soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

http://www.riseearth.com/2014/10/is-everything-we-know-about-nicotine.html

Make sure you get the info down near the bottom about ECigs

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

I had told my brother tonight that it is so nice to not crave for a cigarette. I gave up smoking six years ago with the help of Chantix. I now have COPD from smoking. My brother still smokes and won't give it up even after seeing what it has done to me. I carry a Oxygen tank around with me.

Black Bart Loc: Indiana

I stopped smoking 40 years ago glad I did my neighbor smoked and they put him on the list for a lung t***splant while he was waiting he had to use a oxygen bottle but he would remove it so he could have a cigarette.

He got 2 new lungs this summer I think he has stopped smoking but not sure.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

I switched to ecigs.
The main reason I posted was basically
what it said was nicotene in and of itself
was harmless.
Also upon exhale of an ecig the nicotene
stays in the system of the user.
I would still be smoking if it
were not for the ecig. I use a high end device though.
Bangee take your brother to a vape shop.
The thing is I love to smoke, glad I found a healthier alternative

Black Bart Loc: Indiana

If your body was meant to use smoke instead of oxygen you would have a chimney on your head. :lol: :lol:

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

Hmmmmmmmm. I would employ a little healthy skepticism here. Where did the funding for this research come from?

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

I became a non-smoker 20+ years ago. (I'm not a quitter.)

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Well I can only speak from my personal experience.
About 6 months in using ecigs and I had a cold so
i went in to get a chest xray. The doc told me my lungs
had cleared up since my last chest xray.

You can bet your rear that if a study comes out villifying
ecigs, its big tobacco and big pharma.
The ecig makers of the juice the really do a good job policing themselves. Also a lot of the makers of
the juice are independents making their own way

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

I agree. A lot better than inhaling the tars from the burning tobacco. I used Nicorettes to take the edge off the craving. The secret is DO NOT CHEW. Bite the gum a couple of times, park it in the cheek, then when the craving intensifies, bite again and park on the other side.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

I tried the gum even used it on airplanes.
I just enjoy the whole ritual of smoking.
Every now and again I do crave a cigarette

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

My cravings came in dreams I dreamt I had smoked for 6 months after I stopped.

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

I was able to quit with the aid of the patch almost 20 years ago. At that time health insurance companies wouldn't cover the cost of the patch, but if you got lung cancer that was covered!

I'd call myself a recovering smoker. I sometimes remember the pleasure of that first cig with my morning coffee, but so far, despite a rancid divorce, a job loss, and the dissolution of a long term relationship I've not smoked anything. Never chewed or dipped snuff.

I used to enjoy a pipe, but while it is somewhat safer I fear it would be a gateway for me. Some folks can apparently have a cigarette occasionally, once a month in one case I knew of, but best never take that first puff.

While my x rays are clear, my doctor tells me I have some degree of COPD, but that it shouldn't progress since I no longer smoke. I can only imagine the outcome if I hadn't quit.

The article linked by the OP was very interesting. While I'd imagine that "organic" tobacco might be marginally safer, I'd guess that many of the dangerous byproducts of tobacco combustion are integral to the process itself. Tobacco as a ritual substance as used by Native Americans is probably pretty benign, as its use would be governed by ritual. As a commodity as it has been in recent times it is much more dangerous. I seem to recall reading somewhere that lung cancer was rare, until World War I "popularized" cigarettes, since they could be enjoyed during a brief lull in trench warfare, unlike pipes or cigars, which demand more time.

Therapeutic uses of nicotine? Certainly a worthy area of research, in my opinion. Let's remember that marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia until some time in the early 20th century, and its beneficial aspects are now being explored.

The comment on self medication by psychiatric patients is probably on the mark; my ex-wife was and is manic-depressive, now called bi-polar. She smoked and still smokes, quitting every so often but then relapsing. When she was hospitalized I'd visit her and virtually all the patients were smoking. Given the inner hells so many of them endured I'd certainly can't fault them.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

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Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.

I know how you feel Bangee. Some of my friends refuse to take up photography, even though they can see how perfect I am. I just can't understand it. :roll: