3 Convenient Alternatives To Completely Quitting Tobacco Smoking

The best thing for your health would be to completely quit smoking tobacco. Some people may just not be ready to make that step yet. If you would like to slowly stop smoking but are not ready to completely quit, you may want to try taking a gradual step. There are some alternative methods that still involve smoking but are not as bad for you as just straight up smoking cigarettes. These alternative methods are not as good for your health as stopping completely, but some people may prefer to do these methods instead.

Reducing The Amount Of Cigarettes That You Consume

Some people may smoke one pack of cigarettes a day or even more than that. If you are able to reduce the amount of cigarettes you consume per day, that is better for your health than continuing to smoke so many cigarettes. However, there is more to it than just the amount of cigarettes that you smoke. If you are smoking fewer cigarettes, you may try to make up for it by inhaling deeper and inhaling more of the smoke. The bottom line is that the less smoke that you inhale, the better it will be for your health. It is up to you to choose how much smoke you are comfortable with inhaling. Smoking fewer cigarettes but inhaling more of the cigarettes that you do smoke is not good for your health. 

Using a cigarette filter is one way to reduce the amount of smoke that you consume. Although smoking with the filter is still unhealthy, it may be a little bit healthier than smoking without a filter. Smoking with a filter may also trick you into thinking that you are doing something which is healthy. Smoking with a filter is definitely not healthy. It is only slightly less unhealthy than smoking without a filter.

Oral Alternative Ways To Consume Tobacco

Aside from smoking cigarettes, there are other ways to consume tobacco. Fair warning: these are also not healthy. However if you are truly addicted to tobacco and you need something temporary to get you to the point where you’re ready to quit for good, then you may want to look into these alternative methods. Snus is a popular type of oral tobacco product in Sweden. It is consumed orally by putting it inside your mouth. Snus has been effective for people who want to take tobacco but do not want to smoke. That being said, snooze is linked to mouth cancer. It will reduce your risk of lung cancer by not inhaling smoke, but you also will have to deal with potential problems of mouth cancer.

Vaping and E-Cigarettes Alternative

Vaping and e-cigarettes are another way to consume tobacco without smoking normal cigarettes. Vaping and e-cigarettes or only slightly less worse for your health than tobacco in some ways, but in other ways they could even be more unhealthier than smoking regular tobacco cigarettes. Vapes have extra ingredients that regular cigarettes do not have to add special types of flavor. These ingredients go through chemical reactions when they are heated up and burned. Not enough research has been done yet to show the long-term effects of vaping these chemicals. By vaping these strange flavors, you are essentially being a guinea pig. That being said, many people have been able to successfully quit smoking by temporarily transitioning to vaping before finally quitting. If you want to quit smoking but have been unable to successfully do it, you may want to look into starting by quitting with transitioning to e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes can temporarily give you what you need to feel like you are OK without smoking cigarettes. As you gradually transition into smoking e-cigarettes and stop smoking regular cigarettes, you will feel your desire for regular cigarettes disappear. Once you have quit smoking regular cigarettes, it may be easier to quit smoking e-cigarettes. Then you can finally be smoke free for the rest of your life.

It is up to you to decide what you feel comfortable with putting inside your own body. Nobody else can make a choice for you, but before you smoke or vape anything, you should be aware of the great health risks. There are many health benefits to quitting smoking and vaping entirely.