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Cigarettes – I Think I Must Be Nuts Still Smoking Them!

Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 9:52 am  
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It Is True; I Am An Idiot, nuts or just plain crazy still smoking regular cigarettes knowing everything I know!

cigarettes You may think I am being harsh with myself but after reading this article, I am sure you will agree with me. To put it in simple and blunt words, I am an IDIOT. I smoke 2 to 3 packs of cigarettes a day and have done so for over 46 years. I know all the risks I am taking and I still smoke. I have graduate degrees from respected universities and I still smoke. I have had several friends and relatives die of cancer and I still smoke.

I am well aware of the dangers of smoking cigarettes

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According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, tobacco and smoking cigarettes is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in more than 443,000 deaths each year. Smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, emphysema and a variety of other illnesses. Cigarettes contain thousands of toxins and 69 known carcinogens. Smoking cigarettes is so insidious that even non-smokers are at risk from second hand smoke. In the United States, over 3000 non-smokers a year die from lung cancer from second hand smoke. Cigarettes are a time bomb waiting to go off and KILL someone.

So why do I continue to smoke cigarettes?

I continue to smoke cigarettes because nicotine, which is found in cigarettes, is more addictive than heroin according to the experts. I am not only an idiot but I am also an addicted slave to tobacco. Every time I have tried to quit, I have undergone a miserable number of days or weeks where I not only felt awful but I was basically unable to function. I have tried everything from cold turkey to pills to nicotine patches and then some. Everything I have tried has ended in failure because my every thought was dominated by a desire to smoke just one more cigarette.

Is it so hopeless that I might as well just give up, keep smoking and pray that I’m one of the lucky few smokers who lives to a ripe old age despite my tobacco addiction? Until recently, the answer might have been yes but now there is hope on the horizon in the form of a wonderful new device called the electronic or smokeless cigarette.

What makes the smokeless cigarette so different that I might actually think I have a chance to quit? Well it is the first product that can be used to help you quit smoking that not only provides you with a source of nicotine to replace the nicotine you get from cigarettes but it also provides a substitute for inhaling without actually burning anything. The carcinogens in cigarettes are created when you ignite and burn the tobacco. With the electronic cigarette, you inhale a harmless vapor with each drag. There is absolutely no tobacco in the smokeless cigarette and no flame or combustion is involved.

The electronic cigarette is a rechargeable, two part device made of high quality steel that looks just like a tobacco cigarette. The main section corresponds to the part of a cigarette that contains the tobacco. The main section contains a lithium ion battery and a micro chip. The second section of the electronic cigarette, which corresponds to the filter of a tobacco cigarette, is a replaceable cartridge containing the nicotine solution. Every time the user takes a drag on an electronic cigarette, the lithium ion battery in the main section gently heats the nicotine solution and the user gets a small, measured dose of nicotine in an inhale-able vapor. You duplicate the entire process of smoking a tobacco cigarette and satisfy not only your addiction to nicotine but the psychological habits of holding a cigarette and inhaling.

I am in the process of switching to an electronic cigarette. I bought my first one and a month’s supply of nicotine cartridges today and as soon as I finish my last 2 packs of cigarettes, I intend to switch over to the electronic cigarette. Instead of making a big deal of quitting and throwing away the remaining cigarettes, I am going to just pick up the electronic cigarette the first time I want a smoke after I run out of tobacco cigarettes and use it like nothing has changed. I will get my nicotine and even be able to inhale a harmless vapor to replace the smoke of my trusty cigarettes. Hopefully, in time I will be able to give up tobacco for good and ever, thus freeing myself from slavery and ending my long period of idiocy. I must say I finally have some hope thanks to the electronic cigarette.

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How To Choose An Electronic Cigarette

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 9:28 pm  
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Lets Look At How To Choose an Electronic Cigarette

electronic cigaretteThere are so many different brands of electronic cigarettes on the market that consumers are starting to get overwhelmed. Some of the most popular brands get attention by spending a small fortune on advertising while other try to win customers by offering package deals on starter kits. Well, despite the fancy ads and the special priced starter kits, many prospective users of electronic cigarettes would like some more useful information about what actually makes a good electronic cigarette?. What makes a certain brand worth spending your money on?

Assuming that the vast majority of people reading this article will already know what an electronic cigarette is, we will spare you a detailed description of the device.

Suffice to say the electronic cigarette is a new, and many say safer, way to get the nicotine you would normally get from cigarettes. It can also be a great, innovative device to help you quit smoking. The e cigarette produces a water vapor that carries small, measured doses of nicotine into the users system with each drag. The water vapor simulates the smoke from tobacco cigarettes without actually burning anything. Since the vast majority of toxins in cigarettes come from the burning of the tobacco, electronic cigarettes are thought to be a much less dangerous way to get the nicotine you crave.

