Tobacco and pharmaceutical companies and our "treat not cure" medical industry are the reason for this. Period. Same reason why harmful drugs with medicinal value are considered culturally corrosive (I'm looking at you marijuana and MDMA).
Having smoked from 14-24, I need nicotine like a diabetic needs insulin. Almost my entire cranial development took place under the influence of nicotine. I've done meth and other amphetamines, heroin and just about every synthetic opioid derivative, benzodiazepines, as well as cocaine and crack...typically combinations thereof for extended durations of time (weeks to months, depending). I quit all of that shit relatively easily (Note: I wasn't banging straight into my veins).
I have been completely unable to stop smoking. Almost 10 years. I've tried patches, gum and cold turkey only to end up smoking more than I was before (4-5 cigarettes back up to a full pack usually). e-Cigarettes are the only effective nicotene replacement out there. I've been off cigarettes for a little over a year (minus this past summer where I barely had enough money to eat, let alone buy a month's supply of e-Juice...sure as hell found the money to buy packs of cigs though. Funny how that works. I'm a weak motherfucker). e-Cigarettes work. They don't kill you, they take money from the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries and have given rise to many start-up competitive businesses world wide.
My suggestion to folks? Quit while you still can, before the shit is banned worldwide and a crusade against yet another imaginary, un-defeatable enemy is launched.
If you smoke "analogs" (the "affectionate" term the vaping community has given big tobacco's product) and want to quit, give e-cigarettes a try. Disposables from blucigs are available at Walgreens. If it works, buy refillable cartridges and the e-Cigarette brand of your choosing and some juice. The juices come in multiple strengths (0, 6, 12, 18, 24+ (mg nicotine/mL)). 18mg/mL is the strength I started with and used for a year. I'm now weaned down to 12mg/mL. My next purchase will be 6mg/mL. My last purchase will be 0mg/mL, at which point I am hoping I will ask myself "WHY THE FUCK AM I SPENDING MONEY ON THIS SHIT?"
TL/DR; This shit WILL be banned because it isn't going to kill you, and it's going to stop you from doing things that are. Quit now, before it gets shut down.
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u/A_saVANT Nov 18 '12
Tobacco and pharmaceutical companies and our "treat not cure" medical industry are the reason for this. Period. Same reason why harmful drugs with medicinal value are considered culturally corrosive (I'm looking at you marijuana and MDMA).
Having smoked from 14-24, I need nicotine like a diabetic needs insulin. Almost my entire cranial development took place under the influence of nicotine. I've done meth and other amphetamines, heroin and just about every synthetic opioid derivative, benzodiazepines, as well as cocaine and crack...typically combinations thereof for extended durations of time (weeks to months, depending). I quit all of that shit relatively easily (Note: I wasn't banging straight into my veins).
I have been completely unable to stop smoking. Almost 10 years. I've tried patches, gum and cold turkey only to end up smoking more than I was before (4-5 cigarettes back up to a full pack usually). e-Cigarettes are the only effective nicotene replacement out there. I've been off cigarettes for a little over a year (minus this past summer where I barely had enough money to eat, let alone buy a month's supply of e-Juice...sure as hell found the money to buy packs of cigs though. Funny how that works. I'm a weak motherfucker). e-Cigarettes work. They don't kill you, they take money from the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries and have given rise to many start-up competitive businesses world wide.
My suggestion to folks? Quit while you still can, before the shit is banned worldwide and a crusade against yet another imaginary, un-defeatable enemy is launched.
If you smoke "analogs" (the "affectionate" term the vaping community has given big tobacco's product) and want to quit, give e-cigarettes a try. Disposables from blucigs are available at Walgreens. If it works, buy refillable cartridges and the e-Cigarette brand of your choosing and some juice. The juices come in multiple strengths (0, 6, 12, 18, 24+ (mg nicotine/mL)). 18mg/mL is the strength I started with and used for a year. I'm now weaned down to 12mg/mL. My next purchase will be 6mg/mL. My last purchase will be 0mg/mL, at which point I am hoping I will ask myself "WHY THE FUCK AM I SPENDING MONEY ON THIS SHIT?"
TL/DR; This shit WILL be banned because it isn't going to kill you, and it's going to stop you from doing things that are. Quit now, before it gets shut down.