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Originally Posted by Guinness
So first of all you predict mouth, lung, throat, bladder and kidney cancer, emphysema and chronic breathing/bronchitis problems for e-cig users…..with zero evidence or fact. 
Then you make a statement about ‘cold turkey’ which a) you have no experience of and b) the facts and figures do not back up (and another rollseyes)
Me, started over 40 years ago at 13 because of peer pressure… tried cutting down, said I’d give up when they got to a £1 a packet/£2 a packet etc.. done the cold turkey a few times in the past and once lasted 2 years before I regressed….problem is that once you’ve had a fag and become an addict…that taste and feeling NEVER goes away and you are always one moment of weakness away from lighting up again.
I’m currently on my third year fag free because of a post on this forum about e cigs from Flashy (btw thanks xx)
Normally I smell smoke and I feel like retching.. but just occasionally it smells oh so sweet (especially when I’m on the beer)….but I got my plastic fag to stuff in my mouth and that feeling goes away.
I have one of these ‘grown up dummys’ in my gob more often than I used to have an actual fag…but I can’t remember the last time I coughed other than to clear my throat, my breathing and taste are better, when I exercise my heart and pulse rate are normal for my age and I’ve just passed my annual health MOT with flying colours.
They work, just like antibiotics, antipsychotics and antihistamines….so why shouldn’t they be classed as a medication and therefore prescribed? |
Firstly,congratulations on kicking your habit ('not illness').
Now,I personally don't see how being a smoker should be classed as being medically ill so I fail to see why these Ecigs should be deemed as (tax funded) medicine.They are simply a way that a nicotine addict can get a slightly healthier fix iny eyes.
To my awareness,No real long term studies have been conducted on these different types of devices/liquids so any claims and figures are nothing more than educated guess work.
I may be wrong but,I think it's more about generating lost revenue and controlling the market than caring for folk.
On a aside, I've just read the packet my Eliquid came in and its says "if swallowed call the poison centre" that's not really advice you'd expect to see on a harmless,non toxic product is it?
Personally,I don't trust the medical industry anymore than I trust the guy in the local pub with his bag full of dodgey tobacco....
...If you find any of the above incoherent please tell me which bits your struggling to comprehend and I'll try simplify it for you (rolleyes x2)
