I've gotten the same response! They've pretty much told me they don't know much about them but there isn't much that's worse for you than smoking..
E-Cigs and Vaping ARE BAD FOR YOU!!!
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I've gotten the same response! They've pretty much told me they don't know much about them but there isn't much that's worse for you than smoking..
It's SO true!!! I've had people stop and ask me about it - "are you smoking one of those electronic cigarettes?".... Wanting the information on where to get them, etc. I've hand written my favorite places to shop with names of the juice to match what they want.... and have had 2 family members quit, also!!! I was a 35 year 1 pack a day smoker and it is no less than a MIRACLE that I am only vaping and quit. I love my smoke-free, vapor-filled life 
Thanks for posting, awesomeness!
Thanks for posting, awesomeness!
I will also admit that I started freaking out a little when I saw the title! My boyfriend just bought me my eGo for our 2nd anniversary even though I quit smoking analogs over 2 years ago... Why? We learned that nicotine was one of the first treatments for ADD (or more commonly defined as ADHD these days). I recently started going back to school and he is well aware that I'm ADD but REFUSE to take the narcotic medication (and this coming from a Certified Pharmacy Technician.... I've been one for 11 years now...). After a short discussion, we decided that this may help me. My only other experience with vaping was a few years ago with the NJoy Pro. So far, I'm getting my attention span back. I increased my grade in my dreaded Algebra class by a percentage point. I'm hoping it helps for finals this week! I'm also less stressed and a much happier person with my road rage about 85% gone. So far, I have my sister now using one, 3 co-workers interested in the product, 3 of my boyfriend's friends use e-cigs, and I just got 2 more people interested while at a party yesterday! Unfortunately the last I heard, New Jersey has ruled that e-cigs are a tobacco product and are to be governed like cigarettes despite being presented with the evidence to the contrary. I do sneak a couple puffs in the bathroom at work when I'm really stressed though! Seems the general public is ready for this change but the government likes their pockets being lined too much to give in and openly admit that this is a better alternative...
I too, thought this was going to be a bad post. When I saw it, it already had 30 replies, and thought, "uh oh". This is a great post, and I wish we could somehow transmit this into smokers brains!
Actually we can't really calculate how much nicotine you are receiving because there is no agreement on this issue, since there are no proper studies, only informal DIY tests and the like.
Current opinion is that probably around 50% of the nicotine in e-liquid makes it into the vapor - but this cannot be stated as fact, since all sorts of 'ad hoc' tests produced a result from 10% to 95%, although the majority of them are in the 45% to 55% range. So a carto with a total of 18mg of deliverable nicotine in it might deliver 9mg to the vapor, if our current assumptions are somewhere near the mark.
Tobacco cigarettes contain an average of 18mg of nicotine before combustion, and the smoke from one cigarette contains about 1mg of nicotine (conversion is not efficient, perhaps only 5% of the nicotine makes it into the smoke). This amount is falling and an average amount is probably about 0.8mg now.
E-liquid contains an average of 18mg nicotine per ml. A regular carto contains about 1ml (i.e. a 35mm x 9mm standard cartomizer), and some liquid cannot be utilised as it remains in the filler, so perhaps 80% can be used. As 80% of 18mg = 14.4mg, we probably get 14.4mg divided by 2 from a carto = 7.2mg. Conversion appears much more efficient than a cigarette, but even so we likely receive only 50% of the liquid nic in the vapor.
A 60-a-day smoker would probably be getting up to 60mg nicotine a day (though more likely, these days, about 48mg @0.8mg/cig).
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I had previously misread your post as reading 3ml per day (unless it was edited) therefore I've re-run the following calcs and adjusted the commentary to take account of this.
A 6ml-a-day x 12mg vaper is probably receiving about: 6 x [(12 x 80%) x 50%] = 6 x (9.6 / 2) = 6 x 4.8 = 28.8mg of nicotine.
So indeed the nicotine consumption does seem to have been reduced by a factor of 2, although the numbers are perhaps lower than they might appear to be at first.
This is commonly seen and always raises the interesting question of, "Why exactly are we just as satisfied even though nicotine consumption is clearly reduced, perhaps by as much as a factor of 2?". Nobody knows, because this sort of research is not being carried out.
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After 35 years in smoking bacca l changed to e cig 4 weeks ago, my lungs now are much clearer
and my house now smells cleaner and no sticky yellow on the windows, any way l will see how the e cigs
go trying out different e juice to find the right one, hopefully will stay on e cigs, but early days
and my house now smells cleaner and no sticky yellow on the windows, any way l will see how the e cigs
go trying out different e juice to find the right one, hopefully will stay on e cigs, but early days
Varrius.. Yes i am aware that PPM stands for parts per million when doing a test for dissolved solids in water but when doing an air quality test they measure the parts of a particle per meter of air.. so the term used in my post as "Parts Per Meter" was accurate for the test that was conducted..
Excellent information thanks for sharing. I only quit smoking two days ago and am finding it VERY hard, decided to look into vaping as I know quite a few people who have quit using e cigs. I am totally lost though and need any info I can get.
Thanks for this post! I'll be referencing this study next time someone asks me about the harm of ecigs ( Happens on a daily basis )
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Darn I feel so much better I can breathe again. I can climb stairs not out of breath. I haven't been sick in 9mos first time in 15 years guess I like bad things.
great post n ur right it was the title that got my attention...glad i didnt have to go off on u (just kidding)
Well it is a good post , but there is "only" common sense in it, as long as there is no huge and expensive studies in this field , there will be no strict and hard evidence to prove you are right.
Please do not misunderstand me, I am completly agree with you! ( And as a former smoker , I also feel the difference. )
Please do not misunderstand me, I am completly agree with you! ( And as a former smoker , I also feel the difference. )
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