Vaping/Nicotine Junkies [Part II]

Analog smoking?? I was a smoker for 39 years. A heavy smoker. 4 years after I quit, I was diagnosed with lung cancer. Luckily, it's currently in remission. While I don't care who "vapes" just do it downwind of me because most of the juices stink, IMO. There's just not enough information available yet on possible health problems associated with vaping. (Remember, at one time, tobacco was supposed to be good for you and wouldn't cause any health problems.) I'm glad your dad quit smoking but, nicotine addiction is nicotine addiction no matter where you get your fix!
(Getting off my soap box now.............)

 

i have been off cigs for a year and a half now. I used vaping to quit. i hated vaping but i wouldnt have been able to quit with out it. i gradually deccreased the nicotine level until i didnt even think about it any more.

 

I know a lot of people "vape" to quit the cigarettes. Nicorette lozenges did it for me!

 

My wife does it and loves it. Has it been proven to be a "healthy alternative" or even healthy at all? Some people act like it's harmless but isn't any time you put nicotine in your body it's not ever harmless right?

 

The peple who love it will tell you that it's just water vapor but, it's water vapor mixed with nicotine and flavorings and they ain't scientists. You're inhaling it into your lungs and that can't be good! I've already seen commercials blaming the poularity of vaping on the tobacco industry!

 

I thank the Lord every day that my only real addiction in life is rabidly rooting for all Pittsburgh sports teams from college to pro's. I'm very lucky in that regard. As kids though, we used to go around and steal cigs out of peoples mailboxes when they used to send out demo packs in the mail. Fortunately it didn't take hold of me. Oh...I almost forgot - I'm really hooked now on Jack Reacher novels -really like that simple yet strange character. For those of you still smoking or having quit are suffering from the consequences - my prayers go out to you, especially my Cali bud in Santee.

 

Thanks for that. Fortunately, I'm not suffering. I got lucky throughout the chemo and radiation. I never got sick and didn't lose any more hair than I was losing anyway. Bottom line is that I did it to myself. I knew what the risks were and still lit up! I thouroughly enjoyed every cigarette I ever smoked except the first one!

 

I thank my lucky stars I was able to find vaping as a safer alternative. It is 100% safe? Not sure and I won't make a claim to such. But I can tell you that my body at least feels 1000% better than when I used to smoke. I can breath, taste, smell like never before. I hardly ever get sick anymore. So, yeah, I don't need a 30 year study to tell me the effects of vaping; I'm living it.

I am currently down to 0.5mg nicotine level. You read that right. One half of 1 mg. At this point, I get more nicotine from eating Zucchini than I do from vaping, LOL. I plan on cutting down to 0 mg in a couple weeks and then not using a vaporizer at all. It's been a very slow step plan I employed 4 years ago when I started at 24 mg of nic.

I'm currently using an IPV5 Temp controlled mod with a Herkales plus tank using stainless steel coils. My everyday juice is Strawnilla from nicoticket or any other PREMIUM LAB TESTED JUICE. Coworkers always stop in my office just to get a sniff cause it smells like a bakery in here. LOL.

 

My buddy's dad just got diagnosed with lung cancer and his DR told him that if he didn't stop smoking for at least 3 weeks he wouldn't even operate on him. He hasn't stopped. Did your DR tell you that?

 

No, because I had already quit 4 years prior. i understand the Dr.s stance though. Who wants to spend that much time and energy on something that won't help because the patient won't help themselves. They won't do a liver transplant for someone who won't quit drinking!
In my case, they operated but couldn't get the tumor due to it's placement. Too close to the pulmonary artery.

 

I smoked analogs for 20 years. Vaping got me off them. I used the 510's and got off them before the new stuff came out. My wife still vapes and uses some tank on a box with a removable battery...haha. She likes the unflavored juice at 6mg/ml.

I think if there was some serious danger with vaping they would have found it in the 10 years it's been out. I always made it my policy to not be one of the "born again" non-smokers. I still let my friends smoke over my place.

 

My IPV5 cost 25% of what my provari was and performs 100x better. Technology in ecigs has rapidly improved. It's amazing really. I did however quit vaping as of 2 weeks ago. Still adjusting to a post ecig life but it is much easier than I thought it would be.

 

I smoked for 38 years. October 1st will be 18 years with no smoke. No cancer in sight but knock on wood.
Don't forget guys, us in our 60's grew up when the steel mills were booming. Us smokers had the double whammie

 

Good on ya!