I'd imagine CASAA sent it to all its members, but good to broadcast it here, too.
My CASAA testimonial
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Here's mine.
I started smoking at the age of 18. At the age of 23, I quit for 2 yrs, I used hyponosis to quit, but returned again after having several of life's tragedies put a significant amount of stress on me. ( father attempted suicide etc. ) from age 25 to age 38, I continued to smoke until my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer from years of tobacco use ( cigarettes and oral tobacco )he was 37 yrs old. I went cold turkey the day he was diagnosed. My husband lost his battle with cancer at the age of 42. I was able to continue to be tobacco free until another of lifes tragedies struck again, my mother passed away. So at age 46 I was smoking again. My children were so upset with me, but not more upset then I was with myself. I felt a failure. For the next 3yrs I continued to use cigarettes always wanting to quit again, but not being able to. I got a prescription for Chantix, I spent 150 dollars with my co-pay, but never took it for fear of it's side affects, depression and suicide run in my family. I tried Nicorette gum with no success. So I lived with the feeling of being a failure, dealing with the comments from others on how I should quit, how bad it was, how bad it smelled. I had a cough throughout the day, spending an hour in the morning coughing up phlegm. Then coughing on and off all day. I could hear my self wheeze in my chest at night when I laid down in bed. I meet a wonderful man whom I became engaged to. He is a non smoker, never having tried it even once in his life. He gently encouraged me to quit throughout our 3 yrs together. He lost his father at an early age from lung cancer, a smoker from the age of 12. My fiance's main reason for requesting that I quit being that he wants us to have a long life together. My children's reason is the same, they do not want to lose another parent. I woke up the morning of March 23rd, 2013 with no specific plans. I started doing some research online about e cigarettes and saw that there was a brick and mortar e cigarette store 30 miles from my house. I got in my car, and drove there. I explained to the employee in the shop what my current smoking habits were and what I smoked. I purchased an Ego T kit with 30mls of ejuice in the closest flavor to my cigarette brand at 24mg/ml strength. I have now been cigarette free for 9 wks. Never having had one single cigarette since I walked out of that shop. I have no desire whatsoever to have a regular cigarette. I have lowered my nicotine level now to 12mg/ml, and have gone on to use flavored ejuice, nothing close to my original cigarette flavor.I plan on decreasing the nicotine gradually to zero. I no longer cough, my lungs are clear. I no longer wheeze at night. I do not get short of breath on exertion. I have made my children happy, my fiancé happy, but most important of all, I am happy!!! I am no longer a failure at quitting cigarettes, I was able to find a method of getting off cigarettes that was successful and one that has much lower risk then a drug that could cause me to possibly do harm to myself. And I enjoy the process. vaping is truly a way to quit smoking combustible tobacco. My children are much more accepting of my vaping as well as my fiancé, they understand how greatly I have reduced my health risks using this method to gradually decrease my nicotine addiction. Everyone has that moment when they decide to quit. I am so thankful that vaping/ e cigarettes were available to me at my moment.
I started smoking at the age of 18. At the age of 23, I quit for 2 yrs, I used hyponosis to quit, but returned again after having several of life's tragedies put a significant amount of stress on me. ( father attempted suicide etc. ) from age 25 to age 38, I continued to smoke until my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer from years of tobacco use ( cigarettes and oral tobacco )he was 37 yrs old. I went cold turkey the day he was diagnosed. My husband lost his battle with cancer at the age of 42. I was able to continue to be tobacco free until another of lifes tragedies struck again, my mother passed away. So at age 46 I was smoking again. My children were so upset with me, but not more upset then I was with myself. I felt a failure. For the next 3yrs I continued to use cigarettes always wanting to quit again, but not being able to. I got a prescription for Chantix, I spent 150 dollars with my co-pay, but never took it for fear of it's side affects, depression and suicide run in my family. I tried Nicorette gum with no success. So I lived with the feeling of being a failure, dealing with the comments from others on how I should quit, how bad it was, how bad it smelled. I had a cough throughout the day, spending an hour in the morning coughing up phlegm. Then coughing on and off all day. I could hear my self wheeze in my chest at night when I laid down in bed. I meet a wonderful man whom I became engaged to. He is a non smoker, never having tried it even once in his life. He gently encouraged me to quit throughout our 3 yrs together. He lost his father at an early age from lung cancer, a smoker from the age of 12. My fiance's main reason for requesting that I quit being that he wants us to have a long life together. My children's reason is the same, they do not want to lose another parent. I woke up the morning of March 23rd, 2013 with no specific plans. I started doing some research online about e cigarettes and saw that there was a brick and mortar e cigarette store 30 miles from my house. I got in my car, and drove there. I explained to the employee in the shop what my current smoking habits were and what I smoked. I purchased an Ego T kit with 30mls of ejuice in the closest flavor to my cigarette brand at 24mg/ml strength. I have now been cigarette free for 9 wks. Never having had one single cigarette since I walked out of that shop. I have no desire whatsoever to have a regular cigarette. I have lowered my nicotine level now to 12mg/ml, and have gone on to use flavored ejuice, nothing close to my original cigarette flavor.I plan on decreasing the nicotine gradually to zero. I no longer cough, my lungs are clear. I no longer wheeze at night. I do not get short of breath on exertion. I have made my children happy, my fiancé happy, but most important of all, I am happy!!! I am no longer a failure at quitting cigarettes, I was able to find a method of getting off cigarettes that was successful and one that has much lower risk then a drug that could cause me to possibly do harm to myself. And I enjoy the process. vaping is truly a way to quit smoking combustible tobacco. My children are much more accepting of my vaping as well as my fiancé, they understand how greatly I have reduced my health risks using this method to gradually decrease my nicotine addiction. Everyone has that moment when they decide to quit. I am so thankful that vaping/ e cigarettes were available to me at my moment.
