Five weeks ago I received an early Christmas present from my sister. It is a vaporising thingy to stop me smoking roll-ups. It is working but with a few teething problems. Getting sufficient nicotine is a major one as the strongest liquid I have found is 1.8% nicotine and as I can't inhale the vapour I have to sit for ages sucking, holding it in my mouth and breathing through my nose.
I used to smoke about 10gms of tobacco a day. I have smoked 30gms in thirty five days and the longest period without a roll-up is fifteen days. I had a major problem a couple of nights ago and my auto breathing response failed to function. I was mildly frightened until I recalled my para-medic training. I exhaled and inhaled into a paper bag and after a few repetitions everything returned to normal. This still happens and I think an inhaler full of nicotine would solve the problem, possibly more paper bags, they get all soggy with spit and gunge. Assuming such inhalers are available it would require a trip to a doctor and the last thing I want is to get on that merry-go-round. Too many of my peers have had their lives extended but the quality of life ruined by opting for medical assistance for old age. Doctors are fine if one is lying in a mangled heap under a motorbike or horse not so good when things start wearing out.
The upside of vaporising is the beauty of the atomiser heads. I now have two as I purchased a top fill one. Bottom fill are a bugger to use as the bloody liquid goes all over. Explains why they only sell it in tiny pots.
This is the original bottom fill unit. It's sitting on a bottle of Dry Tickly Cough medicine, another down side.
This is the new one, they are beautifully made in aluminium and Pyrex. They aren't cheap but I'm hoping to get my money and more back by suing the government for stress caused by the posed pictures they pop on tobacco packaging. The lass in the CO-OP does try to find me the one showing the damage done to my unborn baby but these being popular sometimes I had to have the picture of a man with a rotten tongue or a hole in his neck. If that doesn't work I'll try the discrimination angle. All the pictures are of hideously white folk. Don't black or brown folk get cancer? Of course they do but to show suffering black people would be racist. We just have to tolerate whites suffering and the stress caused by seeing pictures of it.
Here is the vaper vaping. Grand it is, much better than the revolting e-cigarettes, not as good as a roll-up but better for me, I hope.
Have fun.
I used to smoke about 10gms of tobacco a day. I have smoked 30gms in thirty five days and the longest period without a roll-up is fifteen days. I had a major problem a couple of nights ago and my auto breathing response failed to function. I was mildly frightened until I recalled my para-medic training. I exhaled and inhaled into a paper bag and after a few repetitions everything returned to normal. This still happens and I think an inhaler full of nicotine would solve the problem, possibly more paper bags, they get all soggy with spit and gunge. Assuming such inhalers are available it would require a trip to a doctor and the last thing I want is to get on that merry-go-round. Too many of my peers have had their lives extended but the quality of life ruined by opting for medical assistance for old age. Doctors are fine if one is lying in a mangled heap under a motorbike or horse not so good when things start wearing out.
The upside of vaporising is the beauty of the atomiser heads. I now have two as I purchased a top fill one. Bottom fill are a bugger to use as the bloody liquid goes all over. Explains why they only sell it in tiny pots.
Have fun.
succes hopelijk heb je er baat bij.
ReplyDeleteBas, als het mij niet eerst vermoordt.
ReplyDeleteNow there is absolute proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who else would have seen it? Those last two pics are just lovely. Good luck with the quit smoking effort. I finally kicked the habit about four years ago. Everyone else seems to be able to remember the exact length of time down to the hour that they quit. I'm glad I finally did it but I quite often just miss a fag. And I do feel a lot better when walking, etc. Happy vaping!
ReplyDeletePauline, I think it will work this time. Some days I feel okay but for the most part I feel pretty awful.
DeleteDon't rely on the juices from the newsagents, they're cheap and nasty tasting. Try finding a vape shop, though judging by the atomiser head you might have done already.
ReplyDeleteMy tobacco amount was equivalent to yours and I started off at 18mg of nicotine (highest is 24mg)and worked down to 3mg of nicotine. The added bonus of a food vape store is you can try out the massive range of flavours before you buy. If your vape tank/mod has adjustable wattage this also improves the nicotine intake. As does the coil.
