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for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 152

Backagain, you can do it, you know how to do it. I'm sure you will do it!

Carols

for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 5

Decided to quit the ecig when the last of the cartridges I bought are gone. Will give it to my boyfriend who is still smoking real cigarettes. I quit before and stayed smoke free for 5 years. Started the ecig 2 months after the 5 year anniversary because of being out of work for almost 2 years now and just went through a divorce. But I quit once and know I am strong enough to do it again. This time should be easier since it's just the nicotine I'm giving up. :)

for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 618

I have never used an e-cigarette (obviously) but have a friend who told me she was "Taking one day at a time to be a non-smoker."

From the first day, she began using the e-cig. in place of her normal cigs, but appeared to be sucking on it so desperately! She said it did not replace a real cigarette. I felt it was defeating the whole point. NRT's are better, as Ashley says, giving you a gradual reduction in nicotine.

Saying that, I have another friend, who has Emphysema, and quit smoking using the inhalator. She quit before me in 2004, yet continues sucking madly on the little white tube! In fact, I suspect she gets more nicotine from it than she ever got from smoking. At least she does not have the tar and smoke any more!

Quitting is more than replacing the nicotine... In my opinion, quitting involves a planned approach to change a lifetime habit, including physical addiction, psychological addiction and habitual behaviour. I used NRT's and found the gradual weaning to be the best way, but everyone does it his own way. I did have a plastic cigarette (like a pacifier/dummy) stuck in my mouth for a few weeks, or a straw or a pen! The use of a crutch does help, but not to the detriment of health.

I always say..." Whatever it takes, just don't smoke!"

Love Lolly.

for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 11226

Just to jump in here... In addition to all that has been said the e-cigarette could likely perpetuate the behavioural habit of smoking not to mention prolonging the addiction to nicotine. What's good about NRTs is that they give you a controlled amount of nicotine, slowly weaning you off nicotine, minimizing withdrawal symptoms so that you can work on breaking the behavioural habit.

We would advise against the e-cigerette at least until more tests are done on them.

Ashley, Health Educator

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for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 22

That's exactly what I thought it was like... having your cake and eating it, too.

Because I love smoking. I do, I'll admit it. Which is why it's been so difficult for me to quit in the past. It sounds shocking to say, but for me it is true. It's just that cigarettes tend to have the unfortunate side effect of killing you. And I definitely don't love having to smoke. That's different. And unfortunately I can't have one without the other.

Thanks for the link to the negative health factors. That definitely helps me in using facts to combat the positive hype surrounding eCigs right now. Because I'm telling you, in a Summer BBQ scenario where the smokers are enjoying the shady patio and a good sit and quiet chat breaks from the rucus inside, and you're told you might be able to join them again without harming yourself or smelling like ash.... that's a hard voice to quiet.

for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 1140

Hey dart,

I feel you. When I was still on nicotine and working towards a full quit, the e-cigarette idea got my attention. I was thinking that maybe I could keep the habit and the nicotine without any ill effects--basically have my cake and eat it, too.

I ended up fully quitting before I got around to trying e-cigarettes out, and it's a good thing. However, I just recently read that the e-cigarettes actually do contain carcinogens and toxins like formaldehyde. Also, they produce dangerous secondhand fumes. http://www.realfarmacy.com/study-reveals-e-cigarettes-toxic/

Something else to consider is simply the addiction issue. The goal is to eventually be off all nicotine. Until I got all the nicotine out of my system, I had no idea how much freedom, peace, and pleasure I would gain. I promise you that you don't want to be stuck with any form of nicotine replacement for the long haul. Life is so much better without it.

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for 11 år siden 0 +0 / -0 22

This weekend I was at a BBQ where several people smoked and a couple had quit but were now using E-Cigarettes.

Holy. What a challenge to get through the night without smoking.

Thank goodness I was wearing the Patch, and could tell myself that if I tried smoking with that thing on me I would get sick on the lawn in front of everyone, probably.

But the more I heard about this E-Cig thing, the harder it was to contrate on my goal of being free from Nicotine addiction... It just sounds too good to be true. You mean, I can get almost the same effect of smoking but it has none of the harmful chemicals that an actual cigarette does, plus I won't stink, plus it tastes delightful, plus the little thing looks slick and sexy so the stigma is removed?

Overcoming those points with a junkie brain and without any information to combat it other than it's not approved as an NRT is hard. I mean, a nicotine injection with the same social component that I'm missing without the side effect of slowly killing me. Sounds perfect. To the point that Junkie Brain started to say - well, you can go pick one up in the States next week, but for now you can just have an actual cigarette because why not? It's just one and you'll have a better replacement next week.

I ended up not breaking because my goal of this quit is to be free from Nicotine Additiction. I just don't want to be addicted to anything, regardless of delivery system. I want to be perfectly free.

for 12 år siden 0 +0 / -0 218

Hey Bizz,

I'm not sure if you read my colleagues post in this thread,

but the Ecigarette hasn't been proven effective for those wanting to quit smoking, and is why it is illegal to sell them in Canada. I'm not sure to laws against them in America, but research is still lacking on their effectiveness as a NRT

I'm sure there is ongoing research and modifications in the works, but as of now, they are not proven to help with a quit and can be dangerous (poisoning) and so we do not advise buying/using them.

Thanks for sharing your experience with them,

Matthew - Health Educator

for 12 år siden 0 +0 / -0 4

I tried E cigs a couple of years ago on a quit. My personal experience was that it didn't work for a nicotine/smoking addict at my level. All it was to me was pretending to smoke, I didn't get the same feeling on a e cig as my Marlboro. In a week I was back on the real thing and out 50 dollars.

for 12 år siden 0 +0 / -0 11226

Interesting Jim!

Thanks for sharing. Let us know what you find out.

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

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