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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by wayneftw on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:46AM (#27771228)
Yes, it is a smoking cessation product. It helps you cease smoking. Vaping is not smoking.
Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by rob74 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:03PM (#27773819)
Ok, so it's a smoking cessation product if you take the definition strictly - but it doesn't do anything to get you off your nicotine addiction, which people usually mean by "smoking cessation product"...
Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by moftz on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:59PM (#27776306)
A vape can be much cheaper than cigarettes and you get the benefit of not inhaling smoke and smelling like smoke. You can also begin reducing the amount of nicotine in your vape juice without reducing the amount of time you spend vaping. Most brands offer numerous levels of nicotine from something that's a little stronger than regular cigarette down to none.
Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by wayneftw on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:10AM (#27783825)
> Ok, so it's a smoking cessation product if you take the definition strictly...

I do.

> but it doesn't do anything to get you off your nicotine addiction, which people usually mean by "smoking cessation product"...

OK but what does this have to do with expressing ourselves accurately?

Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by yCombLinks on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:28PM (#27775192)
You've created your own definition and now expect us to accept it, which I don't.
Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by mullingitover on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:30PM (#27775225)
Nicotine is the thing people obsess over, but there are far more harmful substances than nicotine in tobacco cigarettes (for example, radioactive elements Polonium-210 and lead-210), and there are MAOIs that make the nicotine in tobacco smoke far more addictive.
Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by s1artibartfast on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:45PM (#27775440)
All the smokers I know want to quit smoking, not nicotine.. Smoking is 99% of the problem with cigarettes, and nicotine is 1%.