I usually use the "are you going to stop drinking coffee?"
I believe that I will use this one more! Thank you!
So when are you going to quit that thing ?
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I usually use the "are you going to stop drinking coffee?"
I believe that I will use this one more! Thank you!
I'm just honest with them. I tell them that I smoked for 35 years at a pack and a half a day. I tell them I tried cold turkey, Chantrix, gum, lozenges, patches, you name it, and nothing worked. I had a heart attack and could not stop smoking. I tell them that at that point I knew that I, like most smokers, was one of those that was just going to smoke themselves to death, as not much really works for most with this addiction. I discovered vaping, and it has been the answer for me. I explain that there is nothing in the vapor but nicotine which, despite the addictive qualities, is really no more dangerous than coffee, and that if I quit vaping I will probably go back to smoking myself to death.
That usually does it.
That usually does it.
You sound like a true hippy HippieBrian! Peace love and patience! - I wish I could harness some of your qualities as it is definitely the right route to educate peeps gently
I have only been vaping for six weeks and have cut back the analogs by 2/3. I just like to say that I really enjoy vaping and told my better half that I plan on doing it as much as and as long as I needed. This is a great device and it does take some getting use to but I find that is just something that is enjoyable to do!
I've only been hassled by one person, and that was when I had just started vaping. He had quit cigarettes, but remains convinced that vaping is the same thing as smoking. Everyone else I've encountered seems fairly receptive to the idea of maintaining nicotine use. Or I'm just over-enthusiastic about the whole thing and they just say things to shut me up about it. Yeah, that seems likely.
Just tell them, " My Anger Management Dr has asked me to stay on indefinitely. Why do you ask?" and then give them the look that Jack Nicholson used in The Shining
heres my answer to all these goofy ppl...... this is my personal vaporizer. i need it to survive. would u take an inhaler from an asthma patient? since they are all clueless about what the thing is to begin with they look worried and walk away. love it when ppl think they just stepped in it.....lol
for those that are serious about understanding or learning i will take the time to explain.... and ive been doing a whole lot of explaining....
for those that are serious about understanding or learning i will take the time to explain.... and ive been doing a whole lot of explaining....
Although I'm no scientist, it seems to make good common sense that inhaling water vapors with a few flavored chemicals is a heck of a lot safer than inhaling any type of smoke, even a "safer" smoke if something were to exist. I doubt any studies will turn up any serious side effects for most people using it, maybe some lung irritation or asthma, possibly allergies for some people. Even if there are some serious side effects, it is so doubtful that they would be anywhere near as bad a smoking. I mean their isn't a much worse side effect than "death", last I heard (ok maybe chronic pain wanna die, but different topic).
Smoking literally burns our lungs and tars them, our lungs are like a 10 year old pipe never cleaned out. Who knows, the vapor may actually have healing properties (probably not though), but who knows. If it relaxes you however, it could be better than not doing it, it's fairly obvious that a relaxed state of mind equals a longer life.
People talk a lot about the effects nicotine has as a stimulant, speeds heart rate, etc... Lots of stuff do this, caffeine, certain foods, too much sugar, etc...
The nicotine would definitely be my last concern for health compared to the other chemicals in a cig.
I just hope this helps me quit, I haven't tried it yet, waiting on my Go-go.
Smoking literally burns our lungs and tars them, our lungs are like a 10 year old pipe never cleaned out. Who knows, the vapor may actually have healing properties (probably not though), but who knows. If it relaxes you however, it could be better than not doing it, it's fairly obvious that a relaxed state of mind equals a longer life.
People talk a lot about the effects nicotine has as a stimulant, speeds heart rate, etc... Lots of stuff do this, caffeine, certain foods, too much sugar, etc...
The nicotine would definitely be my last concern for health compared to the other chemicals in a cig.
I just hope this helps me quit, I haven't tried it yet, waiting on my Go-go.
I have heard of a study where the PG in our e-liquid aids in the "lung cleaning" process (the coughing up of gross black projectiles as often happens when we quit smoking, lol).
Also, it is known to have anti-microbial properties. Many vapers are finding that they no longer suffer their annual flu or nasal ailments anymore.
Welcome Nic,
Your on the fast trac to a whole new adventure. I hope you get your supplies real soon.
Read all you can and keep on learning, this is a fantastic way to quit smoking if that's what you want to do. Even if you just cut back, you win.
Good luck in this adventure.
Judy
Your on the fast trac to a whole new adventure. I hope you get your supplies real soon.
Read all you can and keep on learning, this is a fantastic way to quit smoking if that's what you want to do. Even if you just cut back, you win.
Good luck in this adventure.
Judy
I'm thinking that too... now if I could just keep my guts as healthy as my lungs have been!
One of the girls at work says, when I say I'm going outside for a minute, "she's going to pretend to smoke again."
I have just started getting those "so when are you going to quit those" questions after being off analogs for around 90 days. It's been from close friends and family, so I choose to think that it's from a place of love and concern and that they just don't have the information we have about how nicotine is not the cancer causing agent in analogs, etc. So I first try educating them on it and also point out that there are quite a few people who keep using the gum or lozenges long after they are supposed to be off them, with no ill effect. I also have bi-polar disorder, anxiety, and some other stuff so I let them know that nicotine is actually beneficial to me and they should just think of it as one of my medications.
The thing thats just poppped through my head is: - no not that unicorn dancing in the rain holding a banana in its teeth! the other thing - I think they're gonna come unstuck.... See if they PROVE that PV's are detrimental to health in some way... it will be because of the Nicotine (my guess)....then SURELY they'll have to take real fags off the market at the same time as making that conclusion...?
Am I being stoooopid? I know like cigarettes have been around years but why haven't they really taken them off the shelves conspiracy yadda yadda but if a new case proves a new thing and they use it to take off an existing product then that surely applies to other existing products etc blah yes?
Ok I'll shuddup now.
Am I being stoooopid? I know like cigarettes have been around years but why haven't they really taken them off the shelves conspiracy yadda yadda but if a new case proves a new thing and they use it to take off an existing product then that surely applies to other existing products etc blah yes?
Ok I'll shuddup now.
Lol, me too Becky. Getting questions like...so how long do you have to use that thing to quit smoking? lol, " I did quit smoking, I'm vapping. Not the same"! But my friends have that if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it must be a duck kind of mentality.
I'm going to airbrush a duck on my tornado
Tattoo a duck on 'their' foreheads...much more satisfying.....quack...
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