Cutting down on smoking?

Readers of the Carr book were like a little cult group in an office i worked in back in the day; everyone absolutely swore by it.

It is a good book.

I think one reason it 'works' so well is that once you're at the point where you're reading a book about quitting smoking, you're really ready to quit.

My experiences mirror those above, though after a few months the urges/cravings really went away completely. I do vape weed every so often, but that hasn't led to any desire for nicotine. I guess because they occupy such different parts of my routine.

The little 'gifts' to yourself of a cigarette throughout the day ARE really nice - to suddenly not have them is a kind of bereft feeling. I probably have compensated a little with running and coffee. But I feel pretty good about those habits :)

These days I only light one up when I'm drinking, which doesn't happen very often anymore, so I figure I can afford to indulge in a bit of rule-bending every now and then. I haven't felt the urge to smoke on a daily basis in years, thankfully – it just makes me feel ill.

I am basically a 20 a day smoker, and I really desperately need to cut down. The thing is that I don't particularly want to quit. I enjoy most of the cigarettes I have, I love smoking while wasted and it gives my nervous hands and mouth something to do when talking to people. But I'd like to have a pack of tobacco last over a week. I'd like to be able to go to bed and not start jonesing for a cigarette. I'd like to not lose my breath after walking up a hill.

Vaping was probably better for me, but it didn't help me cut down on my nicotine intake, I just had it constantly next to me. And all resources seem aimed at quitting, not reduction.

I lucked out with quitting because I didnt start thinking about it until I realized that I gotten to a point where I actively hated smoking, which made it easier than it would have been otherwise.

My partner smoked more than me, 30 or more a day, and quit using that Chantix prescription pill. I was skeptical but at least for her, it worked like magic, her cravings went away in a matter of weeks, and its been 4 or 5 years now of smooth sailing.

Well, I haven't had a real cigarette in over a fortnight. Don't think it really counts as cutting down when you're huffing on max-strength vape juice all day, but it's something.

it counts!

you’re still a slave to nicotine though :/

what flavour are you huffing, emily? I started off on blueberry until I started to hate the taste of it. Went through a deserts period and then gravitated towards tobacco flavours that don't taste anything like tobacco. The one I'm most settled with is Tobacco Bronze Blend by the Malaysian brand, Nasty Juice. There is a slight hint of tobacco but it's all about caramel really.

I prefer the tobacco flavours, though I got one blueberry one in my last batch order and I do quite like it. When I was last vaping I was really into cherry, it's a bit more of a "dark" flavour than some of the other fruity ones, but I haven't spotted any for sale on the website I'm currently using.

I still think someone should market savoury vape flavours - get a nice hit of marmite in the morning, mmm.

I’m sure the vaping is good for cutting out lots of the cancer-linked stuff in the smoke, but keep at it emi.ly - vape can leave shitty waxy deposits in the lungs and nicotine itself is a killer as well as an addictive pleasure.

yep, it still feels like another bad (and also good) habit

the sweeter end of the fruit flavours spectrum can be nice in small doses, but I find the tobacco flavours are the adv for me. It's been a fun new thing to get into, but I wished I'd never started again after quitting for years. But it's been rough a couple of years is my excuse.

Emily, well done. My mother had to use hypnosis to stop her smoking and it was incredibly hard for her. I agree with you about savoury vape smells btw, that candy floss one that half of vapers seem to adore is like walking into a cloud of diabetes.

going thru a bit of a health scare so been finding it especially easy to not smoke these days. we'll see how long it lasts

The little 'gifts' to yourself of a cigarette throughout the day ARE really nice - to suddenly not have them is a kind of bereft feeling.