Post 4493683 - (Quitting Smoking)

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[quote="glassjailer"]I heard about e-cigarettes about 10 months ago, and thought maybe it would be a useful method for me to quit smoking. I've smoked for 11 years now, and have come to terms (not a justification) with the fact that due to my severe respiratory allergies, nicotine and tobacco in small amounts can relieve my breathing problems. Totally counter-intuitive, right? But the problem I was struggling with was that nicotine is too addictive to have in small amounts for me.
So I tried the e-cig, thinking that I would use it for a month or so, taper off, and quit entirely. It didn't work out quite that way. But I quit using tobacco entirely. I've slipped only twice in 9 months, and on both occasions I couldn't even finish the smoke. It tasted disgusting. I just can't do it anymore.

The world of e-cigs was very confusing at first. I bought a kit to start out, and paid way too much. Since the ecig industry is largely unregulated, there are a lot of scammers out there who take advantage of peoples desperation about quitting smoking. There are also a bunch of great products that are available to folks who want to quit tobacco but just can't seem give it up, no matter how hard they try. 
It has taken a bunch of trial and error to find a system that works for me. In a way ecigs has become a special interest of mine, even though I don't have lots of money to spend on fancy equipment. 
I won't recommend switching to an ecig and then never quitting nicotine. But I find that my brain works so much better when I have the nicotine in my system. (That is a justification, I'll admit.)

The nicotine is dissolved in a liquid (I use organic vegetable glycerin), which then is heated to around 108 degrees. The glycerin then becomes a vapor which is easily inhaled. The resultant exhale is just water vapor.

Overall, the amount of money I spend is only a bit less than I spent on cigs, but my lungs feel better, and I love not stinking of burnt cigarettes. I quit right away after I got the ecig, and didn't look back. 
If anyone is interested in more info on ecigs, I'd be happy to inform you more on the topic. I use a KR-808 system, with XL batteries.

In conclusion, ecigs can help you quit regular cigarettes, but may not get you off nicotine entirely. There is always going to be the withdrawal, and so far I've avoided it. :( But I have lovely flavors of vapor like French Vanilla, and Caramel TN cured Tobacco. Ecigs are more pleasant to taste and smell, and my health is vastly better for the switch. Overall, a good move for me.[/quote]

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