Considering to buy one for a family member.

  • Chaos0f7ife@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I’m not a smoker/vaper so my opinion doesn’t really matter here. But from a sober perspective, I believe that switching to vaping CAN be good, as long as you’re willing to follow the rules diligently.

    The biggest problem I can see going down would be that vaping can be more addictive because you can put more nicotine in it. So if you plan on getting one for a family member, make sure they are actually willing to quit. Because there is a possibility that you can make the addiction worse if they have the opportunity to put even more nicotine in their system.

    Once again, this is from an outside perspective, if I’m in the wrong vapers, please let me know.

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      5 hours ago

      This is a little more complicated because vaping doesn’t get nicotine into your blood as effectively as smoking. So even if the liquid seems like it’s stronger than a cigarette would be, it’s likely not actually getting them more nicotine. If anything too little nicotine is an issue because this could make it harder to switch.

      Smokers (and vapers) also self titrate, meaning they adjust their smoking/vaping habits to get the amount of nicotine they want. So if you had a genuinely stronger vape, they would stop after fewer puffs. Nausea comes pretty quick after too much nicotine too so it’s not pleasant to take too much.