Smoking: a rundown on lighting up

[Marc411]

It's amazing that our government isn't more supportive of vaping as a method of cessation. In almost every article written these days vaping is mentioned as a cause for the decline in cigarette use. One death every 6 seconds is staggering!

"tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death, experts say.

Active or passive smoking kills more than seven million people every year, according to the WHO, with tobacco consumption blamed for the death of on average one person every six seconds."

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-rundown.html

 

[stols001]

It is mind boggling isn't it. To be fair, there are so many risky things that are just accepted by society and etc. I mean, I've heard prescription drugs kill more people than illicit ones. I tend to believe it, but I'm also not saying there should be no medicines, either. It's just... everything is an inherent risk.

No one in (todays) society wants to hear vaping is safer (for the most part) but it is indeed mind boggling how dangerous tobacco can be. I travelled pretty far down the "smoking related illness trail" and if vaping had not been there, I'm fairly certain I may not have reached my fifties. Now I have SOME hope at least. LOL.

Anna

 

[rob33]

The government is not about supporting you, its you supporting them $$$.

 

[Marc411]

It boggles the mind that the FDA approved Chantix knowing the side effects (as well as other drugs) and is fighting a product that could potentially save one persons every six seconds. It really is beginning to piss me off, where is the logic?

Chantix side effects

Abnormal Dreams
Chronic Trouble Sleeping
Feel Like Throwing Up
Gas
Head Pain
Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Throwing Up
Angina
Trouble Breathing
Acute Infection of the Nose, Throat or Sinus

Condition in which Stomach Acid is Pushed Into the Esophagus
Drowsiness
Dry Mouth
Excessive Sweating
Feeling Weak
Increased Hunger
Indigestion
Itching
Loss of Appetite
Low Energy
Nightmares
Not Feeling Well
Rash
Runny Nose
Sluggishness
Stomach Cramps
Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Anemia
Anxious
Behaving with Excessive Cheerfulness and Activity
Chest Pain
Delusions
Depression
Diabetes
Erythema Multiforme
Giant Hives
Hallucination
Having Thoughts of Suicide
Heart Attack
High Blood Pressure
Injury
Mental Disorder with Loss of Normal Personality & Reality
Panic Disorder
Paranoia
Problems Metabolizing Alcohol
Seizures
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Stroke
Suicidal
Thoughts of Hurting or Killing Others
Transient Ischemic Attack
Unconscious
Aggressive Behavior
Backache
Cannot Focus Thoughts
Cramps
........
Disturbance of Attention
Dizzy
Excess Urination
Feeling Anger Toward Something
Feeling Restless
Flu-Like Symptoms
Heart Throbbing or Pounding
Hives
Joint Pain
Mood Changes
Muscle Pain
Nosebleed
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Problem Behavior
Problem with Periods
Problems with Eyesight
Reaction due to an Allergy
Ringing in the Ears
Sensation of Spinning or Whirling
Sleep Disorder
Swollen Lymph Nodes
Taste Problems
Temporary Redness of Face and Neck
Visible Water Retention
Weight Gain

 

[Letitia]

You forgot to mention that after weaning off Chantix most users return to smoking within weeks.

 

[stols001]

I am so glad no doc was ever willing to give me Chantix, and well, the "State tobacco sponsored quit line" WANTED to, but by then I was like, "Um, I hear that's a really really bad idea."
"But it's all you haven't TRIED."
LOL I am searching for work, I could be a "quit specialist" and just advise everyone to vape and slooowly over the "long drawn out process" of quitting, I bet I could get them making their own juice and whatnot."

But, as someone who has been PLENTY homicidal/suicidal for some of my life, I really don't want to INDUCE it.

Chantix only works to quit permanently if you off yourself in the process. I still can't believe it's on the market, other than to torture/punish smokers. For reals. I don't get it.

I only know of ONE mentally ill dude who had a great experience, he wanted to keep taking it full time, states it improved his depression. He was not smoking a year later, but still agitating his doc to give him Chantix full time. I guess there are outliers in any population, but I don't want to be a guinea pig.

And HUH, it's my ECF vaperversary, I guess that's the date I joined. I guess in a couple weeks it is my QUITTING anniversary which holy HELL, I seem to be doing okay so far, even with all my life stuff. Here's hoping my LIFE stuff will not make me SMOKE, LOL, but even IF?


I'm not taking Chantix.

Anna