[pizzeys]

Personal experience/anecdote alert.

I found that it took a few 'goes' at the vaping thing before I properly 'got it'. I enjoyed and saw the benefits of the vape from the first time I used it, but went through a few cycles of vaping-and-the-odd smoke, then a few weeks of only vaping, then back again, and almost gave up on the whole thing. Then for some reason last February, it clicked and I ditched the smokes completely. Not had one since then. No interest in smoking again, ever.

I've described it to friends and family as being a bit like I imagine methadone is to junkies, though no personal experience there. It doesn't initially fill all the holes in quite the right ways (for me anyway, some love it immediately but I suspect those are the 'odd ones out') but is 'good enough' that it can work - it does however take a little effort to make work, it's not a magic silver bullet.

It certainly was a lot more effective than any time I've tried to stop smoking using anything else, though.