• Metz@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    i switched to vaping with nicotine. zero problem. did not miss cigs for a second. Then I slowly reduced the nicotine over six months until zero. i’m now smokefree since 2 years after lighting up 30 cigs a day for over 20 years.

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        11 months ago

        You both are stars!! I quit 10 years ago and now I am a podium finishing triathlete and marathoner.

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      11 months ago

      Nicely done! That’s how vapes should be used; as a means of harm reduction/tapering off, not as a ‘healthy’ replacement as some people view them to be.

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        11 months ago

        They’re still healthier than cigarettes (just because you’re not breathing combusted organic matter) so if every smoker switched to vapes then we’d be in a better place. The only issue I have is the huge uptake of vaping among young people who wouldn’t otherwise have smoked.

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          11 months ago

          That’s what I meant by harm reduction.

          Another big problem with vaping is electronic waste/pollution (especially with the cheap disposables).

          You also have to worry about cheap atomizers leeching heavy metals into the vapor.

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        10 months ago

        It’s not healthy, but less UN-healthy, which is then often called healthier, which is true.

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      10 months ago

      Did the exact same, although it was more like 20 cigs in 30 years. I was very heavily addicted, and got depression when I tried to quit earlier. I finally managed to quit after vaping a few years, and then reduce the dosis. I’ve been nicotine free for 5 years now.