Nicotine less addictive via vaping then smoking?

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I never have gotten any kind of buzz (like smoking for the first time) nor any calming effect of the Nicotine like I used to get with cigarettes. I can be all anxious and up in arms about something, I'll start to vape and won't get that same calming effect I used to get with tobacco cigarettes.
Buzz was probably from carbon monoxide leading to a lack of oxygen.

But if you want that calming effect, you might want to try some WTA liquids.
Those MAOIs might be what you're looking for.
 
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Buzz was probably from carbon monoxide leading to a lack of oxygen.

But if you want that calming effect, you might want to try some WTA liquids.
Those MAOIs might be what you're looking for.
Thanks for the suggestion although at this point 18 months in, I'm fine with whatever any nicotine does to my body even though I don't actually notice any difference between when I do vape on weekend day time and when I don't vape for 9 hours at the office.
 
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    Every person on the planet is "addicted" to nicotine? Are you sure about that?????

    Absolutely!
    In fact the CDC has never tested a single person that did not have nicotine in their system ... NOT ONE ... (it's called the background level)
    Again: Nicotine is in our food chain, and 100% of the people on earth are addicted to eating.

    even though I don't actually notice any difference between when I do vape on weekend day time and when I don't vape for 9 hours at the office.

    You're spending way to much time at the office!
     
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    Niacin is a vitamin.
    Niacin is nicotinic acid.

    Make of it what you will...
    Niacin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    When the biological significance of nicotinic acid was realized, it was thought appropriate to choose a name to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins. The resulting name 'niacin' was derived from nicotinic acid + vitamin.[76]
     

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    The problem with links is who did the study, and what was their agenda. Also most equate nicotine, tobacco, and smoking as being all the same.

    So here a link about how nicotine ... a-er tobacco ... ah- I mean smoking effects the brain.
    Science is conclusive: Tobacco increases work capacity - Klaus K blog

    Seems like no one wants to do a study on just "nicotine", because they don't wanna know!

    Here's an interesting link for you.
    Nicotine, the Wonder Drug? | DiscoverMagazine.com

    But the bottom line is that we need to delete the words tobacco and smoking if we want to study nicotine.
    Sorry, but I was asking not about properties of nicotine, but about confirmation of your statement that "It took millions of years for life forms to develop a brain capable of subjective thinking. Nicotine played a key role in that."
    It took millions of years for life forms to develop a brain capable of subjective thinking. Nicotine played a key role in that.
     

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    Nicotine less addictive via vaping then smoking?

    I'm not sure how to Answer something like this? Because I don't know how to Quantify "Less"?

    I know some people who use e-Cigarettes about like they Smoked. Take some Hits, put it down for 45 minutes or an Hour, take some more hits. They don't freak out when they go someplace that Doesn't allow e-Cigarettes. Just like they Didn't freak out when they went to those Same Places and couldn't Smoke.

    But I also know Some People who can't get from the Cab to the Curb without taking a Hit. And I rarely see them without a Mod in their hand.

    I'm not Exactly sure how much the Nicotine plays in all this? Because some people seem to have the Same/Less Level of Addiction. And some, seem to be Much More Addicted to Using e-Cigarette.
     

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    I truly believe that it was some of the other chemicals added to tobacco cigarettes that kept me addicted for 31+ years.
    And I truly believe that tobacco does not needs any additives to be addictive. For example, it contains MAOI - if you remember some activists tried to accuse BT that it was adding this substances to tobacco. Unfortunately for them MAOI is natural component of tobacco:
    This may be reflected in the difficulty of smoking cessation, as tobacco contains naturally-occurring MAOI compounds in addition to the nicotine.[33][34][35]
    Monoamine oxidase inhibitor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    I do know very well that natural tobacco without additives is very addictive. Know many people who became dependent (myself included). And what about movies cowboys? Do you think they were not addicted?
     

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    I'm not Exactly sure how much the Nicotine plays in all this? Because some people seem to have the Same/Less Level of Addiction. And some, seem to be Much More Addicted to Using e-Cigarette.
    Less addicted to nicotine.
    More addicted to the hand-to-mouth activity of vaping.

    Or at least more free to enjoy, due to less repercussions.

    Nothing to see here.
    Just common sense going on.
    :)
     

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    Less addicted to nicotine.
    More addicted to the hand-to-mouth activity of vaping.

    Or at least more free to enjoy, due to less repercussions.

    Nothing to see here.
    Just common sense going on.
    :)

    Yeah... The Hand to Mouth, Oral Fixation, plays a Role in this. At Least, I believe it does for Me.

    Here's a Question though. If you use 0mg all day, do you feel the Same as you do using your current Nicotine Level?
     

