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by ebbv 3002 days ago
The success rate of never smoking/vaping in the first place is 100%.

The success rate of quitting is really up to the individual, much like weight loss or other self improvement stuff. But even if it's hard it's the thing you should do.

I'm really not sure what you're arguing. "Quitting is hard and a lot of people fail so .. don't quit." That's some lame mentality right there.
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truculation 3002 days ago
>"Quitting is hard and a lot of people fail so .. don't quit."

No, I asked: what should vaping be replaced with?

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DanBC 3002 days ago
If children are smoking, and they're cutting down using vaping, then you don't replace it, or you replace it with another smoking cessation method.

If they're not smoking you don't want them to start vaping.

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Crespyl 3002 days ago
Gum seems to be fairly traditional.

Obviously the goal is "not inhaling things that aren't air".

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truculation 3002 days ago
>Gum seems to be fairly traditional

Do you mean nicotine gum? Isn't that bad for your gums? Or do you mean plain chewing gum?

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moate 3002 days ago
Not OP, but chewing normal non-nic gum is commonly used as in combination with other quitting methods to help appeal to the physical oral sensations associate with smoking (obviously it's not a perfect proxy, but just "something to do with your mouth).

Ultimately, all cessation methods are aiming to require 0 nicotine at their conclusion. As for the "best thing" to do when trying to quit, financial loss seems to be a good incentive. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1414293

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miragle 3002 days ago
> The success rate of never smoking/vaping in the first place is 100%.

If it were, then nobody would start smoking.

This is like saying the rhythm method has a 100% success rate. It's only true if you do it perfectly. Nobody does.

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