| ronic cigarettes are healthier than smoking tobacco, | | | | What I do know is that with patches you have a |
| can help you to stop smoking, they save you money. | | | | constant flow of nicotine into your body, some brands |
| Claims made by e-cigarette companies and users but | | | | even recommend that you use them 24/7. I never |
| are they true or false? | | | | smoked 24/7 and was never comfortable that nicotine |
| Smoking Facts | | | | was being constantly released into my body. With e |
| I found out that normal cigarettes contain over 4,000 | | | | cigarettes I have more control over my intake and like |
| chemicals and to my horror approximately 40 that are | | | | patches can gradually reduce the nicotine strength until |
| cancerous and that is a proven fact. | | | | I am smoking no nicotine vapour. |
| Electric cigarettes contain Nicotine, Propylene Glycol, | | | | Healthy Or Not |
| Water and Flavourings – a bit less than 4,000 | | | | Do I think that electronic cigarettes are healthier? |
| chemicals don't you think!! | | | | Absolutely, I feel better in myself and although I've only |
| I'm already addicted to nicotine so I can't see that e | | | | been smoking e ciggies for 4 weeks, even after a |
| cigs are more harmful in that respect. Propylene glycol | | | | short time I have noticed a difference in my breathing. I |
| is used to deliver vapourised nicotine and according to | | | | walk up a long steep hill every day – usually |
| Wikipedia is used amongst other things as a | | | | slowly and out of breath. Not now, I walk up there |
| moisturiser in medicines, cosmetics, food, toothpaste, | | | | quicker and my breathing is easier. |
| mouth wash, and tobacco products. If propylene glycol | | | | I lay on my back and slept last night for the first time in |
| is so widely used in those other products then it | | | | years. Usually I lay on my side because the strange |
| shouldn't be harmful. Water shouldn't hurt anybody and | | | | noises that my chest was making when I laid on my |
| flavourings – most of our food contains | | | | back not only kept me awake but also was frightening. |
| flavourings. | | | | I stopped waking up coughing a few days ago. |
| Looking at those facts and unless electronic cigarettes | | | | Money Saving |
| contain substances that we don't know about then I | | | | There are claims of saving 80% of the cost of |
| can't see them being anywhere near as harmful as | | | | smoking normal cigarettes. I don't think that's strictly |
| tobacco products. I'm no doctor or scientist, but having | | | | true. The initial outlay for a starter kit generally |
| scoured the Internet the objections to e cigarettes | | | | containing an atomiser, 2 batteries, charger and 5 or 6 |
| don't seem to be about what they contain, more that | | | | cartridges can vary from about £20 to |
| they are addictive and that young non smokers may | | | | £100. Some companies claim that 1 nicotine |
| turn to them because of different flavours available | | | | cartridge is equivalent to 20 cigarettes - others say 6. I |
| including chocolate and cherry. | | | | am finding that the brand I am using is probably about |
| I can see that point and really can't see why flavours | | | | 10 cigarettes per cartridge. |
| beyond the normal were introduced, except for profit | | | | An additional cost that isn't mentioned on some of the |
| of course. | | | | sites selling e-cigs is that atomisers need changing |
| Giving Up Smoking | | | | fairly regularly and that you should have a spare one. |
| I've tried many times and in different ways, the most | | | | Even so I estimate the saving that I am making to be |
| successful was with nicotine patches but obviously as | | | | at least 50% in money and perhaps far more in health. |
| with over 80% who try to stop smoking with patches | | | | I am not a law breaker, but if my government ban e |
| or gum they didn't provide a permanent cessation of | | | | cigarettes as some countries have I would have to |
| my nicotine addiction. Whether electronic cigarettes | | | | strongly consider breaking the law rather than risk of |
| help me to stop permanently or not I don't know and | | | | going back to tobacco and certain deteriorating health. |
| won't for at least another year or two. | | | | |