Posts Tagged ‘electronic cigarette nicotine overdose’

How I Gave Up Tobacco with Alternative Smoking via Electronic Cigarettes

When I first started out trying new methods to alternative smoking there were the familiar nicotine gum, patches, and those God awful nicotine inhalers that were just plain silly.  My goal was not to quit smoking but to not do it as much due to it’s proven bad health habits.  However nothing really satisfied me as the electronic cigarette does, it gave me the almost same experience as smoking a regular (analog) tobacco cigarette.  I inhale and poof, there is smoke (which is water vapor) and a flavor that is so uncanny to tobacco it still freaks me out.  Was not expecting this when I got my first electronic cigarette starter kit from Green Smoke, I thought it was going to be a joke. Continue Reading

Avoid Nicotine Over Consumption When Using Electronic Cigarettes

Here is how to avoid an electronic cigarette nicotine overdose…

This is something I needs to be pointed out as I myself and several people have told me is that you need to pay attention to how much nicotine you consume while using these alternative smoking devices we know as electronic cigarettes.

As far as I am aware Luci and Blu Cigs have a shut off mechanism to help you avoid nicotine over consumption if you are puffing away too quickly, Green Smoke however does not.

Nicotine is very powerful and addictive, that is a fact.  The problem lies is the habitual part of the smoking experience, a tobacco cigarette has smoke burning from it’s tip and for some reason it helps us refrain from sucking all the smoke out of it way to fast.  I have found in my own experience that I do smoke these ecigarettes fast, hence the buzzed headache I received the other day.  Maybe it is just me but I find myself not slowly enjoying the vaping process as I speed through it for some reason. Continue Reading