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1. prohobo · 1790155734 · focus · HN ↗

   People don't understand that cigarettes are self-limiting because they literally hurt your throat and lungs. Most people simply can't chain smoke and they need about an hour break in between smokes.

   With vaping that limit is completely gone. A vaping addiction can keep escalating until you want a puff every 30 seconds, especially once you start breaking down mental barriers like "no vaping indoors" or "no vaping while on the computer", etc.

   So in terms of pure addiction I would 100% argue that cigarettes are better than vaping.

   1. shevy-java · 1790165628 · focus · HN ↗

      I totally disagree with you here. Cigarettes are by far 100% worse on every level than vaping. Now, I tell people to not do either one, but since you tried to promote vapes over cigarettes here - you did not mention the damage to DNA and the rise in cancer by cigarette smokes. They literally lose many years of their life when smoking. Also, "need an hour break in between smokes", clearly shows that you never saw a chain smoker on a party. They don't need any downtime. They just continue to smoke. Even when coughing.

      But also your comment of "pure addiction" is simply wrong, because nicotine is more addictive than what you have in a vape (at the least with regards to level of concentration). I don't know why you think cigarettes would be better anywhere than vaping. It's just wrong. And both should be avoided anyway; people should not fall for the lie that vaping is better, but even less so that cigarettes is better. Why promote damaging substances anyway? Damage to lung cells exist via vaping too. People seem to forget that. They did not even know that asbesto fibers are damaging for a long time.

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