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Addiction & Recovery

Clearly fogged in

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12. The 14% is full strength, similar to popular cigarettes

Reply to RamblingRose (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 02:11 PM

Jul 2020

There is so much more than nicotine addiction happening - we develop habits. Smoking a pack a day for a year is 20x365 cigarettes - that's 7,300 cigarettes. If there were only 20 drags/puffs on a cigarette, then a smoking habit has been reinforced 146,000 times in just one year.
By the time something is repeated that many times it has gone far beyond the nicotine addiction.

Ask her to compare the color in juices of varying levels of nicotine - the 0% juice is clear; the more the nicotine the darker the color. Think of the color as the level of poison one takes.

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can anyone help provide me with some insight to nicotine addiction from vaping? [View all] RamblingRose Jul 2020 OP

Yes nicotine is addictive irisblue Jul 2020 #1

Yes. WaPo had articles about it: tblue37 Jul 2020 #2

Thank you for the link! Sounds just like her. RamblingRose Jul 2020 #6

Maybe print the article and ask her to just read it. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #10

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known. TygrBright Jul 2020 #3

Was she a smoker beforehand using it to quit? Thyla Jul 2020 #4

she started casually vaping her freshman year of college and it slowly spiraled out of control RamblingRose Jul 2020 #7

Nicotine addicts in need of a drag are unpleasant Warpy Jul 2020 #5

She is definitely suffering from anxiety & depression. It seems like it's all related RamblingRose Jul 2020 #8

First, find out what you can agree on with your husband. Warpy Jul 2020 #13

Vaping, even without nicotine, is very addictive Clearly fogged in Jul 2020 #9

Thank you for your insight. I notice the 'juice' bottles have nicotine levels (eg. 14%) on them RamblingRose Jul 2020 #11

The 14% is full strength, similar to popular cigarettes Clearly fogged in Jul 2020 #12