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Published:
January 22, 2020

Quitting Smoking & Vaping For Dummies

Overview

Give up smoking and vaping for good

Most people know that smoking is bad for their health and believe vaping is a better alternative. Now, vaping has become a national epidemic and shows no sign of slowing. Quitting Smoking & Vaping For Dummies delivers facts about the differences between smoking and vaping, the effects on their short-term and long-term health, and how addiction works. Whether you’re a smoker or a vaper, or have a loved one that needs to break the habit, this trusted guidebook walks you through building a personal quitting plan. Offering information on new and effective medication treatments,

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and building resilience, it sets you or a family member on the path to recovery. This book breaks down the psychology of your addiction so you can identify the methods that are most useful and effective for becoming smoke free for good. Start your recovery today, and look forward to a long and healthy life.

Inside

• Determine your quit day

• Change thought patterns

• Explain the dangers of vaping to children/teens

• Avoid or move past relapses

• Recognize the risks

• Deal with triggers

• Help a loved one quit

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About The Author

Charles H. Elliott, PhD and Laura L. Smith, PhD are clinical psychologists with years of experience treating people with emotional problems, including addictions. They are authors of a variety of For Dummies books including Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies and Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies.

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CHEAT SHEET

Quitting smoking or vaping may be one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, but the rewards will last you a lifetime. In order to succeed at quitting, you need to learn how to deal with your cravings (because you know they’ll hit). You also need the motivation to keep going when the going gets tough.One way to stick with your effort to quit smoking or vaping is to find something healthy to do instead.

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Vaping is a relatively new pastime that has become increasingly popular with young people. In the early years, vaping went largely unnoticed and unstudied. But as more and more teens experiment with vaping, there are mounting concerns. We’re concerned, too. And we have some messages for those who are considering trying it out or who have already started to vape.
Quitting smoking is one of the toughest challenges a person can face. It takes the ability to handle frustration, manage intense cravings, break strong associations, and ignore frequent temptations. Having support from family members and friends can improve a person’s chances of success.Being around someone who’s trying to quit smoking presents its own challenges.
Most smokers want to know why they smoke. No one starts smoking wanting to become addicted, and most new tobacco users think it won’t happen to them. But for those who continue to smoke after those first early packs, addiction powerfully contributes to why they keep smoking.Experts don’t have a universally agreed upon definition of addiction.
E-cigarettes are often described as having come to market in a wave of either three or four generations. There is not a bright line demarcating one generation from the next, but technological advances give you an idea of where the field has gone and where it’s headed. In general, over time, the devices have become more powerful, have more adjustable settings, and some now even track a user’s vaping behavior.
Unfortunately, ingesting poison into your system daily for many years takes a toll. We say that not to shame or scare you. Mercifully, we’re keeping some of the gory details limited. The reason it’s important to know about these issues is that it may help give you additional motivation for quitting.The good news is that quitting smoking confers substantial health benefits no matter when you do it.
Yes, probably — but with numerous caveats. In a head-to-head contest, smoking appears more dangerous than vaping. Think of smoking like playing professional football without a helmet or protective gear. Chances are, you’re going to get hurt. Badly. You may even die. Half of all chronic smokers will eventually die from illness directly linked to smoking.
It’s important that consumers purchase their e-liquids (often referred to as vapor) from reputable sources because the accuracy of ingredients listed on labels has been a problem. This problem should resolve in the near future; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the process of implementing more regulatory authority for e-cigarettes and their contents.
Quitting smoking or vaping may be one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, but the rewards will last you a lifetime. In order to succeed at quitting, you need to learn how to deal with your cravings (because you know they’ll hit). You also need the motivation to keep going when the going gets tough.One way to stick with your effort to quit smoking or vaping is to find something healthy to do instead.
Almost a half a million people die from smoking-related illnesses each year in the United States alone. Thousands of young people start to smoke or vape every day. Left unchecked, it’s assumed that about 5.6 million of today’s teenagers will die prematurely from smoking.Smoking costs more than $300 billion a year in both lost productivity and direct healthcare services.
If you do decide to take up vaping, whether as an aid to quitting smoking or as a hobby or recreational activity, you should at least be aware of what’s currently known about the risks. Again, our advice is to refrain from another, potentially addictive habit — a habit that will cost you time, money, and possibly your health.
If you go to a vape shop, you can see vaping devices of all shapes, colors, and sizes. The materials used to make the device include wood, glass, plastic, and all sorts of metals. Some e-cigarettes look a lot like combustible cigarettes, others look like pens or highlighters and still others look like USB drives.
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