Buy Smaller Amounts

If you smoke, buy cigarettes one pack at a time, not by the carton. If you dip, buy one can at a time. If you vape, smoke cigars, or use another form of tobacco/nicotine, buy the smallest quantity available. If you vape, buy a lower concentration of nicotine or fewer cartridges. This makes your habit less convenient (more trips to the store) and it will be helpful to have less at home when you are ready to be completely done.

Note for e-cigarettes: Start by stepping down to the next lowest concentration. If you’re using 18 mg cartridges, switch to 12 mg, and so on, until you’re down to 0 mg.

While you’re cutting back:

*  Focus on keeping your inhaling as consistent as possible. It might be tempting to inhale more forcefully to get a bigger nicotine hit.

*  Avoid taking more hits than you did on higher doses of nicotine.