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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Who told you e-cigs help you quit? All the people I know who used them, it was so they could use them inside, no intention of quitting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Helped me quit cigarettes at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I smoked for over 20 years, and spent probably 15 of those years trying to quit. When I switched over to a vape pen in 2014 I had to be very cautious about which cartridges I bought because of the obscene nicotine levels in some of them. I can't remember the name of the brand, but there was one that helped me quit because they had a lineup that had a really low level of nicotine in them. After a year I quit without a problem. Just over 8 years now since my last cigarette and almost 8 years since I threw out the vape pen!

It can help, but you have to be very careful which vape juice you use.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not OP, but... Every vaper I've ever talked to on Reddit claimed they used them to quit. Every vaper I know IRL just likes the taste and "blowing big clouds" like they have the mind of a toddler.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Speaks more to your social circle and probably your age. I used vapes to quit. And then my state effectively banned them, so I went back to cigarettes.

I am addicted to nicotine, and that was fine when there was a legal way for me to get nicotine without carcinogens.