[rktman]

Hmmm. Not sure if I’ll succeed but I had the last one in a pack on Tuesday around noon and, being that it was Mrs. rktman’s birthday, I told her I would finally quit with the cigs. She quit a year and a half ago. Have done some things that would normally spur me to fire up but hangin’ in so far. Do I want one? Hell yeah. But, I ain’t buying or bummin’ so far. As far as succeeding, I can do this. Not too cranky so far from nic wifdrawls.

[Telepathic Intruder]

There are horror stories as well of people going onto the Nicorette gum, and either taking too much or smoking on top of it. Death by nicotine overdose. Any nicotine at all is also bad if you have high cholesterol. It basically magnifies the effect.

[PGR88]

All true - but vaping is still far better than unfiltered camels.

I’ve seen vaping help many people I know gradually reduce cigarette smoking, people who never were able to quit “cold turkey.”

Funny the author knocks it, because it also clearly helped him reduce a very dangerous habit of unfiltered camels, down to something much less.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I don’t smoke, but I am curious.

The story doesn’t say why or how the collapsed lung is related to his oral swirling of the nicotine vapor. Or was it that vaporized vegetable oil gave him a chemical injury to the lung?

[Wissa]

For nicotine is the real culprit in cigarette tobacco, not tar or those other evil chemicals smokers have heard about for years on end. It’s nicotine that’s the real killer. As for my clever decision to switch to Electronic Cigarettes and avoid inhaling—I was kidding myself. I didn’t know. It seemed a damned good idea at the time. But not after talking with half a dozen doctors, each telling me just how dumb I was...

Maybe the guy who wrote this story could produce some articles published in medical journals to back up his assertions. If not, I'd bet that his half dozen doctors only exist in his imagination.

[fella]

To truly quit all forms of tobacco takes a real triumph of the will.

I did it in 1971.

[NewJerseyJoe]

P4L

[chrisser]

Smoked unfiltered Camels for 39 years, but it’s the 7 years of vaping that’s the culprit?

[BitWielder1]

How Could a “Clever” Smoker Possibly Become Ill?

Everybody eventually become ill, no matter what you do or don't do.

[fungoking]

My dad is 81. He smoked when he was a teenager but stopped shorty after accepting Christ at 17. (He and his buddies went to an outdoor revival to make fun of the proceedings while drinking beer in back of a pickup. By the end of the week he had given his life to God and surrendered to the ministry; he still pastors a church today.)

A couple of years ago he had a chest xray, the dr said, “you use to be a smoker, right?” For about 3 years, 60 years ago, and even though it was minor, the dr could see the damage.

[TheStickman]

Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you have fully recovered & are free of nicotine addiction.

I quit smoking cold turkey in 1998 or so. I was up to 2 & 1/2 packs a day. I quit primarily because of the expense. Professionally it was a great choice because I gained a full octave in my vocal range. Economically it was a great choice because we suddenly had an extra $100.00 a month (at that time) or more to spend on other things.

Smoking cigarettes is unwise on every level. Putting a known poison into our bodies is an act of stupidity, IMO.

[Ransomed]

I didn’t get that part about nicotine causing the collapsed lung either. I have heard something called ‘popcorn lung’ is a risk with this vape stuff, don’t know if that is legit. But I thought it was due to water vapor/vaporized flavoring inhaled.

In any case you can get 0% nicotine juices for your vape device. Decreasing nicotine is an option for some, it wouldn’t have worked for me, I would have just hammered that thing all day long to make up for the decrease in nicotine. 0% nicotine lets you have the ritual of smoking which is a huge benefit psychologically when you are trying to quit, at least it was for me. I actually went cold turkey for a month before I got a vape pen, but it still helped. Now I don’t even want the vape pen, even around folks who still smoke.

Freegards

[euram]

For 5 years I restricted my smoking to no more than 5 cigarettes per day, if I went over that, I smoked that many less the next day. Then 19 months ago, I stopped altogether. But, the damage done by about 40+ years of 1.5 to 2 packs per day is still with me and always will be.

[meatloaf]

Look up popcorn lung. It’s sneaking up on some vapers.

[laplata]

Best wishes and prayers.

[mbynack]

I had a friend in college who switched from cigarettes to snuff. He ended up with cancer in his mouth and had to have his lower jaw removed.

My father and father-in-law were both heavy smokers and both died of throat cancer. My mother-in-law never smoked, but contracted emphysema from secondary smoke.

[Ignatz]

Government at both the State and Federal level collect a lot of money from cigarette taxes. As people have been successfully quitting cigarettes with the help of harmless E-cigs that revenue stream is drying up.
Expect more hysterics and fake news concerning E-cigs. Especially calls for “regulation”. That means tax, btw, not anything else.

[husky ed]

What a pussy

Ed

[Karl Spooner]

The problem is that he went against the doctors advice. He quit Camels.

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Doctors recommend Camel Cigarettes Ad

[JimRed]

Is the nicotine made any less poisonous by the delivery system?