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?

  • Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social
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    and there have been some health questions about the oils that serve as a medium for the nicotine and how healthy they are to inhale.

    Yeah, by fear mongering satanic panic moms and by monied interests

    Nicotine vapes are orders of magnitude more safe than cigarettes. All the research shows it, and the medical establishment is full of cowards with “vapes lead to cigarettes” bullshit.

    The only harmful vape chemicals (on any scale close to cigarettes) are sketchy fake weed from China. 100% of the popcorn lung cases stem from that.

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      Actually the popcorn lung was traced back to one dude in LA who used a thickening agent to make his THC liquid seem thiccc.