The first thing most prospective buyers will look at is price. Compare the many different brands on the market and see what each is charging. Look at the cost of not only the e cigarette itself but the cost of replacement nicotine cartridges. After you buy the starter kit, your biggest expense will be for nicotine cartridges. It won’t do you any good to save money on a low priced starter kit; if you pay triple the going price for nicotine cartridges later. Do your homework and check the pricing carefully.

Needless to say, quality of manufacture is very important. Your choice of e cigarette should be made of high quality steel with a lithium ion, rechargeable battery. The starter kit should offer both a plug in recharger and recharger that plugs into the USB port on your computer. Many serious computer users are not big fans of using the USB port to charge external devices, so it is preferable to have a recharger that plugs into a standard wall outlet.
The top brands all come with a lifetime, replacement warranty and we strongly suggest that you include these criteria when considering your choices for electronic cigarettes.

The most important, single feature of an electronic cigarette is ease of draw. A well-made electronic cigarette should draw easily and give you the equivalent of the volume of smoke you would normally get from a tobacco cigarette with each and every drag. It should not just give you one or two decent drags and then require you to suck your lungs out as it runs out of steam due to insufficient charging or a low quality battery that isn’t up to the job. While it is hard to pre-test many of the popular brands, there are now kiosks springing up at malls everywhere that actually allow you to try the electronic cigarette for yourself. Try to get to one and test before you buy. Make sure it allows you to inhale easily and consistently gives you a satisfying volume of smoke. If it doesn’t, then a low price is irrelevant.

The other non-negotiable aspect of electronic cigarettes is that the brand you choose must come with a variety of different strengths of nicotine cartridges. Lowering the strength of your nicotine cartridge every few weeks is the key to quitting. The more strengths of cartridges available, the less difficult it may be to quit using nicotine altogether. At a minimum, the brand you choose should offer at least 3 strengths of nicotine cartridge. If you can find a quality product that offers 4 or 5 strengths of nicotine cartridge, then even better.

For those of you who are planning to use the electronic cigarette as a replacement for tobacco cigarettes and are not planning to quit, a real bonus may be the brands that come with flavoured nicotine cartridges. Some manufacturers offer a wide variety of flavors such as coffee, chocolate, wild cherry, whiskey, brandy and apple. For real cigarette connoisseurs, some brands are now offering nicotine cartridges that simulate the taste of popular brands of tobacco cigarettes. There are many choices available and this is certainly a wonderful option for smokeless cigarette aficionados.

These are important guidelines to follow when choosing your electronic cigarette. It doesn’t matter if you plan to use the electronic cigarette to help you quit smoking or as a substitute for tobacco cigarettes. The smokeless cigarette can be a very effective and enjoyable replacement for tobacco. And of course, in the opinion of many experts, the electronic cigarette it is a much safer alternative.

 

 

Final Quitting With An Electric Cigarette Part Ten

Monday, July 25th, 2011 at 10:40 am  
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Quitting The Easy Way With An Electric Cigarette Part 10electric cigarette

Good news here. Another two weeks have gone by and I am still cigarette and nicotine free. Yesterday was an important day as I took the final step and laid aside my trusty electric cigarette. I stopped using the e cigarette with nicotine free cartridges and I’m doing just fine. Basically it took me 11 weeks in total to go from 2 packs of cigarettes a day to completely free of tobacco, nicotine and even the smokeless cigarette. The program has worked wonderfully and it went without a hitch. Well except for the lunatic lady in a restaurant who threw a glass of water on me for using my electric cigarette but she got herself banned for life from one of my favorite eating places.

For the most part the non-smoking public reacted quite well to my electric cigarette.

I was able to use it just about everywhere I went. Movies, bars, restaurants and walking around the local mall were all great places to enjoy my electric cigarette. The only places I found they are banned are on airplanes and in hospitals. That’s a ban I can live with and it may be a result of the microchip in the electric cigarette. I haven’t been able to get a definitive answer yet but there seems to be a fear that the microchip may interfere with in-flight devices or life support. As you probably know, getting a straight answer on anything from the airlines is next to impossible but if I get any solid information I will share it with all of you.

Many of the non-smokers I encountered were quite intrigued by my electric cigarette and asked me for information on it. They always seemed to have a friend or loved one that they were trying to convince to stop smoking, who consistently failed at quitting. This marvellous new device may be the answer they were hoping for and they were anxious to find out all they could from me. They couldn’t wait to share what I told them with their friends or family members and several even asked me for details on where to buy an e cigarette as a gift. I had a stack of cards from the local electronic cigarette kiosk that I gave to interested parties. The owner was quite appreciative of the business I sent his way and actually gave me several packages of free nicotine cartridges.

Of course, like the woman who threw water on me, there were a few non-smokers who had no idea what an e cigarette was and it took some explaining on my part to calm them down. I still feel strongly that users of electric cigarettes should always ask first before they use their electric cigarette in any area where tobacco smoking is banned. The general public is not well informed about smokeless cigarettes and asking first goes a long way towards showing respect for others and preventing misunderstandings. Sadly, there will always be some hot head who goes nuts about a electric cigarette but by asking first, you will end up with people on your side if someone over reacts.

