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I do have the addiction and I have quit before but it’s really hard. That was when I smoked cigarettes and needed to quit because I was severely harming my body. I now vape with a 100% vegetable glycerin and nicotine mix that is fully unflavored so I haven’t found the need to quit again because frankly the health risks are very low.

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I’ve quit as well and imo there’s no “quit before,” it’s quit or still doing it.

I respect your opinion but I can’t really take a nicotine addict’s claim that the substance isn’t harmful, when the addict hasn’t actually ever quit the chemical.

Somehow along the way “quit” got subbed in with “vaping but it’s basically the same as quit.” Biggest marketing con the industry has ever pulled.

Yes! I wholeheartedly agree. You can only quit once. You may have stopped before, but if you ever pick it back up then you didn't quit.

Turning quit into a waffle word takes away its impact and probably eases some psychological constraints for people.

Oh, I am not saying I quit. I meant to say I made an attempt at quitting and succeeded for sometime. I am not calling vaping “quitting”.

What does my quitting have to do with its effects? If nicotine is dangerous it’s going to be that way if I quit of not.

Try to quit fully, long term, and then tell me the chemical isn’t dangerous after that process is complete for you.

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