I fear that stopping of breathing is common with the cheaper juices
Douglas, yes I use a vape shop. I find the one in Cupar very interesting. Mine battery is adjustable and I use a 70/30 PG/VG mix my current preference is for blackberry and raspberry but most fruit ones seem fine.
DeleteI will try reducing the nicotine content as someone else mentioned that they find the 1.8% a bit harsh.
I've stayed with 18mg since I first started. It was the tobacco flavoured liquids I found to be too harsh for me. I think we each have to find what suits us best and that takes time and experimentation.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I'm getting it sorted. I'll try some weaker stuff when next in Cupar. There do seem to be many variables.
DeleteKeep up the good work Adrian and with a bit of perseverance you'll get there in no time,
ReplyDeleteand you'll soon be able to outrun those two sidekicks of yours!...[;o)
Trevor, it's not too bad I'll make it. I'll have to tie their legs together first but they are getting older so we'll see.
DeleteI hadn't even realised that this vaping thing had gone beyonde e-cigs, Adrian. I thought those shops were just selling different varieties of e-cigs. Used to be a heavy smoker myself. Tried switching from cigs to cigars but decided inhaling that was worse for my health. Ended up smoking a pipe all day and inhaling that! Eventually went cold-turkey - just stopped dead! Not good for the first few months and took years before I totally lost the cravings. Used to have nighmares that I'd accidentally accepted a cig from someone - been about 40 years now and not even a single trangression.
ReplyDeleteYou'll get there if you're determined.
I like that last image, but I still haven't a clue what the total assembled setup looks like and how it works.
Best wishes - - - Richard
Richard.good to hear you cracked it.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling better since I wrote this.
There are many styles of vaporiser just look on the internet. The shops are interesting but then I enjoy specialist shops.
It was 0845 and I'd just bought 50 Piccadilly Tipped and smoked a couple. The office junior came into the office and I said that I would like a cup of tea at morning teatime. "You don't drink tea, Sir." "I do this morning it's these cigarettes, they make you thirsty." With that I threw the box to the other side of my office and vowed never to smoke another cigarette. I never have. That was 50 years and 4 months ago. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteGraham, I have always enjoyed a smoke, whilst at sea I had to stop as many boats were no smoking. It never bothered me from a week to ten weeks until a day out from port and then I became manic. As soon as the vessel was tied up and I'd had a cursory check to make sure it was going to both stay alongside and not hang itself I was down the gangplank scattering unsuspecting ascending customs officials to scrounge a fag from the nearest line handler.
ReplyDeleteI went off readymades when they all became bland and about the same. I enjoyed trying different tobaccos in tobogganists. I like a roll-up with or without additional herbs. The herbs were a definite NoNo at work as they used to drug test us by taking a nail clipping and if one had bitten ones nails to the quick the little devils took a hair sample. Reckoned they could detect a Klinton/Cameron* non inhaled spliff puff for up to twelve weeks. I never risked it but must have looked a bonny bugger with no nails and a Yul Brynner head.
I think the vapor machine has me sorted. Just waiting now for the Exchequer to slap 500% tax on the juice. Never mind we all have to do our bit, half a dozen nurses watching telly and dozing round a nurses station do not pay for themselves.
* We never had to fib as we were provided with a wonderful little book. Good job Willy Clinton didn't have one as it was titled " Seamans Discharge Book." Bet Gaz has one all his discharges will be noted with a short comment on his performance.
I was surprised to learn in the preceding comment that you enjoyed trying different tobaccos in tobogganists. What did you do in tobacconists, go sledding? (Sorry for the snarkiness, I just can’t restrain myself.)
ReplyDeleteYes Bob it's an old colonialist joke, some of us like word play, find it amusing.
ReplyDeletewhen at last I realized that smoking was slavery, I stopped !
ReplyDeletetruly it was not easy, but today I feel free !!!
Marty, it is very difficult and terrible when I feel so much worse for stopping. Gittane were wonderful.
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