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    I started vaping about a year ago, on and off. I'm a non smoker... started at 0mg but soon tried 6-8mg just to see what it's like..... and this whole time i've been vaping ive never once craved it nor have I felt any adverse affects.

    the reason you have not experienced nicotine cravings ... you are just a part-time vaper who consumes very small amounts of nicotine.

    start vaping every day at the levels we vape to get off cigarettes ... and you will experience nicotine cravings after some long term usage.

    similar to how I am a part-time alcohol drinker ... however, I never crave alcohol.

    however, if one started drinking every day with an increase in alcohol levels ... one would eventually develop a dependancy on it.

    nicotine, caffeine and alcohol all work in a very similar addictive manner.
     

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    From my own experience, it's less addictive.

    Example: I've been fasting for a month (Ramadan). My nicotine cravings are less now than when I was doing the fast last year. Last year I couldn't wait for to break fast so I could have a stinky. Now I'm not that desperate for a vape when I'm fasting. I vape 3mg nicotine on a sub ohm tank btw.
     

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    I truly believe that nicotine via vaping is less addicting that via smoking. When I was a smoker a little over 6 months ago, I couldn't go four hours without lighting up. If I left the house without my pack, as soon as I noticed that I had forgotten it at home I would either turn around to get it, or stop in the nearest gas station to pick up a pack. With vaping, I can easily go without vaping for 6 hours or more. Several times I had forgotten my mod when I left the house and didn't have the urge to turn around and go home to get it. I just went without until I got home.
     

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    I truly believe that it was some of the other chemicals added to tobacco cigarettes that kept me addicted for 31+ years. The nicotine in vaping was so easy for me to drop, I started at 18, then 12, now 6 and never even remotely felt anything like when trying to cut out tobacco. Honestly, I've had to wonder the past 18 months if the people selling the liquids I'm buying are simply lying and there is no nicotine in them at all as I never have gotten any kind of buzz (like smoking for the first time) nor any calming effect of the Nicotine like I used to get with cigarettes. I can be all anxious and up in arms about something, I'll start to vape and won't get that same calming effect I used to get with tobacco cigarettes.

    Yup, the more I think about it, the more I believe it was all the other crap that they put into tobacco cigarettes that was keeping me addicted. It's more of a mental thing for me now than any sort of physical thing with vaping. I think / I know I could drop to 0 Nic but then my mind tells me, why bother vaping at all if you're going to vape 0 nic liquids. It's one of those things where you think that maybe you're wrong and the nic levels you do ingest is doing something but your not observing it so just keep doing it just in case. Never the less, I could go down to 3 but why? I hardly vape much at all unless I've been consuming alcohol in which case I can vape out a tank in a night of drinking.


    Agree 150%. Could not agree more! In my experience, any 'addiction' from vaping nicotine is really nothing compared to addiction to nicotine via cigarettes. I can literally go for days without vaping and not feel a thing. (btw, I dropped very quickly from 18 mg when I started vaping to 6 mg-----within the first 6 months. I now vape 3-6 mg, and at times, 0 nic.)
     

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    Here's a Question though. If you use 0mg all day, do you feel the Same as you do using your current Nicotine Level?
    I've never used zero nicotine, but I have gone multiple days in a row without vaping.
    And I felt the same, physically, as any other day, vaping or not.

    But I realize that I may very well be different than others.
    And others may or may not experience the same things I do or do not experience.

    I usually don't even start vaping these days until after work.
    So I'm pretty sure that alone would make me a bit different from most here.
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    I've never used zero nicotine, but I have gone multiple days in a row without vaping.
    And I felt the same, physically, as any other day, vaping or not.

    But I realize that I may very well be different than others.
    And others may or may not experience the same things I do or do not experience.

    I usually don't even start vaping these days until after work.
    So I'm pretty sure that alone would make me a bit different from most here.
    :)

    If you Don't feel any different whether you Vape Nicotine, 0mg, or Don't Vape, then I Don't see any signs of an Addiction.

    But when you say you feel the same "physically", do you Also feel the same Mentally?

    Feeling differently Physically is a good sign of a Chemical Dependency.

    I don't feel any different Physically when I use 0mg or Don't vape for a Day. But Mentally I feel on Edge. I have that Nagging Feeling just like I did at the End of Quitting Smoking.
     

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    I'm just addicted to vaping as I was to smoking (20 year smoker). Neither is an addition purely to nicotine. There's a lot of rituals around both activities and the combination of ALL of them (INCLUDING nicotine), create a very powerful addition. One doesn't really work without all the others. This is why vaping works for quitting analogs and nicotine patches do not.
     

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