Both hubby and I smoke and seriously want to quit. We’ve also tried just about everything from cold turkey, gum, patches etc only to fail. Two days ago we bought the Blu brand of electronic cigarettes to assist us in quitting and let me tell you, I think this will be the key.
The e-cigs give the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette but have no other chemicals in them. They taste, smoke and feel as close to a real cigarette as possible even producing “smoke” that can be blown into a rings etc. The “smoke” however is nothing more than water vapor, has no smell, will not leave any residue on walls or most importantly in our lungs.
In two days we’ve both cut down on real cigarettes close to 75% and plan on not purchasing any more real cigs once we run out of the packs we currently have. I have very little doubt we will even want or need real tobacco with the e-cigs.
Of course the biggest drawback to e-cigs is that they contain nicotine (however, Blu does offer a no nicotine e-cig)so we will continue to be addicted while using the e-cigs. Our plan to deal with that is to slowly reduce the strength of the e-cigs until we are smoking the no-nicotine ones and either stay with them or simply quit completely.
You may want to suggest this idea to your sister-in-law (no, I receive no monies from the company lol) as a possible way to quit. The e-cigs provide everything needed to satisfy cigarette cravings both physically and mentally and so far it seems this combination is what it will take to help us quit. It may be the ticket for her.
Good luck!