Did you or do you smoke?

[Friday]

Doesn't vaping come with its own set of health issues?

Undoubtedly. It's just far too new for us to know what they all are, yet.

The ones we already know about are microbiological (contaminated juice, which is super common, as there's no regulating anything as yet. Some manufacturers maintain FDA grade standards, others don't, and there's no requirement for them too. Yet. But right now a lot of places just have vats of the stuff that customers custom mix themselves. Cross-contamination galore.); oil-based pneumonia (same as restaurant workers get, it's gnarly hard to treat); crystallization of the lung tissue (just like with mentholated cigarettes); and a few others that vary wildly based on ingredients. Some things are just not meant to be inhaled. Including food based things. Our digestive tract is built for them, our respiratory tract? Not so much.

I'm curious what the effects of my fav juice will be in 30 years. It's aged in bourbon barrels. So, on the upside? FDA & ATF quality standards. Downside? That lovely deep smokey sweet vanilla flavor comes from "vanillans" which are a part of the wood (why the alcohol gets flavored with them, as well). What will inhaling wood chemicals do? No one knows. Shrug. Anything that's been out for less than a generation? We're pretty clueless on. Anything out for less than 2 generations? We may know short term effects, but not the long term effects. ANYTHING new on the market? You're signing up to be part of the Human Trials Round 2.

 

[anthony]

I remember reading a conclusion in a study some years ago, and it had a line that just smacked you in the face about human lungs, something along the lines of: "lungs are not physically designed to handle inhaling any substance other than the specific air ratio required for us to breathe."

Using that analogy, I would assume anything you put into your lungs that is not for breathing, is possibly going to cause some type of issue at some point.

 

[nowthisisme]

A little late to the party...
I started smoking at 16 quite when i was 26. I just began vaping last week (33) and i live it! i brought the nicotine free liquid with a kinda barry flavor and just taking a drag was such a relief. it doesnt leave a bad smell or after taste. it did bother my chest a little and had a cough for a fee days but i love it .. a little to much lol

 

[mumstheword]

I took it up at 16. Was in a adolescent psych hospital at the time and all the kids went out for smoko breaks.
I moved on to joints in no time. I smoked a lot of pot until 2010. Tried vaping Cannabis after that for a little while as my lungs couldn't hack it anymore. Moved on to Damiana and herbal smoking mixes for a little while. I had my last hit of hydro weed in a bong in 2011, which gave me brain convultions and black outs and quit smoking any and all things from them on, late 2011. I haven't touched pot in any form, edible or otherwise, ok maybe one cookie one Mardi Grass 5 years ago (yes we have an entire festival devoted to all things Cannabis related compete with a Mardi Gras-like March, in my home town) however, even though, apparently, medical use is recognised as a legal thing for some, from last year, you'd be hard pressed to find a doctor to prescribe it and there seems to be no legal outlets to purchase from, anyway. Oh I tried the CBD edible oil earlier this year (my ex gave it to me, he is master of weed), not too fussed on that either, but I don't think it was a good quality oil.

 

[user27357]

I quit for the last time the easy way- in a hospital with a pain medication button that when pushed dosed me with belladonna, or "hospital Heroin'. After a week and a day of that I was weaned to Vicodin, but I still couldn't have had a cigarette if I had wanted one, I was not allowed to walk alone let alone go outside and off property. By the time I got out I was free of the nicotine and I haven't even been able to smell the stuff without a bad repulsion to the smell since. I can't even stand being stuck in traffic near someone smoking and holding the cigarette out their window, I pull over and try again with another set of traffic "neighbors'. That's a funny thing, but the smell absolutely makes me feel queasy and I used to wake up reaching for my pack and lighter, every day.
I can't recommend physical trauma and long hospital stays as a way to quit, but I know lots of people do quit in conjunction with other major life changes, like divorce or moving to a new city, going back to school or getting a new job. Somehow, breaking routine helps.