Is Smoking Cigars or Cigarettes a Good Way To Quit Dipping?
This thought has occurred to many dippers:
“Dip has more nicotine than cigarettes and it’s a straight shot through the mouth. I don’t even like smoking — I’ll just use it as a temporary step.”
Sound familiar? Most of us have been there.
The most important thing to understand is this: nicotine is the addiction.
Not dip. Not cigarettes. Not cigars.
Changing the delivery method does nothing to break that addiction.
It’s no different than an alcoholic switching from Budweiser to Jim Beam — the substance is still there, and the addiction is still being fed.
Smoking to quit dipping isn’t quitting.
It’s just rearranging the addiction.
The only real way to quit smokeless tobacco is complete abstinence from nicotine in all forms.
If you’re still thinking about “just having a cigar” or using smoking as a bridge, read this next — it breaks that mindset down completely:
I smoked cigars for a long time. I quit cold turkey but I still love the smell of a good cigar.
I totally agree with you. I don’t smoke and I will never smoke. The best thing to do is do not tryand do not let yourself get driven by your curiosity how is it to smoke because when you got hooked with it, it will never be easy to let go or quit.
I used e-cig to quit and I agree with you that to be able to successfully quit you should stop taking nicotine. The good thing about it is it lets you adjust the nicotine content of the e-cig.
I never head about dipping before, but that sounds like an awful solution. Also e-cigarettes isn’t the best way to quit, unless you use the ones without nicotine as u said.
I totally agree with this. The best way to stop smoking is to not smoke at all, if you can help it. Although, I must admit, that I do like a cigar every once and a while when I drink adult beverages.