Some changes I've noticed already.
My appetite has improved. Nicotine is an appetite suppressant and I'm probably getting more from the gum than I did from cigarettes, so I suspect this is a secondary effect of chewing. Chewing produces saliva, saliva improves digestion, etc...
I imagine I look like I'm chewing my cud all day and I'm pondering things while I do it... I guess that's why they're both called ruminating, the one compliments the other. I have found that when I'm playing at my other favourite addiction the chewing can be a distraction and I spit the gum out, although the nicotine is an aid to concentration. I wonder if this qualifies as 'drug cheating'?
Then there's the dreams... I've always been a natural lucid dreamer, one of my earliest childhood memories is of having an 'out-of-body experience' (I'll discuss what I think this really is elsewhere). Since the change of habit I've had either pre-lucid or full lucid dreams nearly every time I've slept. What's going on there I'll save for posts when I've got nothing better to prattle on about, this is as good a place as any for some off-topic discussion.
My chest is not so tight, and already I can draw a full breath without feeling pain or congestion. I like that.
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