Can e-cigarettes help you to quit smoking?

To answer the question, e-cigarettes did not help me quit smoking cigarettes.

Also, vaping isn't quite the same thing. An e-cigarette looks almost exactly like a cigarette, you hold it like one and you just take puffs off it like one. The problem for me was that it doesn't feel like a cigarette. It's a lot heavier. I didn't like that.
 

Murrmurr said:
To answer the question, e-cigarettes did not help me quit smoking cigarettes.

Also, vaping isn't quite the same thing. An e-cigarette looks almost exactly like a cigarette, you hold it like one and you just take puffs off it like one. The problem for me was that it doesn't feel like a cigarette. It's a lot heavier. I didn't like that.
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My o/h started off with an e-cigarette, as you say it felt heavier than a normal cigarette, then he moved onto those big type of vaping items that @Paco Dennis owns.. but none of those suited him either, but the pipe is what he prefers amongst everything he's tried...

Are you still smoking cigarettes @Murrmurr ?
 
hollydolly said:
My o/h started off with an e-cigarette, as you say it felt heavier than a normal cigarette, then he moved onto those big type of vaping items that @Paco Dennis owns.. but none of those suited him either, but the pipe is what he prefers amongst everything he's tried...

Are you still smoking cigarettes @Murrmurr ?
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Yes, I am. I still have some e-cigs and my sister bought me a small vaping thing, which I tried. It made me cough really bad with every draw, but otherwise I liked it. I read Paco's comment up there about his wife being allergic to a certain type of liquid. I'm going to look into that. Maybe that's my problem.
 

Murrmurr said:
Yes, I am. I still have some e-cigs and my sister bought me a small vaping thing, which I tried. It made me cough really bad with every draw, but otherwise I liked it. I read Paco's comment up there about his wife being allergic to a certain type of liquid. I'm going to look into that. Maybe that's my problem.
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Could well be, it's an interesting concept that never even crossed my mind...

@Paco Dennis , how did you learn your wife was allergic to one type..what were the symptoms ?
 
Aunt Marg said:
From all that I have read about E-Cigarettes, the liquid is equally as detrimental as tobacco.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/28/health/juul-north-carolina-lawsuit-settlement/index.html

I see a lot of young kids vaping (using E-Cigarettes), and I suspect if the trend continues they'll be an explosion of health related woes attached to the practice in the coming years.

I do know of a few that have gone to E-Cigarettes, and none have kicked the habit as of yet, with a few that have gone back to smoking cigarettes.
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Hi Marg.

I believe Big Tobacco pushes the narrative that vaping is harmful. But I also believe some of the liquids are harmful; mostly the flavored ones. The flavors are artificial/chemical.

The advantage to e-cigs and vaping is that nothing gets into your lungs. Nothing even gets past the back of your mouth. The liquids do contain nicotine, and as you know, that gets into your blood stream. It causes your blood vessels to contract (gives you the nicotine "high") but doesn't cause cancer or anything.
 
Murrmurr said:
Hi Marg.

I believe Big Tobacco pushes the narrative that vaping is harmful. But I also believe some of the liquids are harmful; mostly the flavored ones. The flavors are artificial/chemical.

The advantage to e-cigs and vaping is that nothing gets into your lungs. Nothing even gets past the back of your mouth. The liquids do contain nicotine, and as you know, that gets into your blood stream. It causes your blood vessels to contract (gives you the nicotine "high") but doesn't cause cancer or anything.
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Good afternoon to you, Mur!

I don't know how much we can or should believe regarding information related to such, but check out this website.

It's a Canadian website, so may be more geared towards findings that apply to our country more so than yours, but some scary stuff.

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping/risks.html
 
Aunt Marg said:
Good afternoon to you, Mur!

I don't know how much we can or should believe regarding information related to such, but check out this website.

It's a Canadian website, so may be more geared towards findings that apply to our country more so than yours, but some scary stuff.

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping/risks.html
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Oh, I agree - it's definitely bad for kids!