 

I would also like to say a word or two this week about attitude. If you are serious about quitting, the electronic cigarette is an excellent tool to assist you. It is also very important that you approach quitting with an informed and positive attitude. Quit for the right reasons. Quit for your health, for your family and to be a good example for your kids. Don’t give in to naysayers and outside pressure. Even with a device that helps as much as the electric cigarette, if you don’t really want to quit, you will most likely be back to smoking cigarettes in no time. Take the time to learn all you can about the electric cigarette so you have a good idea what to expect. Gather information on nutrition, exercise and vitamin supplements in advance and have the tools available to make the journey a little less difficult. If you prepare in advance, your will make the struggle that much easier.

That about wraps it up for this edition of “Quitting the Easy Way… With an Electric Cigarette” I sincerely hope that if I have inspired any of you to try to quit smoking using the electronic cigarette, that you will be amazingly successful. I wish you all the best in your attempts to quit smoking tobacco. Remember there is a really good reason to quit smoking. Quitting may actually save your life and prolong your life. The electric cigarette is a new and effective tool in the battle against tobacco addiction. I wish all of you the best till next time and hope you find the electric cigarette as helpful as i did.

Lets Count How Many Ways The E Cigarette Helps You Quit Smoking

Monday, July 18th, 2011 at 10:19 am  
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Let Me Count the Ways The E Cigarette Can Help You Quit Smoking Regular Cigarettes

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Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes can be harmful. We have all heard about the many risks of diseases and even death from smoking. We know how it affects us in our everyday life; from the smell of tobacco on our clothes to the shortness of breath smokers often experience from simple acts like climbing stairs. Smoking seriously annoys non-smokers, causes potential health hazards from second hand smoke and costs smokers thousands of dollars a year. Yet people continue to smoke and most attempts to quit end in failure.

Fortunately things have improved in recent years and smokers have been given a great new tool to help them quit called the electronic cigarette.

This remarkable device was invented in China in 2003 and since then it has spread far and wide, bringing new hope to those desiring to quit smoking. The concept is simple. The e cigarette allows smokers to get their needed dose of nicotine without burning tobacco. Since it is the burning of the tobacco that creates the dangerous by-products from smoking, the smokeless cigarette eliminates most, if not all, of the risk while preventing nicotine withdrawal.

The electronic cigarette is a two part device that actually looks and functions much like a real cigarette, albeit without tobacco and the many of the dangers of smoking.

The main section is a metal tube that corresponds to the part of the cigarette that contains the tobacco. Enclosed in the main section is a battery, a microchip and a heating element. The second part of the electronic cigarette, the nicotine cartridge, corresponds to the filter of a cigarette and it is in this replaceable cartridge that the all-important nicotine solution is found. When the user draws on the electronic cigarette, the battery vaporizes the nicotine solution and the user inhales water vapour with a small, measured dose of nicotine. They get the sensation of inhaling without the harmful tars and carcinogens found in tobacco cigarettes. Each nicotine cartridge is the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes and when it is used up, you simply replace it with a fresh cartridge. To add to the sense of realism, the smokeless cigarette even lights up an LED at the tip as the user inhales to mimic the “cherry” at the tip of a tobacco cigarette.

I was able to use the electronic cigarette over an 8 week period to quit smoking and eventually completely wean myself off my nicotine addiction. The disposable nicotine cartridges come in different strengths and every 2 weeks I reduced the strength of the cartridge by 25%. After 8 weeks, I switched to a nicotine free cartridge that allowed me to enjoy the ritual of smoking without taking in any nicotine at all. I experienced no withdrawal and found myself free of my nicotine addiction after 40 years of smoking. While I do believe my motivation was strong and that certainly helped me to be successful, I am convinced that the electronic cigarette made it possible for me to quit smoking. Other than several nights of sleeping more than usual, I had no other side effects after I stopped using the nicotine cartridges with my e cigarette. After a few more weeks using nicotine free cartridges, I decided to give up my electronic cigarette for good and it has been smooth sailing ever since.

The best part of this journey has been the many positive changes I experienced by quitting smoking using the electronic cigarette. As I said, let me count the ways.

1. No longer endangering my health by smoking tobacco.

2. Not creating second hand smoke or dealing with the complaints of non-smokers.

3. No longer smelling like a walking ashtray.

4. Not having to worry about falling asleep while smoking and setting myself or the house on fire.

5. No more shortness of breath from minor physical exertion like making a bed.

6. Improved health and a sense of overall wellbeing.

7. Saving over $3000 dollars a year by not buying cigarettes.

8. Able to sit comfortably through an entire movie or plane flight without pulling out my hair from nicotine withdrawal.

8. Able to kiss my significant other without her going “Yuck, tobacco breath!”

9. Able to actually taste my food again.

10. Sleeping better and not waking in the middle of the night for a cigarette.

11. Starting to engage in sports again. Jogging and riding a bike is now possible without becoming out of breath in a minute flat.

