Like you, my doctor also put me on courses of Zyban first, then later when they became available, Champix, which had terrible psychotic side-effects and resulted in a very large number of suicides world-wide. Although they didn't quite drive me to attempt suicide, they certainly had dreadful psychological effects by the way of severe intractable depression which took many months to overcome.
I wasn't interested in nicotine-replacement therapy (patches, tablets, sprays, etc.) so I ultimately tried e-cigarettes, first the cartridge type as you did, then later, the more modern and sophisticated current style, and from the very moment I began using it, I never had another cigarette. I was able to quit "cold-turkey" even though the e-liquid I used was nicotine-free. That was almost a year ago now, and I was so impressed with the results that I looked into selling them on eBay but discovered that despite there being 1000s of local listings, they were on the banned products list (US FDA, but not the AU TGA).
Nevertheless, rather than incurring the wrath of eBay by listing US FDA banned products, instead I started listing spare parts such as atomizers and heating coils, which fail on a regular basis, thereby guaranteeing continuing sales. This was around December when I first started listing them, and as demand increased (I was selling up to 200 coils a month, if not more) I had to request an increased item selling limit from eBay (which was granted twice) and was ordering them in lots of 200 from China.
Fortunately, when eBay pulled my listings, I was able to cancel one order worth $220, but was sadly too late to stop another order for almost $300 worth of items, which of course I am now unable to sell (I have them listed on Swapmeet but although I've had plenty of views, I've not sold anything yet). In fact, I'm even listing e-cigarettes on that site as it's not illegal and although I naturally intend making a profit, I would still like to see as many smokers as possible give up poisonous and carcinogenic tobacco and take up e-cigarettes instead.
Being able to quit tobacco after 50 years has changed my life in so many immeasurable ways I don't know where to begin, but I know I have added a good 10 years to my lifespan, and over the next 10 years I will have saved a minimum of $60,000 by not having to buy cigarettes. FGS, I could buy a couple of cars for that and still have change! Best of all, I can breathe properly again and my lung capacity has doubled since I quit. My clothes no longer stink of tobacco or nicotine either.
Also, nothing I've researched on the internet has suggested that the 2 ingredients in e-liquid are anything other than completely inert, harmless vegetable-based products and have no ill-effects on the body by ingesting them. They are Vegetable Glycerin and Propylene Glycol if you're interested in looking them up, as I did. They're both used in food as additives so how can they be dangerous? Most of the BS about e-cigarettes is being spread by vested interests like the extremely powerful tobacco lobby, who stand to lose billions if people give up smoking their filthy, cancer-causing tobacco cigarettes. Not to mention the many billions of dollars in tobacco excise and cigarette tax that the govt stands to lose as well.
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