Thread: Electronic Cigarettes

Originally Posted by Str8Edge

I am still waiting for my e-cig to be delivered. I ordered it off of an ad I heard on the radio over 2 weeks ago. The brand is vapormate. does anyone have any experience with vapormate? I'm getiing nervous that it might have been a scam.

Not a scam per se, but not one of the better ones out there. Check out the ecf forum I'll pm you the link.

I'm curious. Do you use the e cig as a road to quitting completely, or just as a way to get the nicotine fix without the smoke inhalation issues?

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm curious. Do you use the e cig as a road to quitting completely, or just as a way to get the nicotine fix without the smoke inhalation issues?

Some people use them as a nicotine replacement therapy and totally wean off of them eventually. Others who have tried to quit smoking with just about everything that is available for help use it for the nic fixes. People who have depression, ADD and some other mental or physical issues find that it is a real struggle to quit totally so they use it as a "reduced harm" way to get the nicotine they are used to without the harmful components of inhaling smoke.

I fall in the second category..I do not have any plans to quit totally anytime in the near future. Plus there are so many fun flavors to try. You can have your cake and vape it too

If you want to read more about them I have a couple of web sites you can look at that I can pm you. Unless it's ok to post the links here. I do not like to publicly post any links that are not shave related.

After reading this: Electronic cigarette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I wondered whether e-cigs aren't just as unhealthy as the real thing.

There was some bad stuff detected in some Chinese made cartridges a couple years ago but was severely exaggerated. The nicotine liquid I use comes from Utah, has less than 13 ingredients and made with non-tobacco derived nicotine suspended in vegetable glycerine. Every ingredient besides nicotine is on the FDA's GRAS (generally regarded a safe) list.

To compare, cigarettes have over 5000 chemicals, over 100 of which are known carcinogens.

I hope that helps give you a different perspective.

Here are a couple of links that may help

http://www.casaa.org/files/Are%20Ele...tes%20Safe.pdf

http://www.casaa.org/files/FAQs%20sheet%282%29.pdf

http://www.casaa.org/files/8%20Bigge...ths%282%29.pdf

Kicking the habit seems a healthier option. Unless you are addicted to something else than nicotine I cannot see why nicotine patches or chewing gum would not suffice where e-cigs do unless you are addicted to another chemical present in cigs and e-cigs.

I know the roughly $20 ones from 7-11 aren't a long lasting option, but are they a decent way to go to try one out? I find myself needing nicotine more regularly at work but don't always have time to run out for a smoke.

Originally Posted by bharner

I know the roughly $20 ones from 7-11 aren't a long lasting option, but are they a decent way to go to try one out? I find myself needing nicotine more regularly at work but don't always have time to run out for a smoke.

you'd probably be better off with something you can reuse and refill in the long run. I can give you a couple of suggestions if you want. PM me..

Originally Posted by Kees

Kicking the habit seems a healthier option. Unless you are addicted to something else than nicotine I cannot see why nicotine patches or chewing gum would not suffice where e-cigs do unless you are addicted to another chemical present in cigs and e-cigs.

Quitting is always a better alternative but for some people that suffer from depression and other disorders like that, the nicotine actually helps so it's much harder to quit totally. There are studies being done now on nicotine derivatives for alzheimers, bi-polar disorder and depression that is showing nicotine actually increased the seratonin and endorphine levels of the brain to help alleviate some of the symptoms of the disorders