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Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by pessimizer on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:13AM (#12863638)
Rolling cigarettes feels good. E-cigarettes allow you to keep all of your addictive habits and mannerisms other than rolling, and it's all of those habits that are the addiction; you're physically off nicotene in a couple of weeks, and you're mentally off within a month or two. I was once able to roll a cigarette while riding a bike; now I have a skill that I'll never use again.

I'm creeped out by whatever's in e-cigs. I'm don't know why everyone is so sure that constantly inhaling propylene glycol for years on end is safe, or that all that's in that mystery imported off-brand liquid is propylene glycol. I of course find it extremely likely that it's less unhealthy than smoking.

I quit through using Swedish snus. I think it was crucial that snus isn't fun, and gives you nothing to do with your hands. To gradually wean off nicotene, just leave the portions in longer. Twenty-year smoker, two-year snuser, four years tobacco-free.

Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by psyc on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:28AM (#12863736)
I hate to say it, but after puffing an e-cig for a couple years, it became extremely painful for my throat and lungs, to the point I couldn't even bear a single puff anymore without pain and a coughing fit. I actually went back to tobacco.
Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by NTripleOne on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:55AM (#12863933)
That sounds like a PG or VG sensitivity issue to me.
Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by psyc on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:18AM (#12864661)
Is it more likely I developed sensitivity after 2 years, or switched types without realizing it? I liked all the other benefits of vaping.
Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by NTripleOne on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:41AM (#12871126)
I really don't know to be honest, if you're not paying attention it's pretty easy to accidentally buy the wrong mix and then end up with something that'll fuck your throat up for weeks.