A nicotine pouch taper schedule, week by week.
The schedule Curb builds from three starting points, at the steady pace, to zero: how many a day each week, the strength, and the week it switches to a lighter one. Yours is built from your own numbers.
From 6 pouches a day at 6 mg
9 weeks to zero, with the switch to a lighter strength in week 6. The first week only watches.
| Week | Allowance | Strength | mg a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 6 pouches a day | 6 mg | 36 mg |
| Week 2 | 5 pouches a day | 6 mg | 30 mg |
| Week 3 | 4 pouches a day | 6 mg | 24 mg |
| Week 4 | 4 pouches a day | 6 mg | 24 mg |
| Week 5 | 3 pouches a day | 6 mg | 18 mg |
| Week 6 | 4 pouches a day | 3 mg | 12 mg |
| Week 7 | 3 pouches a day | 3 mg | 9 mg |
| Week 8 | 2 pouches a day | 3 mg | 6 mg |
| Week 9 | 0 pouches a day | 3 mg | 0 mg |
From 12 pouches a day at 6 mg
9 weeks to zero, with the switch to a lighter strength in week 6. The first week only watches.
| Week | Allowance | Strength | mg a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 12 pouches a day | 6 mg | 72 mg |
| Week 2 | 10 pouches a day | 6 mg | 60 mg |
| Week 3 | 9 pouches a day | 6 mg | 54 mg |
| Week 4 | 8 pouches a day | 6 mg | 48 mg |
| Week 5 | 6 pouches a day | 6 mg | 36 mg |
| Week 6 | 9 pouches a day | 3 mg | 27 mg |
| Week 7 | 6 pouches a day | 3 mg | 18 mg |
| Week 8 | 3 pouches a day | 3 mg | 9 mg |
| Week 9 | 0 pouches a day | 3 mg | 0 mg |
From 24 pouches a day at 6 mg
9 weeks to zero, with the switch to a lighter strength in week 6. The first week only watches.
| Week | Allowance | Strength | mg a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 24 pouches a day | 6 mg | 144 mg |
| Week 2 | 21 pouches a day | 6 mg | 126 mg |
| Week 3 | 18 pouches a day | 6 mg | 108 mg |
| Week 4 | 15 pouches a day | 6 mg | 90 mg |
| Week 5 | 12 pouches a day | 6 mg | 72 mg |
| Week 6 | 18 pouches a day | 3 mg | 54 mg |
| Week 7 | 12 pouches a day | 3 mg | 36 mg |
| Week 8 | 6 pouches a day | 3 mg | 18 mg |
| Week 9 | 0 pouches a day | 3 mg | 0 mg |
When the strength switches
The schedule takes an equal share off the dose each week. When the count at the current strength would fall below 40% of where it started, the next week moves to a lighter strength and gives some of the count back, so the routine keeps its shape while the dose keeps falling. A strength switch is a week like any other: the allowance for that week is the lighter one's count.
Other paces
These are the steady pace. The app also offers a gentler and a faster one, and a number to hold at instead of zero; the calculator builds a schedule from your own count, strength and target.
Start with the number you use now.
The first week only watches. The first step down lands on a Monday.