tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.comments2023-07-29T05:02:27.424-07:00Glimpses Through The MistKristin Noll-Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805939875041788133noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-42276330758841330792019-08-11T05:55:50.597-07:002019-08-11T05:55:50.597-07:00Hi Kristin, I'm staring down my 10th year toba...Hi Kristin, I'm staring down my 10th year tobacco free thanks to vaping (9/3). We met virtually those many years ago on the forums. The last thing I expected back then was that we would still be debunking all the same nonsense compounded with even more new nonsense in the present. I leave my story in comments when I come across misinformed articles or misinformed commenters - usually both - but much more so lately than before I am ridiculed or dismissed by a lot of know it alls who seemed to know better than everybody about everything. I've also called, written, signed petitions and taken up every call to action all these years when it ultimately feels almost futile.<br /><br />I too moved from only tobacco liquids to a variety of flavors , fruits , bakery , cocktails etc.. Most of which I mix myself. I also build and wick my own coils. If it all goes south I don't think I'll have too much trouble with obtaining PG, VG, flavorings. Kinda hard to ban cotton and wire. Nicotine may become more difficult but that's easy to freeze and store. I'm far from needing a bunker but I'm pretty insulated I hope. If this sounds like me looking out for me - it is. Ten years of the same fight has taken a lot of the fight out of me.<br /><br />Great read - thank you for having the fight left in you. Say Hi to JustJulie.<br />CheersSlighternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-23037848913434821792019-08-10T15:34:18.940-07:002019-08-10T15:34:18.940-07:00Great Article Kristen. I am on my fifth year of v...Great Article Kristen. I am on my fifth year of vaping after smoking for almost 50 years. My family is really happy about this. I can now play with my grandchildren without huffing and puffing. I am so sick of the lies perpetrated by others against vaping. In the beginning I used tobacco flavored e-liquid and now can't even stand the taste of it, but I do love my Strawberry, Pomegranate flavor. I'm worried about next year when I may not even have access to my vapes. With the amount of stress I am under I am truly afraid.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379929396634918359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-50000393001204168632019-08-10T09:00:09.737-07:002019-08-10T09:00:09.737-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939664323593831764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-29766800639058869682019-08-10T08:59:04.007-07:002019-08-10T08:59:04.007-07:00I am a 74 year old vapor. In 2007, I was struck do...I am a 74 year old vapor. In 2007, I was struck down with a stroke due to smoking cigarettes. My son-in-law introduced me to vaping in an effort to stop smoking the coffin nails, and I am still here to say that it worked almost immediately. From a pack/pack and a half a day habit to none done cold turkey was nothing short of a divine intervention, because I have used pipes, chew, patches, and gum in the past to stop smoking. None of which worked.<br />Now that I am an eleven year plus vapor, clear of my old habit, healthy as any 74 year old can be, lungs operating at 100% O2 saturation now with no COPD, no annual bout of pneumonia, smelling better, tasting food like food should taste, and here comes along the FDA. They, who are responsible for our health, bring some bullshit regulations to blindside a product on our “free market” that works toward a more healthy lifestyle. Smells like Big Tobacco money to me. But who am I? A nobody! Just an old man, in a small town in Georgia, and nothing more than a cry in the wilderness.<br />I am now retired, on a very limited income, but have a computer with Internet access, and a somewhat limited command of the English language; thus will go forth in the fight that if you want to get a vote from me, or any other human being with any common sense, you best be forthright positive toward vaping. I will put forth this message to all that I can. Your cancer money cannot buy this or silence this message as We The People are going to overcome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939664323593831764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-16007662477480651042019-07-23T19:23:55.068-07:002019-07-23T19:23:55.068-07:00Excellent post and right on point, thank you!Excellent post and right on point, thank you!L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00843293630285948691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-81758193650460890102019-07-22T19:07:17.299-07:002019-07-22T19:07:17.299-07:00Great job Kristen! Great job Kristen! Charlie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170940058560007145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-34572769309712887432019-07-22T17:52:46.677-07:002019-07-22T17:52:46.677-07:00I am 64 and I smoked for 42 years before using a v...I am 64 and I smoked for 42 years before using a vapor product over 6 years ago. I stopped smoking! Everyone was so proud and happy but now I guess they are supposed to be horrified because of lies. I am lucky my closest people are well educated and have reasoned out for themselves that vape is so much better than BURNING a leaf stick and inhaling it which if anyone has common sense and sat too close to a campfire knows is a fact!! It is shameful what these public health groups are doing and it is no wonder few people believe anything they spout anymore!!Djohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952984508390633967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-31747605037797996072019-07-22T15:07:04.671-07:002019-07-22T15:07:04.671-07:00Thank