The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoStress is relativelemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down136
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minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoI think the best option would be to get off of nicotine products. They aren’t exactly good for you.
minus-squarequicksand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·2 months ago They aren’t exactly good for you. Or bad necessarily. From my understanding nicotine is similar to caffeine in that regard. The harm is in the other stuff you’re pumping into your lungs
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoAddiction is bad for you, and nicotine is really addictive if you let it rewire your brain (it is a dopamine agonist). I stopped drinking coffee over a week. It took me over a decade to drop nicotine.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah Nicotine is also very bad for your mental health long term. You become so hooked on it that you literally can not be happy without it.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s such a pacifier. And with vaping, you can get a little hit almost no matter where you are - don’t even need to step out for a break
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt actually makes a lot of sense from a business. The vaping companies want you to live a long life hopelessly addicted.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoTotally. It’s no wonder tobacco companies are deeply invested in smoking cessation and alternatives (or so I’ve heard - don’t ask me for a source).
I think the best option would be to get off of nicotine products. They aren’t exactly good for you.
Or bad necessarily. From my understanding nicotine is similar to caffeine in that regard. The harm is in the other stuff you’re pumping into your lungs
Addiction is bad for you, and nicotine is really addictive if you let it rewire your brain (it is a dopamine agonist).
I stopped drinking coffee over a week. It took me over a decade to drop nicotine.
Yeah Nicotine is also very bad for your mental health long term. You become so hooked on it that you literally can not be happy without it.
It’s such a pacifier. And with vaping, you can get a little hit almost no matter where you are - don’t even need to step out for a break
It actually makes a lot of sense from a business. The vaping companies want you to live a long life hopelessly addicted.
Totally. It’s no wonder tobacco companies are deeply invested in smoking cessation and alternatives (or so I’ve heard - don’t ask me for a source).