I'm lit up on a 2 mg thumbnail of nicorette fruit spash, just about through with those, and haven't smoked a cigarette in about a month.
Very addictive stuff, nicotine. But I really signed on to call Lout-enberg an a-hole, which is precisely what he is. What kind of goat injections does this guy take to stay alive? I've been wondering since he returned to the Senate from the tomb, years ago.
Ive had my ecig for about a month now - and I’m down to just 2 cigs a day in the morning vs my 2.5 packs a day a month ago. Same goes for the wife to.
I know others have done better quitting wise but still - for me I have to view that as no small victory in the whole process here.
The overall points Id make about the ecigs are these:
Ive managed to cut back this much, with hardly any effort at all, no withdrawal and no cravings worth mentioning really. Theres no smoke, the vapor does not have any smell and any worry of any type of 2nd hand exposure is nil. Its just nicotine w/ vapor - which the FDA have approved for other things as a chemical(’s) thats not altogether that harmful to you. Its at the very least - exponentially better for you then real cigs. I would also have to tout the immediate health benefits of the method of delivery of ecigs vs actual “smoking”. Lets not even mention it costs about 1/5 the cost of cigs as well. It tastes better and has no odor also.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say one should refer to the ecig as a “quit smoking” device however - as if you look at how it works that might not be a real expectation; however saying its a “smoking alternative” that undeniably is healthier (not “healthy for” but “ier”) is realistic.
The apparent ability to use it as a quitting device I think stems from the simple fact you can adjust the levels of nicotine you intake - where as very few other nicotine products allow for that and none do so while allowing all the feeling of smoking a real cig at the same time.
And I have a fellow member on the boards here to thank for it as well - although the name escapes me now for which I apologize - but it was a fellow who made a random mention of it and I asked a few questions which he gladly answered.
In the end - long term thinking here - it was one of the nicest things anyone has done in passing for me and I am grateful of the time he took to explain the ecig to me; and feel blessed that I found such an easy way to quit what I couldn’t quit with other methods.
Each day the ecig use between the wife and I is growing lower and lower without any real noticeable effort. To me - this is outstandingly beneficial and for anyone to want to take that progress away from myself or any other for some legislative political financially motivated bs is obscene at best and morally reprehensible in actual.