🔬 Nicotine isn't an old-fashioned drug. Even as the device changes, addiction evolves.
Nicotine isn't an old-fashioned drug. Even as the device changes, addiction evolves.
In the age of the cigarette, nicotine arrived together with smoke.
There's a smell.
Ash falls.
You need a lighter.
Where you can smoke is limited.
The people around you notice.
Modern nicotine products slip into daily life
But today's nicotine products are different.
Small, light, sweet, low-odor, looking like a USB stick or a cosmetic. In other words, nicotine's "social inconspicuousness" has increased.
This isn't a change that makes addiction lighter.
If anything, it's a change that makes it easier to slip into daily life.
The CDC says e-cigarettes should not be used by youth, young adults, pregnant people, or non-smokers. Many e-cigarettes contain nicotine, and nicotine is highly addictive.