I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn’t seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes.

I understand e-cigarettes are supposed to help you quit… but has anyone actually had success with them? Or, is it more like trading one vice for another?

  • @[email protected]
    13•1 year ago

    I am currently using e-cigarettes as a former smoker

    I would say:

    • if you aren’t smoking already, there isn’t really a good reason to start
    • if you are smoking and sort of kind of want to continue, e-cigarettes are most likely healthier than analog
    • if you are smoking analog and want to quit, there are better ways to quit for sure - I don’t feel like committing to quitting just yet, however when I do feel committed, I will go with the tips outlined towards the end of the Huberman Lab - Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping podcast
    • CosmicApe
      6•1 year ago

      From now on I’m going to refer to cigarettes as analogue vapes

    • TouchTheFuckingFrog
      1•1 year ago
      • if you aren’t smoking already, there isn’t really a good reason to start

      This is why I was glad to see all the legislation beginning to come out banning disposables. I swear 95% of disposable users I see are kids who’ve never smoked, and disposables are just the alcopops of the smoking world - cheap, sweet, and used as a gateway in rather than out.

      • Aesthesiaphilia
        3•1 year ago

        We already have laws banning sale of vapes to children. Why can’t I, an adult, have a sweet flavored vape? I can legally buy weed gummies and flavored alcohol. Flavor bans are ridiculous.

        • ANGRY_MAPLE
          1•1 year ago

          I think they should be stricter on people who give or sell them to minors. Maybe they should start charging parents every time teens are caught vaping, until the source is found. Add more pressure, make it more difficult to ignore than it is to deal with an angry teenager.