Well, most folks on here say they could not have quit without the e-cig. I don't think you get the tar and stuff like in real cigs, but you are still getting nicotine,. I will let the one's who have tried it tell you their stories, I personally feel it is just trading nicotine for nicotine, and it is possible to get hooked on them also. But if you do it right, and sort of cut down as you go, it very well may work for you. It has for others. And I have to agree with the users, that anything that will help get you off those nasty cigs, is worth a try....

Good luck with it
BJ

I quit for over 2 years and I was struggling with weight gain so before I gained more weight I went to a e cig with no nicotine. I love mine and 2 years later I still use it, have I told my doctor, lol no. But if I wasn't doing this I would be back to smoking real ones, so this has to be better considering I have COPD, Asthma, Sleep Apnea and Graves disease. This has to be better than the alternative. Good luck, I usually only use my e cig about 6 puffs a day.

annbower125, what do you smoke in it? There has to be some type of tobacco doesn't there?

I smoked ecig it was the one thing that truly helped me quit, pulmonary. Dr said yes use it better than real cigs, the ones I used were vapor cigs no nicotine . I also used the nicotine
patch for 2weeks

Janet

I use US Light E liquid Nic Level 0mg size 15 ml my freedome smokers

It is a vapor mist however it does have nicotine. Being a 55 year smoker I'm trying to use this and plan to lower the nicotine level as I use it. It's my only hope. I have tried cold turkey the patch the losengers nothing worked. I pray this does. It's my last resort.

Quitting is hard for some people, so I do understand. I tried everything and would get frustrated and stop them and smoke again, then get frustrated with myself and stop smoking and try the aids again. It took my lungs shutting down and a trip to ER where they saved my life, to convince me to never pick up one again. That is me, folks are different. I will hope it works for you, my friend
BJ

I tried virtually every means to quit,,,i was so hooked that the day I returned to private room after 2 weeks intubated, I had a smoke.....so you see I was really weak willed..

Got an upmarket brand not the cheap ones you see at gas stations etc......Quit day 1 and there was no climbing walls or hell week they talk about..

Started on 24mg USA mix n tapered down to zero nicotine in 3 months. I will have a ''smoke'' sometimes with the morning coffee or a beer...

Do I feel better.......100% compared to cigs in fact my nose is so sensitive I feel ill walking past people smoking outside the mall etc etc

Just my opinion.......Peter

when you can not breath getting out of bed anymore..you will stop smoking..i sure did..and e cig...save your money for fun stuff...dite candy, cakes, ice creams..ha ha..
good luck..stopped thinking you need something to unstress with..
it will all work out ok for ya..it has for 1000s of un non smoker now..
hang in their...giving up your life for a poof of smoke is not worth it.

I smoked for years - no freakin lecture but one honest sentence - Everyone totally yes totally quits sooner or later . . .ie; tell me I'm wrong! /h/

I quit after 48 years with the patch but believe me if I could not
quit with anything other than the E-Cig then I would use it and
not look back.

Whatever works is your answer.

Willpower my aunt fanny....it's an addiction and it owns you. So
whatever you need to take back your power DO IT.

And save yourself a lot of grief.

Thank you all for your replys and advice. It is all food for thought. You can never have to much advice and opinions. Linda

i used the e-cig to quit 4 years ago.
it took me about 3 or 4 months to do the e-cig like the "patch program".
i 'stepped down" the nicotene each month until i did zero nicotene for a month & then i quit the e-cig.
to me it is a "stop smoking aid" not a substitute.

the dr told me it was safe, but you never can tell.
i have a freind that has smoked the e-cigs for 4 years now and she figures she is safer.

----personally i wanted to get rid of the habit AND the expense of the habit.
i had tried every way to quit & the e-cig was a godsend to me.
i was able to quit (at my pace) and i've never wanted to smoke again so it worked for me.

good luck to you!!! prayers are with you :)

I just joined this support group today, and I would I'd like to add my own experience with e-cigs, as a person with emphysema. I tried "vaping," as they call it, about 3 years ago, and thought I found the answer for me - I had smoked for over 40 years and had tried quitting a number of times with no success. To me, cutting out the particles and tar in smoke was the point; nicotine, a mild stimulant similar to caffeine, was the least of my worries. I thought that if I could go on 'vaping' forever, it still beat the hell out of cigarette smoking. I did my research online (primarily online forums to hear others' experiences), and went with a popular brand.

After about five weeks of 'vaping', however, I started experiencing severe shortness of breath. My lungs felt "heavy" (that's the only way I can describe it), and breathing was much harder. On online forums I read that some people have reactions to one of the main ingredients of ecigs; there are two - propylene glycol (to produce the mist, like in smoke machines), and glycerine (to give the mist some 'body'. It looked like one of them might be the cause (although I'm not a person who is prone to allergies).

I then experimented by buying the main ingredients separately and combining them in varying ratios to see if I could find the right one that would work for me without giving me SOB. I gave up after about a month. Continuing my research in online forums at that point, I did find one other user in a forum whose mom had emphysema and had to stop using ecigs because she had the same experience. I was sorry to have to give up the ecigs. I did manage to quit cigarettes recently, but that's a whole other story. I just wanted to share my experience with you.

There are several articles on the subject at this link.

http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/good-posts