And................. here's mine:
My name is Ania, and I was a smoker for 56 years before electronic cigarettes caused me to quit. Yes, I say "caused" me to quit, not "helped" me to quit.
For the last 30 years of smoking tobacco cigarettes, I smoked 2+ packs a day. Although I am a generally healthy woman, and apart from cigarettes have lead a fairly healthy life, about 10 years ago I began to experience shortness of breath, morning cough, increased severity of and recovery time from common cold and flu-like illnesses: all symptoms typical for a heavy smoker. I also suffered frequent, debilitating headaches, which may or may not have been smoking related (see below). In spite of this, I have always loved smoking and never wanted or tried to quit.
Seven months ago, purely out of curiosity about a new technology, I purchased an electronic cigarette. The first "drag" on that e-cig was an epiphany. I reacted to it as I would to a tobacco cigarette: same hand-to-mouth process, same feeling on the inhale, same visible exhalation. But it tasted much better! I realized on that first puff how harsh tobacco cigarettes actually were. And I could see how much cleaner it was: no environmental tar-containing side-stream smoke, no ash, no ashtray, no butts to clean up. I actually did finish smoking the 7 cigarettes left in an opened pack, but since that, after my first e-cig, I have never wanted, and have never smoked, another tobacco cigarette.
The improvement to my health and environment was in many ways amazingly fast. Almost overnight, my "smoker's cough" disappeared. After only 7-10 days, I was breathing more easily and had more energy, which improvement continues to this day. During the first month, I had only two headaches, which were quickly allayed with OTC medication, and have had only one in the subsequent 6 months. So whether the headaches were caused by, or exacerbated by, smoking, my switch to ecigs appears to have remedied the situation.
I had no intention of quitting, but electronic cigarettes caused me to quit! I call myself an "accidental quitter." I am no longer a smoker, I am a "vaper." If electronic cigarettes can actually cause someone to quit smoking, imagine how effective they can be to someone who actively WANTS to quit!
My name is Ania, and I was a smoker for 56 years before electronic cigarettes caused me to quit. Yes, I say "caused" me to quit, not "helped" me to quit.
For the last 30 years of smoking tobacco cigarettes, I smoked 2+ packs a day. Although I am a generally healthy woman, and apart from cigarettes have lead a fairly healthy life, about 10 years ago I began to experience shortness of breath, morning cough, increased severity of and recovery time from common cold and flu-like illnesses: all symptoms typical for a heavy smoker. I also suffered frequent, debilitating headaches, which may or may not have been smoking related (see below). In spite of this, I have always loved smoking and never wanted or tried to quit.
Seven months ago, purely out of curiosity about a new technology, I purchased an electronic cigarette. The first "drag" on that e-cig was an epiphany. I reacted to it as I would to a tobacco cigarette: same hand-to-mouth process, same feeling on the inhale, same visible exhalation. But it tasted much better! I realized on that first puff how harsh tobacco cigarettes actually were. And I could see how much cleaner it was: no environmental tar-containing side-stream smoke, no ash, no ashtray, no butts to clean up. I actually did finish smoking the 7 cigarettes left in an opened pack, but since that, after my first e-cig, I have never wanted, and have never smoked, another tobacco cigarette.