If tobacco leaves didn't produce nicotine, people would never have become regular smokers. And if cigarette producers never added chemicals, I don't think we'd have nearly the number of cancer deaths from smoking. Emphacema, yes, but maybe not lung cancer.
 
the day i started smoking e cigarettes i never touched a real cigarette---i have no cough and can breathe better--i buy the daily ones and one will last 3 days--the only thing they wont deliver to georgia anymore-wahwahwha
 
Murrmurr said:
The advantage to e-cigs and vaping is that nothing gets into your lungs. Nothing even gets past the back of your mouth. The liquids do contain nicotine, and as you know, that gets into your blood stream. It causes your blood vessels to contract (gives you the nicotine "high") but doesn't cause cancer or anything.
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How does nothing get past the back of your mouth or to your lungs? I thought people inhaled when vaping e-cigarettes, just as they inhale regular cigarettes and (vaped) pot. Do I have that wrong?
 
hollydolly said:
Could well be, it's an interesting concept that never even crossed my mind...

@Paco Dennis , how did you learn your wife was allergic to one type..what were the symptoms ?
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PG is the part of the e-liquid that 4% of the population can be sensitive to; this may take a few weeks for new vapers to notice. So, if you notice any of these symptoms: sore/dry eyes, sore mouth, eczema, nausea or wheezing, you might want to consider a swap to an e-liquid with a higher VG content.

The PG/VG info sheet: Are they safe? Am I allergic? Which is the best tank for each mix?

She developed eczema on the back of her neck area. Most all local retail vape stores do not carry 100% VG. If you are concerned try 70%VG and 30%PG. Most all retailers are a good support for learning what it is you need to stop smoking tobacco.



 
Paco Dennis said:
PG is the part of the e-liquid that 4% of the population can be sensitive to; this may take a few weeks for new vapers to notice. So, if you notice any of these symptoms: sore/dry eyes, sore mouth, eczema, nausea or wheezing, you might want to consider a swap to an e-liquid with a higher VG content.

The PG/VG info sheet: Are they safe? Am I allergic? Which is the best tank for each mix?

She developed eczema on the back of her neck area. Most all local retail vape stores do not carry 100% VG. If you are concerned try 70%VG and 30%PG. Most all retailers are a good support for learning what it is you need to stop smoking tobacco.
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I don't smoke anything ...lol.. but interesting info nonetheless....
 
StarSong said:
How does nothing get past the back of your mouth or to your lungs? I thought people inhaled when vaping e-cigarettes, just as they inhale regular cigarettes and (vaped) pot. Do I have that wrong?
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I just read Holly's link. Maybe vaping is different, but there is no inhaling anything with an e-cig. The "smoke" you blow out is vapor, which is water mist, and it forms in your mouth. I suppose you can inhale that if you want, but you're not supposed to. If you do, you're just inhaling the oil turned to mist. Like I said earlier, it's the type of oils you use that can be unhealthy. I only bought the pure unflavored oil with a medium-level nicotine content.

I got my first e-cig back in 2013, maybe earlier...when they were a new thing. It replaced cigarettes for just a few weeks, and I still smoked cigarettes off and on. Tried them again a couple years later, and just couldn't adjust, and then my sis bought me a small vape unit last year. None of them helped me quit cigarettes and, for me, they weren't a satisfying replacement either.
 
Aunt Marg said:
From all that I have read about E-Cigarettes, the liquid is equally as detrimental as tobacco.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/28/health/juul-north-carolina-lawsuit-settlement/index.html

I see a lot of young kids vaping (using E-Cigarettes), and I suspect if the trend continues they'll be an explosion of health related woes attached to the practice in the coming years.

I do know of a few that have gone to E-Cigarettes, and none have kicked the habit as of yet, with a few that have gone back to smoking cigarettes.
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I did that. Vaped from 2013 thru 2016 but still smoked about 10 a day. I had all the vaping equipment, juices, etc. But I still went back to cigs until I had my first stroke in 2017 when I had to quit cold turkey. Hard to do because it had been 45 years as a heavy smoker but had to do it.
 
1996, when my stepfather was struggling through resisting smoking cigarettes, because of his emphazema, the only substitute I could think of to ease his desire to put a cigarette in his mouth were things like tootsie rolls (which I knew he liked) and suckers. He used the many I brought him up fast, but he did not want more. I don't think vaping was a "thing" back then, I wish it had been. But still, he might have been too stubborn to try it.
 
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