you ma'am! I am about to hit my 8 year m...Thank you ma'am! I am about to hit my 8 year mark of switching to vaping (July 29, 2011). Only in my first ecig did I use tobacco flavored liquid, and thats because its the only flavor they had. Once I upgraded to a refillable system I found the joys of different flavored liquids! My first was a pina colada. After that it was green apple, strawberry and many other flavors. As time went on and the flavors became more robust and decadent I've moved onto newer flavors including cereal based flavors, candy, desert, savory, etc. <br /><br />I too am terrified about what I am going to do after May of next year. I've tried to cut back on the nicotine strength and I find myself getting agitated and irritable. I've been exposed to nicotine for so long my body depends on it for help in regulating dopamine (parents were/are heavy smokers. This was back when you could smoke everywhere, so if I was around my parents I was exposed to 2nd hand smoke. By the time I went to college I was addicted without being a full time smoker. After my first year of college I developed anger issues and had problems with subjects that I used to ace without even trying. It took me 3 semesters to start smoking myself, that was back in 1996). So here I sit, same as you, wondering what I will have access to come next year. Especially since my job has a lot of stress involved. I can only write my congress people and appeal to President Trump to stop this from happening as liberal courts rule against us every time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766975652074670212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-87482480173909849542016-10-07T02:37:23.855-07:002016-10-07T02:37:23.855-07:00Of course were addicts, but I love vaping and have...Of course were addicts, but I love <a href="http://www.cloudcig.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">vaping</a> and have for 4 years! Wont stop me for nothing, as I know there nowhere near as bad as smoking cigarettes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-50152349574540162292016-09-28T11:42:21.256-07:002016-09-28T11:42:21.256-07:00And I might as well add that while alcohol and cig...And I might as well add that while alcohol and cigarettes are PROVEN to be deadly they are still advertised and sold to the masses. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15054725241171077667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-23432074102774603562016-09-28T11:23:51.067-07:002016-09-28T11:23:51.067-07:00The government nor the fda can stop vaping. If we ...The government nor the fda can stop vaping. If we can't get the nicotine here in the us we'll import it. Just like everything else they tried to prohibit. Think about back in the prohibition days. The bootleggers. It'll just be a repeat. Good luck stopping me from vaping. If there's a will there's a wayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15054725241171077667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-22773974076081227732016-08-11T04:18:01.663-07:002016-08-11T04:18:01.663-07:00This is fantastic, a brilliant analogy. You are a...This is fantastic, a brilliant analogy. You are absolutely correct. Why doesn't the American General Public care to know the facts about vaping? How can we change public opinion? We need better leadership in the vape community and we must remain united. Plus, constantly telling as many American citizens as we can about the benefits of vaping is imperative. Regardless what are your thoughts to help teach Americans of this unconstitutional overreach?Tony Ottomanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468872354899923074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-55939010772820411572016-08-09T09:50:53.606-07:002016-08-09T09:50:53.606-07:00To make this analogy even more appropriate:
The m...To make this analogy even more appropriate:<br /><br />The main reason for the success of this innovation is its customisation. It is made of rather simple parts. You don't need a big company to improve some of these parts. So a lot of small businesses appeared that offered a wide range of individual modifications. Every customer had the choice of many alternative parts to build exactly the combination that fits his needs. Or even create his own parts. And that's what none of the gas guzzler mafia considers. They just want to sell their mass produced junkers. No need for diversity, when you don't have real competition.Norbert Zillatronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624817945409230880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-11363886558310134602016-08-08T07:13:58.523-07:002016-08-08T07:13:58.523-07:00i just can't believe this. where was legislati...i just can't believe this. where was legislation to protect ME when i was a child and growing up with ads of the marlboro man? what happened to all those executives swearing "i don't believe nicotine is addictive" and congress swallowing it? i've been smoking since i was 12, i am now 53 and for the 1st time since then i've finally - FINALLY - quit smoking for good.<br /><br />vaping succeeded where everything else failed (tablets, sprays, patches). so i am vaping instead, and boy it's so effective that i've still got 3 cigarettes from my last pack in front of me all day to remind me of what i've left behind, and i feel no need to use them. <br /><br />vaping is a miracle.<br /><br />it's so effective that i've cut down from 18mg cigarettes to 18mg juice then progressively dropped to 5mg. i've dabbled in 3mg and even tried nicotine-free juice for a day, and it's worked perfectly for as long as i can reach for my vaping device.