Finding Ways to Help my Daughter Quit Smoking

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My daughter is trying to quit smoking. She has smoked since she was about 12 and is 54 now. She has had several failed attempts in the past. I was trying to think of ways to help her. I know that the argument for many smokers is the vape pen. I have felt from the very beginning that this product just has different chemicals that can't be good for the body any more than cigarettes. So I decided to do some research. I found that several people have tried to make and patent a vape pen beginning back in 1927. Joseph Robinson, Herbert Gilbert, and Phil Ray. But many products did make it even with changing FDA rules for manufacturers which were confusing at best. Some made it through and there are many on the market. Juul was a popular one but there was a lot of controversy about their advertising directed to young children in school and it was banned in 2022. It is said that there is the same amount of nicotine in a vape pen as there is in a pack of cigarettes. For young people, it is even worse because it causes cognitive deficiencies, affects the ability to learn, and has a direct effect on the memory. There was a gruesome story out of Ohio about Jordan Brielle. She was highly addicted and she would vape during the night, even in the shower. She was spending $500 a week on this habit. In 2023 she started feeling a heaviness in her chest. She got to a point where she had a cough and hardly any voice. Her body was swelling up and she could barely walk. Her body was turning gray and she felt very confused. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. In May of that year her husband found her unresponsive. She had a black and bloody goo pouring out of her nose and mouth. She was rushed to the hospital where it was found that her lungs were extremely damaged. Doctors pump two liters of fluid out of her lungs. She had to be placed in a medically induced coma and she did survive. She has permanent lung damage and she suffered a minor brain injury from lack of oxygen. Her situation may be rare but there were others who weren't as lucky as she was.