Should I Try Electronic Cigarettes ?

JohnathanYMac · Apr 17, 2011

I realize this is probably off subject, but I am curious if anyone in this community has experiance with e cigarettes?

I've been trying to stop smoking for several years and have tried everything from the patch to perscription drugs. I am desparate, I have cancer and I do not feel like getting scammed or tricked into trying somthing even worse. Electronic cigarettes look like an interesting solution to stop smoking tobacco, but would they work? And how do I know which one to buy, most appear to be big money and I can not just afford to throw money away. I have treatments to pay for.

If anyone has any experiance with this I would really apreciate some advice.

Thanks.

shane361 · Apr 17, 2011

I have had several members of my ship(navy) that used these. I would assume it helped them in terms of health reasons but it continues to contribute to the habbit. I view it as a step down from an actual one. Best of wishes...having cancer should be enough but being ignorant towards the addiction I cant comment.-Shane

fordnut · Apr 17, 2011

I smoked for many years. Then, I quit cold turkey for 7 years...Then I started again...What a fool.

My wife heard about this Doctor's program. 4 Shots and you are done with it...
It was pretty pricy to me...but....Cigarettes at $5.00 a pack is a bunch of money...
I paid $490.00 to do the shot thing. You get a shot behind each ear and a shot in each sholder...as fast as they can give them to you...Then, you have to have someone with you that can drive home...
I don;t even remember the drive home...quite a trip...

But, bottom line is: No smoking for about 5 years, and, I can' even believe I ever did that nasty habit...

Steve

Frost · Apr 17, 2011

Over three packs a day when I quit in 2000
Hardest thing I have ever done.
The patch got me over the hump, that and a cough that would not go away.

Dave29461 · Apr 17, 2011

15 years of smoking followed by 15 years of trying to quit. Quit in 2001 with the help of Zyban and a family physician that asked if I wanted to see my daughter graduate... Damned hard thing to kick.

Frost · Apr 17, 2011

I still get chest x-rays because of all that smoking.

Midnight Raver · Apr 17, 2011

Frost said:
I still get chest x-rays because of all that smoking.

I avoid chest x-rays because of all of my smoking! :lol:

george · Apr 17, 2011

Smoked maybe 2 packs a day for 35 years. Liked to smoke, and was not trying to quit.

My wife bought an electronic for me last November. I have not smoked an analog since, or even wanted one.

If you do try it, do not buy anything until you go to http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ to check things out. My wife paid $200 for the same thing we could have gotten for $40. lso, there are a lot of different types, so do yourself a favor and read up on it before you pull the trigger.

I carry it in my pocket like a pen, and when I feel like I want a smoke, I pull it out and puff on it. I find that I can "sneak" smokes in a lot of places I could not a real cigarette.

Frost · Apr 17, 2011

I enjoyed it up till the end.
I quit because of that cough.
My dad died of cancer.

HHB Guns · Apr 18, 2011

I was a two pack a day menthol pall mall smoker for 10 years and I used Chantix in 2005 and haven't touched them sense. That shit really worked well for me. I smoked for a week and then quit after the meds were built up in my system and never had a craving after.

Frost · Apr 18, 2011

After 11 years I still get the craving once in a while but it passes quickly.
It is usually triggered by second hand smoke.

Underdude · Jun 7, 2011

Just quit.....
I did 7 years ago, just decided one morning. I quit buying smokes a bought one pack of the roll your own tobacco. I think I rolled maybe 8 or 9 that week. Threw them away and never looked back. Then you get to realize how bad they actually smell.......NASTY.
Good luck...........It's all in your head.

lafayette gregory · Jun 8, 2011

I know this guy in Greenville that will hypnotize you to quit smoking. It works great. No side effects, no urges or withdrawal symptoms. Its about 250.00 and about 3 to 4 sessions. You give them up on the third session and it is like magic! PM me for details when you are ready to quit. PM only if you are brave enough, tough guys :roll:

Underdude · Jun 17, 2011

Damn spammers......

Frost · Jun 17, 2011

I got rid of the spammer.
Typically we request that you don't post in threads being spammed.
After I zap them and their posts the things a person may say to them may be misconstrued or look silly.
We do the best we can to keep them under control
Sorry about that.

lafayette gregory · Jun 17, 2011

lafayette gregory said:
I know this guy in Greenville that will hypnotize you to quit smoking. It works great. No side effects, no urges or withdrawal symptoms. Its about 250.00 and about 3 to 4 sessions. You give them up on the third session and it is like magic! PM me for details when you are ready to quit. PM only if you are brave enough, tough guys :roll:

Yep- Damn Spammer :lol:

Frost · Jun 18, 2011

It takes a real man to poke fun at himself...
Sorry about that lafayette I should have realized how that made your post look.

biganimal · Jun 18, 2011

started at age 8 stealing Dad's Luckies then smoked Camel straights for close to 20 years last 10 were at 3 packs a day

stopped cold turkey

hardest thing i ever did. wife said I was a miserable bastard for two years

Schultz · Jun 19, 2011

Only two years huh. I quit cold turkey back in 07 and I'm still a miserable bastard, Of course I always have been one. :lol:

Frost · Jun 19, 2011

I started and stopped a number of times.
I quit once for a bit over two years.
Most of the time when I would quit it would be for a couple of months.

Finally I developed that cough that would not go away and used the patch.
I have now been quit for a lot of years.
I don't miss hacking up that black crap.