Vapor

[muppie91 7]

I'm pre op I won't be having the surgery until December or January how ever I have not smoke for 6months I was wondering would it be on to smoke a vapor pen?

[Bronco0605 135]

I would not do it. I think it would be a slippery slope!

[katmando12 25]

If you are smoke free for 6 mos you are doing fabulous. I'd try to stay away from ecig since you're doing so well.

I was a smoker and quite using ecig. My surgeon was ok with me using it. I am 2.5 weeks post op and still use it.

[Chellemetime 299]

I'm pre op I won't be having the surgery until December or January how ever I have not smoke for 6months I was wondering would it be on to smoke a vapor pen?

My husband and I both stopped smoking 3 years ago using an Ecig. I can tell you that for him the Ecig became a habit also and it took him a year to finally stop using it when I only used mine for 5 months total to stop smoking. He's made hints that he wants to start using it again with no nicotine recently. We talked about it and I let him know that I felt it would be a step towards smoking again. We've agreed that it's best to just not go backwards. It's just not worth the risk.

[Jus1Nita 31]

The one thing you have to remember with ecigs is that it still contains nicotine. During your pre-op labs they test for nicotine, because it is the nicotine that constricts the blood vessels. Now there are ecigs that are zero or very low nicotine like 5mg. I think they are called Squares or something like that. Since you have been 6 months nicotine-free, I wouldn't put the nicotine back. Try finding e-cigs that are 0mg nicotine.

[8NoAngel 3]

^{I too was a smoker prior to having surgery. I am 45 and started smoking at 16. I have not smoked the entire time, there were spans of several years of not smoking and then a traumatic event would occur and smoking, along with food, would become my crutch to make it through the trying times. I quit smoking Sept. 1st and was sleeved 10/23/13 and have not missed the cigarettes that much. When I do, I remind myself that I underwent WLS to better my health and why would I want to sabotage that by putting tobacco back into my system.}

^{Good luck in your weight loss journey, whatever your decision, but please try to remain nicotine free.}