Question On E-Cig.

[SpartanWarrior]

Ok now i know that if you use the patch or chew nicotine gum your not supposed to smoke real cigs, but are you not supposed to smoke either with the e-cig because i do know people that have the e-cig and still smoke like 4-6 regular cigarettes a day.

 

[BadSeed]

You can carry on smoking if you want. If you're wearing a nicotine patch then that's giving you the nicotine so smoking on top of that could easily overdose you. You use the e-cig effectively as an alternative, so rather than having a normal cigarette you puff on the e-cig instead. It doesn't have to totally replace it.

 

[drtongue96]

That being said, having multiple ways to put nicotine in your body can be dangerous, which is why you shouldn't use the patch and smoke at the same time. Smoking a cigarette, and then vaping, and back and forth can have the same effect. Just be careful, and don't over do it on the nicotine.

 

[SpartanWarrior]

Well i don't use the patch, but was just wondering lets say you have a couple regular cigs, then half an hour latter just use the e-cig for the rest of the day, you can't overdose like that can you? also as far as nicotine goes if i was to order the cartridges with no nicotine what flavor would be best? as i have also heard that the no nicotine you don't even know your smoking anything.

 

[Liberate_Yourself]

Well i don't use the patch, but was just wondering lets say you have a couple regular cigs, then half an hour latter just use the e-cig for the rest of the day, you can't overdose like that can you? also as far as nicotine goes if i was to order the cartridges with no nicotine what flavor would be best? as i have also heard that the no nicotine you don't even know your smoking anything.

My girlfriend used to do just that.. She would have one or two "analog" cigarettes throughout the course of the day, and then use her ecig the rest of the time. She seemed to be ok, but went down to low strength because she over-nic'd herself on occasion.

 

[rustylug]

For me i tell my self ....I WANT A CIG ...Then i remember that ..No i dont, i just want the nic because thats what im addicted to, so with that in mind i just pick up my e-cig and have about 5 or 6 draws and that does me the same as 2 real cigs do ....How do i know this .... Well because im a taxi driver who used to smoke 2 real cigs between a hire of around 12 mls .....Now i just do as i said above .....Its a bit about training the brain and telling yourself why your e-smoking and remembering.

 

[ApOsTle51]

smoking and vaping is fine. nicotine absorbtion rate via inhalation is almost instant and is easily regulated by the user.

The problem with the patch and smoking is that the user cannot regulate the the nicotine level so easily because of the rate of absorbtion being slower with a patch.
By the time a patch user realizes he's overdone it , then it's too late to stop because the skin will keep absorbing the nicotine from the patch for quite a while after it's been removed.