Since you asked....
Yes, I am still successfully not smoking thru the use of vaping. My lungs, doctors and pocketbook are all happy.
Yes, I am a certified addictions counselor and I help people quit smoking. I use all evidence-based tools, including vaping.
No, I do not sell any vaping products. I do collect donations of vaping products and distribute them at no cost to smokers who choose to use them, mostly patients in addiction treatment centers. I don't get paid for this...just my way of giving back the miracle I was given.
I can appreciate your belief that it would be irresponsible for you to recommend vaping. I hope you can appreciate that my professional Code of Ethics requires that I offer it as an alternative to people who can't quit smoking using other methods. I could be disciplined for an ethics violation if I didn't present it as a tool, just as if I didn't tell a heroin addict about methadone.
BTW, there is just as much evidence showing that vaping helps prevent COVID as there is that says it increases your risk. After all, e-liquid contains propylene glycol, which is used to disinfect air in hospitals. The truth is we don't know either way. What we do know for sure is that smoking kills, and vaping as an alternative reduces the risk by at least 95%. Of course 100% would be better, but as Voltaire said, perfection is the enemy of the good.
