@▐▀▀✰▀▀▌ サマンサ ▐▄▄✰▄▄▌: "Not a fan of it.
E-smoking is still....smoking."
That is ridiculous. And a lie. There is NO smoke with e-cigarettes. It is still taking nicotine, yes. It is NOT smoking, and it is NOT ingesting the countless chemicals that come with real cigarettes.
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@Nutsters... : "No I'm not a fan of them.
To successfully stop smoking best to stop the routine involving placing a cylindrical object in the mouth & inhaling."
That might be best for some. But for others, the best thing to stop smoking, is to not have to give up this habit straightaway, and not have to give up the nicotine straight away, and instead, gradually reduce the nicotine strength in the liquid they use.
One can even buy liquid with no nicotine in it, so it can be reduced all the way down to nothing.
For me personally - I don't actually want to have to give it up. I've been off real cigarettes for three and a half years thanks to e-cigarettes, and whilst I hated being a real smoker, now I've found this much better alternative, I'm happy to continue with it.
Everyone has little 'addictions'. Are we to say coffee, tea, and sugar should be banned because of addiction?
Are we seriously going to suggest that the nicotine from e-cigarettes is definitely way more harmful than the amount of sugar and alcohol people put into their bodies?
"An e-cigarette isn't breaking the habit or getting past addiction."
An e-cigarette can make someone INSTANTLY stop smoking real cigarettes, and the nicotine content can be reduced like any other nicotine replacement method, such as patches and gum.
As I've said, personally, I'm happy with having this vice, like many of us are happy to consume a lot of chocolate, or candy, or fast food.
Of course as you say, the habit is still there, but that's exactly why it would be dangerous for e-cigs to be banned - because if they were, I'd probably be back on real cigarettes again.
The only thing that will guarantee me and millions of other people not smoking real cigarettes again, is by keeping them legal.
I appreciate the fact you see they are a lesser evil than real cigarettes - some people seem to fail to even see that.
But ask yourself, is nicotine on it's own definitely more damaging than sugar, alcohol or fat and salt in our foods?
Do we really want to live in a society where people can't have ANYTHING that could be addictive if taken more than in moderation?
No fast food, no packaged food, no chocolate, no sugar, no caffeine, no alcohol?
I think people should have a right to have pleasures, even if technically over time they are shortening their lives - which in fact we are ALL doing, unless we eat the healthiest of foods all the time, and exercise every day. And live in the countryside away from vehicle exhaust fumes.