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1. sph · 1790065032 · focus · HN ↗

   For the past 3 years I have replaced my ADHD stimulant medication with nicotine patches and they’ve been great, cheap, and legal in the country I live in now.

   Recently I got the urge to try vaping again, bought all the paraphernalia and started vaping like a chimney 24/7. Got light nicotine poisoning as well. After two days, I caught myself compulsively reaching for the vape.

   So I threw everything away and I’m back to patches. Took me a week to forget the compulsive hand-to-mouth urge. I now believe intradermal nicotine is the superior method of administration. At least with cigarettes the smoke is such an intense irritant you self-regulate pretty quickly compared to a cupcake flavoured vape you can just suck on all day long.

   1. dasKrokodil · 1790070236 · focus · HN ↗

      > At least with cigarettes the smoke is such an intense irritant you self-regulate pretty quickly compared to a cupcake flavoured vape you can just suck on all day long.

      In my experience: no, you don't. You just arrange your life around the fact that you need to smoke all the time.

      1. sph · 1790101530 · focus · HN ↗

         I've been a heavy cigarette smoker for 12 years (pack a day min.). When I switched to vaping, I vaped continuously the entire day.

         There is no human on earth that can smoke continuously the entire day for very long. A pack a day smoker means smoking one every ~30 minutes circa.

         1. xoxxala · 1790121606 · focus · HN ↗

            My step-father’s parents smoked a carton a day. Each. They started smoking before breakfast and stopped just before sleep. Their trailer home had a 2-3’ cloud of haze below the ceiling and every surface was sticky. I’m not how many years they smoked like that, but probably decades.

            As a kid, I could not breathe in there. This would have been late 70s. No way they could have afforded that habit at today’s prices.

            1. paulpauper · 1790126045 · focus · HN ↗

               That is crazy. How long did they live? It would be fascinating if someone could live a long life despite smoking so much

               1. userbinator · 1790131060 · focus · HN ↗

                  It would be fascinating if someone could live a long life despite smoking so much

                  Genetic variation probably has a bigger role than we'd like to admit. There are definitely outliers. I know smokers who lived into their 90s, and non-smokers who died much younger. The sibling comment says they lived into their 70s, which is probably average.

                  ...and then there&#x27;s <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_lifestyle" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_life...

                  Calment continued smoking in her elderly years until she was 117

                  1. rsynnott · 1790169054 · focus · HN ↗

                     Well, I mean, context:

                     &gt; Her husband introduced her to smoking, offering cigarettes[5]: 4–21 after meals, but she did not smoke outside these post-meal occasions.

                     Having a cigarette after meals is less than ideal of course, but it&#x27;s not like it&#x27;s a pack-a-day habit.

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