Can't stop coughing

[ohioguy]

OK I got this thing, I am still very hopeful but having problems. The first two days I just played around taking a few puffs now and then, everything seemed fine. On the third day with the e-cig I left my analogs at home and used the e-cig for about 8 hours while shopping and running errands. My throat was sore, I had a constant dry cough that wouldn't go away. Went back to the analogs and it took about two more days before the cough settled down. I just picked the e-cig up after not using it for a few days and can already feel the cough coming back. Any else have a very bad time when first using the e-cigs?


I am thinking about ordering the non-PG formula from Johnson Creek and giving that a try. I have tried the patch, and the gum, and was hoping this might be the product to help me quit smoking.

[Nadia Maximus]

Non-PG might be the way to go. I dont have any reaction to pg, but believe vg is healthier

[Alain_JANTY]

Some e-liquids like cigar aroma from Janty make me cough. I use all other e-liquid without problem.
Have you tried some other aroma ?

[SpyderDan]

Sounds to me like you might just be experiencing normal symptoms of being off the analogs. Once you're off of them, you start coughing up the damage you've been doing. Getting back on them suppresses this.

Just like it is for the typical heavy smoker first thing in the morning after going without cigs while asleep, and then you have a cigarette and the coughing is suppressed again.

I went through the same thing, and it was bad for the first week. Then everything started to get a lot better, and I could breathe, smell, and taste again.

Trying a non-PG liquid would certainly not hurt, though.

[MasonM]

Every time I've quit the analogs I've developed a cough. It's quite normal and is part of the process of your lungs clearing out all that tar and crap.

It's also possible that you may be inhaling the vapor a little deeper than you would with the analogs. I caught myself doing this yesterday and made a point of inhaling it the same as I would the analog smoke.

When quitting cigarettes (analogs) a cough is unavoidable and is part of the healing process. Last time I quit it lasted for a couple of weeks but finally went away and I could breath much better.

[Kate]

I quit smoking for vaping five months ago and never had trouble with a cough. Occasional flavours like Janty heavy shag irritated me but nothing too serious.

In the last three or four days I've developed a bad cough every time I vape anything other than pure glycerine or propylene glycol. Neither of these are a problem so I'm trying to reintroduce commercial eliquid with flavourings and nicotine gradually to see which ones I'm sensitive to.

It's become a bit of a struggle to get anything with nicotine now but I'm still enjoying the habit of vaping straight pg and glycerine.

[TropicalBob]

When I quit smoking because of coughing, my cough disappeared in a week. I had no problem when I began e-smoking last January. But in about six months' time, a little cough returned. Now it bothers my wife that I cough at night. It IS a bummer. If I avoid e-cigs, and use only snus or Stonewall dissolvables, no cough. So something about vaping is making me cough.

Heavy Shag, or cigar, will make me cough every time.

[SuperStack]

Bob, perhaps the pipe smoking is a contributing factor to it?

I really don't experience any cough from heavy vaping. But everyone has lungs in various states of health from their prior analog use - so I guess it'll depend on the person.

[efaglil]

In the past when I've stopped smoking analogues I'd start coughing within just an hour or two and would feel like I couldn't catch my breath - my chest felt so tight. I could stop it all by just smoking one analogue.

It makes sense, if you stop the analogues you'll get the cough. The tiny hairs in your lungs which were killed off by the real cigs start to grow back and begin moving all the rubbish out. The movement causes irritation thus you cough.

Glad you're sticking with it by looking for alternatives. Ordering the Johnson's Creek sounds a grand idea. Best of luck!

Lil

[RjG]

Two other guys at my office and I got e-cigs at the same time. Neither one of them had any trouble at all inhaling them.
Me, on the other hand, I had a HELLUVA time, coughing like crazy, like smoking a big Cohiba. It took about a week for my lungs to get used to it, then it was fine!
I guess everybody is different.