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I just managed to quit Juul's after a ~5 year binge. It costed me ~60 dollars a week or so and unlike cigarettes where you typically go outside and make a littl
by psyclobe 7y ago
I just managed to quit Juul's after a ~5 year binge. It costed me ~60 dollars a week or so and unlike cigarettes where you typically go outside and make a little event out of it, these little guys can be huffed anywhere, so that usually causes you to build a constant huffing habit. Your entire day is constantly revolving around this little device, it terrified me to realize that I needed some external device/chemicals just to feel normal every day.
- objectivetruth 7y agoDid you regularly smoke cigarettes before Juuls? Counter-points: As a tobacco smoker, I was spending $64/week on cigarettes. A friend of mine spends $100+/week. I spend $40-70/week on Juuls depending on where I'm at in the US. "Going outside and making a little event out of it" is one way of putting it. But the inconvenience, the cold weather and snow, and the glares from non-smokers don't make me enjoy it like you seemed to. "Life constantly revolving around this little device" -- at least it's a little device that doesn't make you stink and doesn't come with a massive reduction in carcinogens. Ask any addicted smoker who's tried to quit if they feel their "life revolves around cigarettes." Mine sure did. Finally, the "needing chemicals just to feel normal every day" is a symptom of nicotine addiction no matter what the delivery device. I suppose if you never smoked tobacco and picked up Juuls for the fun of it, that was a pretty poor choice. But for millions of us, it's a massive improvement over cigarettes. For me, the Juul is the best invention to mitigate the fact that teenage-me started smoking 30 years ago. Until we can develop a time machine where I can go back and beat some sense into my teenage self, let's keep the Juuls!