• family,  fitness,  Health,  Lifestyle

    A Vaping Update

    Vaping is a proven way to help people both cut down and quit smoking altogether, and one which shows no sign of disappearing. As I have written in previous posts, changing from cigarettes to vaping helped my husband, a thirty cigarettes a day smoker, to quit altogether three years ago, and he has never been tempted to smoke since. Recently a close friend, another heavy smoker, has switched to a new e-cig brand in order to try to quit the dreaded weed, and this post is talking about some of her findings and experiences. Vaping has not been without issues, my husband complained about having to keep refilling the e-cigarette,…

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    Quitting smoking – A personal story

    As someone who has never smoked a single cigarette it is quite easy to stand in judgement, telling other people, from those who chain smoke, to those who just enjoy an occasional social drag, why it is that they should quit. But I feel that would be both sanctimonious and pious, and frankly, I am neither. I do however, have a personal story of someone who used vaping as a way to give up smoking after a 30 year addiction that had seen him smoke more than 30 a day, every single day, and that it the story of my husband Peter. I’m really proud of him,and believe that his…

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    Reasons for Switching from regular tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarettes

    Switching from regular tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarettes is a positive move for many reasons. One big benefit is the amount of money you can save over time. The price of tobacco has skyrocketed in recent years, due in large part to the tax applied to each packet of cigarettes. According to the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA), if you spend £7.98 on a packet of cigarettes, £6.17 or 77 per cent of the total cost goes to the taxman. The proportion can be even higher on some budget brands. Some vapers prefer the ease and convenience of disposable e-cigarettes when they first make the switch, but most will end up investing…