Quitting smoking and vaping. What kit do I need?

[Sallycinnamum]

I am a relatively light smoker having one a day and a few more when I'm out socialising.

My DH hates me smoking and now I'm hurtling towards 50 it really is time I packed it in once and for all.

I think vaping might help me kick the habit once and for all bit I'm clueless as to how to start, what to buy etc.

Help!

Just go to your local vape shop... the ones I have been too have an area where you can try the different flavours so you know what you want ... i used menthol / cherry menthol as I didn’t want tobacco flavours that made me miss the cigarettes

Also you can try different strengths of nicotine to see what you need to help
Ease the cravings

I brought just a big standard vape / they can explain about changing coils and demonstrate ...

And off you go!

I am smoke free 5 years and vape free 4 years now ... I used to smoke 20 every day.

Vaping was easy to quit ... good luck x

Look for a Uwell Caliburn - it’s a super easy to use pod system and should be just what you need. It doesn’t produce huge clouds and is a MTL (mouth to lung) so is more like smoking :)

Just go to a local vape shop, ours is brilliant. They'll ask you questions and let you test a vape usually so you find the right one for you. Don't just randomly buy one online, there's no substitute for proper advice.

If you only smoke one a day and socially, it will be the habit of smoking you will miss, not the nicotine. I would think vaping would hider rather than help.

I pretend I am an ex-smoker, but in reality I smoke about six times a year on specific social occasions with specific people. I happily go months without smoking apart from this, so it isn't a nicotine addiction, it is a pattern of behaviour that in some situations I'm unable or unwilling to break.

I do take your point but I'm worried it's going to creep up to more than a few a day. At the moment it's under control but even 10 cigs a week isn't great.

Fair enough, but I know several people who only occasionally smoked and now have really heavy vaping habits - they kidded themselves it was loads better than smoking and are now proper addicts.

Go to MN health topic and look up sub topic of stop smoking - lots of vapers there who can help and discuss stopping smoking

Some people do vape a lot more in a bid to get the same feeling - but it’s not, not really. I do agree that unlocking the psychology and stopping cold turkey is easiest, having tried most things.

Vaping is way less addictive than smoking. A lot of the tobacco additives are there to keep you addicted. I had a serious smoking habit, switched to vaping and had reduced my nicotine levels to zero in a year. But I kept vaping for another year because it was pleasant and pretty much harmless (I used high quality eliquid with very few ingredients, not Chinese crap).
Anyway, I gave up the vaping several years ago don't miss it anymore.
I second those who are saying go to a local vape store and ask for advice. Expect to pay around £60 for s good quality setup

Another one saying go to a local vape shop! All the ones I’ve been to have been staffed by young, friendly and helpful people who all vape and happy to let you try things.

Thanks for your advice. I'll pop in this weekend and get a beginners kit.