12. Able to actually smell things like flowers and my lover’s perfume. I won’t get caught again saying her perfume smells great to find out she wasn’t wearing any and I failed the test.

These are just a few of the ways my life has improved since I quit smoking using the electronic cigarette. Of course, time will tell and hopefully I will still be a non-smoker a year or 10 years from now. I expect my health to continue to improve and it sure is nice to be able to kiss my woman friend without her telling me to go brush my teeth and gargle first. I honestly believe I never would have been able to quit without the electronic cigarette. If you are thinking about quitting smoking, I suggest you strongly consider using the electronic cigarette to help you become a future non-smoker. Maybe you will even end up saving a few thousand dollars and will be able to buy a brand new computer like the one I am typing this article on. Oh and by the way, the girl friend got a new laptop out of the deal too, you can save so much money with an e cigarette.

Finding The Best Electronic Cigarette

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 pm  
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Here We Look at Finding The Best Electronic Cigarette

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By now, unless you live in an igloo in the Arctic, you have probably heard of the electronic cigarette. This unique device has been catching on like wildfire, especially with people trying to quit smoking. It is also becoming popular with smokers who are tired of being restricted from smoking tobacco cigarettes in public places like bars, restaurants, movies theaters and sports stadiums. There are dozens of different brands of smokeless cigarettes being advertised, especially on the internet. With all the hoopla and promotion, some prospective users of the e cigarette may be confused about how to find the best brand of electronic cigarette.

The first thing you should look for in an electronic cigarette is the quality of the product and how it is manufactured.

The electronic cigarette should consist of an easy to assemble, high-quality steel, two section design. The main section should hold a long life, lithium ion, rechargeable battery that powers the enclosed heating element. The all important heating element vaporizes the liquid nicotine and creates the vapor that you will inhale. The filter end that holds the nicotine cartridge makes up the other section of the e cigarette and it should be easy to remove yet firmly secured when you are using your smokeless cigarette. All these components should fit together in a seamless manner, easily and quickly so you end up holding a device that looks almost identical to a tobacco cigarette.

When you purchase your electronic cigarette, no matter if you buy it online, at a store or at a shopping mall kiosk, it should come with a clear, un-ambiguous warranty and return policy. The warranty should cover all the working parts and be serviced in a timely manner. If the manufacturer is not willing to stand behind a product that can have a real effect on your health, happiness and well being, then you should not be buying it. And of course, all electronic cigarettes should come with easy to read instructions that include photos and a step by step how to guide as well as safety instructions.

Along with a customer friendly warranty, your electronic cigarette should also include top quality customer service.

The vendor should be easy to contact and willing to answer any and all questions about their product. Returns, replacements and refunds should be done in a prompt and friendly fashion. Orders should be filled quickly and correctly and of course, there should never be any additional, unexpected charges added to your credit cards. E cigarette websites should be informative, easy to navigate and contain verifiable reviews and user comments. The website store should operate through a secure, encrypted payment system.

Your electronic cigarette should always come with a recharger.

Some come with a recharger that plugs into a usb port on a computer while other come with a recharger that plugs into a power outlet. Many of the better brands of smokeless cigarettes come with both types of recharger in their deluxe kits. Reputable vendors usually offer users a choice of which type of charger they prefer. Most users prefer the recharger that plugs into a power outlet.  Many computer users are quite picky about what goes into their computer’s ports and are uncomfortable with the idea of charging the electronic cigarette through the usb port. Others feel that having to use their computer to charge the e cigarette ends up using much more electricity than simply plugging a charger into an outlet because it requires their computer to be on in addition to the recharger.

The product line of quality electronic cigarette brand should include basic starter kits, deluxe starter kits, individual electronic cigarettes and an extensive range of nicotine cartridges in varying strengths and flavors. It can not be understated how important it is that tobacco smokers, many of whom intend to quit smoking using the smokeless cigarette, have a wide range of nicotine cartridges of different strengths available to them. E cigarette users will be able to taper off gradually by lowering the strength of the cartridge every few weeks. This should help reduce the stress and withdrawal symptoms of quitting smoking.

Flavored nicotine cartridges are also important because they can add variety and excitement to the product. Flavors like Menthol Ice, Vanilla Dreams, Mocha Mist and Smooth Chocolate are just some of the many choices users of the electronic cigarette have available in flavored cartridges. These flavored cartridges can be very helpful in making the electronic cigarette more appealing than a tobacco cigarette, especially while someone is quitting smoking. Some brands have even gone as far as attempting to approximate the flavor of popular brands of cigarettes.

