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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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[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes but that’s not the nicotine. That’s the smoke and the coffee and the relaxing and all that stuff. Which… yes is how I got started haha. But nicotine itself… nothing good, and lots of bad.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah the nicotine makes you just feel like you are dying.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I eventually went to those mints which are basically nicotine candy. I was eating them like… well, candy. When I quit those, my resting heartbeat went from 80 to ~55.

But of all the drugs I’ve ever done, nicotine is the only one where I still want it.

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But of all the drugs I’ve ever done, nicotine is the only one where I still want it.

Yeah, you smell that secondhand smoke and no matter how many years it's been, it's got that magnetic appeal, like the smell of a nicely seared steak.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 18 hours ago

Only if it’s my brand though. I hate the smell of cigarettes, but I can smell a camel light a mile away.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

But of all the drugs I’ve ever done, nicotine is the only one where I still want it.

Same. I still want a cigarette and its been way more than 10 years.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://www.vumc.org/ccm/whynicotine

What the hell are you on about? Nicotine is not bad for you.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Paid for by Big Nicotine ya dummy. There is overwhelming evidence to the contrary. But if you look hard enough, you can always find text on the Internet that aligns with the viewpoint that you want to have, regardless of its accuracy

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's Vanderbilt University...the fuck? There are tons of other studies that show it's being researched for a net gain.

https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html

What about that one?

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Caffeine isn’t good for you either, if we want to be pedantic. You can “the fuck,” all you want but showing how a bad thing is like another bad thing doesn’t make it a good thing.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did...did you even read any of the links I posted? Apparently not...things aren't bad just because you say they are... uranium can blow us all up or provide energy for us. The sun... literally is killing us when we go outside, but it grows our food and provides us a habitable temperature to survive in. Why is your brain so black and white...

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It would be wise to not purposefully sit out in the sun. If you’re going to do it, don’t try to make it sound perfectly fine. I won’t stop you from doing it. Just don’t lie to yourself and everyone around you by saying “but I wear sunscreen, so I can bake out there with no problem.”

Own your bad habits lol.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You absolutely didn't get anything from my comment...it has nothing to do about sitting in the sun.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 10 hours ago

You said the sun is killing us when we go outside. I reference the sun and its damaging effects. I read your entire comment, but as far as getting anything salvageable from it, I don’t believe so. You are bringing up uranium and radiation from the sun and comparing it to the voluntary inhalation of drugs. You should expect a bit of pushback.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Nicotine is well known to have serious systemic side effects in addition to being highly addictive. It adversely affects the heart, reproductive system, lung, kidney etc. Many studies have consistently demonstrated its carcinogenic potential.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4363846/

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html

Nicotine isn't the issue and no it is not carcinogenic. The burning of tobacco is.