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by zerebubuth 3808 days ago
Congratulations! For me, it's 353 days, and I attribute this success to having vaped for a year prior to that, and being able to gradually reduce the nicotine levels without reducing the frequency of vaping.

I think it's unfortunate that the conclusion of the paper (that all smokers are 28% less likely to quit if they also vape) will be confused with the questions that doctors and policy-makers will be interested in: whether smokers who want to quit are more or less likely to quit with the aid of e-cigarettes, and whether smokers who use e-cigarettes are more or less likely to die of cancer.

It seems like there's a huge, irrational split between pro-smokers and anti-smokers, and it's a big shame that what really matters might get lost in the argument: helping people to not die early.