Nicotine addiction is a terrible, often inescapable curse upon many who use it. Smoking nicotine via tobacco, as well as its production and sale, has lead to countless deaths and illness, stains everything, is produced in part by slave labour, and has lead directly to at least one murder.
Anyone who believes that nicotine, now being available without being smoked, is somehow a panacea of harmless consumption is kidding themselves.
Regardless of the above, however, there are likely a great many folks who have felt powerless in their struggle to quit smoking. Alternative means of nicotine consumption (be it patches, gum, these vaporizers, or whatnot) have undoubtedly helped folks to reduce their reliance on smoking tobacco, or possibly to break the cycle of addiction altogether.
That there would be those who would sing the praises of these alternative methods and vociferously defend these products which may have played a significant role in allowing these individuals to have power over their addiction should likewise not be a surprise to anyone who has known those who are, or have been, under the influence of addictive substances.
While we’ve removed several users who chose to attack posters here or otherwise run vastly afoul of our community guidelines, it is inappropriate to declare those who post here in support of these products as astroturfers or shills. Please treat your fellow users with respect, while flagging posters or responses that you feel are being dishonest or are here under false pretenses for the mod team to investigate.
Thank you.
