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Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

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Re: Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

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Post by grecy »

melq wrote: post #17
dsschnau wrote: post #5

vaping definitely isn't healthy but it doesn't take much time vaping to determine that it's less bad for you than smoking. i still want to quit nicotine entirely one day but until that day comes, my vape pen and i are good friends. 9 months ago i tried one out, and that same day was the very last day i ever smoked a cigarette.

Is vaping unhealthy because nicotine is inherently unhealthy or are there other harms associated with vaping itself? Need to quit smoking cigarettes myself.

Lean over an open fire and take a deep breath of the smoke.

I don't think it takes a huge leap to realize inhaling smoke is not good for you.

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Post by Alex3917 »

dsschnau wrote: post #5

vaping definitely isn't healthy but it doesn't take much time vaping to determine that it's less bad for you than smoking. i still want to quit nicotine entirely one day but until that day comes, my vape pen and i are good friends. 9 months ago i tried one out, and that same day was the very last day i ever smoked a cigarette.

> it doesn't take much time vaping to determine that it's less bad for you than smoking.

At least for commercial cigarettes. It's less clear how large the benefit would be for those smoking pipes or cigars, hookahs, using wild tobacco, freebasing tobacco, etc.

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Post by [deleted] »

gnaritas wrote: post #18
dsschnau wrote: post #5

vaping definitely isn't healthy but it doesn't take much time vaping to determine that it's less bad for you than smoking. i still want to quit nicotine entirely one day but until that day comes, my vape pen and i are good friends. 9 months ago i tried one out, and that same day was the very last day i ever smoked a cigarette.

> vaping definitely isn't healthy That's a bold statement, how exactly is vaping definitely not healthy?

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Post by hfourm »

gnaritas wrote: post #18
dsschnau wrote: post #5

vaping definitely isn't healthy but it doesn't take much time vaping to determine that it's less bad for you than smoking. i still want to quit nicotine entirely one day but until that day comes, my vape pen and i are good friends. 9 months ago i tried one out, and that same day was the very last day i ever smoked a cigarette.

> vaping definitely isn't healthy That's a bold statement, how exactly is vaping definitely not healthy?

Because you are inhaling foreign chemicals into your lung in higher then normal dosages.

How is that a bold statement? People run around vaping like there are zero consequences, but I wouldn't be surprised if research eventually emerges saying certain lower quality fillers/vape mixtures will result in mechanical damage and cancer of the lungs and esophagus. Something similar was apparent with flavoring agents being used in the vape world.

Re: Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

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Post by andy_ppp »

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #2

"Cold turkey is best way to quit smoking, study says" http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/15/health/quit-smoking-cold-t... Not convinced switching people to a just as addicting, just as nasty way of killing themselves slowly is any better.

As someone who has recently quit cold turkey I totally agree with you. Learning the skill of changing difficult habits is part of the process of giving up. A lot of addiction is learning to control what you want to believe, building startups is too, being happy also, papering over the cracks by adding a new addiction I would say is harmful on many levels. I say deal with the smoking addiction finally once and for all and never smoke again. To do that a mildly stoic acceptance that you are going to have to suffer needs to occur.

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Post by infecto »

grecy wrote: post #21
melq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is vaping unhealthy because nicotine is inherently unhealthy or are there other harms associated with vaping itself? Need to quit smoking cigarettes myself.

Lean over an open fire and take a deep breath of the smoke. I don't think it takes a huge leap to realize inhaling smoke is not good for you.

I might be wrong but I thought the whole point of vaping was you are getting the liquid/material hot enough for it to turn into vapor but not hot enough to burn. Same principle with vaping weed. Sure its not "healthy" but its much healthier than burning. I think your example is extremely wrong.

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Post by dxtr »

excalibur wrote: post #20
melq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is vaping unhealthy because nicotine is inherently unhealthy or are there other harms associated with vaping itself? Need to quit smoking cigarettes myself.

Both. Even vaping 0mg nicotine is bad for you, but not nearly as bad as smoking.

Has it really been proven that nicotine itself is dangerous?

I'm thinking of articles like https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-nicotine-all-b...

I'm obviously talking about moderate doses. I know concentrated nicotine is very toxic :)

Re: Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

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Post by coffeevradar »

grecy wrote: post #21
melq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is vaping unhealthy because nicotine is inherently unhealthy or are there other harms associated with vaping itself? Need to quit smoking cigarettes myself.

Lean over an open fire and take a deep breath of the smoke. I don't think it takes a huge leap to realize inhaling smoke is not good for you.

But vapor isn't smoke.

Re: Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

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Post by tree_of_item »

grecy wrote: post #21
melq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is vaping unhealthy because nicotine is inherently unhealthy or are there other harms associated with vaping itself? Need to quit smoking cigarettes myself.

Lean over an open fire and take a deep breath of the smoke. I don't think it takes a huge leap to realize inhaling smoke is not good for you.

The whole point of vaping is that there's no smoke.
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