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yes or simply "stop smoking" This article is an example of a bit of our society's insanity. Quitting nicotine is difficult. But people who want to quit work a

yes or simply "stop smoking" This article is an example of a bit of our society's insanity. Quitting nicotine is difficult. But people who want to quit work at it and achieve their goals. Throw the shit away, talk to your family for support, don't buy more. It's insane to imply that we need some sort of product or medical supervision to make a decision and work at something like quitting nicotine.

treve 8y ago
As it turns out many people don't have the willpower to kick the habit and die from smoking-related illnesses. How does does your suggestion to just quit help? Are you denying the existence of addiction to nicotine? If it were as simple as you describe, don't you think there wouldn't be a problem?
- awakeasleep 8y ago
  There are a range of choices and lifestyles available to everyone. Habits and addictions, and choices play a role in that. Many people die from issues related to their habits and addictions. But I do not think it makes sense demand a product or medical intervention as a solution to all of them. Many harmful habits or addictions are best tackled with planning, decision making, and human effort. I think a good litmus test for whether something can reasonably require medical intervention is the danger to your health from quitting. It makes sense to intervene for someone going through alcohol withdrawal, because they can be injured from it. It does not make sense for e-cigs, because if someone actually desires to stop, there isn't anything threatening them except their habit. What would the outcome be, if there was a product to reduce the effort of quitting nicotine? It would simply improve nicotine itself, by removing the biggest reason to avoid it. We'd end up with people habitually taking two drugs, nicotine and the 'quitting drug'.

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yes or simply "stop smoking" This article is an example of a bit of our society's insanity. Quitting nicotine is difficult. But people who want to quit work a

by awakeasleep 8y ago

treve 8y ago
As it turns out many people don't have the willpower to kick the habit and die from smoking-related illnesses. How does does your suggestion to just quit help? Are you denying the existence of addiction to nicotine? If it were as simple as you describe, don't you think there wouldn't be a problem?
- awakeasleep 8y ago
  There are a range of choices and lifestyles available to everyone. Habits and addictions, and choices play a role in that. Many people die from issues related to their habits and addictions. But I do not think it makes sense demand a product or medical intervention as a solution to all of them. Many harmful habits or addictions are best tackled with planning, decision making, and human effort. I think a good litmus test for whether something can reasonably require medical intervention is the danger to your health from quitting. It makes sense to intervene for someone going through alcohol withdrawal, because they can be injured from it. It does not make sense for e-cigs, because if someone actually desires to stop, there isn't anything threatening them except their habit. What would the outcome be, if there was a product to reduce the effort of quitting nicotine? It would simply improve nicotine itself, by removing the biggest reason to avoid it. We'd end up with people habitually taking two drugs, nicotine and the 'quitting drug'.