The improvement to my health and environment was in many ways amazingly fast. Almost overnight, my "smoker's cough" disappeared. After only 7-10 days, I was breathing more easily and had more energy, which improvement continues to this day. During the first month, I had only two headaches, which were quickly allayed with OTC medication, and have had only one in the subsequent 6 months. So whether the headaches were caused by, or exacerbated by, smoking, my switch to ecigs appears to have remedied the situation.
I had no intention of quitting, but electronic cigarettes caused me to quit! I call myself an "accidental quitter." I am no longer a smoker, I am a "vaper." If electronic cigarettes can actually cause someone to quit smoking, imagine how effective they can be to someone who actively WANTS to quit!
I smoked 40 to 50 cigarettes a day as well, for 35 years. My husband and I had an abortive ecig attempt back in....2007ish when they were brand new. They sucked, were fiddly things dripping nasty juice into bad leaky tiny plastic cartos, etc. We gave that up pretty fast.
Fast forward to 2 months ago, we discovered a vape shop near us. We'd messed around with some Finiti and Blu drugstore brands, which were meh. We walked in and started sampling juice on ego batteries from clearomizers, and were hooked. Blown away by how far the technology had come. Bought our kit on the spot. The next day we went back and hooked my sister up as well. I had a sorta kinda intention to quit, maybe, eventually via vaping. But after 2 weeks of having a blast vaping like a chimney and sampling juices out the wazoo, it occurred to me that I was down to only a few stinkies a day. So.... I made the jump. So did hubby and sis.
Over a month later I'm still astounded. I wasn't just a smoker, I was a smoooookeeer. I was one of those people who would drag myself out of a hospital bed with a 104 degree fever to smoke, stand in 110 degree heat, in the rain, who left movies to have a few quick drags because I could not go 3 hours. I've paid tons extra and rerouted entire vacations around having to fly through Atlanta so I could smoke. I also have asthma and an autoimmune disease and beginning COPD, BTW. And I would have died. For sure. I would have died because I had done Chantix, patches, pills, hypnotism, Wellbutrin, anti-anxieties, you name it - all unsuccessfully. Oh, I managed to quit a few times, once up to a year. But I always knew I'd go back, given the right stressor. I knew I was still a smoker, even when not smoking. I was a SMOKER.
And now ................ I'm not. I'm just not. Poof.
I know it with no doubt whatsoever. So long as I can vape, I will never be a smoker again. I'm a happy vaper, whose lungs and joints already feel better, who makes it through a yoga class without feeling like I'm going to pass out, now waiting for my new Provari Mini and Kanger protanks to be delivered tomorrow.
So many of us are so vehement that nothing be done by the govt that in any way squelches, limits, or makes vaping difficult and expensive, because we know it is saving lives. It is nothing less than miraculous as a smoking alternative, for thousands growing to millions. LISTEN to the smokers. LISTEN to the vapers. It works when nothing else will. If I couldn't vape I WOULD smoke. Guaranteed. And I will passionately fight and oppose anyone who (inadvertently or well-intentioned or not) wants to put me back in that waiting-to-get-sick-and-die hell.
Fast forward to 2 months ago, we discovered a vape shop near us. We'd messed around with some Finiti and Blu drugstore brands, which were meh. We walked in and started sampling juice on ego batteries from clearomizers, and were hooked. Blown away by how far the technology had come. Bought our kit on the spot. The next day we went back and hooked my sister up as well. I had a sorta kinda intention to quit, maybe, eventually via vaping. But after 2 weeks of having a blast vaping like a chimney and sampling juices out the wazoo, it occurred to me that I was down to only a few stinkies a day. So.... I made the jump. So did hubby and sis.
Over a month later I'm still astounded. I wasn't just a smoker, I was a smoooookeeer. I was one of those people who would drag myself out of a hospital bed with a 104 degree fever to smoke, stand in 110 degree heat, in the rain, who left movies to have a few quick drags because I could not go 3 hours. I've paid tons extra and rerouted entire vacations around having to fly through Atlanta so I could smoke. I also have asthma and an autoimmune disease and beginning COPD, BTW. And I would have died. For sure. I would have died because I had done Chantix, patches, pills, hypnotism, Wellbutrin, anti-anxieties, you name it - all unsuccessfully. Oh, I managed to quit a few times, once up to a year. But I always knew I'd go back, given the right stressor. I knew I was still a smoker, even when not smoking. I was a SMOKER.
And now ................ I'm not. I'm just not. Poof.
