Vaping is definetely worse than smoking. No more vaping for me.

[polaroid]

Hello everyone,

It's sad but it is true. At least for me. I bought a njoy NPRO last saturday because I really wanted to quit smoking. The first few days I really liked it. I had not smoked an analog since saturday and I was very happy until yesterday.

Before I went to bed last time I felt my throath as if it was tight and a certain discomfort right below my throat, as if it was pulsing. Now this morning I didn't even go to class because I felt extremely tired and coughing all the time (I'm a 21 year-old college student).

I was smoking regular strengh cartridges that had been purchased from njoy.

This is just not good for me. I have spent aprroximetely $90 on a product that is certainly doing harm to me.

I have never had any of these symptons when I stopped smoking for a week or more. So my conclusion is that the only thing that could be hurting my throath and lungs is the e-cig.

I advise everyone one to stop. I know there will be people saying that it is healthier than cigarrets and etc. It may be, but IT MAY BE NOT. There are no sufficient tests to say that this is safe. That is one reason why the FDA has not approven the product, because IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED.

There might several things hidden in the vapor and little you guys know. So please, I know that there we are addicted to nicotine, but just don't put something in your lungs that might cause you harm. At least the side effects of cigarrets are know.

 

[eulogy]

I'm kinda new around here but this sounds like it may be an allergic reaction to PG...

But yes, you're right. These haven't been tested. But it's a helluva lot cheaper than normal cigarettes.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Oh my........

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Poloarid--you are probably sensitive to PG like some others report who then switched to VG and had no issues. But if its not for you--then so be it. Sorry it did not work out---------Sun

 

[Huxley]

All I can say is that I feel so much better that when I smoked. I don't cough, my colour is better, I have more energy and the pain I had in my upper left chest has gone.

Sorry to hear of your experience.

 

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

It might also be too much nic.... you said you had the medium strength carts...

I would say, to each his own, but if you go back to smoking cigs, yes, you know what you're putting in your lungs - and you know it'll probably KILL you!

 

[Puff-Daddy]

your decision to stop is yours. talking about the tests and fda approved blah blah blah. im looking on my pack of camels right now and im sure not seeing it fda approved. to me its a toss up one way or another and if it saves money im going for it.

 

[xKrazYx]

Let's see.

Smoking an e-cig is like playing Russian Roulette, yes we KNOW that it might not be safe but the facts we do have point to the idea that it is at least SAFER than cigarettes.

Smoking a real cigarette is like playing Russian Roulette with 5 chambers full. There are those who are immune to cigarettes and can smoke a pack a day and not get lung cancer and live to 100, but those are the vast minority. We KNOW that smoking is bad for you.

So it's really up to you which one you'd prefer.

 

[cclisamona]

im soooo sorry to hear that... i have been smoking it for 4 weeks now... ok... im not totally off the real stuff.. but i have cut down from a pack and a half a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to just 3 cigs a day.. the rest of the day i vape...... no side effects here............... maybe your cartridge is too high???????? try the 0 nic cart......... DONT GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gshock9]

For me, I feel 1000% better than I did when I smoked analogs, the smell is gone, and so is he second hand smoke. Are e-cigs perfectly safe....maybe not, but they are a hell of a lot safer than analogs and if there is any harm being done...it's only being done to myself, not others around me.
I am sorry you have suffered adverse side effects, but as mentioned previously, it is either to much nic, or an allergy to the PG.
I am sorry this is not for you, for me this is the best thing that has come along for me and I hope that what ever happens in the near future regarding banning or what have you, is very temporary and a grand solution is reached so we can all vape with no worry!

I have been vaping since Jan 1/09!
Analog free since Jan1/09

 

[nitewriter]

I agree with eulogy and think it's a possible reaction to PG. I would at least like to see you try VG before giving up entirely. But of course, the choice is yours.

Good luck

 

[cclisamona]

any known effects on just smoking the VG?????? and can someone please tell me why we should mix it with distilled water??? so what if its thick???? ok i am a newbee... but i havnt watered it down at all.....

 

[polaroid]

Let's see.

Smoking an e-cig is like playing Russian Roulette, yes we KNOW that it might not be safe but the facts we do have point to the idea that it is at least SAFER than cigarettes.

