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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phil1966" data-source="post: 710332" data-attributes="member: 144138">I've been using e-cigs since 2009 after smoking for 25 years, and haven't had a cigarette since I started on them. Last time my SATS were checked (before an op for a sports injury) they were 99%, my peak flow is 650+ and my blood pressure is 117/66 which is much closer to the profile of a non-smoker than a smoker <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />E-cigs do contain nicotine but less of it is absorbed than with smoking and at a slower rate (see this study in nature: <a href="http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140226/srep04133/full/srep04133.html" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140226/srep04133/full/srep04133.html</a> ) and as nothing is being burned you don't get any of the harmful by-products you get with smoking (such as the carcinogens: nicotine, contrary to popular belief is not a carcinogen)</blockquote>

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