So What About These Vapes?

RECOVERY FROM NICOTINE DEPENDENCE?

The practice of vaping has been around for a while but the studies are slow to decide whether these vapes and vaping e-cigarettes make a difference regarding health problems, unnecessary disease and death conventionally related to smoking, and/or whether they are causing other or newer problems. In general “when compared to the harmful effects of smoking these studies suggest that vaping could be used as a possible harm reduction tool.

 

There is evidence supporting e-cigarettes as an aide for smoking cessation, at least as currently available FDA-approved NRT’s. Less evidence exists to suggest that e-cigarettes are effective in recovery from nicotine dependence.”

 

Dr. Dominic L. Palazzolo, NIH journalist, goes on to say, “More rigorous research is essential before any solid conclusions can be drawn about the dangers, or usefulness of e-cigarettes. In particular, more rigorous research is required delving into both acute and long-term cardiopulmonary effects of vaping, especially those experiments comparing the effects of vaping with those of smoking.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859972/

 

A 2015 CNBC report stated that even though regulations still presented some issues, many smokers have been eagerly jumping on the vaping bandwagon.

 

How it works is the user is inhaling water vapor through a personal vaporizer or electronic cigarette. When they inhale through  the device, the battery heats the prepared liquid, which is then atomized into an inhal-able vapor.

 

E-cigarettes differ from traditional cigarettes in that there’s no secondhand smoke associated with vaping. Users of nicotine and flavored liquids, according to the report’s author Kate Rogers,  do not get high from consuming such vaporized liquids. I can’t believe she said that, but there you go. I mean, why would anyone do it if there was no feeling of nicotine satiation? You are always free to talk back.

 

“Part of the appeal to smokers and nonsmokers is plain-old curiosity,” said Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, an advocacy group. “There’s more consumer awareness around vaping products, and the technology has so vastly improved in the past five years,” Conley continued.

 

And Professor Brad Rodu of the University of Louisville said this:  “It’s notable that 85% of the 2 million former smokers using e-cigarettes reported quitting in the prior five years, that is  during the time period e-cigarettes have been available.”

http://vaping.info/news/2015/new-cdc-data-shows-smoking-continues-to-fall-as-vaping-increases

 

So tapering down with e-cigarettes might help you quit. It’s not for me to say. My job here is only to tell the story and encourage you to become nicotine free any way you can. The rest is up to you. I hope you will be successful.

 

And again, if you ever want a real person on the phone to support you in your efforts to become a non-smoker, I am always available at Averayugen@mail.com

Tell me about your quitting plans and if we can work together I will give you my special number to call when you feel the need. Beautiful Quitters is a free donations-only service.