Well, then the addiction on nicotine isn't instantaneous ( at the first use ) ? I don't wanna seem childish, but i've weighed all my alternatives and I'm not very keen on trying yet another "wonder pill"...I've been to several physicians, they're the ones that prescribed me the meds I tried up until now. One of them (based on my med-related-history) just told me to try caffeine
), which was almost helpful.
I know it's not medication-intended, but I wanted to know if anybody had any experiences with it, and understand the concers ( and get the advice
, thanks for all of it, much appreciated !! )
ETA: to answer your direct question, no, it is highly unlikely you would get "instantaneously addicted" to nic by vaping....
I'm going to outline what I have learned about nic addiction from vaping...
A number of studies have been done, similar to the one I linked to, where never-smokers were given NRTs such as patches or gum, in order to study potential therapeutic effects on Alzheimer's and other neurological disorders. Hundreds of patients, given daily doses similar to smoking or vaping, for 3-9 months. NOT ONE of those study participants reported withdrawal or asked to have their nic supply replenished after the end of the testing.
The FDA even changed labeling of NRTs after they very begrudgingly admitted there was little or no chance of addiction outside of tobacco use (contrary to what they are now claiming in the deeming, BTW)
There is a "theory" that vaping, like cigs, results in a faster uptake of nic than with traditional NRTs. IOW, that vaping is different than NRTs. I think the FDA used that theory to explain why they are calling vape nic an addictive substance (that from my own reading of the deeming). They claim studies bear that out but I have not seen them and did not wind my way through the deeming footnotes to find it. I have not seen any of those studies. I call total BS on that, but I'm not your doctor. I'm just some anonymous guy on the internet.
I call BS because, as I said before, in the real world, with now millions of young never smoker vapers out there, presumably many using nic, I can find no reports of addiction issues. Not even the ANTZ liars have tried to conjure that one up. And I am sure if there is one kid out there who thinks he is addicted then he would be plastered all over the cable news and internet as the poster child for vape addiction and why we need to ban vaping to save the chillren.....
You need to do your own research, but I think you will have great difficulty finding any credible science suggesting vaping nic is addicting, particularly over the short term (say one year or less, and certainly for a month or two to do some experiments in the interests of science).
Also be careful - only a never smoker can give you an opinion on nic addiction based on personal experience. Most of us here are smokers so we are "tainted". Nic use by never smokers is a totally different beast than nic dependency by long term smokers. If you want personal testimonials, you need to find never smoker vapers, and they are fairly hard to come by here because they are not always well received (something I do not agree with but it is what it is)
To be politically correct here so I don't get my .... reamed, I'm not advising you as to what you are thinking about doing. I am telling you what *I* have learned about (the absence of) nic addiction by vaping never smokers. You asked the question and I think you should get as comprehensive an answer as possible.
