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>I quite like the taste and mouth feel of the smoke but the nicotine itself is a bust. Perhaps a very mild caffeine-esque feeling at a push? It hasn't proven ad
by grawprog 5y ago
>I quite like the taste and mouth feel of the smoke but the nicotine itself is a bust. Perhaps a very mild caffeine-esque feeling at a push? It hasn't proven addictive as it's been sat out in my car untouched for the past four days!
As someone who stupidly started smoking later in life, that's pretty much how it goes. Nicotine addiction isn't like on TV where you smoke a cigarette or puff a vape and suddenly you're hooked. It's a slow process you find yourself doing more and more often until you realize one day, it's every day all the time.
- axaxs 5y agoI'll add to that - I never found nicotine that addictive. Some grogginess, a little on edge, gone before you know it. What's hard to quit are the motor memories/habits. Get in the car, reach for your ... wait no we quit that. You start realizing how many little habits you have that way.
- grawprog 5y agoThis is the hardest part. This and being around people who smoke. You get used to those times when you have a smoke, or socializing with people who're smoking. Even just having your smokes in your pocket or something becomes one of those things.
- petercooper 5y agoIf that's the case, I'll ditch the nicotine juices and enjoy the zero nic ones on a rare occasion then. The smoke/flavor part is amusing, but as a drug, I'm not seeing the appeal. Sugar or caffeine has a more noticeable effect.
- grawprog 5y agoI'm only speaking from my own personal experience. Everyone's different, bit i definitely found nicotine to be a slow building thing. I never found it all that great. Like you say, it's not much different than a cup of coffee or something, maybe not even as strong and that's almost why you don't tend to notice when it becomes a habit. It's really subtle.
- qvrjuec 5y agoI've also heard similar experiences from heroin users when talking about their path to addiction. A real negative of anti-drug/smoking education is the hyperbole used when describing how addictive and amazing the substance is. When the user tries it and finds that their first hit is kind of... underwhelming, at least compared to everything they've heard, it's easier for them to say "eh, I'll never get addicted. I can do this casually" until, whammo - they're hooked.