A very important factor is the volume of vapor produced by the particular brand of electronic cigarette. An electronic cigarette that has a high vapor volume for the user to inhale will be much more effective at replacing a tobacco cigarette than one that gives a low volume of vapor. When e cigarettes produce low vapor volumes two things happen. Smokers feel less satisfied with each drag and tend to try to inhale more vapor by dragging harder on the electronic cigarette. This can lead to over using the product and taking in more nicotine than needed. You want an electronic cigarette that draws easily and produces a substantial volume of vapor in order to provide you with a satisfying sensation of inhaling with each and every drag.

These are the basics of what makes a good electronic cigarette. It is up to you as a prospective buyer, to follow these standards when you select your particular brand of smokeless cigarette. If there is an e cigarette store in your area, we suggest going there as a starting point. Try to find one that isn’t limited to just one brand. Sample the various brands for yourself and select the one that gives you the best sense of smoking satisfaction.  When you order online, make sure they have a no questions asked, 30 day return policy before you buy sight unseen. Read the product reviews on the internet and research customer comments. If you apply the standards we have set with some common sense and diligence, you should be able to find the best electronic cigarette for your money.

Quitting Within An E cigarette Easy way Pt7

Sunday, June 26th, 2011 at 7:12 pm  
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Quitting With The E Cigarette The Easy Way Part 7

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Things have been going well since I reduced the strength of the nicotine cartridges in my e cigarette last week. As a matter of fact, I’m doing much better than I expected i would after reducing the strength of the cartridge and noticing that it was quite a bit weaker than the full strength cartridge. Once I got over the initial shock and my determination to quit smoking kicked in, I relaxed and went with the program. At first I thought i would be constantly fighting off the urge for more nicotine and switch back to the full strength nicotine cartridges but that hasn’t happened.

I will admit the first day or so was a bit of a strain. I was much more focused on my electronic cigarette than I had been up to this point and I had to resist the temptation to over use it. But it is amazing what a good night’s sleep can do for you. When i woke up the next morning i took my first drag of my e cigarette and lo and behold, it was OK. Maybe a full night without nicotine while i slept made the difference but for whatever the reason, it felt fine. I didn’t notice the difference between the nicotine cartridges the way i had the day before and it was a welcome surprise. I’m continuing my program of reducing the strength of the cartridges in stages and in 3 weeks, i will make the next reduction.

While quitting win an e cigarette, I’d like to comment on the attitudes of non-smokers.

Many of them really need to do a reality check and grow up. Just because they don’t smoke or have quit smoking, they are not superior human beings nor where they put here to live in judgement of smokers. Their attitudes vary from distaste to downright immature hostility. They should try to remember that many of us, especially older smokers, started before the real dangers of tobacco where even known and we don’t smoke with some grand plan to kill non-smokers off with second hand smoke. A little understanding and sympathy would go a long way to showing some compassion for fellow humans who are struggling against a difficult addiction. An addiction that is still totally legal and heavily promoted with billions in advertising.

The perfect example of what i am talking about are the non-smoking couple i encountered recently. The weather has been wonderful where i live and i went for drinks and snacks with a lady friend at a local cafe. The weather was so nice that we decided to sit outside. After my initial, negative experience using my e cigarette in public, i follow a now constant policy of asking first if i can use my e cigarette and the woman who seated us said it would be just fine. However, that didn’t seem to matter to the couple sitting next to us, when without warning i was suddenly hit with a face full of water thrown by the female half of the couple. She followed her action with a screaming tirade of obscenities about my disgusting smoking and how i was killing her with second hand smoke.

Obviously this caused quite a commotion and about 5 of the staff came running over. The male half of the couple slunk back in his chair and said nothing throughout the whole ordeal. I don’t know if he was a whipped dog or just not interested but he never moved or opened his mouth. The woman more than made up for his silence and managed to be loud enough to disturb the entire restaurant. However, when i stood up and said, “Lady, this is a smokeless, tobacco free, electronic cigarette”, the whole place suddenly went so silent you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. The manager took the woman aside and after a minute or so she came back, got her handbag and motioning to her dog (i mean companion), they were ushered out of the restaurant.

The staff couldn’t have been nicer and more apologetic. I must say getting drenched is not my idea of a good time but i did end up with drinks and snacks on the house. I am so glad i adopted a policy of always asking first if it is OK to use my electronic cigarette. I can’t honestly say how things might have turned out if i had just started using it out of the blue without asking permission. Good manners win the day and two idiots took a walk. I hope this is the last time i have to go through such antics while using my e cigarette. Of course, no matter what strangeness may occur in the future, you will be the first to know.

Quitting With The E Cigarette The Easy Way Pt6

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 at 11:53 am  
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Part 6 The Series of Quitting With The E Cigarette The Easy Way

Today is a big day and my first real test in my attempt to quit smoking using an e cigarette. Today I plan to reduce the strength of the nicotine cartridges used in my e cigarette in order to reduce the amount of nicotine i am taking into my system. To be successful, I will have to follow certain guidelines. Obviously, I can not supplement my e cigarette with tobacco cigarettes to get more nicotine. Perhaps even more importantly, I must use the e cigarette at the same rate as when I was using the stronger nicotine cartridges. If I start to use it more than i was with the full strength cartridges, I will end up with just as much nicotine in my system. This will not help my goal to eventually be nicotine free.

