Good news for nicotine addicts but Juul devices are re-usable but the pods aren’t which still create a ton of plastic waste.

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    17 hours ago

    I call BS. Is FDA compromised like other US agencies? Check who bought stock before this support.

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    21 hours ago

    This does not mean they are safe or ‘FDS Approved’.

    There hasn’t been enough time and data to know the effects of long-term vaping.

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      20 hours ago

      There are very few longitudinal studies on vaping and what it can do to the human body (less than 4).

      That is definitely not enough to determine all the hard facts.

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    Good news for addicts!

    As a former smoker and a lover of drugs, nicotine is one of the dumbest drugs that you could consume.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I’m still hooked on nicotine. These days I mix my own juice, use refillable pods that last me a good month with two rechargeable batteries that I swap between. It’s very cheap when one does it this way. Quitting is obviously the best way to go, and believe me I’ve tried, but I keep coming back.

    I’ve given up opiates, coke, and weed. But dropping nicotine is a real bitch.

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      23 hours ago

      If you mix your own juice why not slowly decrease the bicotine in the mix until it’s nonexistent? That should ween you off the nicotine and you won’t have to worry about it.

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        22 hours ago

        I have lowered the amount of nicotine in the juice I make. But getting down to 0 has been very difficult to do. Actually putting less in is not the hard part. Sticking with it is the hard part. It’s really easy to just make a new bottle at the level I had before that. Idk. It’s hard to explain.

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          Kinda like when I switched to rolling my own cigs, or later switching to a pipe. In theory, the extra work was supposed to disincentivize use. In practice, I just got really good at rolling cigs/packing a pipe

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          20 hours ago

          Do you have a trusted friend who could hold onto your nic extract and dispense specific amounts to mix into your juice mixture?

          I used to subohm 100 mg/ml salt nic extract and I managed to quit by reducing the nic until I got to 18 mg/ml, then switched to nicotine gum for a couple of months, then to regular gum for a month or two. This exact method isn’t going to work for everyone, and there are multiple ways to quit nicotine. I no longer have nicotine cravings, though, and I haven’t for years now.

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    Juul devices are re-usable but the pods aren’t which still create a ton of plastic waste.

    Juuls/pod systems/“disposable” ones are, but there are plenty of options that are fully rebuild-able. RTA/RDA on a classic mod for example.

    Idk why so many abandoned the classic mods, they are so much cooler, I had one with Bluetooth and LEDs back in the day LMAO.

    Ig that “just works” aspect of the pods was as addictive as the nicotine :/

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldOP
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      Yeah i used to smoke refills - it’s so easy and a bottle would last me for months. You can also mix flavors and cola + any fruit (like cola lichee) was my go to!

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      Not really sure what’s happened for that as well, as myself one who still uses an RTA and a mod. The local vape shop in my area went under… so now basically it’s ordering online as the only option. But even so the cost effectiveness is overwhelming.

      Honestly I think it’s simply the fact that, nice mods etc… last years… my RTA with about 15 bucks worth of cotton and wire, has held me up for over 2 years. $30 of liquid can last me 2 months easily. Meanwhile I’m seeing people buying disposables that last about 3 days for $25.

      I assume that’s basically what happened though, stores are incentivized to encourage things that bring lots of re-occuring income. I’d have to say it’s the same as the reason why almost everyone uses inkjet printers instead of lasers.

      Half the reason I started vaping was because I couldn’t care less about killing myself, but spending $7 a day on a pack of cigs, was adding up fast.

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      18 hours ago

      There are so many brands of e-liquid and they aren’t required to publish ingredient lists, so the answer is probably “some of them, yeah”.