I should exhale through my nose all the time? Not just while I'm practicing? That sounds like a mean thing to do to my nose. It's an okay thing to do to my nose? I have delicate tissue there (I have allergies and get a lot of nosebleeds.)
Hmph. It's certainly gotta be a lot nicer for my nose than SMOKING, and possibly might even do it some good, since it's moist vapor. Huh. Thanks for that tip! Thanks also because you've apparently given me hope that I'll be able to get off cigs. Dioxyde up there scared me by telling me I'm still gonna have awful cigarette withdrawal (I need DISLIKE and I HATE THIS buttons!), something I hadn't known was gonna happen. Stupid Me had thought the crossover was gonna be painless and my body wouldn't notice because I was going from one source of nicotine to another, but now that I think about it, if that were the case, then gum and patches would be 100% effective. I thought that having some sorta analog with nicotine in it was gonna make this easy.
I didn't think this all the way through, obviously. :-/
Binky
A lot of people really don't notice much in the way of withdrawal, thanks to both the nicotine, and the "habit replacement" -- it's easier to stop doing something if you're replacing that something with something else. There are "trouble spots" to be wary of; 3 days, 3 wks, and 3 months -- could be more noticeable withdrawal symptoms, cravings, or emotional distress -- depression, etc -- but not everyone experiences that, or at least, not all of it -- at 3 days, I was so blissed out by the fact that I
wasn't smoking and didn't care, I had no problems; at 3 wks and 3 mos I did have a little depression, but both times it passed in about a week.
There are a few of us who notice more issues in the way of withdrawal, because there are other substances in cigarettes than just nicotine -- not everyone has a problem abstaining from those, but some people, particularly those who've experienced many other "emotional" type dysfunctions, have more of a problem abstaining from those substances than they do with nicotine. Fortunately they can be gotten without having to smoke, as "WTA" (whole tobacco alkaloids). But WTA doesn't help everyone, so it's really best to see if you seem to need something more, before trying it; it's more expensive than regular nicotine or ejuice, and if you don't truly have a physical dependence on those other alkaloids, then they won't help you.
The nose exhales might be a bit drying to your nasal and sinus tissues, and the effect is worse with higher PG; VG has a slightly emollient effect, so it's a bit more soothing to those tender tissues, but BOTH PG and VG are chemically dehydrating, they're "hygroscopic", so it's very important to get plenty of liquids that aren't caffeinated or alcoholic -- because of VG's emollient effect, it's harder to notice that one is desperately in need of fluids. High levels of PG *can* be very irritating, but the level that one person finds irritating might be someone else's excellent throat hit; it's a very individual response, all the way from allergy/complete intolerance to "no such thing as too much PG!" I'm oriented very much toward the latter, but at 90% PG for a week, I suffered chemical burns all through my sinuses, and that is NOT pleasant! It's like the worst head cold you ever had, plus nosebleeds! So now I stay around 83%-84% PG.
Andria
