Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Week Two

March 11, 2014

So….entering week #2 of my so far successful attempt to quit smoking with eCigs instead.

I’ve been thinking of some pros and cons of the eCig…actually, to be more specific, I’ve found many pros and almost no cons thus far.

Pros:
My breath and clothes don’t smell of smoke anymore
No more discoloured fingers and teeth
No more accidental burns (skin, clothes or upholstery)
No more discarding of filters on the ground
No more discarding of empty packs or wrapping (Recycled or not)
No more coughing up a lung
My sense of smell seems to have returned (and I can’t stand the smell of cigs anymore)
My sense of taste is pretty damned good too now
Substantial savings on the price of smokes vs eLiquids
Non-carcinogenic

Cons:
Out of the way locations to buy eLiquids
Still contain nicotine, so still adictive
Not a lot of long-term research on side-effects, if any

 Umh..that’s about it for Pro/Cons – I’d say that the Pros far outweigh the Cons any way you look at it.

Monday, March 3, 2014

eCigs and the Quitting game



 


So… smoking is one of those things, that if you want to be a winner, you have to quit. I have in the past tried quitting in numerous other ways from the patch to going cold-turkey. I’m not religious, but once, I even left my pack at the door of a local church. the next morning, the pack was gone but the need wasn’t – sucks to be me. (Literally and figuratively).
I was left with 2 options. The pill – an anti-depressant which canhelp curb the appetite for nic, but has a serious set of side-effects, including but not limited to suicidal thoughts. This kinda answers the question of “Would it kill ya to quit smoking?”
The other option is eCigs. Plenty of names for these things, but they’re basically the same thing wrapped in different packages.
A power-source which heats small amount of liquids into a vaporous form, which can be inhaled through a pipe. The liquid can be flavourless or be flavoured in a myriad of ways, and it can contain varying amounts of pharma-grade liquid nicotine.
Cute, eh. You can reduce the percentage of Nic as you go. The batteries can be recharged 300 times, each giving you 4-5 hours of vaping (if you leave the unit on all the time) or quite a bit more if you turn the thing off when not smoking/vaping.
So far, so good.
I’m going to use this blog to keep tack of my path to quitting and perhaps some colour-commentary as well.