E-cigarettes

[crackwilly21]

Anyone on board with this here?  I've been on one since May and its made a huge difference in my life.  I've fallen into the trap of mods and customizable tanks and making my own juice..  Please, let there be someone else who shares the joy/pain!

[Insepiddeception]

I've been wanting to quit for a while and thought of trying an e-cig. Any suggestions?

[crackwilly21]

Give me a budget and it would be a lot easier.  If you want to stick with it, the general feeling is buy once cry once.  I could recommend a GREAT kit that would cost about 75 bucks and would last you for ages, except for the cost of juice.    http://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/ is a GREAT resource for people who are looking to get into it.  The sub is full of VERY helpful people and lots of great information.

[The Forsaken]

Haven't smoked a real cigarette in over a year and a half because of em. A lot cheaper and I don't smell like an ashtray. I still enjoy a good cigar every now and then though.

[crackwilly21]

What kind of setup are you using?  I'm switching back and forth between a Vamo V5 and a Magneto clone.  Using a Protank 2 and AGA T-2 clone as my main tanks.

[Imoutgoodbye]

Hopefully everyone is aware that most e-cigs are simply a different kind of harmful to your health than a real cigarette and not a healthy alternative to smoking?

 

I don't allow e-cigs to be smoked in my house or in my  work place.  

 

And, yes, I still smoke cigarettes, so this isn't some PSA.  Just a friendly neighborhood Reverend reminder to not trust corporations or government and be respectful of those around you who choose not to partake.  

[Pali]

My concern with e-cigs was that I found it a lot harder to regulate my nicotine intake using them.  Smoking cigs, you essentially have a regular dosage that you take every so often.  E-cigs, however, I would regularly find myself just smoking non-stop in bars or hanging out, and I'd end up buzzing like crazy fairly often as there's no real dosage that's easy to stick to.  I'm fairly certain they made me MORE addicted to nicotine, not less.

[crackwilly21]

In less than a year I've managed to decrease my nicotine intake by 50% using e-cigs.  It can be hard to regulate if you let yourself go crazy with them, but if you drop the nicotine concentration and use them responsibly, you can really cut back on your nicotine dependence.  

[Pali]

Well, you should keep rocking them then.

[Volgathras]

So long as it helps, keep at it. The only thing I'd say about e-cigs is that they're ment as a means to an end - eventually kicking nicotine altogether. A trap I see a lot of people fall in to is that they start e-cigs which gives them a sense of pride, a feeling that they're on he way to betterment. And they are, but if you stop at the e-cig phase and never face the discomfort of quitting entirely it's just fooling yourself.

I smoked for years before quitting cold turkey, and it's been a year now. The reason I avoided e-cigs (and didn't tell anyone I was quitting till a month or so in) was because I simply couldn't trust my addictive personality. I know it's a little preachy, but my base point is; keep fighting the good fight

Three-Dog out.

[crackwilly21]

I am hoping to kick nicotine altogether, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to kick the whole ACT of smoking.  I just enjoy it too much..

[Imoutgoodbye]

... I simply couldn't trust my addictive personality. I know it's a little preachy...

 

He's right...he has an addictive personality.  Volg, I just don't know how to quit you.  And always preach the facts and realities, Brother. 

[Vaerick]

I have one of these, and use it from time to time, but I wonder if they aren't worse than the cigarette itself. As a general rule of thumb, the further a substance (food or drug) is away from natural, the worse it is. Processed/fast food vs grocery store, cannabis vs k2/synthetic weed (people are having strokes, going into comas and all kinds of other crazy stuff in the pursuit of a legal high). Given there's been no studies or any kind of legitimate data on the e-cigs, I wonder if down the road we don't find out they are worse than the cigarettes themselves (heroin was used as a treatment for morphine addiction). I know what shocked me was when I used it I actually got a nicotine buzz, which was great but scary at the same time- normally I wouldn't get such a feeling unless I hadn't smoked a cigarette in a day or two, and I had been smoking regularly for awhile. The dose of nicotine is that much higher that it actually produces the effects. I'm no expert but in my experience, I don't think I was truly "addicted" to cigarettes until after I stopped feeling the "buzz" and just the habit remained. If that holds true with e-cigs, and the real addiction doesn't start until after you can't feel it anymore then I bet the addiction is that much worse.

Also, if you look at their advertising in the beginning  they were all about using them to quit smoking. Now if you look at their adds, they are merely advertising the e-cigs as a socially acceptable way to continue smoking. After all, there's less money in the business of people quitting all together. I've seen people who don't smoke pick them up, and I watch them use them more and more, almost like a new smoker who starts with one or two a day and winds up at a pack.

[Magick]

I've always claimed that it's trading one habit for another.  Sure, you can say that with willpower it helps you quit smoking, but if someone doesn't want to quit, truly want to quit, it'll be exponentially more difficult to drop that habit.  If you DO want to quit, then with willpower, you too can quit cold turkey.  The only thing is you're not sucking down the carbon monoxide, tar, smooth smooth taste, etc, etc you do from a normal cigarette.

 

I switched to the E-Cig and the nicotine mints a couple years ago and finally called it quits Fathers Day last year.  Cold turkey, as it were.  I was still at the same nicotine level and usage from the time I went to the non-cigarette option to the time I dropped it completely.