Quitting Vapes or Dip: Tips for the Habit and Your Mouth
Based on BMC Medicine, Varenicline for Vaping Cessation in Adults (2023)
How varenicline and nicotine replacement help people quit vaping and smokeless tobacco, the best fit for dip and chew, and how to handle the habit itself.
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In this guide
Handle the Habit
- Sugar-free gum or mints
- Sunflower seeds
- Change routines around triggers
Know Your Triggers
- Driving
- Coffee
- Work breaks
Check Your Mouth
- A sore or lump that lingers
- A white or red patch
- Anything lasting two weeks
What the guideline says
- Vapes and smokeless tobacco such as dip, chew and snus can deliver as much nicotine as cigarettes.
- The same medicines that help people quit smoking are increasingly used to help people quit vaping and chewing.
- In one 140-person trial of adults who vaped, 40 percent of those on varenicline quit, compared with 20 percent on placebo.
- Nicotine lozenges and gum are often a good fit for dip, chew or snus, because they also replace the oral habit.
- Sugar-free gum, sunflower seeds, mints and changing routines around triggers such as driving, coffee and work breaks help with the hand-to-mouth habit.
- Smokeless tobacco raises the risk of mouth and throat cancer, so point out any sore, lump, or white or red patch in your mouth that does not heal within two weeks.
Source: BMC Medicine, Varenicline for Vaping Cessation in Adults (2023)
Read the full article: Medications to Quit Vaping, Dip and Chewing Tobacco: What Works →
This guide is general health information and does not replace advice from your own provider.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sugar-free gum, sunflower seeds and mints can help, along with changing routines around triggers such as driving, coffee and work breaks.
Smokeless tobacco raises the risk of mouth and throat cancer. Point out any sore, lump, or white or red patch in your mouth that does not heal within two weeks.
Yes. Varenicline has shown benefit in studies of people who use smokeless tobacco.