I'm really sorry to hear that Dodie, best wishes to you in this rough time.

Whilst in my late teens I entered into a decade of addiction, I had issues with speed, lsd, alcohol, sniffing various chemicals & mushrooms are just the tip of the iceberg that nearly sunk me. Giving those up was hard, it took me almost killing myself by falling asleep & almost into a large piece of moving machinery due to being awake for days on end due to speed to make me give up.
Givimg those up was a walk in the park compared to nicotine

Quote from: Ms Grace on May 26, 2015, 03:37:33 AM
Nicotine is in fact highly addictive. While the tar and smoke and other additive will do the majority of the damage to your lungs, circulation and endocrine systems you really want to be getting off it altogether. Unsurprisingly they're starting to find that vaping is not all that safe either...

I agree... I was a smoker for over 30 years and quitting was the hardest thing I have ever done. Harder in fact than quitting heroin or pain pills. I had a very bad experience with vaping. About a year before I quit for good I switched to an e-cigarette. Within three weeks I had a horrible respiratory infection and was coughing up blood. I'm not saying it will happen to everyone, but it did to me.

When people told me I should try e.cigarettes instead of smoking tobacco I had my doubts about just how 'safe' they were supposed to be.

They are looking at banning them in South Australia due to reported health concern's and the ease of access for youth

Yes, any smoke is bad for the lungs. However, if you need to smoke; cigarettes is NOT the way to go.