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6 weeks post op is water vapor e cigs ok to have

That is a question for your surgeon. Also check out this article. The FDA is looking into them and may ban them as they think they could be worse than cigs. http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/ecigarettes- under-fire

Interesting article.  I see online that there has been an enormous increase in their use in the U.S. since it it was written. Here in the UK I have actually never noticed anyone smoking them! But they are on sale everywhere. So lots of people must be buying them!

i suppose I haven't noticed because they aren't allowed in any building open to the public, in the same way cigarettes aren't and I don't sit in the outside areas where smokers go! We haven't got a law which says e cigarettes can't be used indoors but restaurant, cafe, pub owners are banning them as they say they can't tell at a glance if someone is breaking the law by smoking a cigarette or not breaking it by smoking an e cigarette. 

Yes we know have whole shops that are dedicated to just what they call vaping. They advertise as let me help you stop smoking. Also people can get liquid pot and smoke it through these as well. Not that it is legal.

NO. They still have nicotine and propylene glycol  in them and besides if you have been off of them this long... why go back????  

Everyone has their own opinion on ecigs. Do your own research and the articles you read need to be research studies and not crap reporting. Nicotine is in the ecigs but nicotine is a naturally occuring element in the environment, is it healthy no, is it better than cigarettes absolutely. Do the ecig ejuices contain propylene glycol yes they do but keep in mind that propylene glycol is also used in albuterol inhalers. I stopped smoking with an ecig a year and a half ago, my dr has told me that my lungs are so much better and I rarely have lung issues anymore. I have been using my ecig since my surgery without any problems.

Again this is a personal decision and it will always be a better decision than taking up smoking again.

Are you saying get a propylene gylycol free one?

No i was saying that the FDA has approved propylene glycol for inhalation so they consider that part of it safe since it it used in inhalers to treat respiratory disorders.

Um, nicotine is nicotine whether it is in a tobacco leaf or in a bottle from sigma aldrich and it is toxic no matter how you package it.  What makes e cigs different is that you are not getting all of the side products from the internal combustion chemistry of the cigarettes.  You are however still getting nicotine, flavor chemicals, and propylene glycol.  I say stay away and you can do it.  I quit last June and I work in a "smoking office building" and my s/o is still a smoker.  If I can walk away from it under those cir****tances anyone can. 

They have them available without tobacco or nicotine...I had one when I was trying to quit before my surgery. As a former smoker...it's more about the motion of smoking than the nicotine or tobacco. Well, it was for me anyway...and I smoked for over 30 years. But I am happy to say that I haven't had a cigarette since May 31st! I will NOT go back now! Best of luck to you!