• village604@adultswim.fan
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    2 days ago

    Not physically addictive, no. The physical addiction to nicotine lasts 3-7 days, while caffeine is 7-14.

    It’s not the nicotine that has you truly hooked, it’s the habit. It’s the fact that it’s always on you and you can often hit it as much as you want.

    Back before shitty closed disposable systems became popular, people regularly dropped to 0 nicotine without any trouble besides some cravings for a few days (which were about the equivalent of caffeine withdrawals).

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      2 days ago

      Have you stopped smoking or drinking coffee? One is way harder, let me tell you. They are both habits, but nicotine is way more mentally pervasive.

      You milage may vary but stopping smoking was way harder than coffee. For me, personally.

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        16 hours ago

        That’s the habit, not the substance. Smoking or vaping integrates into your life way more than caffeine.

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          14 hours ago

          Or -and hear me out- it is because it is more addictive. That helps the integration process.