E-cigarettes and oxygen

[obby]

In six days I'll be having a test (arterial blood gases - abg ) to see if I'm eligible for oxygen.
I've been three months on a drug that's supposed to stop you wanting to smoke.
It does not seem to me that the drug really works and there are some nasty side effects.
I've been using alcohol and sugar (drinking wine and chewing sweeties) to deal with craving for a smoke.

I have no doubt that I'll pass the abg test and be allowed oxygen, but what then?
Could I use E-cigarettes and still be counted as a non-smoker?

Currently I'm giving nothing and being looked after, cared for. Perhaps if I were not obsessed with longing for a ..., I might be able to give something back. OK, I know this is all a load of self-pity, but I am stuck and scared.

 

[p7willm]

Depends on who you ask. Some places consider you a smoker if you vape. Some places don't. You will have to check place by place.

Some test for nic and consider you a smoker if you have nic in your system. If this is the case then vaping a liquid with nic makes you a smoker.

Some ask. With them you have to be sure what they ask. If they mean do you smoke cigarettes then you do not. If they mean do you smoke cigarettes or vape or use the patch or .... then you do.

You will be a smoker some places and not others.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Some info to ponder ---> http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/health-safety-vaping/592093-ecig-charging-oxygen-warning-hospitals-carers.html

 

[obby]

Thank you, p7willm

Your answer is really helpful. They--the Health Department--do ask, but I think they only believe what the blood test shows--which is wise.

I think my addiction is more to the RITUAL of smoking than to nicotine. That's why I'm hoping that E-cigarettes might be OK.

 

[P0stalTek]

If it's the ritual that you are addicted to, consider trying 0mg e-juice. This way you get the act of inhaling vapor and exhaling, but you are not actually getting any nicotine. This worked for my wife. For me, it is the nicotine's calming effect that I was addicted to, so I have to have nicotine in my juice.

 

[obby]

Thank you, Topwater Elvis.

I'll have to admit that I hadn't considered problems around battery recharging in the presence of oxygen. I promise that I will look into that and make certain that I'm not doing anything outside sensible guidelines.

Meanwhile, my concern is not pretty, or maybe even legitimate. As a person with COPD I am entitled to oxygen provided that I don't smoke. But maybe e-cigarettes would answer my addiction without breaking the rules. Everything I've read seems to say they don't do the harm that real smokes do, and it does seem that a lot of people feel at peace using them instead of real smokes.

 

[obby]

Thank you, P0stalTek.

That sounds exactly right for me. Fingers crossed!

 

[Warpigs]

Yeah, try out some 0nic juice and see how it does. Can never hurt to try

 

[SpyderBite]

Man, I hope they aren't planning on putting you on Chantrix. It worked well for my sister. But for me I wound up sprawled on the couch in a state of depression so deep I didn't even want to get up to pee. And I was really, REALLY nasty to everyone who came near me or tried to talk to me. I got off of it after a few days. But to be honest, I don't feel right to this day.

Anyways. The advice above is great. Only thing I can think of contributing is to be sure to use a protected battery of some sort if you choose to vape with oxygen. There's much less chance of any kind of spark thus decreasing the chance of an explosion.