HEEELP How to know which nicotine substitute I should choose#8

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Episode 8 - How to know what nicotine substitute I should choose?

For many experts, the traditional medical substitutes for nicotine are less efficient than the electronic cigarette. For others it, comes in handy for a little help alongside your method. Explanations.  

Why ? 

Nicotine, what is it ? Il s'agit d'une mo

molecule from the tobacco plant that is psychotropic (stimulant) when inhaling tobacco smoke.

It is nicotine that is partly responsible for cigarette addiction. Smoking allows a very fast delivery of nicotine to the brain, the so-called nicotine shoot. At each puff, the cigarette sends a large dose immediately into the body.

There are many other ways to use nicotine, so-called nicotine substitutes. The latter, even if they will not settle the pleasure of smoking, the cigarette that is lit, this moment of solitary pleasure, however, will allow a nicotine supply in the body.

What you should know is that these other modes of nicotine consumption do not allow such a rapid arrival to the brain as when it is inhaled. It comes by the venous route, slowly and gradually. So it does not bring that characteristic peak that smokers are attached to.

As for tablets or chewing gum, the nicotine is released into the mouth and will arrive quickly in the blood They will be useful in case of sudden craving to smoke. Regarding the patches, their nicotine is released very gradually and will not provide this desired shoot effect.

How ?

How can the electronic cigarette help you with weaning?

Nicotine absorption, when you vaporize, is done by inhalation, just like smoking a cigarette.

It should be noted that the method of delivery will depend greatly on the way you spray, your equipment, your settings. But this is the way that comes closest to a traditional cigarette.

Vapoting throughout the day will however bring you the same dose of nicotine but with more parsimony, that is why we vapote for a longer duration, throughout the day, than with traditional cigarettes .

In Switzerland, nicotine is not allowed, so how? Everyone has found their own way to overcome this prohibition. For example, many online stores have a store and a depot in France, which allows customers to order their favorite liquid nicotine. It is also possible, as an individual, to order nicotine that it will be possible to add to a liquid in 0 mg bought in a Swiss store. Your advisors will tell you which mix to make to get the rate that is yours.

The main objective is to help the smoker wean himself off, help him to gradually get rid of his tobacco add-on by replacing the gesture with an ecig of your choice. And nicotine intake by an e-liquid that contains.

You will find more information about this in our article: "Help! I have the impression of vaping 3 x more than what I smoked!" Which also explains this difference between conventional cigarette and electronic in terms of diffusion of nicotine.

Thanks to Wikipedia, Stop Tobacco and all the other sources that fed the development of this article.

Although stopping smoking requires a lot of willpower and involves many delicate moments, the more the constraints are minimized, the greater the chances of success. And recent studies tend to show that yes, the vape could be the best way to achieve this goal towards a life without tobacco. And if in doubt about your rate or your settings, never hesitate to go inform you in your favorite shop. 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more episodes of "Au secours, ma e-cig a un problème". 

Sweetch team

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