Getting My E Cigarette Cartridges Was Alot Harder Than I Thought

With my goals in mind, I went to my local mall to buy a new supply of nicotine cartridges and I must say that i was a tad disappointed. I had envisioned a full line of cartridges of varying strengths designed to help me gradually taper off of nicotine. What I found instead was that there are only 3 strengths that are measured with a number system designed by the supplier. The nicotine cartridges come in strengths of 22, 11 and 5.5. While i think i can continue to achieve my goals using just 3 strengths, I would be much happier to see the cartridges come in a greater variety of strengths. This would allow me to experience much less of a jolt to my system as I reduce my nicotine intake. Certainly reducing my nicotine intake in 5 or 6 stages instead of 3 would be a lot less stressful.

I mentioned my concerns to the salesperson and he responded by telling me I could buy bottles of liquid nicotine. If I bought one bottle of 22 strength and one bottle of 11 strength, I could mix them together and create my own version of 16.5 strength. While the idea is tempting, I feel the machine made, precisely measured cartridges are the way to go. When you use the liquid nicotine, you use an eyedropper to put a certain number of drops in the filter end. This method is subject to human error and is not as accurate as the cartridges. One can end up accidentally using too many drops of liquid nicotine and have no idea of how much nicotine they are really getting with each drag. I experienced this first hand when I tried out the e cigarette before i bought it several weeks ago. The salesperson accidentally added too many drops of liquid nicotine and when I took my first drag, I actually got dizzy. As a result, I am a firm believer in the use of the cartridges as opposed to liquid nicotine.

I bought a month’s supply of 11 strength cartridges and made my way home. I decided to wait until i was in calmer surroundings than a shopping mall to try the new, milder nicotine cartridge for the first time. When I finally took a drag with the 11 strength cartridge, I immediately noticed a difference. Basically the weaker strength cartridges are like smoking a mild brand as opposed to a full strength brand of tobacco cigarette. This means until I get used to using the weaker nicotine cartridges, I will have to stay focused and pay a bit more attention to how much i use my e cigarette. I will have to be on guard against over using it to try to get more nicotine into my system. I will continue with my plan to wean myself off of the e cigarette in stages and i will achieve my goals.

Quitting The Easy Way With An E Cigarette Pt 5

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 11:49 pm  
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Quitting The Easy Way With An E Cigarette – Part 5

I’ve have now been using the e cigarette for almost a month and i think this would be a good time to list out some of the pros and cons of quitting smoking by using the  cigarette. My list is formed from my own experiences using the e cigarette and from numerous conversations with others who are also using the e cigarette to quit smoking tobacco.

Pros Of Using An E Cigarette:

1. The e cigarette supplies users with a regular, measured dose of nicotine and this prevents the physical discomfort of nicotine withdrawal.

2. The e cigarette satisfies many of the deep rooted rituals of cigarette smoking such as the oral gratification of having a cigarette in your mouth and the nervous habit of using your hands to hold or manipulate a cigarette.

3. The e cigarette helps prevent much of the fear and psychological stress of quitting smoking.

4. The e cigarette creates no odor, messy ashtrays or the discoloration of one’s skin and environment that smoking tobacco can cause.

5. The e cigarette gives off no harmful second hand smoke to make others suffer discomfort and possible damage to their health.

6. The e cigarette will save users from $1000 to $5000 per year over the cost of tobacco cigarettes depending upon what state the user lives in.

7. Users of e cigarettes have noticed an improvement in their overall health as opposed to when they smoked tobacco cigarettes. This includes a lessening of the shortness of breath cigarette smokers experience, a clearing of foreign substances from the lungs, better sleep and improved taste. All in all, most e cigarette users remark on their improved sense of calmness and well being since they started using the electronic cigarette.

8. The e cigarette is much safer to use than tobacco cigarettes in terms of overall environmental and fire safety. No one has been burnt alive when they fall asleep with an e cigarette in their hands unlike the many thousands of tobacco smokers who have died in agony after falling asleep while smoking.

9. The e cigarette can be used in most of the places where tobacco smoking has been banned. I have used my e cigarette in restaurants, movie theaters and at an indoor sports arena with no problems what so ever. I have, however, been informed by several major U.S. airlines that the use of e cigarettes is prohibited on all their flights. The people i spoke to were unable to tell me why they were banned and as a matter of fact, the person at Delta Airlines didn’t even know what an e cigarette was.

10. Most importantly, using the e cigarette does not cause lung cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure or emphysema like tobacco cigarettes. At this time, no major illnesses or diseases have been linked to using the e cigarette to quit smoking.

And The Cons Of An E Cigarette:

1. As of this writing, there is still no major medical research on e cigarettes and most of the studies are anecdotal or limited in scope. There is, however, a great deal of testimony from users that the e cigarette enabled them to quit smoking with less discomfort and greater ease than any other method they have ever tried.

