Cough 😷 and spluttering!!!

Hi

I hope everyone is having a ok 👌 day and has the sunshine ☀️. I am still smoking cigarettes, despite COPD and other illnesses. However I wanted to stop 🛑/ cut down before I have an operation on 6th February on my hand. However I am vaping again and down to 5/6 cigarettes 🚬 a day. I know I am stupid 🤪. I was smoking 15/20.

BUT ....... the vaping is causing me to cough, have pains in my chest etc again . I tried vaping before and this happened and I got my diagnosis of COPD. SO my BIG question is, bearing in mind that I cannot stop 🛑 just now, am I to continue vaping? Or go back to cigarettes 🚬 where I have no symptoms?????? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again for your help and enjoy the rest of the day. Xxxxx

[sassy59]

Hi Lynn can you try and get help to quit cigarettes without the need for vaping? Speak to your GP surgery who should be able to help.

Good luck to you and hope your op goes well. Xxxxx

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Hi

Thanks as I do plan on going back to doctors after my operation. Thanks so much for your support and I appreciate it very very much as it gives me the incentive to stop 🛑. I know I can do it but I just needed a prod. I hope you are having a good day. Xxxx

[sassy59 in reply to Hidden]

I’m happy to give you a prod Lynn, and wish you well.

My day has been good so far thank you. Take care xxxxx

[Philarv1]

Hi Lynn676

I know how hard it is to stop smoking and I really do feel for you here.

Any advice I can offer is based on my personal experience and everyone’s different.

I switched abruptly, threw two packs in the bin and started vaping. I had a period of around a week where the cough worsened but then it quickly disappeared. A pal of mine at the time had the same problem and finally went back to cigarettes but he was using both on the transition.

I have also found that some flavours can be worse than others and, although I hated menthol cigarettes, I use menthol exclusively now. I find it less irritating than the tobacco and fruit flavours.

I use Vapouriz Fuse hardware and until recently their 1.8% Menthol Special Blend juice. It’s a UK company - vapouriz.co.uk/

My advice. Ditch the fags completely and persist with the vape. It may take a few weeks for the cough to settle. Try some different juices as some give more throat hit than others.

You may need to be off tobacco for a week or more before you really feel the difference. For me it was like recovering from a bout of flu and you wake up one day feeling better.

For what it’s worth the 7 years of vaping has not made my copd worse.

Keep us posted and good luck