I just did the survey too and I shared my experience so far, it's a little long but I feel it's important for the FDA to know what they're trying to do to us and many smokers out there who haven't tried vaping yet.
"Using nicotine vapor products was the only SUCCESSFUL method to reduce my nicotine addiction and completely stop smoking. NOTHING worked in the past 20+ years of smoking. But I managed to quit smoking in one day when I switched to vaping and never touched a cigarette since 1/27/2015! My brother first made the switch and mailed me my first kit and walked me through it, I owe him for helping me quit and improving my health! My girlfriend followed within a week of me quitting smoking and she has not touched a cigarette since. I have also helped a few friends and relatives completely quit smoking with the help of vaping. One simple word, IT WORKS! When nothing else worked before.
Some information about my health: I've suffered from acid reflux (GERD) for many years, 15+ years... I've been on PPI (Nexium and others) for way too long. Just before I received my first kit from my brother I was taking two 40 mg prescription Nexium a day. I was seeing a Gastroenterologist for over a year since my condition was getting worse, his fix was to increase medication and had me do some tests. After taking the two 40 mg Nexium for 90 days I went in for a follow up and explained that my situation only improved the first 30 days and I was back to where I was when I was on one 40 mg pill. He requested one more test and told me that I will probably need surgery in the near future to completely fix my acid reflux problem.
It was around that time that my brother sent me my first vape kit and within a week I started to notice a difference in my acid reflux and did not have any attacks in the middle of the night. Another week later I decided to drop back to one 40 mg Nexium a day instead of two and continued to feel better. My Dr. called to ask for the test result and I told him that I won't be getting a test and that I was starting to feel better. He asked what did I do to improve my condition, and I told him I quit smoking and started vaping, he was shocked but was happy to hear that. I have not been back to see the Dr in over a year. After a couple months I dropped my Nexium intake to 20 mg OTC instead of the 40 mg prescription I was on.
A little over a year later I decided to get off Nexium completely, so for the past 3 months I have not taken any. But due to being on PPI medication for so long I suffered from something called acid rebound, and it's taking my body a period of over 3 months to adjust, but I'm almost there, all because of this great vapor product.
If my successful story is not enough to convince the FDA that they're making a HUGE mistake in trying to destroy the vaping industry then I don't know what else is.
I'll also mention that my brother, who sent me my first kit, had the same exact results with his acid reflux condition. He has reduced his PPI dosage and his condition has improved tremendously! We were both smokers, same brand, and the thousands of nasty chemicals are what caused our severe case of acid reflux. Eliminating that poison called cigarettes has almost eliminated our acid reflux, in less than a year. Nicotine was not the culprit, I still have nicotine in vapor juice and will continue to do so, to keep me away from cigarettes, hopefully forever."
"That person needs to know that it works! I've helped many friends and family quit smoking by introducing them to vaping. The great vapor products available to us today really make it VERY easy to quit. The simple e-cigarettes that came out a few years ago did not work for me at all and gave me a headache, not to mention, that they tasted horrible! There was no way I could've quit smoking if that's all was available to me today, I would still be a smoker.
I always tell smokers that they can get the same, if not better, exact satisfaction out of vapor products that they get from cigarettes, without all the nasty chemicals and horrible breath, smell, and cough."
"I would like to add that my breathing has gotten so much better after quitting cigarettes, so has my cravings for nicotine or smoking. I travel a lot for work, when I smoked, it was never fun being on the plane or in high altitude places, due to my breathing problems. And I couldn't wait to get off the plane and go outside for a smoke! I couldn't wait to get out of an all day meeting to light up! I don't have that problem anymore, I could go all day without vaping and don't have any cravings. But I continue to vape because I know, if I don't have that option I would end up buying a pack of smokes."