2. There is a wide variety of e cigarettes on the market and as with any new product some manufacturers rely on truth and some rely on advertising propaganda. I would recommend that users buy their first e cigarette based on real product reviews or the experiences of other active users. I would also suggest that if possible you buy your first e cigarette at a mall or store where you can try it our before you buy it. This is quite easily done in a safe manner buy slipping a disposable, unused plastic sleeve over the filter portion of the e cigarette before you try it.

3. Do not expect the e cigarette to be a miracle cure all. Your success at quitting smoking will still require focus, discipline and some will power on your part. Put away your unrealistic expectations and work diligently to quit smoking.

4. Even if you stop smoking tobacco forever, remember that as long as you continue to use nicotine cartridges with your e cigarette, you will still be physically addicted to nicotine. While this is vastly better than smoking tobacco, eventually you should make an effort to quit using nicotine cartridges as well.

That about sums up my pros and cons as my first month using the e cigarette draws to a close. I feel better, i’m not smoking any tobacco and i am quite optimistic about quitting smoking permanently. I do intend to eventually stop using nicotine in any form and be totally free of my nicotine addiction. This is still in the future however, and for the moment, i am focusing on not smoking any tobacco cigarettes. When i feel i am truly tobacco free, i will then move on to the next step of being nicotine free and wont even use the e cigarette anymore.

The E Cigarette and The Powers That Be

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 at 9:39 am  
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First An Interesting Video About The E Cigarette And Rush Limbaugh! Interesting and a must see!

The E Cigarette and The Powers That Be: An Inside Look at The Pharma’s Views

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When it comes to cigarette smoking, it has always been a double edged sword. On the one hand, people really enjoy smoking. On the other hand, it is addictive, bad for your health and can just plain kill you. Many people have spent untold amounts of time, effort, money and suffering trying to quit smoking. More often than not, their attempts to quit ended in failure. In the case of your noble author, i have tried to quit about 30 times over my 40 year smoking career. I even managed to quit for 2 years at one point but most of my attempts ended in failure after days or weeks.

Second in number, only to my attempts to quit smoking, have been the different ways i tried to quit. I’ve tried quitting cold turkey and by eating special diets. There were the nicotine patches and milder brands of cigarettes. I took prescription drugs that could cause potentially serious side effects. But despite my best efforts, I am still a smoker at almost 60 years of age. However, I recently saw some light at the end of the tunnel with my discovery of a new product to help me quit smoking tobacco.

The new product is the e cigarette, also know as the smokeless cigarette.

The e cigarette was invented by a Chinese health practitioner in 2003 and since then it has attracted quite a bit of attention and financial success. The e cigarette is a 2 part metal tube that looks like a real cigarette and gives you a measured dose of nicotine with each drag. The internal heating element vaporizes a small amount of the liquid nicotine into simulated smoke that gives you the sensation of inhaling. However, since nothing is burned, there are none of the toxic chemicals and smoke found in real tobacco cigarettes. To wrap it all in a nice, neat package, there is no second hand smoke to annoy non-smokers.

There has been a lot of good press and many articles have been written about the e cigarette. There has also been a large volume of anecdotal material and positive user comments about the e cigarette as a quit smoking device. Even doctors, who are horrified by smoking tobacco, have said it is considerably better to try to quit using the electronic cigarette than it is to continue smoking tobacco. No one has been injured or killed by e cigarettes and a substantial number of people have quit smoking using the device. Certainly no one has fallen asleep and burned themselves to a pile of ash using an e cigarette unlike the fate of many tobacco smokers who were foolish enough to smoke in bed.

This all brings us to one of America’s most “beloved” institutions, the FDA or Food And Drug Administration. This ubiquitous agency is known to insiders as “Big Pharma’s best friend” and as usual, they are working hard to keep the title. Take for example this recent nugget from the FDA dated April 25, 2011:

“The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it will act to ensure the government’s right to impose marketing, manufacturing and safety restrictions on “electronic cigarettes,” a nicotine delivery device widely billed as an alternative to cigarettes for those trying to quit and for smokers who can’t light up.

In a letter posted to the FDA’s website Monday, Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said the agency will act to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products. To shore up its authority to do so, the agency will propose new regulatory language that would specifically define e-cigarettes as a tobacco product.”

Once again the FDA has jumped head first into the fray, as they put it, “To protect the health of Americans of all ages.” One might wonder what their real motivation is and who will benefit the most from their draconian attempt to regulate e cigarettes. The FDA hasn’t been deterred in the least from this attempt to regulate smokeless cigarettes despite the “recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Sottera, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration, stating that e-cigarettes and other products are not drugs/devices unless they are marketed for therapeutic purpose…”

On the one hand, we have a device that makes no medical claims but may actually help people quit smoking. This device has not caused anyone to die unlike tobacco cigarettes or many of the drugs the FDA has approved but the FDA is still on the warpath. Until they lost the court case, the FDA was seizing shipments of e cigarettes at U.S. Customs and trying to have the e cigarette banned permanently. Now they want them classified as if they were tobacco cigarettes. This move would force the manufacturers of e cigarettes to spend untold millions of dollars on FDA approved testing and development to be able to market electronic cigarettes. The FDA is simply trying to put the e cigarette out of business.

