time for lung to clean themselfs?

[oleg92]

i smoke a cigarette a day now. cutting down from almost half a pack a day. i vape all day pretty much except the morning cig. my question is. if i smoke a cig a day and vape does it still clean my lung outs or it will never start the natrual process untill i quit both? im asuming the way VG\PG still makes some kind of coating on your lung which might not be harmful but might delay natural lung cleaning process. please anwser honestly lol Happy vaping yall

 

[Maestro]

I used to have smoker's cough and now I don't. I'm assuming the cleaning starts as soon as you quit smoking. If the vg/pg was leaving a coating in your lungs, I assume you'd be coughing that up too.

 

[Craybee]

that morning cig was the one i missed the most when i started vaping. that buzz. then someone here explained that the buzz was more due to the carbon monoxide decreasing oxygen to the brain than to the actual nicotine itself. after hearing about that i missed the buzz a lot less.

 

[KurrptSenate]

if you're still introducing the lungs to actual smoke from combustion, I'm sure they'll be able to remove some of that throughout the day, but it would take much much longer than if you stopped smoking all together.

 

[3mg Meniere]

If the vg/pg was leaving a coating in your lungs, I assume you'd be coughing that up too.

My understanding is that since they actually have nutritional value, the body absorbs them.

 

[KDCart]

New vaper here. Haven't had a cigarette in a month. When I quit smoking altogether, it was as if my lungs cleared up by magic or something. I vape quite heavily, but I can't remember the last time I coughed. I never thought that I had a smoker's cough, but apparently I did. No more!

 

[desertrider]

Heres medical data: Health consequences of smoking 1

Abstract
Objectives: To determine the risk in men and women smoking 1–4 cigarettes per day of dying from specified smoking related diseases and from any cause.

Participants: 23 521 men and 19 201 women, aged 35–49 years, screened for cardiovascular disease risk factors in the mid 1970s and followed throughout 2002.

Conclusions: In both sexes, smoking 1–4 cigarettes per day was associated with a significantly higher risk of dying from ischaemic heart disease and from all causes, and from lung cancer in women. Smoking control policymakers and health educators should emphasise more strongly that light smokers also endanger their health.

 

[Rickajho]

It's the tar from cigarette smoke that's the problem. Vaping doesn't produce any. Continuing to smoke keeps introducing tar that has to be cleaned out. A lot less since you have cut way back, but you are still giving your lungs something they would rather be without.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I never had a cigarette after I switched, but I have a tank with my highest nic that I use in the morning. I like the particular flavor with my coffee.

I then change out the tank. That one morning cigarette is history.

Having several tanks makes things easier.

 

[daleron]

i smoke a cigarette a day now. cutting down from almost half a pack a day. i Vape all day pretty much except the morning cig. my question is. if i smoke a cig a day and vape does it still clean my lung outs or it will never start the natrual process untill i quit both? im asuming the way VG\PG still makes some kind of coating on your lung which might not be harmful but might delay natural lung cleaning process. please anwser honestly lol Happy Vaping yall

Welcome to ECF Oleg
Hard to answer your question "honestly" but I think you would still fair better even with your one cigarette. But like one other person mentioned, it might slow the process down a bit

 

[kenbu]

It took me quite some time before I completely quit smoking. While I was still a light smoker, I did notice "some" improvement, but nothing compared to when I eventually quit completely. Even after quitting any cigarettes it still took a few weeks to notice any vast changes.

 

[Bernard Marx]

I'm still experimenting but I think VG in particular may leave a residue in my lungs which I then have to cough up. It's not as nasty as the tar from cigarettes but I have been avoiding inhaling too much because of this. One thing which helps is if I add a few drops of vodka to a high (thick) VG mix to thin it out.

 

[Rat2chat2]

Everyone you don't smoke counts towards helping yourself IMO. When I got down that low, they tasted so nasty I had to quit. heehee Good luck to you and welcome to ecf. I'm glad you are here. A wonderful place to get help and support and make wonderful friends. Can you tell....I love vaping? heehee