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Jennifer k

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Please help I am a 72 year old female smoked nearly all my life. The last 20 ion 20 a day but mild ones. I have been vaping vaping now for 3 weeks and smoking 5 cigs a day. vaping is 6mg. I am ok. wondering what my next step should be. Does anyone think that damage has already been done, and that maybe I should not be bothered to give up
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Jennifer K
 

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    Welcome! Never too late! After you get the hang of it, you will probably not even think about going back. Ask all the questions you have, don't think that it bothers anyone. Several in your age group here to hang out with.
    You're doing fine also, I smoked and vaped for about 6 weeks until I got comfortable and figured things out. 6mg might be a little low if your wattage is also low.
    Best Wishes!!
     

    Ablonz

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    @Jennifer k It is never too late to give up!!! My dad just quit after smoking for 60+ years and has never felt better about quitting on accident.... ;) Keep up the good work!! By the way, hello and welcome to the forums! Any questions, do not hesitate to ask as there are plenty of wonderful people here willing to help out when ever we can. Next step, keep vaping! Those cigs will taste like crap and eventually you will wonder why you even started. ;) We say here that it is not the ones you smoke that count, it is the ones you don't! :D
     

    uthinkofsomething

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    The next step is to eliminate one cigarette at a time, even if it takes a long time. And you should still get benefits from smoking less. The bottom line is you are not coating your lungs with tar and chemicals. Your body is still able to heal and recover to some extent. And don't stress. Sometimes vaping is about the cigarettes you don't smoke, not the ones you do.
     

    Frenchfry1942

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    My body had touch of withdrawal, mostly just weird taste in my mouth. After a month, I noticed maybe 15% more windage. Just walking the dog and doing things around the yard. Just something that I noticed. My sense of smell also started to come back.

    Taste took a good bit longer. I use the pie analogy. I tasted Apple fairly soon, then cinnamon after a couple of months, and finally I could taste that underlying and background dough flavor. Cigarettes just burn tastebuds and they have to heal and re-grow. It took me 5-6 months to really get a new sense of taste. It is one of those things that I just never really new just how much I lost.

    As my Sig says, I switched overnight. But I started at 36, switched to 24 after like 2 days. I wanted to be able to actually vape.o_O. Someone said to just take 4-5 draws and put it out of my line of sight and that my body would tell me when to vape again. I got a good sense of what my body needed, Nic wise and how often.

    If you don't have backups for everything, ...well, don't give yourself an excuse to have a cig. Get an "attitude" about it. Just wait until your sense of smell returns and you smell your closet, etc. I was rather ashamed that I walked around smelling so disgusting.

    Anyway, good luck and...take no prisoners!

    :)

    P.S. Once your sense of taste comes back you can DIY. No sense taste testing recipes until you can actually taste accurately. BTW, the juice you are vaping now, it will taste much different after your tastebuds fully heal. I started out not being concerned with taste. Give it time.

    Now is the time to learn about gear and how to do things.
     
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    Hi, and welcome!
    I’m with the gang, it’s never too late!

    The only withdrawal issue I had was coughing. Just a little, nothing awful, just the lungs clearing out the crap. And mild headaches from vaping too hard at times, again, no big deal.

    The benefits, most importantly was less body ache. I was 50 but have fibromyalgia. I was able to cut down on Aleve and Advil by half, and completely stop using Salon Pas.

    The lower pain also gave me a bit more energy.

    And the money I’ve saved!!! I diy my juice, so that’s crazy cheap, but I do like my gear and I don’t hesitate to treat myself to new mods and tanks all the time. Even with all the goodies, I calculated that I’ve saved at least 2k a year - that’s at 1.5-2 PAD, figuring in that I bought every shiny thing that caught my eye along the way.

    Multiply that by five years.
     
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    Hi and welcome, Jennifer. I am nearly your age, even if I've been vaping a while now, and I think you will enjoy the health benefits of even cutting down your smoking. Do give it a try, and let us know about any questions you may have. Very well done indeed, and welcome to the family.
     
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    Well done @Jennifer k WELCOME!
    Sadly, damage from smoking begins in day one, but it's always worth quitting smoking and vaping instead, yes.
    " Though you've smoked for years, when you quit smoking you will begin to improve your health within 20 minutes of your last cigarette, and the benefits grow for years to come.
    • You will reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, and cancer.
    • Your circulation and lung function will improve.
    • If you have chronic bronchitis or emphysema, quitting will help stop further damage.
    • You'll feel physically better, have more stamina and energy.
    Along with improved health after quitting, older smokers also report feeling relief and gratitude. And that feeds their long-term success. Thanks to the incredible healing powers of the human body, many long-term smokers will notice significant improvements once they quit."

    Why Quitting Smoking Is Worth It at Any Age

    Cancer... well, people can get cancer years after successfully quitting caused by their smoking habit. That applies to all of us. However, as you are no longer smoking, you are no longer causing cell mutation on the same scale. If you don't have as many/much mutation(s) then your risk is reduced. By how much, I can't say.. but yes.

    Congratulations. Don't go back. :thumb:
     
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    YAY on the vaping !!
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    stols001

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    I was only 42 when I quit. However, the amount I smoked meant that I was almost diagnosed with COPD.

    The guy who turned me on to vaping had an oxygen tank and must have been 68 at LEAST. He still found it worth it.

    IDK if my lungs will every be like they were before I started smoking, but the difference for me now is pretty unbelievable.

    Do it.

    Anna
     
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