I know it with no doubt whatsoever. So long as I can vape, I will never be a smoker again. I'm a happy vaper, whose lungs and joints already feel better, who makes it through a yoga class without feeling like I'm going to pass out, now waiting for my new Provari Mini and Kanger protanks to be delivered tomorrow.
So many of us are so vehement that nothing be done by the govt that in any way squelches, limits, or makes vaping difficult and expensive, because we know it is saving lives. It is nothing less than miraculous as a smoking alternative, for thousands growing to millions. LISTEN to the smokers. LISTEN to the vapers. It works when nothing else will. If I couldn't vape I WOULD smoke. Guaranteed. And I will passionately fight and oppose anyone who (inadvertently or well-intentioned or not) wants to put me back in that waiting-to-get-sick-and-die hell.
Ok, my turn 
Last month I started recording a tv show called "Jail" which is like Lock Up, Cops, etc etc. It usually airs after midnight so there are a lot of alcohol commercials, etc. Then, Blu cig commercials started showing very often and it got me interested in looking at E Cigs again. I searched google and found V2 e cigs highly rated so I bought them and received them on 6/6/13. After smoking for 24 years I also had an epiphany with that first e cig lol It was a seamless transition and I haven't had a cigarette since. I started looking for better e cigs as I was looking for much better performance. After watching youtube I drove to Mad Vapes in Charlotte and got the Zmax. The first draw totally blew away the little V2 e cigs and that was it for me. I haven't had a cigarette in 32 days and sleep, breathe and smell better and my sense of taste is much better now.
After trying patches, etc in the past and always giving up vaping is the most effective way to get off cigarettes. I only wish they'd come out with these 20 years ago and saved me the trouble and wasted money. Vaping has changed my life and I'm glad I tried it and feel better each day. I'm vaping with Halo Tribeca on the Zmax right now and it's blissful! Thanks to everyone here for all the helpful information!
Last month I started recording a tv show called "Jail" which is like Lock Up, Cops, etc etc. It usually airs after midnight so there are a lot of alcohol commercials, etc. Then, Blu cig commercials started showing very often and it got me interested in looking at E Cigs again. I searched google and found V2 e cigs highly rated so I bought them and received them on 6/6/13. After smoking for 24 years I also had an epiphany with that first e cig lol It was a seamless transition and I haven't had a cigarette since. I started looking for better e cigs as I was looking for much better performance. After watching youtube I drove to Mad Vapes in Charlotte and got the Zmax. The first draw totally blew away the little V2 e cigs and that was it for me. I haven't had a cigarette in 32 days and sleep, breathe and smell better and my sense of taste is much better now. After trying patches, etc in the past and always giving up vaping is the most effective way to get off cigarettes. I only wish they'd come out with these 20 years ago and saved me the trouble and wasted money. Vaping has changed my life and I'm glad I tried it and feel better each day. I'm vaping with Halo Tribeca on the Zmax right now and it's blissful! Thanks to everyone here for all the helpful information!
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Lots of us on ECF have stories to tell. CASAA is there to help us keep the freedom to vape. It's really easy to put your success story up with them, so they have more data to provide WHEN the time comes.
Take a few minutes and add your voice! If only 1% of the ECF members did, that's a lot of messages for the pols to consider as votes.
Take a few minutes and add your voice! If only 1% of the ECF members did, that's a lot of messages for the pols to consider as votes.
May as well add my two cents:
I was a SERIOUS cigarette smoker, 2+ packs/day for 40 years. When I decided it was time to quit (age 59) I quit cold turkey. It was very difficult -- but I did it.
The important point here is: At the time, I knew nothing whatever about e-cigarettes. I did not use e-cigarettes as a "cessation device." Furthermore, I questioned whether e-cigarettes constituted a wise approach to quitting smoking tobacco at all. It seemed to me that relying on a substitute was indicative of a lack of resolve.
I would point out that it takes time for tobacco cravings to disappear after quitting, especially for someone like myself (40 years is a long time). Consequently, when I discovered e-cigarettes a few weeks after quitting, I tried some disposables (Blu, Njoy, Logic) to help ease my cravings. They were very expensive and in no way satisfactory or worth the money. Most importantly, they did NOTHING to reduce tobacco cravings. Indeed, because they were shaped like cigarettes (one even looked exactly like a cigarette), they merely served as reminders of something I couldn't do any more.
In my humble opinion, these purely commercial "mainstream" products are borderline worthless. They may generate significant revenue for large corporations on the backs of unsuspecting consumers, but they are nevertheless of exceedingly poor quality -- and of highly questionable use when quitting tobacco.
