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jhelliwell

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Greetings all,

I wanted to say hi. I've smoked analogs for 27 years, with various quit attempts. The longest quit attempt was about 4 years and I was still dumb enough to start again afterwards, but switched from full-strength Marlboro to rollies. After the 4 year quit attempt, smoking was never the same. It disgusted me, tasted bad and brought the hypochondriac in me out in full. I was convinced I was killing myself, my lungs hurt, I had sinus problems, my fingers were yellow/brown, I was wheezing. It was terrible. So one day in June I quit and went onto patches.

But oh man, the patches were horrible. Far too much head-rush and elevated heart rate. But I pressed on, and went 6 weeks on full strength with a view to dropping the nic levels... eventually. But of course, the closer I got to my target reduction date, the more I panicked. ... was I gonna do? I went out on a night out and drank, and that was the killer. I was gonna buy a pack of stinkies. Yeah booze and attempting to quit smoking does not work for me. But a friend on that night out was using something I'd never seen before, or even heard of. An Ego-T with gorgeous tasting (I tried it) Blueberry ejuice. I thought e-cigarettes looked like analogs, but this one absolutely did not. So instead of that pack of cigarettes, I bought a cheap cig-a-like instead, which was a fairly nasty tasting thing, but at least I didn't smoke real cigs that night.

I very soon upgraded that habit to a setup with a 600mah 550 thread battery and a CE9 clearomizer, just like an entry-level thing, with 1.8mg 70%/30% PG to VG juices and played around with that for a month, and oh man I felt like hell. Sure I was off the stinkies and patches, but I had muscle cramps and twitches, I ached, my sinuses were ready to explode and my throat felt like I had laryngitis. I figured out the hydration thing, which helped and I was almost ready to forget the e-cig thing, when I realised I was allergic to PG

So I switched to 100% VG juices and after a week on amazing juices from a UK online supplier (Coconut macaroon is gorgeous), I've never felt better. I feel as if I could run a marathon. It's been quite a journey of experimentation to get to this point, but I know one thing. I'll never smoke an analog again. Amazing! And the nic cravings are so gentle now!

My wife isn't supportive though. She got this site up E-cigarettes are as harmful as cigarettes and could cause cancer, claims study | Mail Online Now I hadn't seen this before, and was quite worried. I wondered if any of you had any thoughts on what that article has to say? I don't wanna kill myself in the process... OTOH I've seen lots of good research on the subject, like CASAA: New study confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes pose minimal health risk so who d'ye believe?

Anyway, I already have a wish-list. I'm eyeing up a Provari mini v2.5 and a Kanger Protank 2. Shiny.. Must - buy - shiny - vaping - hardware. :2cool: I guess I don't plan on quitting vaping any time soon
 

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Hi jhelliwell and welcome to the forum! I can't say welcome to the world of vaping because you're well along the road already, so I'll say congratulations on having found what's working for you. :thumb:

As far as that article your wife read, you can tell her she should ignore it; it's junk science and has been debunked roundly by most every "real" scientist who read it. I'm going to go gather some links to rebuttal articles explaining why it's junk and will post them here for you to show your wife.

In the meantime, check out the research section of CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association. Lots of info there on current and past research about ecigs.

And I see you've already been stricken with "shinyitis"! You're in good company here on ECF! :laugh:

Enjoy your stay with us, and vape on! :vapor: :thumbs: :vapor:
 

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Your wish is my command! :)

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madqatter

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My wife isn't supportive though. She got this site up E-cigarettes are as harmful as cigarettes and could cause cancer, claims study | Mail Online Now I hadn't seen this before, and was quite worried. I wondered if any of you had any thoughts on what that article has to say? I don't wanna kill myself in the process... OTOH I've seen lots of good research on the subject, like CASAA: New study confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes pose minimal health risk so who d'ye believe?
Simple answer: Always believe a scientific study over the Daily Mail. In fact, never believe anything you read in the Daily "using Facebook could raise your risk of cancer" Mail unless you can find the same information in reputable sources... which is just another way of saying "Ignore the Daily Mail and read reputable sources instead." :2c: :thumb:
 
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