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BBC Article

Smokers should be offered and encouraged to use e-cigarettes to help them quit, says a leading medical body.
The Royal College of Physicians says there is resounding evidence that e-cigarettes are "much safer" than smoking and aid quitting.

It says fears that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking are unfounded.

Around one in 20 adults in England uses e-cigarettes, and nearly all of these are ex-smokers or current smokers who are trying to cut down or quit.

And in terms of long-term health hazards, e-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than regular cigarettes - something Public Health England has also said.
But that does not mean they are entirely risk-free.

I would welcome this as I used them myself to quit smoking both tobacco and weed. My gran who smoked cigarettes for fifty years also quit them using one.

 

[Volimar]

Some e cigs have some pretty nasty chems in them. But if they were regulated, I'd be on board with this.

 

[Mendrox]

Some e cigs have some pretty nasty chems in them. But if they were regulated, I'd be on board with this.

Just mix it yourself. It's way cheaper and you know what you got in there. Paying about 20cent for 10ml tasty liquid. Isn't even complicated.

 

[Eusis]

I figure as a tapering off mechanism they can be great. Issue was usually about if they were actually safe enough for use around others, and it seemed to me the ultimate answer was "no."

 

[Joe Spangle]

I switched to an e cig after smoking for about 16 years. used it for a few months and then quit smoking altogether. I would say they definitely helped me quit.

 

[Surface of Me]

Some e cigs have some pretty nasty chems in them. But if they were regulated, I'd be on board with this.

Pretty easy to find a good shop and stick with them for your liquids. Plenty of them to choose from and plenty of people to help you on board. E-Cigs help me quit for 6+ months until my shitty e-cig finally broke, but to be fair I did buy the shittiest, cheapest one I could find. Actually I didnt even buy it, my roomie gave me his old one. Anyways, I need to get back on that train. You get your taste back in a few days, feel much healthier after about a month, and it is cheaper. I will say vaping doesnt quit feel as good as taking a drag when drunk.

I figure as a tapering off mechanism they can be great. Issue was usually about if they were actually safe enough for use around others, and it seemed to me the ultimate answer was "no."

You are misinformed, the answer is yes.

 

[siddx]

My doctor recommended I use an ecig years ago to help quit a 15 year smoking habit. It worked. I took it slow and weaned myself off over months but I eventually got there. And it would have never happened without an ecig, which is why I despise those smug fucking vape memes.

 

[Surface of Me]

My doctor recommended I use an ecig years ago to help quit a 15 year smoking habit. It worked. I took it slow and weaned myself off over months but I eventually got there. And it would have never happened without an ecig, which is why I despise those smug fucking vape memes.

Yeah, I guess I kinda get the whole "vape=mouth fedora" thing because you have those few assholes that will vape in the middle of class or a movie. However, at the end of the day all those memes do is mock people for trying to be healthier. It is literally like yelling at the fat person you see jogging down the street something like "SLOW DOWN MC DONALDS AINT GONNA RUN OUT OF NUGGETS TUBBO"

 

[Rizific]

Smoked for 12 years and ecigs got me off of cigarettes. Would always scratch my head when those "studies" would claim that they aren't effective smoking cessation devices. Bunch of bullshit

 

[Seraph_Nicholas]

Huh.

So inhaling steam is substantially safer than inhaling smoke? Shocking!

If only there was some form of sense that was common to everyone. I could have been saved five years of clueless jackasses telling me 'It's not PROVEN to be safer!'

 

[roflwaffles]

I haven't had a cig in about a year thanks to mine, leaning off of it now to eventually be off nic altogether.