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clear lungs · 10-25-2009, 11:53 PM

At what point might I be able to look forward to not coughing up dark junk any longer? I am a few weeks into this now and I just want to make sure it's still tar and other stuff from stopping smoking (lungs healing) that I'm coughing up and not something from vaping. I have ceased from smoking a couple other times in the past and thought for sure it only lasted a few days those other times. When I started vaping, I didn't have that happen right away. It took at least a week but I am still going at it. I'm just a little concerned.

Scottbee · 10-25-2009, 11:56 PM

You're vaping a humectant now.. and frankly that changes the mix a bit. The PG or VG is also drying out your lung tissues a bit, and that can (apparently) increase the rejection of old nasty stuff that's been lying around. You don't get the exact same effect when you just "quit".

Give it a bit more time IMO....

clear lungs · 10-25-2009, 11:59 PM

Thanks Scott. I needed to make sure I shouldn't worry about something else going on. I don't have any symptoms of being ill...but we can never be too cautious. Just wondered if it took everyone so long to "recover". Maybe I should vape more VG and less PG. It's just so darned expensive though. Health Cabin has me spoiled!

clear lungs · 10-26-2009, 12:02 AM

<----- Funny, maybe I need to change my screen name for a little while longer! Seems my lungs aren't so clear yet after all! They feel like they are though. Breathing is so much easier!

Pyrate · 10-26-2009, 12:04 AM

Coughing up gross stuff is normal after stopping smoking. Your lungs are filtering the toxins that you took in from smoking. You develop the smokers cough that is actually helping your body get rid of these toxins. After cutting way down on cigarette intake or you stop smoking the cough starts cleaning up your lungs even faster. This can last up to a year depending on how long and how heavy you smoked

Snarkyone · 10-26-2009, 12:06 AM

Odd I don't know if I was the healthiest 32 yr smoker on the planet or not but I have not coughed up one ounce of anything, nothing, nada. My whole experience with these has been just about perfect barring the search for the perfect device.

clear lungs · 10-26-2009, 12:09 AM

Thanks Pyrate but as I said, I have "quit" before and knew to expect this. The other two times I quit though, the junk I was coughing up was just within the first few days and that was it. This time around, I quit smoking and started vaping on the same day (never had another analog once I started vaping) and I didn't cough anything up for quite some time. When it did start though (I think about a week after quitting analogs), it never stopped. I'm over three weeks into vaping so I just thought it was odd that I was still going through this. Scott's explanation makes sense though. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing more damage to my lungs with the PG.

clear lungs · 10-26-2009, 12:12 AM

Good for you Snarky! Trust me, it's nothing you want to go through. This is disgusting!

Scottbee · 10-26-2009, 12:17 AM

If PG was a fundamental problem I'm sure they wouldn't have put it in my Pop's ventilator when he was in the ICU.

cluster · 10-26-2009, 12:21 AM

Some good info here: About Coughing After Quitting Smoking | eHow.com

Not the most serious site but it says the same thing as medical sites, with a better pagination. As said above, the PG probably makes the process a bit different, but not necessarily all that much.

10-25-2009, 11:53 PM	#1
clear lungs Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	Gross, but I have to ask At what point might I be able to look forward to not coughing up dark junk any longer? I am a few weeks into this now and I just want to make sure it's still tar and other stuff from stopping smoking (lungs healing) that I'm coughing up and not something from vaping. I have ceased from smoking a couple other times in the past and thought for sure it only lasted a few days those other times. When I started vaping, I didn't have that happen right away. It took at least a week but I am still going at it. I'm just a little concerned. __________________

10-25-2009, 11:56 PM	#2
Scottbee Super Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Okauchee Lake, WI Posts: 1,114	You're vaping a humectant now.. and frankly that changes the mix a bit. The PG or VG is also drying out your lung tissues a bit, and that can (apparently) increase the rejection of old nasty stuff that's been lying around. You don't get the exact same effect when you just "quit". Give it a bit more time IMO.... __________________

10-25-2009, 11:59 PM	#3
clear lungs Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	Thanks Scott. I needed to make sure I shouldn't worry about something else going on. I don't have any symptoms of being ill...but we can never be too cautious. Just wondered if it took everyone so long to "recover". Maybe I should vape more VG and less PG. It's just so darned expensive though. Health Cabin has me spoiled! __________________

10-26-2009, 12:02 AM	#4
clear lungs Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	<----- Funny, maybe I need to change my screen name for a little while longer! Seems my lungs aren't so clear yet after all! They feel like they are though. Breathing is so much easier! __________________

10-26-2009, 12:04 AM	#5
Pyrate Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 129	Coughing up gross stuff is normal after stopping smoking. Your lungs are filtering the toxins that you took in from smoking. You develop the smokers cough that is actually helping your body get rid of these toxins. After cutting way down on cigarette intake or you stop smoking the cough starts cleaning up your lungs even faster. This can last up to a year depending on how long and how heavy you smoked __________________ PVs: 510, Bartleby

10-26-2009, 12:06 AM	#6
Snarkyone Super Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Your mom said not to say... Posts: 763 Tweet this post!	Odd I don't know if I was the healthiest 32 yr smoker on the planet or not but I have not coughed up one ounce of anything, nothing, nada. My whole experience with these has been just about perfect barring the search for the perfect device. __________________ Retired: Dragon, 510, Magnum Mod, KR808D-1. In Use: GreenCig.

10-26-2009, 12:09 AM	#7
clear lungs Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	Thanks Pyrate but as I said, I have "quit" before and knew to expect this. The other two times I quit though, the junk I was coughing up was just within the first few days and that was it. This time around, I quit smoking and started vaping on the same day (never had another analog once I started vaping) and I didn't cough anything up for quite some time. When it did start though (I think about a week after quitting analogs), it never stopped. I'm over three weeks into vaping so I just thought it was odd that I was still going through this. Scott's explanation makes sense though. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing more damage to my lungs with the PG. __________________

10-26-2009, 12:12 AM	#8
clear lungs Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	Good for you Snarky! Trust me, it's nothing you want to go through. This is disgusting! __________________

10-26-2009, 12:17 AM	#9
Scottbee Super Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Okauchee Lake, WI Posts: 1,114	If PG was a fundamental problem I'm sure they wouldn't have put it in my Pop's ventilator when he was in the ICU. __________________

10-26-2009, 12:21 AM	#10
cluster Full Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 63	Some good info here: About Coughing After Quitting Smoking \| eHow.com Not the most serious site but it says the same thing as medical sites, with a better pagination. As said above, the PG probably makes the process a bit different, but not necessarily all that much.

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