Smoking a real cigarette is like playing Russian Roulette with 5 chambers full. There are those who are immune to cigarettes and can smoke a pack a day and not get lung cancer and live to 100, but those are the vast minority. We KNOW that smoking is bad for you.

So it's really up to you which one you'd prefer.

And how can you be sure that e-cigs are not as bad? Has it been tested?
You guys are missing the point here, these products are manufactured in china and god knows what they do in those factories.

Do you think that if someone dies from an e-cig the factory in China will be sued? This will never happen. We have no warranty that these products are safe, the only INDICATION that it is safe is from the companies that sell them.

Stop acting like little children and grow up and FACE THE FACTS. The FDA is created to regulate food and drugs. They need way more than a petition to approve something. THEY NEED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES that these products are actually safe. And please, don't show those amateur toxicology tests from New Zealand because they are BS and not reliable.

I definitely want to quit, but my days of vaping are over.

 

[CONCRETE RIVER]

i know i feel 100 times better...im running further and breathing easier at the gym too.

sounds like you had an alergic reaction my dude....

 

[ozrick]

And how can you be sure that e-cigs are not as bad? Has it been tested?
You guys are missing the point here, these products are manufactured in china and god knows what they do in those factories.

Do you think that if someone dies from an e-cig the factory in China will be sued? This will never happen. We have no warranty that these products are safe, the only INDICATION that it is safe is from the companies that sell them.

Stop acting like little children and grow up and FACE THE FACTS. The FDA is created to regulate food and drugs. They need way more than a petition to approve something. THEY NEED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES that these products are actually safe. And please, don't show those amateur toxicology tests from New Zealand because they are BS and not reliable.

I definitely want to quit, but my days of vaping are over.

Well sniping at an entire community because vaping isn't for you doesn't help your situation. Anyone who has spent anytime reading these boards is aware there are pitfalls to vaping in some cases. Negative reactions to PG / VG, nicotine abuse, etc. It's not an exact science. It very well could be the nicotine levels you are using in your carts are too high or you are allergic to PG- either way there may be solutions available. If you decide to throw you hands in the air and give up on it, please don't run around like someone with their hair on fire and try to bash the rest of us who don't have these issues.

We're all willing to help you, but this seems more and more like an anti-vaping thread and less like a "suggestions" thread.

Best of luck.

PS. You are the one acting like a child, please don't lecture us, especially considering the amount of research you have apparently not done. Take your ball and go home, that's fine.

PPS. Holy crap, Polaroid went from "I don't think this is for me" to an all out assault. Interesting isn't it?

 

[Puff-Daddy]

if you want to quit then quit. whining on the board doesnt seem to be gaining you any favors. i feel bad about what happened to you, but its like everyone else said if could have been an allergy reaction.

 

[Huxley]

And how can you be sure that e-cigs are not as bad? Has it been tested?
You guys are missing the point here, these products are manufactured in china and god knows what they do in those factories.

Do you think that if someone dies from an e-cig the factory in China will be sued? This will never happen. We have no warranty that these products are safe, the only INDICATION that it is safe is from the companies that sell them.

Stop acting like little children and grow up and FACE THE FACTS. The FDA is created to regulate food and drugs. They need way more than a petition to approve something. THEY NEED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES that these products are actually safe. And please, don't show those amateur toxicology tests from New Zealand because they are BS and not reliable.

I definitely want to quit, but my days of vaping are over.

Sorry, I'm confused now. Is it that you've had a bad personal experience that makes you advise people to stop vaping or that the FDA haven't got the evidence that they are safe or otherwise? It's just that the FDA's stance wasn't enough to stop you trying vaping, but now you are using them as a justification to tell everyone to grow up. I'm sorry that you've had a bad experience that was sufficient to make you want to not do it again, but let's not dress this up into something it's not.

 

[aspen]

Me thinks alterior motive here, to quick to jump up on everyone. Face value doesn't meet the smell test.

 

[CONCRETE RIVER]

^true true.

 

[ozrick]

Me thinks alterior motive here, to quick to jump up on everyone. Face value doesn't meet the smell test.

You said what I was thinking From 0-biatch in 3.5 posts, a new record