Another factor involved in the FDA’s efforts to regulate the e cigarette and classify them as tobacco is tax revenues. The government is terrified that the e cigarette may be as effective as they seem to be and millions of smokers will use the smokeless cigarette to quit smoking. This would cost the government untold billions in tobacco taxes. Unless of course, they can replace the tax revenues they would lose from tobacco cigarettes by taxing the e cigarette as if it were tobacco. All this from the government that claims it is only out to protect us from dangerous and fraudulent products. Another shining example of the the out of control, Federal government milking the tax payer for every cent they can wring out of us.

Then we have the major drug companies and their issues with the e cigarette. Just like vitamins, homeopathic medicines, herbal products and so many other things that the FDA has tired to control and regulate, the e cigarette is bad for the profit line of Big Pharma. The drug companies are not in the business of making you well. The sicker you get the more they make. They couldn’t give a hoot about your health or mine. This is an insidious network of government agencies and multi national corporations who will do everything in their power to crush any product they cant totally control, market and make a massive profit on. It’s no different than the FDA’s attempt to get vitamins classified as drugs because Big Pharma hasn’t been able to find a way to patent vitamins and thereby get an exclusive on their sale. These are people who would have air declared a drug if they thought they could get away with it.

An ugly fight is on the horizon but sadly most of the e cigarette manufacturers are small companies who don’t have the deep pockets to go up against the FDA. It looks like they will have to throw themselves on the mercy of the Federal Courts where they have had some limited success and hope for the best. Meanwhile, the FDA will do every dirty thing it can think of to put many e cigarette companies in dire straits. For the moment, I can still find an affordable supply of e cigarettes and extra nicotine cartridges at the local mall. I hope the FDA fails in their crusade against the e cigarette. As far as i am concerned, the e cigarette a damned sight safer and more effective then pills and nicotine patches.

Quitting With An E cigarette Pt4

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 8:44 pm  
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Quitting The Easy Way With An E cigarette Part 4

I’m now in my third full week using my e cigarette in my effort to quit smoking tobacco. So far, i have been able to resist the temptation to smoke tobacco cigarettes on all but one occasion. I was riding in a car with my friend the other day and he was smoking a cigarette. Without really thinking, i picked up his pack off of the seat and lit one up before i even realized what i was doing. It is a very good example of just how much of a habit cigarettes become and just how difficult it is to quit smoking. To be absolutely honest, once i lit it, i smoked it to the end.

Fortunately, that has been my only slip up so far. I have been using my e cigarette on a regular basis. I’m finding that i am using one of the high strength nicotine cartridges per day which is the equivalent of a pack of tobacco cigarettes a day. The cartridges are costing me $2 each so i am saving over $3 a pack. I happen to live in a state where cigarettes are still about $5 a pack. If i lived in a state like New York, I would be saving over $12 a pack. This is a very nice amount that will leave me over $1000 a year to use for more important things. Once i quit completely i will be saving almost $2000 a year. Imagine the savings for a New York State resident. They will save over $4000 a year while using the e cigarette and over $5000 a year once they quit completely. From an economic point of view, e cigarettes are a smart move.

As far as my health goes, it is already starting to improve. I am feeling less short of breath and i have stopped coughing. At first, i was coughing a lot as my lungs cleared out all the junk i had accumulated from a lifetime of cigarette smoking but that has subsided as i begin my third week on the e cigarette. My sense of well being is markedly improved. Not to mention, no more cigarette smell and filthy ashtrays. Since it is now late spring and the weather is quite lovely here, i have started to air out my house every day and the smell of tobacco is finally leaving my home. These are just some of the many positive benefits to using the e cigarette.

One important thing i would like to mention is that the e cigarette works better for me when i stop trying to emulate my normal cigarette smoking patterns.

Instead of smoking my e cigarette to mimic the amount of tobacco cigarettes i used to smoke, i now only use it when i get a craving for nicotine. At first, i was using my e cigarette whether i was craving nicotine or not and i was using it much more than i needed. Over the past few days, i have started to moderate my use of the e cigarette and i am now using it about half as much as when i started. This seems to work better for me and i am curious about what smoking patterns other e cigarette users follow.

Well, the first two weeks were quite successful and i am very encouraged. The real test will come in 2 more weeks when i reduce the strength of the nicotine cartridge for the first time. If i am able to continue to resist the temptation to smoke tobacco after i reduce the cartridge strength, i will then be well on my way to quitting smoking; hopefully for good and ever. e cigarettes are a vast improvement over the other methods i have used to quit smoking.

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