BBC: E-cigarettes 'as effective' as nicotine patches

[jonn]

positive article on BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23985248

[Deleted]

Nice to get some positive thinking from the authorities for a change --- the message is getting across?

[tez]

The longest i ever lasted on patches was 1DAY so far over a month now and i am not interested in going back to smoking and wasnt from day one .(smoked for 40 years and have the lungs to prove it )

[dragon]

So ..... doesn't that mean that e-cigs don't work?

I am 100% sure that e-cigs are many times more effective than patches. For a start I know a few people that gave up smoking by accident with e-cigs .... never going to happen with patches

[Deleted]

I am 100% sure that e-cigs are many times more effective than patches. For a start I know a few people that gave up smoking by accident with e-cigs .... never going to happen with patches [/quote]


I was one who gave up by accident as I have explained in the comment that I have left. Dave

[kibbster]

The study was crippled.
1 carto a day on a cigalike was all they were allowed and the study has been done over two years I believe so E-cigs were nothing like as good as they are now.

[Pam O]

Rubbish!! Ecigs aren't as effective as patches!
Ecigs blow patches clear out of the water in terms of effectiveness! The only thing I got from patches was broken sleep due to constant nightmares and huge weals on my skin from the adhesive!

[andy01424]

Sept 8, 2013 8:49:42 GMT kibbster said:

The study was crippled.
1 carto a day on a cigalike was all they were allowed and the study has been done over two years I believe so E-cigs were nothing like as good as they are now.

lol bought a cigalike from a shop to get me buy as coil broke on way home from camping will say lasted a whole uhmm 3hrs!

[upgrader]

Sept 8, 2013 8:52:38 GMT Pam O said:

Rubbish!! Ecigs aren't as effective as patches!
Ecigs blow patches clear out of the water in terms of effectiveness! The only thing I got from patches was broken sleep due to constant nightmares and huge weals on my skin from the adhesive!

I had sensitive skin after using patches.....and I didn't give up cigs after the prescribed course

[ChillerVapes]

After the adverse effects of a numbness in my arm and a burning red patch where the patch was I was advised to not use patches after 7 hours into day 1.

[dinamic22]

Sept 8, 2013 8:56:35 GMT upgrader said:

Sept 8, 2013 8:52:38 GMT Pam O said:

Rubbish!! Ecigs aren't as effective as patches!
Ecigs blow patches clear out of the water in terms of effectiveness! The only thing I got from patches was broken sleep due to constant nightmares and huge weals on my skin from the adhesive!

I had sensitive skin after using patches.....and I didn't give up cigs after the prescribed course

Me too on the nightmares & the weal where the patch had been, horrible cravings & i only lasted a couple of weeks 

[Deleted]

Now someone leave some positive comments ...I personally tried to but it was too much of a faff

I used to hear voices and go completely loopy on NRT because it was never strong enough!!!...

The spray wrecked my nose

But....well....2 years on e-cigs + 6oz of tobacco (I was an oz a day girl before I discovered e-cigs)...no cost to the NHS and sorted....

What can I say? In every way health is improving

[kibbster]

I did manage to give up once on patches for two years.
It's was a miserable few months on patches to "cure" my addiction - it was more the girlfriend at the time threatening to leave me if I smoked than the patches that broke the habit.
Once I kicked her out for cheating on me two years later the first thing I did was went out to buy a packet of Embassy #1 to celebrate being out of an abusive relationship.
That was 12 years ago and I smoked up until I took up vaping last year.

[kibbster]

Comments have started appearing on the BBC link.
Not mine yet but I'm hopeful.

[jonn]

Sept 8, 2013 8:49:42 GMT kibbster said:

The study was crippled.
1 carto a day on a cigalike was all they were allowed and the study has been done over two years I believe so E-cigs were nothing like as good as they are now.

I'm well aware of that. But in the light of anti vaping campaign in mainstream media and of many gov/health officials, every write up like this article feels like enlightenment.
Lets hope they finally do a study on proper/advanced devices.