Has anyone tired quitting smoking with IQOS?
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Just wondering if anyones tried quitting smoking with one of these IQOS things?
https://www.smokingevolved.co.uk/shop/iqos-starter...
Tried vaping but it wasn't for me so any insight is much appreciated.
https://www.smokingevolved.co.uk/shop/iqos-starter...
Tried vaping but it wasn't for me so any insight is much appreciated.
Edited by chandler99 on Wednesday 5th September 17:27
The book can come across as a bit repetitive (there's a reason for that though) but follow the instructions, stick with it and see how you do. I don't normally ever buy into any 'self-help' style books but this worked for me and a lot of others I know - for the minimal cost involved it's certainly worth giving it a punt though!
A friend uses the IQOS thing - worked for her but have to say the smell whilst not pungent, isn't that good - to my nose anyway.
By all means try the Alan Carr book.
But don't necessarily give up on the vaping. It does take a while to find the right combination of equipment, flavours and strengths.
By all means try the Alan Carr book.
But don't necessarily give up on the vaping. It does take a while to find the right combination of equipment, flavours and strengths.
Whilst vaping is much less dangerous than cigarettes, it doesn't break the habit/routine (even ones with no nicotine) or the dependency on 'something' to take a drag on. It's still a "hand-to-mouth-and-inhale-exhale" habit.
OP, if you're going to try the book it is unequivocal on the fact that you should keep smoking whilst you read it and that nicotine replacement products only make your addiction harder to break. Clearly non-nicotine replacements don't extend your addiction but that physical habit is also something you need to break.
Try something and see if it works. If not, try something else. Kudos to you for getting to a place where you want to stop and best of luck with kicking it to the kerb.
OP, if you're going to try the book it is unequivocal on the fact that you should keep smoking whilst you read it and that nicotine replacement products only make your addiction harder to break. Clearly non-nicotine replacements don't extend your addiction but that physical habit is also something you need to break.
Try something and see if it works. If not, try something else. Kudos to you for getting to a place where you want to stop and best of luck with kicking it to the kerb.
I was reluctant to switch to vaping or an inhalator for the reasons described above - I didn't want to replace one habit with another. I wanted to stop smoking full stop. So I tried nicotine replacement patches (not for the first time) and (as had happened in the past) I developed an allergic reaction to them. I tried different brands to no avail. Eventually the pharmacist said I couldn't carry on using them because of the blisters they were causing.
It was nearly the excuse I needed to start smoking again, but instead I decided to try the Nicorette QuickMist. I wasn't convinced it would work, but thought it was worth a try. It stopped the cravings completely. I used it for a couple of months and gradually, without realising, I was using it less and less until I didn't need it at all.
I would thoroughly recommend trying the QuickMist. I had smoked for about 30 years and was (at that time) smoking 15-20 cigarettes a day.
It was nearly the excuse I needed to start smoking again, but instead I decided to try the Nicorette QuickMist. I wasn't convinced it would work, but thought it was worth a try. It stopped the cravings completely. I used it for a couple of months and gradually, without realising, I was using it less and less until I didn't need it at all.
I would thoroughly recommend trying the QuickMist. I had smoked for about 30 years and was (at that time) smoking 15-20 cigarettes a day.
i have used these tablets and recommend them, Tabex , i bought a pack of 20 cigs on the Monday , and started taking these tablets , on the Friday i had 3 cigs left and couldnt get motivated to finish the pack! I was mentally primed to give up smoking when i started taking the tablets which I think is essential for success and it was pretty easy.I was a long term smoker, 20+years
tuneltek said:
I was mentally primed to give up smoking when i started taking the tablets which I think is essential for success and it was pretty easy. I was a long term smoker, 20+years
Wanting to stop is paramount. I smoked for 15 years, stopped 1/1/11. My brother needs to stop - he's recently had a baby, he and his wife are on just his salary for now until she goes back to work after her year of maternity. £10 every day or two on cigs is just mental - even a pack every other day is £150/month literally up in smoke. She stopped when she got pregnant and he said he would too - he didn't. He said he'd stop when the baby was born - he didn't. He smells f
king awful when he comes back in from having a smoke outside, it's sad that that's what his son thinks he smells like. Can't be easy or nice for his wife either, I'd imagine the smell is a grim to her as it is to me and others who're former smokers and she has to live with that daily.Trying to talk to him about it results in a petulant strop like he's a 15 year old, it's absurd (he's 36). I don't think he realises just how much I (and our mum as well as his wife) want him to stop but until he's ready to, he won't. Thing is, it's not even peer-pressure - none of the rest of us smoke, it's only him now. I just hope he stops before he does himself too much damage. Even 7 years after I stopped I still worry about the damage I did to myself from it.
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