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Stopping vaping
Reducing your need to vape
Vaping isn’t risk free but is a healthier option to smoking tobacco. If you’re looking for some guidance around reducing your need to vape, please find further information and links below:
- Gradually reduce the nicotine content in the vape, reducing at a pace to suit you (this could be every two to four weeks or longer) 20mg or 2% would be the high strength vape for example, other strengths are available.
- Use a tank or fillable style vape for more control over the nicotine content in the vape.
- Look at reducing at a pace to suit you and consider supplementing a nicotine free vape liquid to alternate between the two.
- Try to extend time between vaping and keep track of your usage, especially as you reduce nicotine content in the vape as you could potentially use the device more frequently to get the same effect as a higher nicotine content vape.
- Restricting where you vape and the time you vape for, taking shorter puffs can help too.
- Create vape free spaces and gradually expand these.
- Setting rules about when and where you do and don’t vape - weaken link between vaping and certain situations or times.
- Think about some other forms of distraction to help you when you feel cravings, think about your environment, daily habits/routines that can act as a cue to vape.
- Only use vapes from reputable sources/manufacturers.
It may also be worth looking at nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) if you did want to stop vaping immediately and didn’t want to reduce gradually. There are various forms of NRT which can be purchased from your local chemist or online (see stop smoking aids linked below):
Quit smoking with nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) - Better Health - NHS
Vaping myths and the facts - Better Health - NHS
How to quit vaping - Better Health - NHS
Last updated 22 July 2026