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People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes

248 points · 335 comments · alephnerd

dasKrokodil · 1790061745 · focus · HN ↗
A while back I saw this on reddit... in case you don't want to click the link, it's a picture of a cigarette with the caption "This plant-based alternative promises to help high schoolers stop vaping".
I would have never thought that people would be stupid enough to try this for real, but here we are...
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ffinally-i-can-get-my-friends-to-stop-vaping-v0-kullhw8l224h1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5b429d24bfe7cb66608ba3677ab4c8477ded1b72" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
1. EvanAnderson · 1790064075 · focus · HN ↗
  I am reminded of: <a href="https://theonion.com/new-smokable-nicotine-sticks-can-they-help-smokers-qui-1819564753/" rel="nofollow">https://theonion.com/new-smokable-nicotine-sticks-can-they-h...
  1. hn_throwaway_99 · 1790117197 · focus · HN ↗
    That was hilarious but I hate how hard The Onion has to compete with reality now.

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