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You’re right, pyrazines are added to make nicotine more addictive. Tobacco industry moved into the food industry and added additives to fast food to make it more addictive. Nicotine on its own has actually some quite positive influence on the brain as in helping you to focus better. We also have nicotine receptors in our bodies! Some veggies contain small amounts of nicotine, eg eggplant, potatoes etc. Vaping is a cleaner way of delivering nicotine, since there is no combustion and no tar generated by burning tobacco, less harmful additives included too. Many cigarette smokers have been able to quit cigarettes thanks to vapes. Yes, still harmful, but very much less so. Furthermore, no mess, no dirty, smelly ashtrays, no discarded buts, and many of the flavours are odourless and no second hand smoke.

I am surprised how well it’s worked for me. I have COPD and also had what is apparently called IBS. I’ve had many sessions of acupuncture and visceral manipulation. My gut is 100% restored AND for the first time in 15 yrs excessive mucus production in my lungs have ceased. It’s like a new “air chamber” has opened up and the diaphragm has much more movement. After so many failed visits to hospitals, tons of drugs, misdiagnosis, awful side effects, I finally decided to try something else. No one is more surprised than I am. This has taught me to be humble and listen to the body. I will reserve my hospital/allopathic visits for acute problems and emergencies. I will trust TCM for metabolic and chronic problems. Allopathic drugs just work with symptoms and actually cause more problems than they solve, IMHO.

I totally agree with you there. I never dared dabble in stronger “stuff”, knowing my addiction to cigarettes, I knew what dangers could/would lie down the road. 😅

I hear you and understand and agree with your point. My further point is, since when has anything distracted teens from experimenting? I wish I never did experiment with cigarettes when I was a teen ager. Oh the awful feeling, even vomiting from the rush of nicotine, unfortunately made me even more determined to be “cool”. Thankfully that same experience didn’t go the same way with alcohol. Again, the vomiting from it. That, for some reason made me respectful about alcohol. Since then I never overdid the alcohol part. Wish I had heeded the lesson with cigarettes. After some 40 hrs or so with heavy smoking, it was reasonably easy to switch to vaping. All other cessation devices failed, I tried them all. However, it is irresponsible to make vaping devices attractive to young people by design and flavours popular with teens. Regulation should see to that. But regulation cannot take place in a country where the black market rules galore due to what I consider an irresponsible decision to declare vaping illegal, but smoking is legal. The bottom line comes to WHO decides which poison is acceptable to society, which then boils down to 💰.

For me it was an excellent tool to quit cigarettes.

Let’s see if this works, link above did not. Vaping myths and the facts There can be some confusion about vapes (sometimes called e-cigarettes or e-cigs). This is not surprising, because there is lots of misleading information out there. Here are some of the most common myths about vaping, and the facts based on scientific evidence and data. Important It is important to remember that vaping is not completely harmless. Children and non-smokers should never vape. Myth 1: Vaping is just as harmful as smoking Fact Nicotine vaping is not risk-free, but it is less harmful than smoking. In 2022, UK experts reviewed the international evidence and found that "in the short and medium-term, vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking". Cigarettes release thousands of different chemicals when they burn – many are poisonous and up to 70 cause cancer. Most of the harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke, including tar and carbon monoxide, are not contained in vape aerosol. People who switch completely from smoking to vaping have reduced exposure to toxins associated with risks of cancer, lung disease, heart disease and stroke. Myth 2: Nicotine is very harmful to health Fact While nicotine is a highly addictive drug, it does not contain toxic chemicals found in cigarettes, including tar and tobacco. It is the many other toxic chemicals contained in tobacco smoke that cause almost all the harm from smoking. Nicotine itself does not cause cancer, lung disease, heart disease or stroke and has been used safely for many years in medicines to help people stop smoking. Myth 3: Vaping does not help people quit smoking Fact Nicotine vapes are one of the most effective stop smoking aids. Evidence shows that nicotine vapes are actually more effective than nicotine replacement therapies, like patches or gum. Some people find vaping helps them because the hand-to-mouth action is like smoking, plus you get similar sensations, like "throat hit". It's important to choose an e-liquid with enough nicotine to reduce withdrawal symptoms and urges to smoke. A specialist vape shop or your local Stop Smoking Service can advise you. Find out more about using vapes to quit smoking. Information: Almost two-thirds of people who use a vape along with support from their local Stop Smoking Service successfully quit smoking. Myth 4: Switching to a vape is just swapping one harmful addiction for another Fact While vapes contain the same addictive substance as cigarettes, vaping nicotine is less harmful. Smoking gives you nicotine by burning tobacco, which creates many harmful toxins that can cause serious illnesses including cancer, lung disease, heart disease and stroke. Vaping gives you nicotine by heating an e-liquid, which is less harmful. Vaping exposes users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. When you are ready and feel sure you won't go back to smoking, you can gradually reduce the nicotine strength in your e-liquid and your vaping frequency until you have stopped fully and are nicotine-free. Myth 5: People use vapes more frequently than cigarettes – that must be worse Fact It is normal to vape more frequently than you used to smoke, and this is not more harmful. Each puff on a vape carries a small fraction of the risks of a puff on a cigarette. Vaping is different from smoking in the way it delivers nicotine to the brain. With smoking, you get a very quick hit in the short time it takes to smoke a cigarette. With vaping, generally it takes longer for nicotine to reach the brain and you need to "sip" on your vape more frequently. Information: It's important to use your vape as much as you need to help you stop smoking and stay quit. Myth 6: Vapes are not regulated and we do not know what's in them Fact In the UK, nicotine vaping products are tightly regulated for safety and quality. All products for sale must be notified to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) with detailed information including listing of all ingredients. Information: Always buy your vaping products from a reputable supplier like a specialist vape shop, pharmacy, supermarket or a UK-based online retailer so they are covered by UK safety and quality regulations. Myth 7: Vaping causes 'popcorn lung' Fact Vaping does not cause "popcorn lung", the common name for a rare disease called bronchiolitis obliterans. The disease was found in a group of factory workers exposed to a chemical (diacetyl) used to flavour popcorn. Diacetyl is contained in cigarette smoke, but it is banned as an ingredient in UK-regulated nicotine vapes and e-liquids. Myth 8: Exposure to vape aerosol is harmful to people around you Fact There is no evidence so far that vaping is harmful to people around you. While secondhand smoke from cigarettes causes serious harm to others, there is no evidence so far that vaping is harmful to people around you, and any risks are likely to be very low. But as a precaution, it is best not to vape around babies and children if you can avoid it. Young children often copy what adults do. Always be considerate when vaping around anyone else, especially people with health conditions like asthma who might be more sensitive to vape aerosol.

