Do you find you get less colds?

[Waddle]

Since I last smoked a cigarette I can't recall having a cold. I figure it's been two years since I caught a cold. And for years and years I always caught at least one winter cold and one summer cold. My profession as a teacher always puts me at a higher risk, like nurses, of catching a bug.

I am aware of the antibacterial and antifungal properties of propylene glycol, but since the common cold is usually viral based and not bacterium this strikes me as odd. I also wouldn’t say my general health has improved since I quit smoking as I certainly eat more junk food and exercise less these days. Something else has to be at work here.

Anyone else experience less colds, or in my case no colds ?

Knock on wood, because I'm sure as I hit the post button the sniffles will start

 

[Bunnykiller]

same thing here... been vaping for about 2.5 yrs now... no colds as of yet. normally caught 2 per yr on avg. ( as you)the spring and fall colds... sometimes they would last a few weeks and totally wipe me out... guess vaping helps reduce the number of colds one gets

 

[IMFire3605]

I've always had a high immunity system, would most times when smoking get the really strong strains would get me, or when my allergies would flare. Since vaping just recouperated from one couple weeks ago, pretty nasty was down a week, but other than that its mostly allergies that get me spring and fall.

 

[iowajosh]

I would say about the same but now I actually can tell when I get one. Before it was just feeling slightly crappier. Now I know something is wrong.

 

[ckquatt]

Absolutely! I would get bronchitis/upper respiratory infections twice a year like clockwork. Haven't had a single one since I quit!

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[Ablonz]

I am also in that same boat of the "smoker's cold" *knocks on wood* I used to get them in the spring and fall. Since I have started vaping last July, I have not had one in over a year.

 

[Jorge22]

It's been 4.5 years since I took up vaping and never touched a cigarette again.

Less colds? Probably not. The viruses have ways of ignoring PG, especially because they're everywhere.

But then again, maybe my colds would be worse if I smoked.

 

[Alter]

I haven't had a cold since I started vaping over 2 years ago. I found my nose more sensitive in the spring when the pollen from all the orchards around is in the air, also I plug up a bit from the farmers spraying their fruit trees. Its great to be able to smell the blossoms and also try to stay indoors while they are spraying. We live in a fruit belt(cherries, apples, peaches, apricots, grapes and pears) so there are many orchards around our valley.

 

[r77r7r]

I'm on heavy duty Immuno suppressant meds and I haven't gotten sick either. Because of that tho I wash my hands often and do other things.

Sure wish PG worked on allergies tho, lol. Still, my nasal problems haven't turned into full blown sinus infections.

 

[DingerCPA]

I still catch an occasional cold, but it doesn't drift into bronchitis as it used to when I smoked. The intensity is much less (only a couple of days, compared to upwards of a week) and I don't have to make a visit to the doctor for antibiotics or breathing treatments.....

 

[tj99959]

I too was a twice a year with the respiratory infections. I've had one mild cold in the almost 5 years that I've been vaping.
Of course no school kids in my house anymore, and I don't do movie theaters or rock concerts.

 

[dbrandt01]

I honestly don't notice this. I've always been a person to never get sick. Last time I got sick was strep throat and something else. Dang snow and other people at Fort Knox that was 6 years ago. I still smoked and dipped until last year and I haven't been sick between smoking and vaping.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

No colds. The vapor does moisten my nose channels a bit. I exhale out my nose by habit though.

 

[Rizzyking]

Vaping has definitely lowered my number of colds and other infections and now I basically don't have an immune system the only thing I can think keeping the bugs at bay is my heavy vaping. Downside is my GP hardly ever sees me now and he used to moan I didn't see him enough before lol.

 

[rhm3769]

I find I get them more often, but they're not as "strong" but last longer.
When I smoked, I'd wake up with a sore throat one day and then congestion and a cough for two or three days every few months. Now, I get them almost monthly, not so much of a sore throat, but congestion and a cough and mostly morning and night for a week...
But like it was mentioned above, its probably more viral than bacterial, when my kids get sick, its always viral....

 

[Thayamax]

I never caught many colds, maybe once a year, but when I did they usually turned into bronchitis. I haven't had a single cold since I started vaping over 2 years ago. *knocks on wood*

 

[WillyZee]

I can see health care costs going down from vaping ... soon the doctors will have to chime in.

 

[Completely Average]

I've had far fewer respiratory illnesses. I don't cough, wheeze, or have sinus problems nearly as much as I used to.

I do still occasionally get a cold or respiratory infection, but I have a kid in school who brings home all kinds of nasty little bugs to share with the family.

 

[3mg Meniere]

I have had only one cold in 2.5 years. I suspect that one still catches the viral colds, but they are quickly overcome, with no secondary bacterial infections.

 

[Rotowoman]

Every year, twice a year like clockwork I would come down with a nasty upper respiratory infection. I haven't had one now in over a year.