Hi,
I just read an article in WebMD (which is a popular medical forum/med knowledge repository, for better or worse)...
Anyway, they have an article about a study re: 0 nic quitting smoking inhalers (that sounds to me like an e cig).
Only they didn't:
1. explain that e cigs can also be 0 nic (plus all the study participants got exogenous nicotine via nicotine patch + bupropion + counseling anyway - go figure! Its not really nicotine free anyway!)
2. the vapor "juice" in these inhalers was (IMHO) possibly actually dangerous as they consisted of "naturally extracted herbal aroma oil".
a. Now I've read many places (here & elsewhere), that OIL is a bad idea to vape - think lipoid pneumonia which could lead to interstitial chronic lung disease).
b. What the heck is "naturally extracted" anyway? They did their extraction in a jungle instead of a lab?!?
So, I am asking CASAA who have some weight in these matters, to try to get a rebuttal to this article in WebMD.
Just a heads up to CASAA is really, all this post is:
Nicotine-Free 'Fake' Cigarettes May Help Smokers Quit
This hit a nerve with me, as I quit smoking completely the day I started with an e cig. Even tho they can't be touted as a quit smoking device, it sure helped me!
HTH
I just read an article in WebMD (which is a popular medical forum/med knowledge repository, for better or worse)...
Anyway, they have an article about a study re: 0 nic quitting smoking inhalers (that sounds to me like an e cig).
Only they didn't:
1. explain that e cigs can also be 0 nic (plus all the study participants got exogenous nicotine via nicotine patch + bupropion + counseling anyway - go figure! Its not really nicotine free anyway!)
2. the vapor "juice" in these inhalers was (IMHO) possibly actually dangerous as they consisted of "naturally extracted herbal aroma oil".
a. Now I've read many places (here & elsewhere), that OIL is a bad idea to vape - think lipoid pneumonia which could lead to interstitial chronic lung disease).
b. What the heck is "naturally extracted" anyway? They did their extraction in a jungle instead of a lab?!?
So, I am asking CASAA who have some weight in these matters, to try to get a rebuttal to this article in WebMD.
Just a heads up to CASAA is really, all this post is:
Nicotine-Free 'Fake' Cigarettes May Help Smokers Quit
This hit a nerve with me, as I quit smoking completely the day I started with an e cig. Even tho they can't be touted as a quit smoking device, it sure helped me!
HTH
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