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comment by deanSolecki
deanSolecki  ·  3352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm about 15 hours into my switch from smoking to vaping.

It's a lot easier than quitting smoking outright. For me the important thing was letting my cigarettes run out and not buying any more instead of trying to "phase out" smoking, which didn't work. Also, the last time I tried I bought shitty "cigarette style" vaporizers which didn't last the whole day, were easy to lose, and didn't provide much of a hit. Because I was "phasing out" cigarettes every time something happened with the vaporizer I just smoked a lot more that day. Spend the extra money for a nicer rig (I went with the vaporfi pro-II; dropped about $130 with 3 10ml e-liquids, two batteries, and 5 extra atomizers; should be good for, at minimum, 2 weeks, and that's as a 2-pack a day smoker, so you'd probably be set for well over a month, then your "operation" costs would drop down to something like $20-30/month.) If you let yourself run out of cigarettes and vape full time you'll make it work, because it isn't that tough; it really isn't. Just don't try to do both because you'll keep smoking and eventually phase out the vaporizer (which is what I did the first time.)

The other thing is accepting that it is just different from smoking a cigarette, and forcing yourself to be alright with that. You're not burning plant matter. It won't be the same. That's fine. Why is burning plant matter so great, anyway? Wouldn't it be better to suck a cloud of unicorn farts and marshmallows? Well. That flavor is probably available.

You can download an app like QuitNow! to keep track of all the money that's staying in your pocket. The upfront cost of the vaporizer will pay for itself in a few weeks, so keep that in mind. It will also project how much extra time you'll live as a result, which is nice, if not a touch morbid.

Anyway, good luck to you, too! It isn't hard, but you have to take the steps. Once you do it's nothing like quitting cold turkey, so don't put it off; it's easy and all up-side. :)