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Video discusses how e-cigarettes are an ineffective tool at helping most smokers to be able to quit and discusses the Implications of smokers who use e-cigarettes to supplement their nicotine delivery needs at times when they are not permitted to smoke regular cigarettes.

Why users of electronic cigarettes may be having a harder time emotionally with their quits over the longer-term.

There is a real concerted effort out there trying to make vaping seem relatively harmless. This poses a big risk to kids and is leading to the epidemic rates of use that we are seeing now in teens, but also poses a risk to all former smokers who can easily be influenced by these campaigns to experiment with what is being presented as a harmless alternative that is going to cause them to lose their quits. Do not underestimate how many people are seeing these resources. Here is the link to the Public Health England video referred to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisBe5sLGPc A December 2018 cotton ball comparison video experiment produced by Public Health England will likely leave many viewers believing that vaping is relatively harmless because it doesn’t discolor the lungs the way smoking tobacco cigarettes do. This video explains that when it comes to dangers posed by nicotine delivery systems, it’s often what you don’t see that can still end up harming and possibly killing you. https://whyquit.com/joels-videos/vaping-what-you-cannot-see-can-still-hurt-you/

Video discusses how parents who write off their children's use of nicotine containing products as a minor problem are sending a message that put their children's long-term health and lives at risk. On top of that, by minimizing the dangers of taking up nicotine, they are increasing the risk of their children taking up other drugs that the parents are often more worried about.

