I quit smoking completely nearly 4 years ago (3/27/2009) by switching to an e-cigarette. My health improvements are no different from the health improvements enjoyed by someone who quit smoking by using Zyban, Chantix, NRTs, cold turkey, or any other method. The author of this story needs to do some fact checking before publishing his or her stories and go back to challenge incorrect statements made by those he or she interviewed. Electronic cigarettes were not invented by
tobacco companies. It is only last year that a tobacco company purchased a successful e-cigarette company. Before that, they were marketed solely by independent small businesses, and most still are. The American Lung Association is way off base in claiming that "one inhale of an e-cigarette contains the same amount of nicotine found in five traditional cigarettes." Dr. Murray Laugesen of Health New Zealand was the first researcher to compare vapor to cigarette smoke. He reported, "A 35 mL puff from the Ruyan® V8 delivers only 10% of the nicotine obtained from a similar puff of a Marlboro regular cigarette. Mrs. Weart needs to learn the science surrounding nicotine. Nicotine improves cognitive abilities and helps to ward off mood impairments. It is being studied as a potential treatment for ADHD, depression, anxiety, side effects from psychoactive medications, and as a preventive for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases. Yet Weart claims that nicotine is unhealthy. She needs to learn that the reason so many smokers have problems quitting her way (by becoming nicotine-abstinent) is because they require nicotine's beneficial effects to remain functional. E-cigarettes are a brilliant solution for the millions of smokers who desperately wanted to stop smoking but could not tolerate nicotine abstinence.
I have a big mouth and very persuasive
