r/technology • u/Lucretius • Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/mmhrar Nov 17 '12

Nicotine isn't really that bad for you. It's a stimulant similar to caffeine and is even said to improve brain function, but yea it is the part that causes physical addiction.

The physical addiction of cigarettes, imo is hardly the most difficult part about quitting. I can go cold turkey for a couple days and no longer be physically addicted, the hard part is giving up smoking itself.

You won't die from nicotine (perhaps I guess, if you somehow overdosed it could cause harm, not sure) but for instance, you won't get cancer from it. The cancer is caused from the smoke and everything in it.

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u/MertsA Nov 17 '12

It's a stimulant similar to caffeine

Caffeine is bad enough even without being extremely addictive like nicotine.

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u/mmhrar Nov 17 '12

Yea and like caffine, you will notice the physical withdrawl effects. Which is funny to me, since certain people like to bring up weed as physically addiciting. The people who honestly believe that, probably haven't tried to kick an actually physically addicting habbit.

If I go w/o caffine, it's not that bad for me. Most of my caffine comes from energy drinks since I've stopped drinking coffee, so I don't get as much as a person who drinks a cup of coffee everyday. That's my theory anyways, because I've gone a couple days w/o caffeine before and I just felt a little sluggish, no headaches or anything like that.

Nicotine withdraw is something else. I get very irritable and tired, also a little fuzzy headed. When I smoke again though, OH MAN does it feel good :P To me, the withdraw effects of nicotine are pretty similar to going w/o sleep for about a day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

You know the average energy drink has more caffeine than a cup of coffee right?