I won't post just to increase my post count. Elsewhere it is called spamming. Rules are rules, gentlemen. 5 posts will get here quickly.
I am not a smoker, not a vaper. I was introduced to vaping by a friend who had used it to quit smoking. She had gotten her 30 year old son to quit smoking simpy be telling him he couldn't smoke in the house, but he could vape. He was adamant that he was not going to quit smoking. He would just vape inside and smoke everywherre else. He ended up quitting cigarettes within a month, not intending to quit. My son was a closet smoker, but discovered e-cigs on his own and quit. I had a 70 year old neighbor, smoking since age 10. He was able to quit (cigalikes believe it or not). Another friend, my now significant other, was also a closet smoker when we met. Needless to say she is now vaping. So I started doing research. There is a lot of controversy about the health benefits, but no one that I have seen ever actually took the time to ask folks about how their health had changed when they started vaping. So, I did. The changes are incredible. We can talk about theoretical dangers based on what is in them, or how they seem to affect cells, or individual organs, or genetic markers that might make a difference, but the proof is in what happens to the person, not in theory, but in practice. My study has about 500 respondents and is growing. Currently there are over 120 people who have been using e-cigs for 3 years or more. It is clear that not only do they feel better, but there are far fewer measurable adverse health events when you stop combustible tobacco products. Measured, documented and now reported. I now am co-owner of a vape store. As with others who have started this business, I am concerned about getting people to a clearly safer and measureably healther option.
Robert Cranfield, MD
