[everdumb]

I guess I don't see the point of this. This isn't going to be anything about needing a nicotine fix, I imagine if you're trying to stop smoking vaping and slowly cutting back the nicotine intake is an obviously better solution. If you're trying to stop vaping I can't see why on Earth you would go back to smoking something.

Also I thought self promotion was banned here. Funny how Dang has the time to stomp out any hint of discomfort with Chinese genocide but cannot do the bare minimum when it comes to getting rid of ads for cigarettes.

[shwinnabego]

Curious to know how / why vaping is preferable to this?

[lapinot]

Almost all of the bad stuff in cigarette smoke aren't specific to tobacco, for example tar and carbon-monoxide. Nicotine is bad because it creates a strong addiction, but "apart from that" afaik there's not much to it (still weakens the heart, probably on levels similar to coffee or tea). Most of the physical damage is done by repeatedly inhaling smoke (aggravated by highly incomplete combustion).

[shwinnabego]

Don’t disagree with any of that. But breaking the addiction is step one, no?

[srtjstjsj]

That's what nicotine treatment is for.

If someone has already broken the nicotine addiction, why would they need to smoke non-nicotine?

These things seem to have none of the benefits of cigarettes.

[shwinnabego]

Part of what makes breaking the addiction so difficult is the habit of smoking + oral fixation, so this is meant to be used in conjunction with NRT