E-Cig

[nsd_user663_deleted]

Interesting reading I just wish could I understand it

What is the verdict ?

e-cig.org/pdfs/WHO_normaliz...

[nsd_user663_53753]

Hi Phil.

I can't open it, but did find this link for you, hope it helps.

forums.about.com/n/pfx/foru...

Hope I don't get banned for this. :confused:

[nsd_user663_53753]

Well who can say whether they are safe or not!!

Personally I have never used them, nor would I ever want to try them. To me they are too much like the real thing, and I would feel that I would be exchanging one addiction for another.

This is just my opinion, I'm sure there will be others along the way that might be able to assist you better with this.

Good luck with your findings.

May x

[NicFirth 10 Years Smoke Free]

If they had been widely available when I smoked I might well have switched to them and still been on them now.

Safe or not I see them as an alternative to smoking not a quit method, it may be less harmful but you are still feeding your addiction to nicotine and will no doubt have a "real" smoke from time to time especially when you run low on refills or someone offers you one.

IMO the key to a solid quit is starving out the nicotine addiction, while you are still dependant the odds of a relapse are high.

[nsd_user663_53753]

Wow Phil, Another 5 year poster, congratulations. Hey I'm sorry, but I thought you were thinking about using the E cigs. lol. It's great to see all the long term quitters still posting on here, It really brings it home that this really is do-able. Thank you.

May x

[nsd_user663_53753]

Hi Nic.

Great to see you're still around and posting too.

Totally agree with your comments regarding the E cigs, I just can't see any point in smoking something thats too much like the real thing and have heard stories of people being just as addicted to them as they were normal cigarettes. To me that seems pointless.

May x

[nsd_user663_54444]

Well you see i already gave up for near 3 weeks using them and they work

for me and if you get different levels of nic then you can reduce it gradually.

Anyone thinking of trying one dont be put off with "no ecig snobs" go for it

you got nothing to lose.

[nsd_user663_54310]

e-cig

ive noticed alot of hatred for the poor old e-cig. i used it for the first 2 days as my backup, im allergic to all other nicotine replacemement stuffs. the patches gave me a rash and made my arm swell up , the chewing gum/lozenges did the same to my mouth =( i tried the inhaler..that made me vomit.

i know the nicorette(?) people seem to hate the e-cigs and i think that's due to e-cigs marketing themselves as a sort of alternative to smoking- as if you can carry on smoking and it not be unhealthy etc.

honestly it cant be healthy you're still pumping rubbish into your lungs..but! they ARE 'better for you' than cigs..and surely that's a good thing. you're always going to get the people that don't want to quit..ever and have no intention of quitting cigs so if it makes a few of them cut down/switch then surely thats awesome?

it helped me anyways ..then i switched to....sweets! and im hooked on the damn things..honestly someone needs to make a quitting sweets thread -.-..

im chomping down some fruit-tella while i type!!! im in trouble!

lorna x

[nsd_user663_51469]

Yes I am still quit. I feel I have to pop in here and speak on this emotive subject. In a few days time I will have quit for seven months. Not one cigarette for seven months.

I smoked for 48 years. That's a long time folks. My father grew his own tobacco in the early 1950's. I helped him tend it, and when it had been sent away to be cured, I became an excellent cig roller at quite a young age. This may sound like parental neglect, but no. Smoking was different then. The dangers were not known. I don't think there was ever a visit to the doctor where he wasn't puffing on his pipe. Troops were issued with cigarettes and encouraged to smoke them for relaxation. Cigarette advertising extolled the "healthy" virtues of cigarettes. (Consulate - cool as a mountain stream!) I started at about 15 years old, and apart from one two year quit, smoked until 1st June this year.

For us long term smokers, quitting is a whole different ball game. We became aware of the dangers, we were intelligent enough to know we should quit. Re-wiring our lives however is a mighty task.

I used whatever it took to not have a cigarette. I was determined, and fairly certain I would never smoke again. My partner still smokes (although has cut down a lot, and smokes out of sight). I used a full course of patches. However, for the moments I was under extreme duress I had one or two puffs of e-cig. Over, done, that moment dealt with. I cut down the strengths. I then left them at home, and learned to cope outside the house. Then I just picked a date and stopped buying any more cartridges.

I now just chew normal gum as required. I have a few lozenges left, but will buy no more. I use about 3 a day. It may be wrong, it may be a cop out. But I would not have got to this stage without nrt. We are all different. We all have different strengths and weaknesses.

As folks have said, e-cigs are a nicotine delivery system. You must recognise this, use them for your own purposes and then move on.

I should say the benefits of not smoking are immense. I am enjoying them all. Lungs, teeth, skin, taste, smell, money...........need I go on. Just the brain to finish sorting then.

Sorry, bit of a ramble. Don't post much, make up for it when I do!

Make your quit "your quit". It's no one else's. Just be determined never to smoke a cigarette again.

love toucan

[nsd_user663_55311]

I never tried but two friends of mine have different opinion on this matter

[nsd_user663_22353]

I've tried one & i have to admit, i was surprised at just how much it felt like the real thing. The lack of smell & carcinogens is a huge bonus as well.

For someone who really struggles to quit these could be a good substitute. They seem a lot cheaper than cigarettes as well (until the government inevitably taxes the hell out of them of course.)