I knew that there was a law about people who whistleblow, but I was not entirely sure of how it worked. I never had the need to know until I discovered fraud in my own department. Since I work for the owner himself, I knew that I could not take it to him. He was more than likely the one allowing it to occur in the first place. I wanted to find out more about the Whistleblower Protection Act because it didn't sit right with me to just let it continue without trying to stop it. Too many people were going to get hurt if this wasn't stopped quickly.

I looked online, and I found a website that gave me a lot of the information that I was looking for. I was mainly worried about being blackballed in my industry, because there are not a lot of jobs. I knew that I was putting my job security at risk by wanting to expose the fraudulent activity, but I also knew that it was a risk I had to take. I didn't want to jeopardize my entire career though for simply doing the right thing.

When I saw that I could talk to someone confidentially about this, that changed my perspective on it. I knew that I would get a lot more protection by handling it this way, so I went ahead and made a phone call to the confidential line. I could have put my information there right on the site, but I was just too paranoid to do that. I wanted to talk with the person who would be getting the information before I actually gave it. I had to take care of myself too, and the lawyer I talked to understood that. It is going to be a long road ahead of me now that I have done this, but I can sleep better at nights now that I have done the right thing.

Not everyone who uses an electronic cigarette is some sort of new age hipster trying to look cool. Some of us are coming from a long term addiction to nicotine. I started smoking when I was young. The inability to appropriately handle stress runs in my family. I knew I had to quit smoking cigarettes, but I just could not accomplish the goal. I have quit several times. Sometimes I have quit for a few months. I keep going back to it when times get tough. I went to http://www.ecigzone.co.uk to switch my approach to how I handle nicotine.

I stopped smoking cigarettes by getting the nicotine through vaping. I could not stand the nicotine gum, lozenges or the patch. None of that worked to get me off cigarettes. I would cut back for a time and then go right back to full force smoking of my more than a pack per day habit. Vaping has cut out all of the real smoke. There is a big debate on whether e cigarettes are safe. All I know is that it seems to be much safer than smoking. The proof that smoking real cigarettes is bad for you is incontrovertible. Vaping is a relatively new thing, and it is being researched now.

I use a vaping liquid that tastes much like my old brand of cigarette. I do not go for the flavored e cig liquids like my friends do. They get into things in vaping that I am not interested in. I have a friend who really likes strawberry electronic cigarette liquid. I like my full flavor tobacco. No smoke, just a puff of vaporized liquid. I get nicotine without all of the other stuff that is in real cigarette smoke. I no longer fret about quitting because I have quit cigarettes even though I still get nicotine. You can look it up, but nicotine is not regarded as a carcinogen. The other stuff in tobacco is.