COPD

I really would not recomend the use of any form of smoking including vapour cigarettes.

At present the jury is out on E-cigs and will remain so until all the research on them is completed.

If you start using them now, and later it is discovered that they present a significant rist to health, then you could be taking a heck of a risk, especially as you suffer with COPD. 

I'm definitely no proponent for smoking anything .. except good clean air .. but I feel I must intercede here.

I'm not sure about the ingredients contained in the 'cigarette-style' e- cigs, but the ingredients of the 'juice' used in vapers, is as follows:

Vegetable glycerine

Flavoring

Nicotine (unless it's zero)

And something called Propylene Glycol .. which, incidentally, is also used in some copd inhalants.

I believe that using scare tactics to try and deter people from using them as perfectly viable AID to stopping smoking, is neither fair nor ethical. Especially heavy smokers who desperately need to quit smoking because they have copd.

Just telling people to stop .. isn't helping. They need to wean themselves OFF the nicotine. Vaping allows them to do that.

Jo

Hi if an e-cig helps you stop I say use it.  Whatever is in it is still far better than cigarettes.  x

 

Hi,

Any inhaling gas or smoking will damage cells  of air pathway  leads  to thickening of cells. Damage lung tissue  hamper the lung capacity of breathing and elasticity of tissue leading to stiffing of lung causing restricted breathing . so in COPD  breathing is restricted so smoking will trigger more constriction of air pathway as well as cases poor blood supply to lung .

Hi Shauna,

And all in this group, I too am new to all this having been diagnosed with stage 2 COPD in Dec 14, it was a complete shock to me and has already impacted on my life.

My husband & I were both heavy smokers 30-40 a day each, and both sought help at our doctors by seeing the nurse & using Champix for 12 weeks, we also 'vape' I, only 2/3 times a day when I feel a real need, my husband finds a need a lot more, but in all the discussions we have had with doctors, & even 2 scientists working on drugs to help copd sufferers they have all said the same as most of your comments, if it helps but reduce the strength over time.

 

Research Suggests Vaping Could Cause Emphysema. After examining how e-cigarette vapor affects lung cells compared to tobacco smoke, researchers at Central Michigan University College of Medicine concluded that vaping could lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) like emphysema. So please stop vaping, and do not go back to smoking as well.

In UK vapour e cigs are not forbidden, they are as any other form of smoking forbidden in enclosed public spaces.

However I believe legislation is being processed (in UK) to ensure the health and safety of the users of vapour e cigs.