Stop Smoking

It was not till I switched to the electronic cigarette did I get my health and my life back on course. I am hoping my story will inspire all of the smokers out there to do the same. I first got exposed to cigarettes when I was 16, when some my chums shared a pack in a car park.

I first got exposed to cigarettes when I was 16, when a bunch of my friends shared a pack in a parking lot. Back then, no one really cared about the risks of smoking, if any was even known. Well, like most smokers, this early habit went from a few cigarettes a day to at least a pack a day. The cigarettes slowly robbed me of my health and my wallet.

Several years after I got married, I found myself overweight, raising 2 kids, working at a job I’m not too excited about, and suffering from chronic bronchitis. I coughed day and night. I often woke up in the middle of the night because I couldn’t get enough oxygen into my lungs. My wife and I were both worried and sleep-deprived.

One of my biggest worries though, was passing second hand smoke to my kids. Although I tried to smoke on the porch and away from the kids whenever possible, the smell and residual ashes on my clothes were more than enough for my 4-year-old daughter to handle. She is sensitive to cigarette smoke frequently got ill because of it.

So I tried quitting through various methods, but nothing really worked for me. I began to feel that I was losing control of my own life. This depressed feeling further fed my fixation on cigarettes.

Then one day I stumbled upon a blog on the internet about electronic cigarettes. I was skeptical at first, but I soon became a fan after receiving my first unit. The electronic cigarette allowed me to “smoke” in the nicotine, but the vapor is actually harmless (mostly water and other solvent materials). My daughter was not sick any more, and my chronic bronchitis got better. However, I still try not to smoke the electronic cigarette around my kids. I don’t want to send the wrong message that it’s all right to start smoking.

This switch to electronic cigarette has helped me and my family in terms of health and happiness. In addition, it has helped me take control of my life again. In fact, it motivated me so much that I decided to start jogging and losing weight to further improve my health. I can now finally enjoy spending time with my wife and my kids without having to worry about slowly dying from cigarette smoking.

Mirak writes articles about how electronic cigarettes can help you curb your smokingand describes electronic cigarettes

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