I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn't seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes.
I understand e-cigarettes are supposed to help you quit... but has anyone actually had success with them? Or, is it more like trading one vice for another?
Not OP, but... Every vaper I've ever talked to on Reddit claimed they used them to quit. Every vaper I know IRL just likes the taste and "blowing big clouds" like they have the mind of a toddler.
Speaks more to your social circle and probably your age. I used vapes to quit. And then my state effectively banned them, so I went back to cigarettes.
I am addicted to nicotine, and that was fine when there was a legal way for me to get nicotine without carcinogens.
I smoked for over 20 years, and spent probably 15 of those years trying to quit. When I switched over to a vape pen in 2014 I had to be very cautious about which cartridges I bought because of the obscene nicotine levels in some of them. I can't remember the name of the brand, but there was one that helped me quit because they had a lineup that had a really low level of nicotine in them. After a year I quit without a problem. Just over 8 years now since my last cigarette and almost 8 years since I threw out the vape pen!
It can help, but you have to be very careful which vape juice you use.