Yes vaping is less harmful than smoking, due to no combustion, no burning of tobacco, hence no tar and much less formaldehyde and 100’s of chemicals. You can choose the amount of nicotine, and you can go less and less as you wish. Below is a link for more explanation if anyone is interested. https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/ready-to-quit-smoking/vaping-to-quit-smoking/vaping-myths-and-the-facts/

Sweden, maybe? 😂

Or for those who simply just can’t eat a huge volume of food.

I lived in Shanghai for 14 yrs, and the Chinese seem to adopt the same system. I remember someone in China told me that the age starts with conception????!!!!

Hi ikr, I have some questions re e-cigs and liquid, how to contact you?

It’s a shame these days with little tolerance for anyone who deviates from our own righteous, precious norms of how to behave, what to do etc. Yes, we should all conform like robots, non smoking, non drinking (except for water), quiet well-behaved little robots. Cannabis (I do t use it FYI), does have a role in calming anxiousness, relaxation etc. We are adults and can decide when it’s necessary to go to a doctor or not, so leave people alone. smoking cigarettes too, nicotine has its good side too; for concentration and its dopamine effect. Vaping, also a nicotine delivery system does the same, but with LESS harmful consequences, since there is not burning/combustion included, quite hypocritical to allow smoking but not vaping. These latter two so called vices can irritate people who don’t use it because of the smell, that’s why smoking areas were created and should be adhered to. Drinking alcohol in excess is also annoying to others, since it causes behavioural changes and often not pleasant ones. could we please stop judging people, each individual is different, each has his own “story” to tell. We are not robots as much as some governments would like to make us such. But for those of us/them who use substances that can be irritating to others, why not quietly do so in designated areas. The problem arises when some “do-gooder” thinks this isn’t enough! It should be prohibited, because it doesn’t fit into their norm of what one should be doing or not, where the problems arise. Scorning people because they eat too much, drink too much, smoke, vape use Cannabis becomes an obsession. Their lives are made up of little boxes where each puzzle of life must fit in neatly. They simply can’t just live and breathe. I think it’s also a bit of fear involved, “am I missing something”, or maybe just a dislike of someone not fitting in to a wishful society pattern? Why it should be so bothersome beats me! Every human is somewhat different, in chemical make-up, in appearance, in life experiences, there is no “one size fits all”, as much as many seems to think it should be. There are chemical smells everywhere, from annoying “room sanitisers”, cars, chlorine in pools (yes necessary), leaking sewerage systems, pesticides, alcohol wipes everywhere - and yes these too are caused by humans but meet very less noisy complaints. Could we please exercise a little more tolerance for what’s “outside our personal boxes”?

Less than 2 weeks ago, I noticed on my phone that a transaction of about THB1,500:- was made with my Visa K-bank debit card. It wasn’t me, I was having a nice massage. Called the bank, they immediately refunded the money, disabled the card so I had to reapply and get a new card at the bank. I could see that the purchase was from a stationary shop in the US that does not even deal with overseas internet shopping! It’s not the first time it’s happened, before with an overseas credit card. it’s highly annoying, I wonder how this can happen. ChatGPT has many explanations of this. I always believe I’m being cautious, but evidently not enough.

Are you supposed to carry these cans with you every time you go out? Are you supposed to ask your opponent to hang on whilst you rummage through your pockets or bag to retrieve said cans?

What happened to “when in Rome do as the Romans do”?