At least I wasn't sick with my first e-cig as I seem to remember being with my first real one all those years ago!!!! lol :mrgreen:
Is the e-ciggie for quitting?
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Hi, just a quick question to you longer term users....
Have woken this morning with a fairly dry, mildly sore throat, slightly worrying as didn't use the e-cig that much yesterday as charging batteries. Is this something you all found? did it continue or is it something your body gets use to?
Thanks, sure these questions get boring for you all after a while :roll:
Your support is really appreciated
Have woken this morning with a fairly dry, mildly sore throat, slightly worrying as didn't use the e-cig that much yesterday as charging batteries. Is this something you all found? did it continue or is it something your body gets use to?
Thanks, sure these questions get boring for you all after a while :roll:
Your support is really appreciated
A rather usual symptom when you start e-smoking. Lasted about a week, maybe 1 1/2, for me; and then it slowly slipped away.
I experienced this - depending on how much I e-smoked that day would be the result of how irritated my throat was the next morning. I still occasionally get this...
Me too, especially with menthols. But, it's no worse than the sore throat I used to get from smoking too much, or smoking regulars instead of lights. And no more waking up coughing. So I'm definitely coming out ahead.
There are quite a few posts on this in the health section. Basically, your e-smoking is placing propylene glycol on your throat. That's a humectant and the effect is to dry out your throat. If your bedroom air overnight has less humidity than the inside of your mouth (a very good bet unless you live in Pogo's swamp), then moisture is drawn from your body to the PG-coated throat, and exhaled. Result? Dry throat in the morning. Sore.
Many report this to be only a transient effect, however. Keep e-smoking and see if it passes. If it doesn't, be sure to brush and gargle before going to bed. Or drink something. Just don't make an e-puff the last thing you do before turning out the light.
Many report this to be only a transient effect, however. Keep e-smoking and see if it passes. If it doesn't, be sure to brush and gargle before going to bed. Or drink something. Just don't make an e-puff the last thing you do before turning out the light.
Yes, good point TB: it is indeed an advice on all e-smoking boards: drink more then else, especially when just starting on e-smoking!
Thanks to all, have taken advice and now drinking water after e-smoking and not smoking last thing at night, seems to have helped alot. 
You know, I think a lot of the harshness I was getting before was due to the cheap e-cig.com e-liquid I was using. I've switched all my e-cigs to Janty mint, and I'm not getting that anymore. My throat still dries out, of course, and heavy use gets kinda rough, but normal smoking is nice and smooth. I can't wait until I get e-cig-sales.com's liquid.leaford said:
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Interestingly, the first time I tried an electronic cigarette I had been reading up on them and wanted to get one. I mentioned this to my boss at work and he just happened to have one he got given for free by someone he had a business meeting with in London. He brought it in and gave me a go. This was in the morning, and I hadn't had any cigarettes yet that day.
I was pretty impressed as it felt a lot more like smoking than I thought it would, including the usual first smoke of the day hit. I really felt the effects of nicotine, and then he told me it was a non-nicotine cartridge! I of course didn't feel anything like a real nicotine hit again however much I tried it, but it was interesting that psychologically when I thought it was nicotine I actually got the hit (albeit perhaps not quite as strong as normal).
Perhaps the way to do this is for them to sell packs of random nicotine strength cartridges including non-nicotine! I guess that might have the opposite effect and just make them all less than satisfying though!
I always ordered my e-liquid in medium so when I started experimenting with vegetable glycerine I knew that I would be cutting the nicotine down. I thought for sure I would need to smoke it more in order to get my nicotine fix.
Nope - nothing... I didn't get Irritable and I continued to smoke it like normal (which is almost always) - I was quite surprised.
Nope - nothing... I didn't get Irritable and I continued to smoke it like normal (which is almost always) - I was quite surprised.
I dont think they can be used for quitting at all. Quitting tobacco, sure. I dont smoke cigs anymore.. but smoking in general no way. I smoke MORE now that i have an e-cig, since its easier and more convenient
Here's the Big Deal in the States, and why I shiver every time I see some e-cig company advertising on its Web site that smokers can "quit" with these: If these are smoking cessation devices, then the Federal Trade Commission perks its ears up. The job of the FTC is to make sure claims made to consumers are accurate. It will ask for proof. Not anecdotal proof, either. It will not care that some forum members quit cigarettes. It wants trials that show 10%, 40%, 80% quit rate, etc. And e-smoking doesn't have those trials to show. The FTC has -- singlehandedly -- taken many so-called "smoking cessation" products off the market. We do not want them interested in our products at all. E-cigs are cigarette alternatives, vaporizers, nothing more.
You are quite right TB, but surely the manufacturers of e-cigs will want to sell as many units / cartridges as they possibly can. The best way of doing this is to market it as a smoking cessation device.
Otherwise it will just remain a hobby / toy (obviously that's not so bad if it means they won't be banned) and will possibly not help all the people quit that it could.
Personally, I think it's inevitable.
What the suppliers want and what we want differ more than a bit, Spidey...
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