Quitting smoking
Once addicted to cigarette smoke, the odds of quitting were very small…until vaping.
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If smokers quit, they stop inhaling all of the chemicals that will give them diseases. Cigarettes are the most harmful source of nicotine.
2014 vaping triples quit rate of patch
Controlled clinical trials are the gold standard of science. A group of smokers who didn’t want to quit were given simple vapes. The one’s today are even more effective. 21% of the smokers quit smoking; compare that to 6% success with patches.
54% of smokers used a vape to quit
Why do vapers care about having a variety of flavors to choose from? Because it is the FLAVORS that helped them quit smoking! Adults like flavours; there are 1000’s of flavors in alcohol. Banning flavors only hurts those that are trying to stay quit!
Smokers failed 9 times to quit
Vaping satisfies the nicotine addiction & smoking behaviour PLUS vaping offers thousands of flavours to help the smoker replace the taste of smoke with something better. That is why it is more effective than sticking a patch to your arm or chewing gum.
4 stages of quitting with a vape
It’s possible for smokers to quit nicotine altogether with vaping! After dual use for a while most vapers toss the smokes. Unlike cigarettes, those that switch to vaping completely naturally lower their nicotine strengths, some all the way down to zero.
Dual users have a 60-80% decrease
The anti-harm reduction advocates say that vaping is ineffective for quitting smoking because many dual use for a while. Dual users significantly reduce the toxins they inhale because of the 60-80% drop in how many cigarettes they smoke. Harm REDUCTION!
Vaping increases success by 300%
Quitting smoking means detoxing off 1000’s of chemicals, some are addictive. A variety of eliquid flavours helps them find a new pleasure for the nicotine. 42% of smokers who vaped for 2 years quit smoking, vs only 15% of those who didn’t use a vape.
Satisfies the ritualistic behaviour
The ritual: bringing the smoke to the mouth; tasting the drag; sensations in the throat & lungs on a big inhale; a visible exhale & a nicotine hit to the brain. A pack-a-day smoker does this 87,600 times a year. Vaping uniquely satisfies that ritual.
Vaping is NRT only better
Nicotine replacement therapy is safe, because nicotine is has very few side effects. Smokers are experts at self dosing nicotine through inhalation. Eliquid is nicotine in a rather benign base & allows the smoker to continue the same routine to switch.