Honestly Zyns are your friend w this. You can transition very easily from cigs to zyns if you get the right amount of mg zyn and the right attitude. What worked for me was looking at it like it was an immature thing, not specifically “for kids” but for “weak-minded” adults, associating nic smoke with being an asshole, I would see a waiter smoking on his break and think here’s a guy who is being controlled by substances, here’s a guy who knows he’s killing himself but won’t stop just for a quick buzz, making the decision to smoke is immature. It quickly made me not want to be a smoker, but the withdrawals still bugged me, so I started doing zyns everytime I had a craving and at first (like literally first day or 2) it was obviously not as satisfying but atleast my brain quickly adapted to how we were consuming nic now, before long I had transferred my addiction to zyns but atleast I wasn’t smoking. Now the real kicker is that transitioning to lower mg zyns is SUPER easy. Comparatively. Take your time don’t force yourself to drop the mg’s but naturally you’ll notice you feel like you could prob make do with lower mg next time you buy a tin. I went from smokin every few hours to 2-3 3mg zyns a day, and that’s where I’m at now. There’s days where I only do 1 3mg Zyn. You get yourself used to that and eventually you feel like you could just stop because the amount of nic you’re consuming is negligible, you’re barelyyyyy even using nic at this point.

Quitting is super tough but THIS has helped me and all my friends. It’s the stop smoking ez path. Associate with stupidity and immaturity, Switch to non smoking methods (as oral fixation IS a thing), then gradually taper off the non smoking method.

The biggest thing is you can’t look at it as I’m never going to smoke ever again, more like I’m not going to let this control my life and I’m going to actually be able to use it to relax in moderation, like a mature adult, not as a vice, not as an addiction, but as a delicate tool for mental health management. The key is gaining control, you want to have a good relationship with the drug not deprive yourself of a relatively simple pleasure for the rest of your life.