By MATTHEW PERRONE - 1/16/19 3:53 PM http://www.tribtown.com/2019/01/16/us-teen-vaping-addiction/ WASHINGTON — The nation’s top health authorities agree: Teen vaping is an epidemic that now affects some 3.6 million underage users of Juul and other e-cigarettes. But no one seems to know the best way to help teenagers who may be addicted to nicotine. E-cigarettes are now the top high-risk substance used by teenagers, according to the latest U.S. figures , which show that Juul and similar products have quickly outpaced cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and other substances that have been tracked over more than four decades. The handheld devices heat a liquid solution that usually contains nicotine into an inhalable vapor. Federal law prohibits sales to those under 18, though many high schoolers report getting them from older students or online. In recent months, government officials have rolled out a series of proposals aimed at keeping the products away from youngsters, including tightening sales in convenience stores and online. In November, vaping giant Juul voluntarily shut down its Facebook and Instagram accounts and pulled several flavors out of retail stores. But there’s been little discussion of how to treat nicotine addiction in children as young as 11 years old. While some adolescents should be able to quit unaided, experts say many will be hampered by withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, irritability, difficulty concentrating and loss of appetite. Physicians who treat young people now face a series of dilemmas: The anti-smoking therapies on the market — such as nicotine patches and gums — are not approved for children, due to lack of testing or ineffective results. And young people view the habit as far less risky, which poses another hurdle to quitting. The harshness of cigarette smoke often limits how much teenagers inhale, sometimes discouraging them from picking up the habit altogether. That deterrent doesn’t exist with e-cigarette vapor, which is typically much smoother, according to experts. Kicking any addiction requires discipline, patience and a willingness to follow a treatment plan — something that doesn’t come easily to many young people, experts said. “Teenagers have their own ideas of what might work for them, and they’re going to do what they do,” said Susanne Tanski, a tobacco prevention expert with the American Academy of Pediatrics. “But we desperately need studies to figure out what’s going to work with this population.” Since debuting in the U.S. in 2007, e-cigarettes and other vaping devices have grown into a $6.6 billion business. Driving the recent surge in underage use are small, easy-to-conceal devices like Juul, which vaporizes a high-nicotine solution sold in flavors such as creme, mango and cucumber. Despite industry worries of a crackdown on flavors, the FDA has taken no steps to ban the array of candy and fruit varieties that companies use to differentiate their offerings. E-cigarettes have become a scourge in U.S. schools, with students often vaping in the bathroom or between classes. One in 5 five high schoolers reported vaping in the last month, according to 2018 federal survey figures. Juul and other brands are pitched to adult smokers as a way to quit smoking, but there’s been little research on that claim or their long-term health effects, particularly in young people. Nicotine can affect learning, memory and attention in the teenage brain, but there’s virtually no research on how e-cigarette vapor affects lungs, which do not fully mature until the 20s. “It’s frightening for me as a pediatrician because I really feel like there’s this uncontrolled experiment happening with our young people,” Tanski said. “They don’t perceive the harm, and we can’t show them what it’s going to be.” Tanski and other experts will meet this Friday at the Food and Drug Administration to discuss the potential role for pharmaceutical therapies and non-prescription medications such as nicotine gums and patches. Regulators acknowledge they are starting from square one: The FDA “is not aware of any research examining either drug or behavioral interventions” to help e-cigarette users quit, the agency noted in its announcement. The FDA will also hear from researchers, vaping executives, parents and teenagers. “We want to make sure our voices are heard and that — most importantly — our kids’ voices are heard,” said Meredith Berkman, who plans to speak at the meeting with her 10th-grade son. Berkman said she first realized her son and his friends were “Juuling” last year when she heard them repeatedly opening and closing his bedroom window. With two other New York City mothers, she formed the group Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes, which is asking the FDA to ban all e-cigarette flavors. “Unless the flavors are off the market, kids are going to continue to be seduced by these highly addictive nicotine-delivery systems like Juul,” Berkman said. Quitting smoking is notoriously difficult, even for adults with access to various aids and programs. More than 55 percent of adult smokers try to quit each year, yet only about 7 percent succeed, according to government figures. Nicotine gums, patches and lozenges are available over-the-counter for those 18 and older, and are occasionally prescribed “off-label” for younger patients. They provide low levels of nicotine to help control cravings. Prescription drugs include Zyban, an antidepressant, and Chantix, which blocks the effects of nicotine on the brain. But neither has shown positive results in teenagers, and both carry worrisome side effects, including suicidal thinking for Zyban and nausea and abnormal dreams for Chantix. That leaves counseling as the go-to option for teenagers trying to quit cigarettes. In November, Colorado dropped the minimum eligibility age for its quit-smoking hotline from 15 to 12, in response to the explosion in vaping among students as low as 6th grade. The state’s underage vaping rate is the highest in the U.S., with 1 in 4 high school students reportedly using the products, according to federal data. The state’s over-the-phone and online programs provide free coaching to help users create a quit plan, manage cravings and avoid relapse. But even counseling has shown only “limited evidence” in helping teenagers, according to an exhaustive review of the medical literature published in 2017. Still, addiction specialists see growing demand for such programs, particularly group sessions that often have the most promising results. Addiction psychiatrist Jonathan Avery says he gets four to five calls a week from pediatricians referring patients or asking about treatment options. One of the biggest problems is an education gap — many doctors haven’t heard of Juul and don’t even recognize the vaping devices brought in by parents. On the other side, teenagers are often “suspicious” when he informs them that they are inhaling a highly addictive substance, said Avery, of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. About two-thirds of U.S. teenagers do not realize that Juul contains nicotine, according to a recent survey by the Truth Initiative, an anti-smoking advocacy group. The U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, hammered that point home in a rare public advisory last month. He said even his 14-year-old son believed that e-cigarette vapor was essentially harmless. “Youth like my son have no clue what’s in these products most of the time,” he said.

Coming.. tobaccoexplained.pdf

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AWESOME!!! You're now a non-smoker. You quit. You're done. It's time now to be vigilant to prevent another relapse.

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You're doing this the right way; picking a date the following day. Some pick a date after the holidays, after this or that and it's just not necessary. It's like telling a {pick your drug} addict to keep on using until they're more comfortable to stop using. Either way, today is the day. BTW, I had my last cigarette at 7pm the day I quit. You should start a blog today to chronicle your quit. Use it as a journal of sorts because it's another way of keeping yourself accountable to stay nicotine free. The other way of course is one that you've already done; telling the world that you're quitting this evening at 8pm. Trust me, we'll be watching. ?