Subsequently, I discovered the world of Personal Vaporizers, of which at the time I was ignorant. This is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT realm than commercial e-cigarettes and this distinction MUST be noted.
Personal vaporizers are based on a wonderful new technology. I did some research and, after some trial and error purchases, eventually settled on a set of batteries, vapor chambers and nicely-flavored e-liquids. I discovered firsthand that they do indeed offer a fabulous way to quash any lingering urges to smoke tobacco.
Now, I use my personal vaporizer on a daily basis. It induces no cravings nor compulsions, it is a simple matter of pure personal enjoyment. I can go for days without using it at all. Sure, I miss it, but I do not seek to smoke tobacco -- and that is the whole point of the exercise!
Consequently, having voluntarily given up tobacco and purged my system of its chemical artifacts, I am in excellent health as a result. For the first time in four decades of chain-smoking cigarettes, my lungs are clear. I have plenty of reserve energy and stamina, no coughing, wheezing, hacking or spitting.
I am able to make informed, objective choices. Thus, I use the personal vapor technology for my own edification, with no harmful side effects whatsoever.
The bottom line is: I quit smoking because I chose to do so. E-cigarettes played no role in that decision. However, the personal vapor technology (which now effectively thrives via a sub-culture of knowledgeable users) is a magnificent engineering achievement. It is a perfect supplement for those like myself who have quit smoking tobacco, but still nevertheless enjoy a positive and healthy smoking experience.
I think of my personal vaporizer as my reward for making the right decision.
I was a SERIOUS cigarette smoker, 2+ packs/day for 40 years. When I decided it was time to quit (age 59) I quit cold turkey. It was very difficult -- but I did it.
The important point here is: At the time, I knew nothing whatever about e-cigarettes. I did not use e-cigarettes as a "cessation device." Furthermore, I questioned whether e-cigarettes constituted a wise approach to quitting smoking tobacco at all. It seemed to me that relying on a substitute was indicative of a lack of resolve.
I would point out that it takes time for tobacco cravings to disappear after quitting, especially for someone like myself (40 years is a long time). Consequently, when I discovered e-cigarettes a few weeks after quitting, I tried some disposables (Blu, Njoy, Logic) to help ease my cravings. They were very expensive and in no way satisfactory or worth the money. Most importantly, they did NOTHING to reduce tobacco cravings. Indeed, because they were shaped like cigarettes (one even looked exactly like a cigarette), they merely served as reminders of something I couldn't do any more.
In my humble opinion, these purely commercial "mainstream" products are borderline worthless. They may generate significant revenue for large corporations on the backs of unsuspecting consumers, but they are nevertheless of exceedingly poor quality -- and of highly questionable use when quitting tobacco.
Subsequently, I discovered the world of Personal Vaporizers, of which at the time I was ignorant. This is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT realm than commercial e-cigarettes and this distinction MUST be noted.
Personal vaporizers are based on a wonderful new technology. I did some research and, after some trial and error purchases, eventually settled on a set of batteries, vapor chambers and nicely-flavored e-liquids. I discovered firsthand that they do indeed offer a fabulous way to quash any lingering urges to smoke tobacco.
Now, I use my personal vaporizer on a daily basis. It induces no cravings nor compulsions, it is a simple matter of pure personal enjoyment. I can go for days without using it at all. Sure, I miss it, but I do not seek to smoke tobacco -- and that is the whole point of the exercise!
Consequently, having voluntarily given up tobacco and purged my system of its chemical artifacts, I am in excellent health as a result. For the first time in four decades of chain-smoking cigarettes, my lungs are clear. I have plenty of reserve energy and stamina, no coughing, wheezing, hacking or spitting.
I am able to make informed, objective choices. Thus, I use the personal vapor technology for my own edification, with no harmful side effects whatsoever.
The bottom line is: I quit smoking because I chose to do so. E-cigarettes played no role in that decision. However, the personal vapor technology (which now effectively thrives via a sub-culture of knowledgeable users) is a magnificent engineering achievement. It is a perfect supplement for those like myself who have quit smoking tobacco, but still nevertheless enjoy a positive and healthy smoking experience.
I think of my personal vaporizer as my reward for making the right decision.
