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E-cigs are not supposed to help people quit. They are a smoking alternative.

grandpoobah 13y ago
I started using e-cigs about a month ago and I have no interest in quitting. I enjoyed smoking cigarettes previously but felt guilty about what I was putting in my lungs, now I use an e-cig and it brings me more pleasure than smoking with none of the guilt. However, let's get one thing straight, this is not cheaper. If you let it, it quickly turns into a hobby and you want to spend all of your money on new equipment and flavors.
- SimpleXYZ 13y ago
  Yeah there is a lot of cool e-cig stuff out there. But I would think it's still cheaper in the long run. There is a lot of studies that still need to be done. My personal theory is that since 1/3 of smoking related deaths are due to nicotine, e-cigs are about 66% "safer" than analog cigs.
  - mercer 13y ago
    Interesting. I was under the assumption that nicotine is no more dangerous than caffeïne, and that the primary danger of smoking is inhalation of burning tobacco particles (and some other chemicals). A cursory glance at the wikipedia article also doesn't mention that nicotine is that dangerous. Could you elaborate? I'm honestly curious.
    - SimpleXYZ 13y ago
      Well, consuming straight nicotine is a brand new phenom, and science is racing to catch up. Give it 10 years for any definitive science to be peer reviewed, confirmed, and then generally accepted. Take a look at things like this: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060720/nicotine-speeds-lung-cancer http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060720/nicotine-speeds-lu... I can't find my original sources, so please, take my personal theories with a grain of salt... Many years ago I was studying the types of cancer smokers are more likely to get other than lung cancer. After my uncontrollable urge to crunch numbers, I came up with 2/3 lung cancer, 1/3 other cancer and made an unscientific guess that nicotine plays a big part in the non-lung cancer related illness.

I started using e-cigs about a month ago and I have no interest in quitting. I enjoyed smoking cigarettes previously but felt guilty about what I was putting in my lungs, now I use an e-cig and it brings me more pleasure than smoking with none of the guilt. However, let's get one thing straight, this is not cheaper. If you let it, it quickly turns into a hobby and you want to spend all of your money on new equipment and flavors.

SimpleXYZ 13y ago
Yeah there is a lot of cool e-cig stuff out there. But I would think it's still cheaper in the long run. There is a lot of studies that still need to be done. My personal theory is that since 1/3 of smoking related deaths are due to nicotine, e-cigs are about 66% "safer" than analog cigs.
- mercer 13y ago
  Interesting. I was under the assumption that nicotine is no more dangerous than caffeïne, and that the primary danger of smoking is inhalation of burning tobacco particles (and some other chemicals). A cursory glance at the wikipedia article also doesn't mention that nicotine is that dangerous. Could you elaborate? I'm honestly curious.
  - SimpleXYZ 13y ago
    Well, consuming straight nicotine is a brand new phenom, and science is racing to catch up. Give it 10 years for any definitive science to be peer reviewed, confirmed, and then generally accepted. Take a look at things like this: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060720/nicotine-speeds-lung-cancer http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060720/nicotine-speeds-lu... I can't find my original sources, so please, take my personal theories with a grain of salt... Many years ago I was studying the types of cancer smokers are more likely to get other than lung cancer. After my uncontrollable urge to crunch numbers, I came up with 2/3 lung cancer, 1/3 other cancer and made an unscientific guess that nicotine plays a big part in the non-lung cancer related illness.