Welcome to the board, Sparky. It's actually quite simple and not at all unique. You already figured out the trigger which was a stressful week. There are no triggers which cause you to smoke. Triggers only cause a crave but smoking is a choice; a choice which you likely had been entertaining before you took that first puff to relapse. There are no triggers to smoke NOW because your addiction is back in full-force, regardless of how many cigarettes you're smoking on any given day. In other words, you're smoking because you're being chased by the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. You're not smoking for no reason and instead, your smoking because you're addicted to nicotine. Plain and simple. That's why you smoke. That's why you chose to pick up smoking again after not smoking for over 3 years. We will always be nicotine addicts. Always. This is why it's imperative to to never, ever take another puff OR put nicotine by any means into your body. Don't waste anymore of your time trying to figure out why you only smoke at home and why you don't think about smoking while away from home. Just quit smoking. You don't need to figure out a quit date as you're only giving yourself permission to keep smoking - you're rationalizing smoking until you quit when what you should do is stop smoking this instant and start working on recovery and let your body start purging itself of the toxins so it can work on repairing damage. This group can help you along but first, you have to make a firm choice to stop smoking and accept the fact that your can't ever smoke again because if you do, you may find yourself 10 years from now, still smoking with a new host of problems - problems much more serious than simply wondering why you only smoke at home.

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While filmed on Thanksgiving 2011, video relates to how any holiday or special annual event can result in more smoking thoughts than normal, and the importance of being mentally prepared for the occurrence of such thoughts. https://whyquit.com/joels-videos/holiday-related-resources/

I placed your previous account(s) on post restriction which means a moderator or myself would have to approve any content before it's posted. There never was anything waiting to be approved from any of your accounts as not only did I frequently check, but I also get email alerts if there is any content waiting for approval. You were told more than once about the duplicate accounts. This will be the last account; start another and you'll no longer be allowed to post here. When you post random thoughts they go to the top of the page which causes other members' topics to be pushed down further. Using the free blogging feature for this sort of content is best (I see you've started using it) but you can also create ONE thread to post some of your random thoughts, so long as they're smoking related or relevant to whichever board you're posting it on. This way, there won't be 10 threads all created by you which tend to drown out threads started by other members. If I see this happening, I'll simply delete them because nobody has the time to keep explaining rules and proper posting etiquette in a support group. It's kind of along the same lines of having a dinner and interrupting friends or not letting them talk and taking over the conversation. By all means, keep using the blog you created which can serve as a diary of sorts which can be very useful in your quit journey. Feel free to blog all day/night if you wish. ?

Thank you all for the kind words! ?

This will pass. You're doing all of the right things and that includes pushing through this. Outsmarting this addiction - apply what you know right now - this is where it counts!

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I don't remember how long I was irritable after I quit smoking but heck, I'm still irritable and it has nothing to do with nicotine. After I accepted that getting to the point where I no longer would think of smoking 24/7, I was going to have to put in "the time". Once I understood that the more time I put between my last cigarette, the less I would think of it. A lot of the cravings after a certain point are mental, but nonetheless are still cravings and IMO, just as powerful and if not more. However, they're very manageable because you have control over how you act or dwell on thoughts when they enter your mind. Trust me, the more time you put in, the less you think about, much less consider smoking. Remember this is going to take some time because for a long time, everything we did revolved around smoking. Everything.

Stanford Medicine Learning Objectives Obtain accurate knowledge about pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) and how they are made to work like a cigarette Identify marketing strategies employed by pod-based system manufacturers (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) to attract new customers Learn about the effects that nicotine in pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) has on the adolescent body and brain Identify specific marketing strategies that the pod-based system manufacturers (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) use that may increase use among adolescents Understand the appeal of pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) among adolescents in order to counter the appeal Teachers should go through each unit and download the PowerPoint for class presentation. Teachers should also download the accompanying activities for in-class activities. Speakers' notes are embedded in the PowerPoint. Activities are meant to be printed for students before class begins. Each Unit has a Kahoot! Quiz linked below and can be used as a pre and post quiz to see how much students know before and after instruction. Discussion Guides found below can be assigned as take-home assignments. Click on link for all the instructional materials https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/E-Cigs/ECigUnit6.html

Long time, Hockey Mom!! Good to see you!

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