[zer8k]

Cold turkey is all that worked for me. Gum did nothing. Never tried the patches. No secrets, no magic. What worked for Grandpa works for us too.

Got hooked on vape too for a while. While there's very little risk to it the risk that is there is relatively unknown at this point. I chain vaped for several years. My lungs pre and post vape seem the same (medically) though I'm sure there was inflammatory process occurring. Nothing like smoking though.

Eventually you're going to have to cut the habit entirely and walk away. Honestly, if your dosage is low enough that you're not craving it you're at the perfect place to throw it all away on garbage day. At that point you should be able to differentiate between physical addiction (nicotine) and psychological (having something to puff on). I found, honestly, the psychological aspect was hardest to quit. Nicotine was relatively easy to get off of. The worst part was the first week. It was being reminded constantly of my favorite smoke spots, smoke breaks, bars, etc that was hard. The psychological addiction lasted at least a month before it let up and honestly I failed several (probably a dozen) times due to this. Increasing my exercise helped somewhat but demons come out when your mind is at rest.

If I had one piece of advice before you toss everything spend 1-2 weeks reprogramming your mind. Change where you vape even if it's inconvenient. As I mentioned the worst aspect of quitting was the constant reminder of what I used to do. If you can reprogram yourself in this way you'll save a lot of trouble.