Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal

Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by lelanthran on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:57AM (#27770791)

> If something is addictive (as in actually creating a physical and mental dependence on continued use in significant number of people) - why would you not classify that as harmful?

You want to classify sugar as harmful? It's physiologically addictive (go a few days without carbs altogether and tell us how it goes).

What about caffeine?

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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by viraptor on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:57PM (#27777498)

Yes, sugar is slightly addictive for some people. It's also slightly harmful. (Go sugar free and see how your dental health improves; dropping sugar / most carbs from diet is enough for me to get back to ideal weight)

Caffeine is also addictive and if you drink enough, stopping gives you withdrawal headaches. But in my experience not drinking caffeine at all makes me just as alert as getting used to the daily dose I thought I needed before.

So yeah, I'd totally classify both as slightly harmful.

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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by lupire on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:16AM (#27770948)

Yes, of course they are. It's well established.

But some harmful things are worth the tradeoff if you can maintain a low enough dose (sugar or caffeine)

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