Here's a question: "do you smoke?"

[ddirtyvapes]

I have a medical condition for which I usually end up the emergency room every so often. If I am, it's because I'm in immense pain and in that state can't always communicate clearly or efficiently. What do you think the answer should be to "do you smoke?" I think you all know what I mean. We know e-cigs don't have all the tar, ammonia, rat poison xyz in them that cigarettes do but do contain nicotine and other things. In a normal doctor's situation, I could explain how an e-cig works and let my doctor decide but in the case of the emergency room visits I can't do much more than answer yes or no. I will say that the knowledge of whether or not I smoke is probably not extremely relevant to the doctor in context (especially in a short term care scenario), nor is my condition life threatening to begin with- just painful and so I'm curious as to I should be addressing this question from now on.

 

[Princessa]

You could just refer to it as NRT... that's what I put on my eye doc's med info form in December. Getting nicotine, but not "smoking cigarettes". Just in case, the fact that you're still using nicotine makes a difference to them.

 

[caffeinated]

Excellent answer, Princessa. I'm definitely going to use that.

 

[wv2win]

I asked my doctor this question as I had to visit the hospital last year and he told me to say: NO, I don't smoke.

 

[Rosa]

I think it would probably depend on what you are in for too. I know that smoking does stuff to the way your body function, but nicotine does stuff too.

It would probably be fine to say "non-smoker" in most situations though since it's mostly like a stimulant like caffeine, just a bit more so -- and they never ask you if you drank coffee today, right?

 

[LingLong666]

I would say ex smoker but now NRT would be correct depends on the situation

 

[Silent Soldier]

NRT sounds like the safe way to go.

 

[Kufu Kahn]

Nicotine plays a role in the effective dosage required for some pain killers and local anesthetics. Saying no after vaping a high dose of nicotine could affect your comfort level if pain medications are involved in your treatment.

 

[Brewlady]

Have you considered ordering some ECF business cards? I also carry some of CASAA's tri-fold brochures in my car.

http://www.casaa.org/files/CASAA-Ecig-TriFold-Brochure.pdf

Since you aren't smoking, saying you are using an NRT seems to be more accurate.