Chiming in as a data point even though I didn't really "quit".
I was a pack-a-day smoker for about 20 years. Quit and started lots of times.
I replaced cigarettes with a nicotine vape (salt nic) about a year ago and haven't looked back. I still consume the equivalent of a "pack of day" worth of nicotine. I still get the rituals and sense of "stepping away" that I used to have.
I liked cigarettes in the same way I like coffee and probably would have been happy to smoke indefinitely if I hadn't had kids and it wasn't so incredibly harmful.
It's unfortunate that vaping is not "zero harm", but in my life situation I believe it's been a major harm reduction that would have been very, very difficult to achieve otherwise.
The thing that kept me from vape is that I'm not sure if it's not worse than smoking although the chances are pretty low. Also I'm hoping that I can leave it completely behind as opposed to replacing.
I was a pack-a-day smoker for about 20 years. Quit and started lots of times.
I replaced cigarettes with a nicotine vape (salt nic) about a year ago and haven't looked back. I still consume the equivalent of a "pack of day" worth of nicotine. I still get the rituals and sense of "stepping away" that I used to have.
I liked cigarettes in the same way I like coffee and probably would have been happy to smoke indefinitely if I hadn't had kids and it wasn't so incredibly harmful.
It's unfortunate that vaping is not "zero harm", but in my life situation I believe it's been a major harm reduction that would have been very, very difficult to achieve otherwise.