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?

  • ghostwolf@lemmy.fakeplastictrees.ee
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    1 year ago

    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.

    Why would he become less addicted if he keeps getting nicotine? E-cigarettes are not supposed to help you quit. That’s just how they arvertise them.

    • HipPriest@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Well, they’re supposed to help you quit smoking cigarettes so you’re not inhaling all the tar and other stuff that usually lead to lung cancer. They’re not primarily designed to get rid of your nicotine addiction. So it depends on your definition.

      It’s undoubtedly healthier to do neither