Quit vaping timeline · Day 60
Day 60 of quitting vaping: becoming someone who doesn't
Last reviewed July 2026
By two months, this has mostly stopped being a physical fight. What's left is a quieter, slower shift: the difference between someone who's trying to quit vaping and someone who doesn't vape anymore. That change in identity, not another symptom easing, is what day 60 is about.
Why identity lags behind behavior
You can go sixty days without vaping and still catch yourself mentally filing it under "quitting," an ongoing project rather than a settled fact. That gap between what you're doing and how you think of yourself is normal, and it tends to close gradually rather than flip on a specific day. Noticing when it starts to shift is itself a sign of progress.
What tends to still show up
- The rare, specific trigger. A once-a-year event, an unusual stress, something that hasn't had many chances to fade yet.
- A brief pull during a big life stress. Even well past the physical withdrawal, high-stress moments can reach for an old coping habit.
- Less often, a moment of missing the ritual, not the nicotine. The habit of having something to do with your hands can outlast the chemical dependence by a long stretch.
What changes when the identity shifts
Someone still "trying to quit" treats every craving as a test they might fail. Someone who's settled into not vaping treats the same craving as a strange, passing thing that doesn't require a decision at all. That reframe, more than any symptom easing, is what makes the second half of a long quit noticeably lighter than the first.
What to do at this stage
- Stop counting every day the way you did in week one. Constant vigilance was useful early on; by now it can be replaced with occasional check-ins.
- Notice the language you use about yourself. "I'm trying not to vape" and "I don't vape" describe the same sixty days, but they set up different responses to the next trigger.
- Keep one or two guardrails for the rare triggers. You don't need the full week-one toolkit anymore, but the specific plan for your rarest trigger is still worth having.
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Are there still withdrawal symptoms at two months of not vaping?
For most people, no meaningful physical withdrawal remains at this point. What can still surface is an occasional situational craving tied to a specific, infrequent trigger, which is a habit response rather than a chemical one.
Why do I still think of myself as "trying to quit" after two months?
Identity tends to lag behind behavior. You can go two months without vaping while still mentally filing yourself as someone in the middle of quitting, rather than someone who doesn't vape. That shift often happens gradually, not on a specific day.
Is relapse risk lower after two months than after one month?
Generally, yes, each additional month of not vaping is associated with a lower chance of returning to it, though risk never drops to exactly zero and specific triggers can still catch someone off guard at any point.
Sources: CDC, e-cigarettes and nicotine · NHS, quit smoking and vaping support