First steps

How do I switch to e-cigarettes?

First steps
Switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes means changing your current habits. While e-cigarettes are very similar to cigarettes in terms of motors, they require more preparation depending on the model.

The convenient starter kits that are touted in many places as the best choice for quitting smoking require that you charge them before using them. After all, especially with pod systems, the cartridges make it easy to add the liquid, but you also have to carry it with you when it threatens to run out.

Anyone freshly switching to e-cigarettes should always remember to carry a charged device as well as enough liquid.

Vaporizing instead of smoking

The temptation is great to switch back to cigarettes because

• You are simply used to it
• The environment smokes
• The e-cigarette has no power
• You do not have a spare liquid with you
• You can not buy e-cigarettes on the road, but you can easily buy cigarettes at any kiosk.
• You can not cope with the device you have chosen

These various excuses are best countered by:

Getting detailed and individual advice in specialized shops. The experienced vaporists who work in the vape stores know the various models and liquids inside out, and by asking specific questions they can quickly find out what lifestyle habits the e-cigarette should withstand.

Taking your time. Going to a specialist retailer also has the advantage that you can look around at your leisure, taste liquids and also exchange ideas with other vaporists. The lounge areas, which many steam stores offer, invite you to cozy meet and talk a little shop.

Being open for everything. Even if you can hardly imagine it, maybe you're totally into a dessert flavor in a liquid. Or you suddenly want to vape yourself and invest a lot of time in the new hobby. Vaporizing is somehow also emotional and who listens not only to his head, but also his gut, is well advised here.

Tipp
It makes great sense to get two vapor devices right from the start. This prevents you from suddenly being left with an unloaded or empty device. It also gives you the opportunity to test different nicotine strengths or to add a little more variety to your chosen flavors.

As Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy as pie. I've done it a hundred times".

Experience shows that the start is quite important when quitting. A detailed consultation in a specialist shop helps to find the right devices and liquids for one's own needs and thus to make sure that everything the body (physically as well as psychologically) needs is available.

As with all other stop-smoking methods, it helps to look for a supporter in your close environment to motivate you when you have a slump. Small reward systems also help to keep motivated (1 week of not smoking = 3 episodes of your favorite show on Netflix).

And under no circumstances should you succumb to the misconception that you can smoke and vaporize at the same time and thus slowly sneak away from cigarettes. This works in the rarest of exceptional cases, because if you think this way, you don't really want to part with the cigarette yet - and that's the prerequisite for the switch.

Accompanying symptoms

Especially when starting out, nicotine overdose can occur. Since the nicotine from an e-cigarette takes longer to kick in than that from a cigarette, it's a common occurrence to "overdose."

The following symptoms may occur initially and are no cause for concern. If one adjusts the nicotine content, these usually take care of themselves:

• Dizziness, nausea, vomiting
• Trembling and muscle twitching
• Inner restlessness
• Palpitations and heart palpitations
• Weakness
• fatigue
• Confusion or disorientation
• Perceptual weaknesses (vision/hearing).

The following measures will help:

• Remain calm, do not panic
• Supply fluids
• Rest
• Do not steam for one hour