When you first quit smoking, you may be tempted to “go ham” on your vape—but a good starting point is to wait until your nicotine cravings hit, then take puffs from your vape until you feel satisfied. When they come back, take a few more puffs.
It’s important to remember that nicotine is absorbed less efficiently from a vape than it is from a cigarette, which is generally why vapers are considered “grazers.” You may find that you need to take puffs from your vape more often than you would take a cigarette break, but that’s okay. Keeping your nicotine levels steady throughout the day is key to staying off of cigarettes.
Your vaping habits will also change over time. Instead of needing 14-15 puffs every fifteen minutes, you’ll soon find that you’ll only need about 5 puffs every half hour or so.
If you find that you need to vape more often or that you’re consuming a lot of E-Liquid per day, it may be a good idea to increase your nicotine strength. Remember, especially when you first start vaping, you don’t have to aim for the lowest nicotine strength available. It’s more important to ensure your cravings are satisfied, and you can worry about lowering your strength once you’ve gotten past the post-quitting jitters.
At the end of the day, you should do what works for you. Listen to your body. Remember that vaping is 95% safer than smoking, so whatever vaping habits you adopt to help you quit, you can rest assured that it’s safer than what you were doing before—by a mile.