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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
I predict 10-20yrs down the line folk will be getting the same illnesses from these electric devices as they do with tobacco.
Personally,I'm happy paying £5-£8 a week to kill myself so I won't be taking the NHS up on their offer.
The best way to quit is "cold turkey" as Margaret mentioned in the benefits thread.
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I won't put money on your prediction. The damaging stuff in cigs is not the nicotine (nicotine is relatively innocuous...and the receptors in the brain disappear after five days of not using nicotine)......it is the chemicals that do the damage.
If E cigs are going to be prescribed then they will have to meet rigorous quality and safety checks, which at present, they are not subject to.
My understanding of how these work is that they deliver a small amount of nicotine(which can be progressively reduced until you get down to zero) in steam....steam is water vapour......I use steam to clear my chest when I have a bad chest...so am I going to be at risk of the same diseases smokers get Jason.....I sincerely hope not as I have never smoked in my life(though I have been subjected to second hand smoke during my life).
I think one of the main reasons why smokers find these devices better in helping them quit is that it maintains the 'hand to mouth' action that many smokers miss when they give up coffin nails.
Having seen first hand the damage that smoking does I am in favour of whatever method is most effective in getting people to stop...and if this needs the intervention of health professionals then so be it.
If I wanted to save money on prescriptions I would go about it in a whole different way...but that is another matter entirely.