Vaping, despite all that has
been going on, continues to be one of the most popular trends in the last seven
years or so because of its ease of access, and being a simple way to make the
switch. It offers a better alternative
to smokers than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Vapes also come in many
convenient forms for any vaper, as well as different flavoring agents for those
who do not like the taste of normal cigarettes. There are multiple ways to help when it comes
to quitting cigarettes, but vaping seems to be the top alternative.
In fact, the studies that have been done so far always
come out with vaping having a higher success rate of smokers actually quitting
cigarettes than other alternatives.
Still, you’re here because you are wondering how it measures up against
nicotine patches and gums. Well, you’re
about find out.
Vaping vs Nicotine Patch
When a person wears a patch to help stay away from
cigarettes they are losing the pleasure of putting something between their
lips. Cigarette smokers are not only
addicted to the products in cigarettes, but also the action of actually smoking
something. The enjoyment of having something in their mouth almost tricks them
into thinking they are still smoking a cigarette. Vapes offer the smoker the
“experience” without actually inhaling the harsh chemicals in
cigarettes. The harsh chemicals in
cigarettes are not a secret to anyone, everyone knows that cigarettes contain
chemicals like carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and
others as well.
The success rate of a nicotine patch for smokers is under 10%;
whereas, the success rate of vaping for smokers
hold a much higher success rate of 60%. The majority of this success rate is due to
the fact that vapers can control their own amount of nicotine intake.
- -When a smoker uses a nicotine patch they
have no control of how much nicotine is going into their blood stream because
the patches have a preset amount. - -When vapers who are trying to quit smoking
decide on what cartridge they want to purchase, they can purchase cartridges
with different levels of nicotine to satisfy their own needs. This helps them decrease their level of
cigarette smoking as quickly or as gradually as they choose to, they are in
control.
Also, placebo
plays a powerful role in an individual’s mindset. If a person is trying to quit smoking and they
decide to place a patch on their chest or upper arm, how does that make them
believe it is going to work at all? Their
placebo effect is going to tell them it isn’t going to be functional, which may
impact the results. When using vaping to
quit, a vaper can trick themselves into thinking they are actually smoking
still, well at the same time decrease the amount of nicotine they are inhaling
into their bodies. Never underestimate
the power that placebo plays on the mind.
Vaping vs Nicotine Gum
One of the major cons of nicotine gum is the cost, it
can run a smoker roughly $145+ monthly depending on how strong a person’s
smoking habit is. A vape cartridge cost
significantly less, they can start out as cheap as $30 and will last a smoker
much longer. Nicotine gum has a much
higher success rate than the patch, of about 35%, but it still isn’t nearly as
close to this success rate of vaping, which is about 60%. Cigarettes can cost a smoker over $50 a week
depending on their brand of choice. They
do not want to be spending that much trying to quit as well, so vaping is a
much cheaper alternative when it comes to quitting.
There are certain health risks a person may come
across when it comes to nicotine gum. Often
times, people do not believe there can be health risks when it comes to just
chewing a piece of gum, but unfortunately, there are effects. People who chose nicotine gum to quit their
smoking habit are often constantly chewing on this gum which can lead to gum
disease, hair loss, and unusually vivid dreams. The side effects can worseness the more
heavily, and longer the nicotine gum user uses the gum.
The only side effects when it comes to vaping is
sometimes user report a scratchy throat a possible mild dizziness, but as long
as a vaper is staying hydrated, as well as vaping at the proper milligram
strength (know your body’s tolerance), these effects should be eliminated
almost instantly, or not happen to begin with. Besides, if a person is a heavy smoker to
begin with, the little scratch an e-liquid may cause is nothing compared to the
damage cigarettes cause to a smoker’s throat.
Final Thoughts
Vaping continues to be for many people out there a way
to potentially limit and/or quit smoking cigarettes altogether. For the research that have been conducted so
far (without all the recency bias), vaping is showing time and time again that’s
highly more successful than other products (nicotine gum or nicotine patches). Plus, vaping is more enjoyable and convenient
than other options because it gives a user choices. When someone is given choices, it helps them select
the best option to aid them in their ultimate goal, which is to quit smoking
cigarettes!
Let us know what you think; in that has vaping helped
you make the switch for good?
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