Hey guys,
First off, I know absolutely nothing about smoking. I have never been a smoker, although I've been around them (smokers) most of my life. Just giving background info on just how much a n00b I am to this.
I didn't join for myself. Here's the background (sorry for the length):
Me and my wife are currently taking care of my wife's dad, who has been a smoker long before she was born (she isn't a smoker, either). As it stands, he's severely diabetic, and is on dialysis 3 days out of the week for most of the past year, and he will be so for the rest of his life (he's not eligible to be on the kidney transplant list). He's such a smoker that his doctor actually recommended that he shouldn't even try quitting, since the shock of quitting on his body would be a lot worse than whatever harm it'll cause him for what's left of his life. (Although I personally know that there are ways to avoid such a shock--I think the doc was trying to be nice, while avoiding my father-in-law's temper.)
Anyhow, the thing is, my FIL is a very proud man (Vietnam vet, trucker for many decades), and him relying on us 24/7 has hit him pretty hard [despite the fact that we're more than happy to do it], and he's actually on anti-depressants, along with the many myriad of other medications he takes. Smoking his cigs is basically the only thing he feels he has left of his former-self, and I am about to take that away.
He's been having hallucinations that the doc says might be related to his anti-depressants. He also gets blackouts like when he ended up in our garage almost naked and he had no idea how he got there. Doc has given us the option to start weaning him off of the anti-deps. So we're in-between a rock and a hard place--do we keep him on anti-deps and risk him burning the house with a lit cigarette, or do we take him off the happy pills and risk him sinking further into suicidal depression, which is where he was before the anti-deps. He also has the tendency to pass out, although thankfully he has never done it while smoking.
Point is, he's getting worse either way, and lighting cigarettes without supervision is out of the question as it stands. We've decided to not take his cigs away completely. We'll lock it in our bedroom during the day when we're at work, and at night. He is awake at odd hours of the night to eat or smoke.
The big question after that LONG intro I guess is this: Is there any possible way to simulate as close as possible his smoking experience with his Camel Filters? When he first moved in with us over a year ago, I bought him one of these: Smoking Everywhere Electronic Cigarette Gold E Cigarette Kit
My FIL complained that the e-cigs I bought for him was too weak, and that was that. It was more of a suggestion back then, but it's obviously more dire now.
If there's anything out there close enough to his Camel Filters where he can quit cigs altogether--well, that would just be awesome. But as of now, we're hoping for at least something that'll tide him over between his regular smokes.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and I apologize for the rambling intro. I just need to get this done as soon as possible with as minimal impact on my FIL's psyche as I can.
First off, I know absolutely nothing about smoking. I have never been a smoker, although I've been around them (smokers) most of my life. Just giving background info on just how much a n00b I am to this.
I didn't join for myself. Here's the background (sorry for the length):
Me and my wife are currently taking care of my wife's dad, who has been a smoker long before she was born (she isn't a smoker, either). As it stands, he's severely diabetic, and is on dialysis 3 days out of the week for most of the past year, and he will be so for the rest of his life (he's not eligible to be on the kidney transplant list). He's such a smoker that his doctor actually recommended that he shouldn't even try quitting, since the shock of quitting on his body would be a lot worse than whatever harm it'll cause him for what's left of his life. (Although I personally know that there are ways to avoid such a shock--I think the doc was trying to be nice, while avoiding my father-in-law's temper.)
Anyhow, the thing is, my FIL is a very proud man (Vietnam vet, trucker for many decades), and him relying on us 24/7 has hit him pretty hard [despite the fact that we're more than happy to do it], and he's actually on anti-depressants, along with the many myriad of other medications he takes. Smoking his cigs is basically the only thing he feels he has left of his former-self, and I am about to take that away.
He's been having hallucinations that the doc says might be related to his anti-depressants. He also gets blackouts like when he ended up in our garage almost naked and he had no idea how he got there. Doc has given us the option to start weaning him off of the anti-deps. So we're in-between a rock and a hard place--do we keep him on anti-deps and risk him burning the house with a lit cigarette, or do we take him off the happy pills and risk him sinking further into suicidal depression, which is where he was before the anti-deps. He also has the tendency to pass out, although thankfully he has never done it while smoking.
Point is, he's getting worse either way, and lighting cigarettes without supervision is out of the question as it stands. We've decided to not take his cigs away completely. We'll lock it in our bedroom during the day when we're at work, and at night. He is awake at odd hours of the night to eat or smoke.
The big question after that LONG intro I guess is this: Is there any possible way to simulate as close as possible his smoking experience with his Camel Filters? When he first moved in with us over a year ago, I bought him one of these: Smoking Everywhere Electronic Cigarette Gold E Cigarette Kit
My FIL complained that the e-cigs I bought for him was too weak, and that was that. It was more of a suggestion back then, but it's obviously more dire now.
If there's anything out there close enough to his Camel Filters where he can quit cigs altogether--well, that would just be awesome. But as of now, we're hoping for at least something that'll tide him over between his regular smokes.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and I apologize for the rambling intro. I just need to get this done as soon as possible with as minimal impact on my FIL's psyche as I can.
