Those who know me know I smoke. This year however, I have taken a different approach to my usual attempt to quit my habit.
I spent allot of time reading with interest articles on alternate ways to quit smoking and came across E-Cigarettes when visiting "The Gadget Show Live 2009" in the NEC in Birmingham. I wont go into the details, you can read about the definition of it Here . Whilst the device I purchased didn't give me what I needed, I saw potential so started to research a bit more. I discovered a whole industry had arisen around vaping from the devices you can purchase to the flavours of liquid you could buy. I settled on a "510" type device,
and found that it actually worked for me. Whilst I didn't immediately move away from smoking at first, I decided to take the plunge during Xmas 2009. Over a month in and I haven't smoked normal cigarettes at all.
If you are a smoker and are interested in this, then feel free to check out some of the links below. Also at the bottom of the Blog is a link direct to "Totally Wicked E-Liquids site" which will give a 7.5% discount to you at checkout OR you can use the code LF10 for a 10% discount @ Liberty Flights E-Cigs. I am not promoting this to non-smokers .. please DON'T DO IT. However if you want to try and quit or want to move away from smoking cigarettes then this is worth a try.
Liberty Flights E-Cigs
Totally Wicked E-Liquid
This method will not work for every smoker, but having tried most normal methods for quitting, this has so far been the most successful for me.
Whats the appeal versus real cigarettes ? Well, I get my nicotine fix still, I don't stink, I feel better, my family is happier and these things aren't as harmful as Cigarettes. Google is your friend if you want to look into this.
I've also found some friendly communities of like minded people through some of the forums out there and discovered a nice support network in the process as well.. So far, all in all a positive experience. Forum links below.
Liberty Flights Forums
UK Vapers Forums
Totally Wicked E-Cig Forums
CHANGES ARE AFOOT HOWEVER
The MRHA (UK equivalent of the US FDA) is looking ( on behalf of our government) to "regulate" the use of Nicotine in recreational products. This could potentially be very bad for the "Vaping" industry as a whole. I can understand some of the reasons behind it, but my concern is that there will be an outright ban on said products without any thought for people who are using them as a very good form of NRT ( Nicotine replacement Therapy). This is a current hot topic for most of the forums above. Obviously lots of people have their own opinions on what is actually happening, but interestingly enough, nearly all of those people don't want to see our alternative method of smoking being made illegal. We will see what happens, but don't let it put you off trying to get away from the "evil" weed :)
Thanks for reading this one.
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