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1. Trish, Quit Coach

   

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   17 Dec 2024
   15 May in reply to kcormier1

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   Hello kcormier1 I'm sorry to hear you are struggling. It sounds like you're experiencing withdrawal symptoms. The good news is that the withdrawal don't last forever. For most people they notice a big improvement within the first 2-4 weeks. You may try searching our Quitmap.ca to see if there are any services that you would be eligible for to receive free or subsidized NRT. 
   Wishing you continued success! 
   
   Warm regards, 
   Trish, Quit Coach
2. kracker

   

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   27 Apr 2025
   29 May

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   Thank you for all of your stories. It's an interesting read.
   
   gerrilynn
   Your life story is similar to mine.
   
   I started smoking when I was 12 and when my sister started
   smoking in front of my parents I told them that I had learned to
   smoke as well. I guess they didn't know how to react so they
   didn't scold us or order us to quit. They just accepted it and
   let us smoke in the house, which I think was the wrong thing to
   do because it made it easy to smoke even more.
   
   I discovered vaping and quit smoking easily. I think I felt
   better for a while. More energy, my mouth felt cleaner, and I
   didn't get headaches. But the vaping technology got better at
   creating more vapour for me to inhale and I enjoyed the clouds of
   imitation smoke they were able to produce.
   
   I don't think I ever had problems breathing but I did cough up
   gobs of jelly once in a while. Over time I managed to decrease
   the nicotine level in my vaping juice from 25mg to 3mg. It's easy
   to reduce the level at first but it got harder as the level got
   lower. I was vaping about 120ml per month. Going from 3mg to 2mg
   is a big change.
   
   Some time near the end of April I was running low on my regular
   juice and decided to try using 0mg flavoured juice I had. I don't
   know why I suddenly decided to do this. It wasn't easy for sure I
   felt tense and jittery all the time for days. And I was just
   using 3mg.
   
   But somehow I managed to stick with my 0mg juice. I was couting
   the hours and the days. I used a little bit of nicorette spray
   once in a while. I guess it helped a little but I was quite
   worried that I would get addicted to the spray so I tried to use
   it sparingly.
   
   I think it wasn't so bad for the first day. The rest of the week
   was pretty bad tho. I ended up extensively chatting with a quit
   coach on the second day. It helped a lot just to be texting with
   someone instead of just sitting aroond feeling tense and jittery.
   
   I wish I could have chatted with them more but I felt weird about
   doing it because I didn't have anything to say or ask. I just
   think it might have been helpful to have someone to talk to for a
   while.
   
   Over the next few days I did a lot of breating and meditation
   exercises that I found on Samsung Health and You Tube. I just
   wish that someone had chosen a bunch of these exercises for me to
   do instead of having to spenad a lot of time searching for good
   ones. I think I would have enjoyed some relaxing mediation for 10
   to 30 minutes.
   
   I also found that doing a lot of exercise helped to ease my mind
   and make me feel relaxed. I rode my exercise bicycle a little but
   I found that going for long walks (3 or 4 hours) helped the most.
   
   I kept getting eMail and text messages from Smokers Helpline and
   I read them all. I tried to consider what they were suggesting
   even if I didn't do anything about it.
   
   Now it's the end of May, about a month since I started using 0mg
   vape juice. I feel much better and I noticed a few positive
   changes in my body and health... but I still need to quit using
   the vaping device altogether. I am hoping this will not be very
   difficult, but the hand to mouth motion has been a part of my
   everyday life for so many years now.
   
   Wish me luck..
3. shenlan

   

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   06 Jun 2025
   06 Jun

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   For me vaping was way way more addictive.  I use a vape battery with differnt flavor of nicotine carts,  It tastes good, you can do it almost anywhere and it never burns out like a cigarette. I had an even harder time quitting vaping. 
   If you want to transition, gum is a better solution. Or snus. But going from cigs to a vape is healthier but harder to kick.

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4. i.can.do.this.

   

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   07 Jun 2025
   09 Jun

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   hello. 
   i am a smoker/vaper. i recently have tried to switch to just vaping. 
   i found that with vaping its hard to quit/cut down because you count how many times you vape like you can with a cigarette. u can count physically each smoke and its alot easier. I found an app yesterday that allows you to log puffs taken on your vape by 1, 5, and 10 puffs at a time. i found that very helpful. today is my first day using it. now i can track approximately how much nicotine im getting along with how many times I vape and hits off my vape. it shows me a graph of my habit along with how long its been since my last vape. it took me about an hour to find this app because most apps costs money in some way. 
   anyways, this is the starting of my cutting down to quit journey. thank you for adding vaping category on here. 
   i am interested to hear from someone of how they have cut down or have quit vaping and some strategies. i tend to over vape. 
   thanks. 
5. karen, quit coach

   

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   09 Nov 2022
   09 Jun in reply to i.can.do.this.

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   Hello i.can.do.this.,
   
   Congratulations on recently trying to switch to just vaping and for continuing to make changes with your vaping use. 
   
   You are off to a positive start by tracking how much you vape. Sounds like you found a good app that will help you with that. Vaping is more than an activity. It’s something you might turn to when you’re having fun or feeling stressed, bored, or lonely. Becoming aware of your typical vaping habits can help you prepare to manage them without vaping. 
   
   Here are some tips that you may find helpful while continuing to reduce:
   
   Cut down on how often you vape. E.g., vape every other day instead of every day 
   Cut down how much you vape. E.g., limit yourself to a certain number of pods or vapes for the week, or slowly reduce the amount of nicotine in the pods you’re vaping 
   Limit where, when, or with whom you’re vaping. E.g., only vape with friends on the weekend instead of every day 
   Challenge yourself to wait as long as you can every morning to use your vape 
   
   Hope this helps! 
   Wishing you the best on your quit journey.
   
   Warm regards,
   Karen, Quit Coach