Thread: E-cigarettes

For many years I was a fairly heavy smoker. I couldn't stop no matter what I tried. About 14 months ago I tried an electronic cigarette. Within a week, I'd stopped smoking tobacco and have never looked back.

Medically, the jury is still out on the e-cigs. Are they better for you than tobacco? Worse?

I know I feel better for stopping tobacco smoking. I don't wheeze like I did, I don't get out of breath so easily and I don't smell like a dirty ashtray!

Your thoughts gents?

My wife has been on the ecigs for 3 mos. now,they seem to work

Originally Posted by wayne394

Within a week, I'd stopped smoking tobacco
Are they better for you than tobacco?
Your thoughts gents?

Just about anything that can get you off tobacco is good as long as you are not trading one dangerous crutch for another.
As you write,...the jury is still out on E-cigarettes.

I suspect as they do more study they will find the E types are better than regular cigarettes but still not good for you.

They way I look at it smoking is like russian roulette so once you put the gun down your longevity increases right away. Of course you can't do anything about all the poison that is in the makeup of your body from all the years of smoking however stopping can only be good for you as opposed to continuing.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I suspect as they do more study they will find the E types are better than regular cigarettes but still not good for you.

They way I look at it smoking is like russian roulette so once you put the gun down your longevity increases right away. Of course you can't do anything about all the poison that is in the makeup of your body from all the years of smoking however stopping can only be good for you as opposed to continuing.

Yup that's what I think. Still not good for you. Like you I'm pretty confident that further study will show that E-cigs., while not being as harmful, are still damaging to the body. We're built to breath air. And I think that's it. I stopped cigarettes years ago, as well as Copenhaven snuff. Being hopelessly addicted to them didn't stop rational thought processes. In other words, I knew that I couldn't live my life the way I wanted to and continue participating in the addiction. I still smoke a pipe (maybe 5 times a week after dinner with a cup of tea) and a weekly cigar. (On Sunday) For some reason, maybe its because the pipe and cigar aren't inhaled, I can control the use of a pipe or cigar. Not so cigarettes and Copenhaven. They are like a light switch. Its on or off. Out of control use or nothing.

Hello all,

I'm quite experienced in e-cigarettes and the like, so if you're interested in information, suggestions on flavors or questions on why your mod is leaking like a geyser; you know who to PM.

Been using vape equipment in one form or another for 2 years and I have seen all the hyped, as well as the buried in journals, research from both sides of the argument. It's something that even people in the science community, who are supposed to only look at facts, are fairly biased on. At the end of the day, it's what you enjoy and what risks you are willing to take. I enjoy my flavors and the people I interact with on my sunday vape errands. Is it completely harmless? Probably not, but the water I drink and bathe in has radium in it.

Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to lung disease | Harvard Gazette

If your aware of the risks, I believe that we are all adults and can make informed decisions....
I dont see what the problems is. If its not ecigs, it will be outlawing Sunday softball games because somebody "might" twist an ankle...

Its a dangerous world we live in....
Just my 2
-K

I was a smoker for about 28 years and decided to quit about two months ago. I tapered my regular cigarettes consumption and then transitioned to e-cigs but used a juice that had zero percent nicotine. After a week on the e-cig, I was able to quit completely.

I still smoke, but have cut down by around half over the last year with e-cigs. Mainly i was just smoking at work and on the e-cigs the rest of the time, but i am finding myself creeping back more lately.

I switched from cigars to e-cigs. I've read quite a bit about them and haven't seen much to suggest anything being even as close to as harmful as cigarettes.