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Don't trust me. Trust link #2 (UK government research, Aug 2015, Public Health England, similar to US department of health). Repeated here for your convenience
by notlisted 11y ago
Don't trust me. Trust link #2 (UK government research, Aug 2015, Public Health England, similar to US department of health). Repeated here for your convenience
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-around-95-less-harmful-than-tobacco-estimates-landmark-review https://www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-around-95-le...
You can also rely a little bit on common sense: 'analog' cigarettes have tar and everything that results from combustion of tobacco and whatever it's "laced" with. Not the case with e-cigs. Not saying it's safe, but safer.
PS If you knew me without nicotine, you'd tell me to get back on it, like my wife did. :-)
- tremon 11y ago> If you knew me without nicotine, you'd tell me to get back on it Without nicotine, or without nicotine dependence?
- joslin01 11y agoWhat's up with the HN community? Do you really not know what he means? Absurd how many users love being pedantic here to try and +1 someone else.
- tremon 11y agoOf course I knew what he meant. I wasn't being pedantic, I was trying to point out that "I'm a horrible person when not on nicotine" probably isn't the GP's natural state. To put it differently, I'm not surprised when people feel worse and act worse when suffering from withdrawal. It just makes me sad when people use that to justify their relapse.
- notlisted 11y agoIt's really self-medication for me. Nicotine is what helps me cope with my irritability, partially caused by ADHD. You might laugh at this, but there is actual research that nicotine can help - http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix
- tremon 11y agoFair enough. There's also medicinal value in LSD and marihuana, so I'm not going to challenge you on that.