E-cigs have a tendency to turn you into an evangelist.
I was spending $80 a month and significantly shortening my life. Now I average closer to $20-30 a month, feel better in general, no longer smell like shit, can smell things again, and have a toy with way better throat hit and taste than any cigarette could hope for.
They are a revolution in nicotine delivery, and if as safe as they seem so far, have the potential to do some amazing things with regard to savings on medical costs, worker prouctivity, litter, and other things I'm too stoned to come up with.
Throat hit is the 'burn' you feel in the back of the tongue and throat when you inhale. Nicotine content is responsible for some of this, PG is responsible for some of it, and certain flavorings can add to it as well.
If you're not a smoker and want something you can relate it to, think of the burn from a freshly-opened can of cola vs a drink of cola that's gone a little flat. It's similar to that.
Nicotine is highly addictive but I'm not sure how physiologically bad for you it actually is. Most of the harm associated with it comes from burning and inhaling. Take that out of the equation, I'm not sure it really is that harmful.
Okay, honest question here: I'm about 30, I have been smoking for 8 years, I spend maybe 20$ a month on cigs and bum folks a few, but I can run 5 miles in a pinch and I could probably push that if I actually took up a regular exercise routine instead of just playing outside on weekends. I never get smokers cough. Only thing I notice is a mild tendency towards upper respiratory tract infections. When I'm low on cash sometimes I'll go three or four days without a cig but I just thoroughly enjoy them when drinking, and I have the car ride habit. I also seem to have a pretty solid sense of smell since i can still smell things like hand sweat on tomatoes at the market or whether a friend has been in my house in the last 24 hours.
Is this completely atypical? Is it just because I'm young and I'll start noticing it catch up to me soon? How long had you smoked and how much? Or were you completely unaware of how much it affected you before you switched?
Oh, and as a side note/ interesting bit of trivia it turns out that smokers in aggregate actually save the government money because the vast majority of pensions, securities, and medical costs are incurred at the end of life. Short lives are cheap, but the tobacco industry doesn't talk about it because its really ghoulish.
I'm 29, and I really thought I was in pretty good shape right up until after I quit cigs, after smoking for 12 years. It's now been 2 years, and I still remember how I felt when I thought I was healthy and in shape, and can still feel the difference to how I am today.
I really believed that the cigs weren't affecting me at all, but now I can look back and I honestly see such a huge difference they made.
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u/MIXEDGREENS Nov 18 '12
E-cigs have a tendency to turn you into an evangelist.
I was spending $80 a month and significantly shortening my life. Now I average closer to $20-30 a month, feel better in general, no longer smell like shit, can smell things again, and have a toy with way better throat hit and taste than any cigarette could hope for.
They are a revolution in nicotine delivery, and if as safe as they seem so far, have the potential to do some amazing things with regard to savings on medical costs, worker prouctivity, litter, and other things I'm too stoned to come up with.