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Your vaping habit may have started innocently enough.
Maybe you started vaping to help youquit smoking.
Or maybe you were curious after watching your friends vape.
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But, like most things, saying you’ll quit is much easier than doing so.
In fact, research shows that vaping is a highly addictive habit and a hard one to break.
Here are some other ideas to help you build a quit plan that works for you.
Identify Your Triggers
The first step toquitting vapingis knowing why you vape in the first place.
For instance, is vaping controlling your life, ruining your health, and impacting your relationships?
Identifying the role vaping plays in your life gives you some insight into areas you might need to address.
A huge part of quitting is addressing and replacing that role withhealthier habits.
Get Professional Help
Quitting vaping can be scary especially if you’re not sure how to begin.
Plus, you will be more successful at quitting if you take advantage of theresourcesthat are available to you.
But don’t make the mistake of going back to cigarettes.
This is simply replacing one addiction with another.
Talk to your doctor about whether or not nicotine replacement therapy is right for you.
Likewise, there are a number of other tools available to help you quit.
Try Meditation… Really!
Some people have found thatmediationis extremely useful when it comes to quitting vaping.
In many cases, you will find a healthier way tocope with anxietiesand fears instead of vaping.
We need people around us who will help us meet our goals by encouraging us and holding us accountable.
They still expose you to several harmful substances, including nicotine.
There will be times when it’s hard or you feel tempted.
There may even be times when you give in to your craving and then have to start all over.
The important thing is that you keep trying until you are successful.
For more mental health resources, see ourNational Helpline Database.
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