tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post4560250167652952362..comments2023-07-29T05:02:27.424-07:00Comments on Glimpses Through The Mist: A Five Year JourneyKristin Noll-Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805939875041788133noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-85655278452212357942015-08-07T15:57:19.426-07:002015-08-07T15:57:19.426-07:00I enjoyed reading this Kristin I followed a simila...I enjoyed reading this Kristin I followed a similar path. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-7883246688618684472014-09-20T06:44:26.437-07:002014-09-20T06:44:26.437-07:00Kristin,
I LOVE your story of your 'accidental...Kristin,<br />I LOVE your story of your 'accidental quitting' - same here! It was also the flavors for myself, as well, that made the transition much better, too. I had resigned myself to smoking until the day I died as well. <br />I agree with you about the sheer frustration that e-cigs are NOT "AS" ACCEPTED and SO FOUGHT AGAINST when ALL WE HEAR is QUIT SMOKING, QUIT SMOKING, QUIT SMOKING! So we DO quit smoking with these practically HARMLESS devices, and you see what we MUST FIGHT EVERY DAY! Why, I ask? This IS what EVERYONE wanted us to do in the first place! We did it!<br />Ah, yes! POLITICS AND MONEY!!! They are missing the $$$$$! How DARE we find a way to quit smoking 'other than' the way the government can control us! WE have TAKEN OVER OUR OWN LIVES AND THE GOVERNMENT DOES "NOT" LIKE IT! SHAME ON THEM! Basing everything on MONEY! SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!<br />There WILL be a day when the government is going to HAVE TO GIVE UP TOBACCO TAXES! "THEY" are the ones who keep preaching to us, along with our doctors, to quit smoking. The SECOND WE DO, this is the HUGE fight we are up against! Grrrrrrrrr!!!! So, what is it? DO they REALLY want us to quit, or, this has just become a GAME they play because they KNOW we cannot just quit on our own! Electronic cigarettes have thrown EVERYONE (tobacco companies, politicians, states, etc.), for a loop. A STINGY LOOP that is at the DETRIMENT OF TRADITIONAL TOBACCO SMOKERS! HOW WRONG!!!<br />EVERYTHING boils down to money! What would they all have done if people had just quit the traditional tobacco cigarette without anything like the electronic cigarette? Nothing! Their hands would have been tied, and they SHOULD be tied now, too! They just don't like that WE have taken control of our health, and it just so happens that there is a 'product' out there that helped us do it, so it takes ALL the heat!<br />I thank God for electronic cigarettes, or I 'would' have gone to my grave from traditional tobacco cigarettes.<br />I just WISH the cities, states, politicians, health workers and MORE would give us a break and just say, "Thanks!" We took a HUGE step by taking control over our own lives! NOTHING THAT IS PRO-HEALTH, and in this situation is PRO-LIFE SHOULD BE KNOCKED DOWN, MADE TO LOOK BAD, LIES BE TOLD, ETC.! This IS, after all, what they wanted us to do. Quit smoking. Quit smoking. Quit smoking.WE DID!<br />Thanks for your article! Thanks for ALL you and the rest of CASAA does!<br />The ONLY place I faithfully give money to each month IS CASAA! Religiously! MORE often than I would do a church or other organization! Other traditional tobacco cigarette smokers DESERVE THE RIGHT TO QUIT SMOKING WITH ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES!<br />I would also MUCH rather see my young adult kids OVER 18 USE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OVER TRADITIONAL TOBACCO CIGARETTES "ANY DAY"! I even help my college age kids to be able to afford them since they are school poor! ANYTHING that can be EXTREMELY MORE HEALTHY than the rotten traditional tobacco cigaretttes that contain OVER 4,000 chemicals with OVER 70 of them BEING CARCINOGENIC! What is carcinogenic about elecronic cigarettes? NOTHING! HA!<br />I HOPE MORE PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO CASAA EACH MONTH BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT CASAA DOES! BRAVO, AND THANK YOU!!!!<br />Thank you SO MUCH for standing up for us! For helping us! For going to places to help us and so much more! CASAA has done SO MUCH WORK ALL FOR "OUR" (the electronic cigarette users) BENEFIT! Thank you to each and every one of you on the board who work/fight so hard for us!<br />PEOPLE - CONSIDER DONATING MONEY EVERY MONTH EVEN IF IT IS ONLY $10. EVERY BIT ADDS UP AND HELPS THEM STAND UP FOR US!<br />It is the BEST money WE can spend!<br />Again, thank you!lauriehere.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313379396004112698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-66444806817523087822014-07-25T22:49:25.276-07:002014-07-25T22:49:25.276-07:00Your comment on how your experience has changed yo...Your comment on how your experience has changed your politics sounds so familiar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394082375962288773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-64755347299470652072014-07-24T21:55:05.165-07:002014-07-24T21:55:05.165-07:00very good indeedvery good indeedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828899183041416521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-45401251748523755952014-07-24T15:17:20.698-07:002014-07-24T15:17:20.698-07:00Your story is so familiar to me. Like you, I never...Your story is so familiar to me. Like you, I never wanted to quit, just to avoid the nannying, bullying and stigma attached to my smoking habit - and, of course, the swingeing 'sin tax'! But I too liked the flavours, the freedom, the approbation of friends and family that I found in vaping. Then I got involved in the political side (against my better judgment!) stung by the unjust, unscientific, unfair attacks on e-cigs. Now I blog, comment, criticise and shout the cause of vaping at every opportunity. I thank you for the work that you do, and I will help you in any way I can to overturn the bad legislation that is being aimed at our safer, if not harmless, pursuit. Keep on advocating; it's our only hope!Geoff Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792854945403024382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-31574788313348513112014-07-24T13:40:54.788-07:002014-07-24T13:40:54.788-07:00Thanks for your own story and a lesson of the hist...Thanks for your own story and a lesson of the history of the e-cig. I hope you see the day when CASAA is no longer needed. But it seems more realistic to expect that our kids will feel the need to join CASAA too. Phönixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11679016781190518573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-5565770096887760832014-07-23T18:33:51.281-07:002014-07-23T18:33:51.281-07:00Nice! Castello here :)Nice! Castello here :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com