Been lurking since May when I got my first e-cig

[Versus]

I have been lurking since May, decided it was time to jump in and start posting. I am a prescribing health care practitioner, but unfortunately had never been able to give up my smoking habit of 30 years. I had rejected e-cigs based on FDA info...cause that's what we health care practitioners are supposed to do, I guess...follow the official advice out there. But I had tried Wellbutrin, Chantix, patches, gum, hypnosis and acupuncture all without success in quitting smoking. Then a fellow practitioner suggested that maybe I should do some more research into e-cigs. Luckily I found this forum.

I got my first ecig kit in May and within days I was off the cigarettes...would like to say forever, but I slipped up a few times. I started with the KR808D type model and just recently decided to try the Ego-T. I think that is all I have needed...to find the right e-cig...because so far I am loving the Ego-T. Really wanted to get a Darwin (or maybe a Provari), but decided it was too big a cash outlay right now. We'll see. Maybe in the near future I will spring for one of those.

I have done a LOT of research since I got my first e-cig and am increasingly convinced that I have done the right thing. I started recommending them to patients who have tried other ways to quit without success, but unfortunately for reasons I can't disclose had to stop. Gotta keep my job, you know? Maybe, in light of the UK government actually encouraging them now, better sense will prevail someday in the U.S. too.

 

[Nunnster]

Welcome to ECF! and congrats on quitting! I am glad you are a medical practitioner that actually digs and does research about ecigs and not just believing what "they" want you too!

 

[JC Okie]

Maybe, in light of the UK government actually encouraging them now, better sense will prevail someday in the U.S. too.

Let's hope.

Welcome and glad you came out of lurk mode!

 

[Versus]

My health is noticeably better now. Big difference. No more coughing every night when I lay down. More energy. Very happy so far.

 

[dormouse]

Grats! Yeah ecigs really work. They really hit the spot and only have a tiny number of ingredients. Cigarettes even have carpet glue on them now (fire preventative). I feel a lot better, my cheeks are pink, my sinuses and cough cleared up, and I was able to work on lowering my nicotine level so now I am lower than any cigarettes.

 

[Versus]

My nicotine level in my e-liquids is still pretty high right now. Hope to reduce that some. But if I can't, I'm still much better off now than on the analogs!