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					Originally Posted by  princessbelle
					 
				 
				First Congratulations to all the non smokers!!!! 
 
I am one of the last people to smoke on the face of this planet i do believe.  Sooooooooooo many have quit and i've held on, i've continued, i've thought i'll be the last one that smokes and will have to grow my own tobacco secretly in a cave in the mountains and protect it with a bb gun or darts.  I am stubborn to the core and really thought they would carry me away in a pine box with smoke coming out of it cause i'd find a way to smoke when i left here. 
 
But, it's been on my mind a lot.  Number one cancer runs strongly in my family and i had a recent scare myself and thank God i am ok.  Number two i'm a respiratory nurse (you'd think i'd know better) and three omg the cost!!!!!   
 
Today i made a huge leap.  Today i bought electronic cigarettes.  I honestly didn't give it much hope.  I thought it would be like so many other things in life which has been a disappointment when it came down to helping me quit. 
 
However, i'm BLOWN AWAY.  These things ROCK.  They are strongggggg even stronger than the brand i smoked.  They are non toxic to the air and people around me.  I am still getting the nicotine but not the carbon monoxide and not the tar.  I really believe i could totally do this and not pick up my pack anymore.  Huge surprise as to the taste and feel.   
 
It is a start right?  Am i a non smoker now?  I feel like i am but i feel like i'm cheating with the e-ciggs.  Either way it has GOT to be better than what i was doing, right? 
			
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 Congrats on the first step!
And yes, you are just as much a non-smoker as anyone who uses the patch, the gum, or the lozenge.
CONGRATULATIONS MISS NON-SMOKER!!!!!!