Only suggestion I have is to learn to just not touch the damned thing - or take up a healthy habit of smoking Newports; sure you probably tried that once or twice and went "OH MY FUCKING GOD I SHALL DIE HERE AND NOW!"

...And hang on, who said I had self control? Giving credit where it ain't due there.

But - if you don't want a chain around your neck with nicotine, the only way - whether it's using vaping as a transitory crutch or keeping a cig in your shirt pocket and occasionally taking it out to glare at and admonish it...still gotta make that choice.

I sure as hell didn't, but at least I can breath and not smell like shit. If you're sunk, you're sunk. I'm an addict. How I manage that hot mess is up to me.

That said, why didn't ya make an effort to go from 18 downward if you wanted to be free of the demon? It's painful, but it ain't like cold turkey.

And, also, I think this is the big question - if people are stupid drivers and you want to smite them, (can't blame you there) what would you replace nicotine with?

Gouda addiction? :p

"Not only do I not want to kill people less, now that I eat a fuckton of cheese, I can't! I can't breathe thanks to adipose fat tissue strangling my internal organs! Thanks, Dairy Farmers of America!"

Examining your psychological reasons for needing alkaloids in the first place is a damned good step for anyone; I used to drink about two pots of the strongest coffee I could make every day, mostly because of work and its scheduling - now I can barely get through a cup of the aforementioned without going "I loved ya, but gotta leave ya, noble bean!".

Force 18 until you normalize, then buy 12 and mix-and-match with the 18, then try 12, then...it's easily doable.

Reckon you've just got bigger problems than the e-cig or carton of smokes; address them!