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Depends. I have quit social media, cigarettes, and nicotine at large. Nicotine was the easiest, cigarettes the hardest.

• pjerem 2y ago
  Ironically (pure) nicotine is not that bad for the health, it’s just really addictive so it have been added to cigarettes for just this. It can even have some good benefits if you are chronically stressed. I wonder if it could be an alternative to benzodiazepines for occasional use. I never took nicotine so I don’t know how quick the addiction would come. With benzodiazepines it’s a really hard addiction but not if you take it once in a while.
  • rpmisms 2y ago
    The problem with nicotine is the instant effect. If you use patches, the take up and let down is so slow as to not be noticed. Inhalation is much more addictive. Quitting is actually super easy, just a couple days of irritability. YMMV. If you want to try nicotine, anything but oral/lingual is ideal.
  • mariusor 2y ago
    > so it have been added to cigarettes for just this Erm, isn't nicotine naturally produced by the tobacco leaves? What are you on about being "added"?
    • froh 2y ago
      gp was imprecise, it's not added indeed. what is done though is "smoking" tobacco with ammonia, smoking as in exposing to the fumes, which will "crack" the nicotine and makes it more kicking me more addictive.
    • pjerem 2y ago
      I didn't knew so yes, I was wrong, thank you !