After smoking for 35 years and trying to quit many times with approved methods and cold turkey, vaping helped me quit in 2 weeks. I’ve been cig free for almost 4 years now. The Key to quitting is fooling the body to think it’s not missing out on anything. Smoking is not just about the nicotine. Vaping covers all of the the mental and physical needs of a smoker. It covers the oral fixation, the flavor, gives you something to do with your hands, etc, while giving your body the nicotine it craves. With vaping, the only thing missing is the fire, and about 4000 carcinogenic chemicals. Some methods like Chantix may address psychological needs, others only supply nicotine like the patch. Gum may help with the oral fixation, while cold turkey addresses none. No approved methods address all of the physical an psychological needs of a smoker, which is why they are so prone to failure. With vaping you are in control, not some mega corporation who’s goal it is to keep you hooked. You can, quite easily in my experience, lower your nicotine level over time until such time that you are no longer nicotine dependent if that is your goal. Those who’ve never smoked or with a financial interest in tobacco or pharmaceuticals most likely won’t be able to or won’t want to grasp the above. But anyone who’s ever raced for that first cigarette of the day can surely relate.