Cigarette smoking has long been understood to be a serious health danger. Unfortunately, older generations, like yours, may not have realized these risks before you started smoking and now it's hard for you to quit. But you have grandchildren that you want to see graduate high school and even college. Thankfully, vaping can help you manage this problem. Here's what you should know as you consider heading to the local vape store.

Smoking Heavily Affects You As You Age

Obviously, you know that smoking is bad for you. There are probably very few smokers who honestly don't understand the dangers of their habit. Sadly, lifelong smokers who started young have been damaging their bodies for a very long time.

And, the damage that younger bodies could once easily repair is getting harder to manage. As a result, you may be at a higher risk for heart attacks, strokes, and other serious health problems that could rob you and your grandchildren of time together. Unfortunately, you have tried to quit in the past and have never been able to get it done.

Quitting Isn't Always Easy

If you are old enough to have grandchildren and are still smoking cigarettes, or other tobacco products, you have likely been smoking for 30-40 years. That is a long time to do anything, which is why smoking is often so hard to quit. Beyond the fact that nicotine is very addictive, smoking often becomes like an old friend to lifelong smokers.

You might remember your first cigarette with fondness or have memories of lighting a cigar at the birth of more than one child. These memories and habits may lock you into poor patterns of behaviors that need outside help to shake. In this situation, a high-quality vaping machine is a great investment.

Proper Vaping Can Help You Quit Smoking

Though you may have seen e-cigarettes or vaping machines and thought they looked silly, there is science behind their use as a cessation device. However, you simply can't vape on it and expect to quit without a dedicated approach. It takes more than just switching to vaping to quit.

However, vaping provides your body with lower doses of nicotine and at levels that are easier to manage. As a result, you can slowly wean yourself off of your vape over a period of time. Doing so will make it easier for you to quit and enjoy your grandchildren. In fact, you can use them as cheerleaders for your cessation by sending them pics of you setting your vape for lower doses.

So if you want to be around long enough for your grandchildren to graduate or even have children, don't hesitate to talk to your doctor about the benefits of vaping to quit smoking. Make sure, though, that you don't just get addicted to your vaping machine and that you actually use it to quit your addiction to nicotine. Your grandchildren will thank you for it.