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?
They’re not.
An e-cigarette is just like a normal cigarette, but you’re not inhaling burned paper. If you were inhaling addictive substances with normal cigarettes, nothing is stopping you from doing the same with an e-cig.
Do they work? In the sense that they “burn” (in quotes) substances and let you inhale them, then yes. That is their purpose.
There are literally thousands of other burned compounds that you’re inhaling besides the paper. Everything in a cigarette combusts, and all of the byproducts are things you shouldn’t be inhaling. It’s definitely not just the paper.