Quitters Rock!
My daughter, her boyfriend, and I quit smoking "analog" (or regular) cigarettes about 6 months ago. At first I experimented with the e-cigs you can get at the 7-11 ... called N-Joy. I knew then, that if I found the right one, I'd never pick up another "tobacco cigarette"again. A couple of months later my daughters boyfriend, after a great deal of research and some personal experimentation, introduced us to the Joye eGo systems. It's been 6 months! I love the caramel flavors, although there are countless flavors more!, and I get to puff to my hearts content. The nicotine is delivered in a "PG", (propelyne glycol) base which is FDA approved for inhalation. As Strappie mentioned in hys first post, the nicotine "juice"comes in different doses, usually 36/24/18/12/0 Mg's which allow users to cut back on the nicotine dosage as they desire. They are flavored with food grade quality flavoring.
Having said all of this, no distributor is allowed to claim that e-cigarettes are an effective method of quitting smoking. E-cigarettes are no more than a different delivery system for the highly addictive drug, nicotine. They are, however, an effective way to reduce the health risks associated with partaking this particular drug.
Of the 4000 known chemicals in smoke, 50 are known to be cancer causing. No one I know would intentionally introduce acetone, or ammonia into their lungs, nor would they intentionally breathe in more carbon monoxide than they had to. But plenty of people I know, smoke cigarettes, doing everything I just mentioned.
I have become quite a fan of my e-cigs and am "vaping" as I sit and type this. My breathing has improved over the past months, as has my energy level. I know that I am still putting my heart at risk by using nicotine, however, I also know that a couple of e-cigs per day isn't going to do more harm than a half pot of coffee!
I'm a huge advocate of e-cigs and even more so of those of you who have quit cold turkey! Way to go everyone! That's quite an amazing accomplishment considering that nicotine is more addictive than heroine!
** cheers***
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