<br /><br />as soon as i've ran out of my current batch of liquids, my next one will be nicotine-free juice and i'll be done with nicotine altogether. i can finally see a future free of smoking AND, eventually, vaping, but it's only been possible because of the current generation of liquids and devices. they are a gift to us smokers, please do not take it away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-710166422776369892016-05-26T10:28:35.867-07:002016-05-26T10:28:35.867-07:00nice postnice postlorinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-52258843769088046972016-05-23T15:29:11.438-07:002016-05-23T15:29:11.438-07:00I think money is the main motivation here. That is...I think money is the main motivation here. That is what is driving this boat. Why do we need big brother's protection in this matter when no harm has been proven to have been done. I think that they are peeved because they haven't found a way to skim off some of the money being made in this industry yet.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352812451066929839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-31707622053296218822016-05-11T01:59:21.594-07:002016-05-11T01:59:21.594-07:00My parents actually quit using e cigs and they wer...My parents actually quit using e cigs and they were smoking for like 30 years! I bought them there first for a Christmas present and now they love them, so glad I helped them switch, for sure everyone should follow and use them too, I never thought they would get so popular, and I think <a href="http://www.simplyeliquid.co.uk/2016/04/15/will-e-cigs-take-over-tobacco/" rel="nofollow">e cigs will over take tobacco</a>, unless the government intercepts like they usually do. Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-91124587954065182732016-03-27T07:43:30.525-07:002016-03-27T07:43:30.525-07:00Well said, Kristin!Well said, Kristin!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684105745377104830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-15742003685257133472016-03-09T08:32:40.489-08:002016-03-09T08:32:40.489-08:00I like to bring up their sugar addiction as well. ...I like to bring up their sugar addiction as well. Most people have no clue exactly how much sugar they consume every day or the damage that it's doing to their bodies. And they really don't want to think about it...until one day when their doctor tells them they are diabetic or pre-diabetic. In the U.S., approximately 1/3 of the adult population is pre-diabetic and 10% are diabetic. Now THAT should scare people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858471638926332124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-22989524813381252042016-03-07T20:12:40.876-08:002016-03-07T20:12:40.876-08:00I've watched family consume sugery junk food b...I've watched family consume sugery junk food by the bagful, eat overly processed "food", consume alcohol on a regular basis, drink coffee and/or sodas loaded with sugar and/or aspartame all day long, drink things like Red Bull and get crabby and irritable when they've gone too long without their particular "fix". But they'll look at me as I vape and say, in a condescending tone "When are you going to give that up? You know you're still addicted, right?". I reply that I'm not and that I'm not discussing it with them. People living in glass houses should not throw rocks.kddominguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772735208281114309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-19624752513218953122016-03-06T20:06:45.693-08:002016-03-06T20:06:45.693-08:00Addiction is "persistent use despite negative...Addiction is "persistent use despite negative consequences". Smoking meets that criteris; vaping does not. Nicotine, like caffeine, produces "dependecy" rather than "addiction".Fr. Jack Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268991605432194742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-51154941197233176772016-03-06T07:50:18.046-08:002016-03-06T07:50:18.046-08:00It's incredibly annoying and harmful, that tha...It's incredibly annoying and harmful, that thanks to patches and gum sellers and their Public Health friends, niotine has been seriously misrepresented, to the point that those in charge of regulating, along with others in public health, have no factual understanding of the subject. They just repeat and fear the myths that have been created.Lollylulubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589697497789503657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-32220652568223592762016-03-05T09:32:10.513-08:002016-03-05T09:32:10.513-08:00I have learned to deal with people like that in th...I have learned to deal with people like that in the past through personal experience by shutting their conversation down by saying, "Right this conversation has just ended, you obviously don't know what your talking about, nicotine is as harmless as caffeine". Then walk away and leave them to it, show no more interest in what they have to say especially if you get the I'm qualified in this or that, really ticks them off when you won't engage, that is the tactic they use so turn it around on them, it works. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156098005531290685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-75159228388537607972016-02-14T11:29:25.309-08:002016-02-14T11:29:25.309-08:00Thanks ive been vaping for two years i feel shortn...Thanks ive been vaping for two years i feel shortness of breath now,Im going to stop all together Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857855285577543719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919556824856527344.post-37230663853595678702016-01-23T06:25:18.949-08:002016-01-23T06:25:18.949-08:00Here is a fine little interview with the former CE...Here is a fine little interview with the former CEO of Pfizer, showing how Big Pharma companies make guys like Glantz and Martin McKee beholden to them:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrCizlAOBAo Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115971330333201180noreply@blogger.com