This is totally true. I know a guy who stopped smoking by eating tootsie rolls instead of smoking (he needed to hold something similar in his hand). Unfortunately, he became diabetic over it. Ah, well. Can't win 'em all.skips said:
SMOKING IS B-.. Wait what? its safe?
- Thread starter enzilewulf
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Technically no. These are quite popular with some smokers that are trying to quit because they associate lifting their hand to their mouth with getting their nicotine fix sub-consciously. Nicotine patches do give them their hit but they still feel the urge to lift someting to their mouth, which means the cigarette is replaced by food and they put on weight. It's not just the nicotine they're addicted to, it's also the feeling of smoking. Obviously patches are enough for some people but because everyone is different, they need different things.maddawg IAJI said:
At least that's what I've been told.
I just want to add my part to this - whether you think it's stupid or whatever, I now know three people who have used this to quit smoking - my aunt, my grandmother, and a good friend of mine. All smoked for YEARS and fairly heavily, and this was the only thing that's ever worked for any of them. And yes, it's proven that not just the nicotine but also the physical act of putting a cigarette in your mouth are addictive, and that's what makes this so much more effective. You're eliminating one part of the addiction at a time instead of cutting one out entirely.
Yes, it does help. Massively. I know lots of people that have quit smoking using these. They help to address what a nicotine patch can't, the need to hold a cigarette.
You know, I worked at Disney World this summer, and I came across a man using one of those nowhere near any of the smoking areas. And that's exactly what I did--I asked him to put it out. It looks like a cigarette and is handled like a cigarette, so of course I assumed it was a cigarette. So many other guests try to sneak them or act ignorant to try and break the rules, anyway, it was no surprise.maddawg IAJI said:
But he popped it open and showed me what it was, and I wasn't quite sure what to do. I went ahead and told him he could use it though, because it was just water vapor (and at Disney when it's something on the fence like that, as long as it's not an unsafe situation, guest satisfaction always comes first). But I'm sure he was stopped so many other times throughout the day, and I'm sure it bothered other guests with children.
I can see something like this being a handy prop for stage productions, though. Or social experiments involving people's reaction to smoking.
As do you, apparently.Cliff_m85 said:
OT: Good on these guys. Sure, the commercial is cheesy beyond belief, but hey. I'm sure this will help some people.
oh man, i wish i had a dime for every time i've screwed something up because i thought the right answer was too easy and therefore wrong. i agree that it's wise to be skeptical of advertising, though.Casual Shinji said:
however, i have read that e-cigs are more effective than the patch, since it provides users with their oral fixation, as well as the nicotine. so there may be something to it. next time i get a chance, i'll have to ask the one smoker who i know has tried the e-cig how it has worked for him.
no i'm not a troll, but you are a moron. To prove this I am quoting your own link:Zeeky_Santos said:samonix said:If you are actually serious however, I must say that such ignorance of the brain's dependency on nicotine displeases me, but I will not argue further with the ol' internet shuffle. Only link you to a few wikipedia pages (which is a legitimate source of sources, click the citations if you're sceptical) that talk about nicotine's effects on the brain.Your troll bait will not work (in one of the intended ways) on me good friend. I've seen many a troll before in my time, I know this method very well.
1. Find a thread where ranging opinions are bound to be found, but there are two clear sides of the fence.
2. Pick a man with an argument that makes logical sense.
3. Pull the ol' Internet shuffle and argue the exact opposite of what they said.
4. ???
5. Profit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Dependence_and_withdrawal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_cessation
Cheerio
[sub]Cool calm and collected and I still know that the troll is laughing somewhere inside of him, even if he didn't get any sort of volatile reaction.[/sub]
'Cold turkey is abrupt cessation of all nicotine use. It is the quitting method used by 80% to 90% of long-term successful quitters'
so yes, cold turkey is the best way to stop. Why is this the best way to stop? Because the psychological addiction is the main reason you smoke and making people believe you need to be weaned off nicotine does nothing but further the idea that this is a powerful drug you have little mental control over.
Here is another fun fact about nicotine. If you took the nicotine in a cigarette and injected it into your blood you would drop dead instantly. That is how little nicotine you actually get from smoking. If people were addicted to nicotine and not cigarettes, no-one would smoke it.
So... wait... did anyone else see the scrolling message that said 'contains no nicotine'.
People don't smoke because they enjoy it, they smoke it because it's addictive.
This won't sell because it won't satisfy the physical cravings (there's no nicotine) or the psychological cravings (as people with half a braincell can work out it isn't a real ciggarette with nicotine).
Honestly, they'll probably have the same effect as these do;
People don't smoke because they enjoy it, they smoke it because it's addictive.
This won't sell because it won't satisfy the physical cravings (there's no nicotine) or the psychological cravings (as people with half a braincell can work out it isn't a real ciggarette with nicotine).
Honestly, they'll probably have the same effect as these do;
