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    Addiction is bad for you, and nicotine is really addictive if you let it rewire your brain (it is a dopamine agonist).

    I stopped drinking coffee over a week. It took me over a decade to drop nicotine.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah Nicotine is also very bad for your mental health long term. You become so hooked on it that you literally can not be happy without it.

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        It’s such a pacifier. And with vaping, you can get a little hit almost no matter where you are - don’t even need to step out for a break

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          It actually makes a lot of sense from a business. The vaping companies want you to live a long life hopelessly addicted.

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            Totally. It’s no wonder tobacco companies are deeply invested in smoking cessation and alternatives (or so I’ve heard - don’t ask me for a source).