving yourself more, right? The thing is, you can’t kid yourself. You have to meet yourself exactly where you are and start from there. Gradually Cut Down. Remember you were not born with a nicotine addiction. Your body learned to depend on the nicotine to feel normal after you started smoking. You are now training your body to be normal without the nicotine, just as it was before you started smoking. Be patient. Don’t rush or intimidate yourself. If you try to rush it, you will find yourself back to cigarettes in very short order. Instead, you should give your body at least a few months to get used to the high strength, then start on the medium strength. Again, give your body plenty of time to adjust. After a few months of medium strength being the norm, you will probably be ready to let low strength nicotine become the new norm for your body. Eventually you will be ready for the zero strength liquid. It’s a scary thought, but you managed well enough without nicotine before you started smoking and you will definitely be able to manage without it well enough if you follow this process. •