I sent my testimonial to CASAA last week after seeing this thread, so thought I'd share it here:
Here's what I submitted to CASAA:
I smoked for approximately 40 years; averaging between 1 and 2 packs a day. Managed to quit one of the dozen times I tried with the patches for two years but a combination of stressors and being around family/friends that smoked lured me back in. I've previously tried the nicotine gum which caused dental (gum) issues and my physician would not prescribe Chantix for me due to my medical condition. I took care of an aunt who died in 2009 of lung cancer from smoking and really wanted to find a way to quit.
I started using a Personal Vaping Device (PV) on June 1, 2013. My last tobacco cigarette was smoked May 31, 2013. My first device (e-cig) was from an online vendor and very similar to what my younger brother was using; an Ego battery with a clearomizer. It looked nothing like a cigarette, which is what I wanted.
I had previously decided that I was not interested in trying to replicate the taste of cigarettes and picked up some 12mg peppermint e-juice. After a month of vaping, I was able to reduce my nicotine level from 12mg down to 6mg. I'm hoping to be down to 3mg or 0mg of nicotine by the end of the year.
I dislike the term e-cigarette; what I use is a nicotine replacement device or smoke-free alternative. I don't "smoke" it as there's nothing burning , I inhale a vaporized mist. I have not had a tobacco cigarette since I started vaping and cannot see myself going back. Yes, there have been days I've almost smoked a cigarette, but I was able to resist. If I find myself vaping more than normal due to a stressor, I am able to use 0mg e-juice and have the "comfort" of my normal vaping routine without an increase in nicotine comsumption. That can't be done with traditional cigarettes.
Within 2 weeks of quitting tobacco, I found my sinuses were not bothering me like they were; the nasty cough I had was starting to go away and my sense of smell was starting to improve. I feel so much better than I did. The only "down" side I've found to vaping is I'm eating more than I used to since food tastes so much better now!
The vendor I purchase my e-juice from is very transparent about what is used: PG, VG (both food grade), nicotine and flavorings that do not include dyes. I couldn't start to tell you even 1/100th of the things in traditional tobacco cigarettes! I hope the FDA doesn't let big tobacco companies and pharmaceutical companies fill them with false information. The FDA should take the time to review the medical studies that have been (and continue to be) done on how less harmful vaping/smoke-free alternatives are to traditional cigarettes and/or do their own study ran by impartial researchers with no ties to tobacco, pharmaceutical or vaping ties.
I smoked for approximately 40 years; averaging between 1 and 2 packs a day. Managed to quit one of the dozen times I tried with the patches for two years but a combination of stressors and being around family/friends that smoked lured me back in. I've previously tried the nicotine gum which caused dental (gum) issues and my physician would not prescribe Chantix for me due to my medical condition. I took care of an aunt who died in 2009 of lung cancer from smoking and really wanted to find a way to quit.
I started using a Personal Vaping Device (PV) on June 1, 2013. My last tobacco cigarette was smoked May 31, 2013. My first device (e-cig) was from an online vendor and very similar to what my younger brother was using; an Ego battery with a clearomizer. It looked nothing like a cigarette, which is what I wanted.
I had previously decided that I was not interested in trying to replicate the taste of cigarettes and picked up some 12mg peppermint e-juice. After a month of vaping, I was able to reduce my nicotine level from 12mg down to 6mg. I'm hoping to be down to 3mg or 0mg of nicotine by the end of the year.
I dislike the term e-cigarette; what I use is a nicotine replacement device or smoke-free alternative. I don't "smoke" it as there's nothing burning , I inhale a vaporized mist. I have not had a tobacco cigarette since I started vaping and cannot see myself going back. Yes, there have been days I've almost smoked a cigarette, but I was able to resist. If I find myself vaping more than normal due to a stressor, I am able to use 0mg e-juice and have the "comfort" of my normal vaping routine without an increase in nicotine comsumption. That can't be done with traditional cigarettes.
Within 2 weeks of quitting tobacco, I found my sinuses were not bothering me like they were; the nasty cough I had was starting to go away and my sense of smell was starting to improve. I feel so much better than I did. The only "down" side I've found to vaping is I'm eating more than I used to since food tastes so much better now!
The vendor I purchase my e-juice from is very transparent about what is used: PG, VG (both food grade), nicotine and flavorings that do not include dyes. I couldn't start to tell you even 1/100th of the things in traditional tobacco cigarettes! I hope the FDA doesn't let big tobacco companies and pharmaceutical companies fill them with false information. The FDA should take the time to review the medical studies that have been (and continue to be) done on how less harmful vaping/smoke-free alternatives are to traditional cigarettes and/or do their own study ran by impartial researchers with no ties to tobacco, pharmaceutical or vaping ties.
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