Frustrating call from my "Quit Coach!"

[Landhew]

My husband and I are signed up for a quit program through his insurance. One of the "benefits" of this program is getting assigned a Quit Coach. I told him I had quit cigarettes Thursday night at 11:30 p.m., and when we got on to the HOW I did it, he lectured me on e-cigs. "Oh, they aren't FDA approved and aren't as safe as everyone thinks, and yada yada yada yada." He implored me to stop them immediately for my health's sake. I asked him what some of the risks were. He couldn't name any because "there haven't been any long-term studies."

I won't be talking to any Quit Coaches again.

 

[demon72]

LOL....good for you!..... maybe we should just keep smoking for 40 years while they get those "long term studies" under way. Or how bout this.... ask me in 40 years how vaping is for me.... there... theres your long term study.... rather be a guinea pig than an idiot,

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Would these "coaches" be getting some sort of kick back for recommending pharmaceuticals, or is that too cynical?

 

[36tinybells]

You know for a newbie, you seem pretty smart! Glad you didn't let someone who has no information make you feel bad. You are quitting tobacco. That's huge. You want to quit something else later, fine. You don't, fine. Whether there are long term effects from vaping remains to be seen- we all personally know what the long term effects of tobacco are right now. Keep on vaping!

 

[keyzygirl]

I use ECF as my quit support team.Theres always someone helpful and friendly here to talk to.We can all just help eachother,lol.What more could you want?

 

[sierrabravo]

"Oh, they aren't FDA approved and aren't as safe as everyone thinks, and yada yada yada yada." He implored me to stop them immediately for my health's sake."

Chantix is FDA approved, and unless you consider suicide "safe"... Or you could use the approved gum or patches with their 80+% fail rate.
And we can't forget the FDA's war on prescription drugs from Canada, even though the Canadian drugs come from the US drug companies, though without all that advertising overhead... But the important thing is to remember is that Canadian drugs aren't safe...

 

[killovicz]

Stay away from sucralose, ethyl maltol and diacetyl and you 'll be fine

I'm self testing all of the above, no issues so far, I vape all of the above in very large concentrations every day (test liquid not nice vape), perhaps just a hype, perhaps not

Good luck

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Stay away from sucralose, ethyl maltol and diacetyl and you 'll be fine

I'm self testing all of the above, no issues so far, I vape all of the above in very large concentrations every day (test liquid not nice vape), perhaps just a hype, perhaps not

Good luck

Important parts bolded. I hope for your sake you're joking?

 

[Landhew]

My Quit Coach was pushing Chantix. I flat out told him h*ll no! I have 2-and-3-year-old little boys at home, and the last thing I want is to have wild mood swings and thoughts of suicide.

I told him that with my e-cigs I am inhaling 4 chemicals max and that I would take my chances with that over 3,000 plus in analogs anyday. And with that, he can kiss it.

 

[CraigHB]

E-cigs are a highly successful way to get off smoking. Drug makers don't like successful methods. They like the high failure rate of other schemes so they can profit by your failure and repeated attempts to quit.

It's true that e-cigs are not FDA approved, but FDA approval isn't really worth squat. Plenty of things approved by the FDA have been later found to be quite dangerous.

 

[Gatso]

Pfft Ill enjoy all the benefits of not smoking anymore with the enjoyment of vaping.

I vape less and less now than when I started.....at the very least my dependance on nicotine has been substantially reduced.

I dont panic for a cigarette in the morning anymore. I dont care if I dont vape until later in the day.

If vaping is bad for me and studies find out that it is I am confident that quitting vaping is A MILLION times easier than quittting smoking.

Im also running 4km a day now and doing it easy - when I first stopped I could barley get to two without dying.

Look below....ive saved 407 dollar-ri-doos minus the 200 odd I spent for equipment and heaps of juice that I have hardly made a dent in.

All in all I am living a healthier lifestyle - dont sit there and poo poo e cigs Mr. Quit Coach....if that is your real name.....WHICH IT ISNT......ADOLF!!!!!!!!

 

[TomCatt]

FYI:
Some insurance companies will require a urine test for continine (a nicotine metabolite) for a person to be considered a "non-smoker". Vaping eliquid (with nicotine) gives a positive for this test, so these insurance companies would consider this person a smoker.

 

[Gatso]

FYI:
Some insurance companies will require a urine test for continine (a nicotine metabolite) for a person to be considered a "non-smoker". Vaping eliquid (with nicotine) gives a positive for this test, so these insurance companies would consider this person a smoker.

what if you had a patch or were chewing gum?

 

[WAC_Vet]

Tell your Quit Coach to check out the study by the Boston University School of Public Health!!
Evidence Suggests E-Cigs Safer Than Cigarettes, Researcher Claims | Recent News

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[demon72]

FYI:
Some insurance companies will require a urine test for continine (a nicotine metabolite) for a person to be considered a "non-smoker". Vaping eliquid (with nicotine) gives a positive for this test, so these insurance companies would consider this person a smoker.

Thats interesting Tomcatt...thanks for the info

 

[TomCatt]

Not sure about the patch and gum with a positive continine test, but would imagine that they would generate a positive also. This type of test actually is a test for nicotine use and not tobacco use. They assume (and you know what happens when you do that ) nicotine use = tobacco use.

 

[Landhew]

FYI:
Some insurance companies will require a urine test for continine (a nicotine metabolite) for a person to be considered a "non-smoker". Vaping eliquid (with nicotine) gives a positive for this test, so these insurance companies would consider this person a smoker.

I started vaping 11mg juice because I didn't know about the different levels of nicotine available when I made my first juice order. Come to find out, the lower nic level suits me just fine. I don't think it'll be too hard for me to ween down to 0 nicotine in the near future. I think I read somewhere that it takes 3 days for it to pass out of your system.

 

[Valsacar]

Chantix is FDA approved, and unless you consider suicide "safe"... Or you could use the approved gum or patches with their 80+% fail rate.
And we can't forget the FDA's war on prescription drugs from Canada, even though the Canadian drugs come from the US drug companies, though without all that advertising overhead... But the important thing is to remember is that Canadian drugs aren't safe...

You left out the latest finding, 72% increased chance of heart attack! Go go FDA approval, only safe things are FDA approved!

 

[Gatso]

Not sure about the patch and gum with a positive continine test, but would imagine that they would generate a positive also. This type of test actually is a test for nicotine use and not tobacco use. They assume (and you know what happens when you do that ) nicotine use = tobacco use.

Thats awesome logic. With that equation I can do this....

poppy seed muffin = opium use = ...... addict

 

[Landhew]

Tell your Quit Coach to check out the study by the Boston University School of Public Health!!
Evidence Suggests E-Cigs Safer Than Cigarettes, Researcher Claims | Recent News

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