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I totally forgot to mention that Feb 8-11 marks 8 years smoke-free for me.
#IquitSmoking by switching to #vaping & #snus after multiple failed quit attempts with NRT. Of course, back then (2013), products were still kind of underwhelming for nicotine delivery, so...
#IquitSmoking by switching to #vaping & #snus after multiple failed quit attempts with NRT. Of course, back then (2013), products were still kind of underwhelming for nicotine delivery, so...
I had to fall back on the gum (4mg) to kinda balance things out. I started at 24mg/mL and I'm pretty sure I had something in the 30s-40s, but there weren't any labeling requirements, so who tf knows.
- I smoked ~2pk/dy for 21 years.
- It was my dad's advice to "start quitting" in 2008 that motivated me to even try nicotine gum. (Note, this advice pre-dates the FDA's change in guidance to industry & the recent ad campaigns). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/02/2013-07528/modifications-to-labeling-of-nicotine-replacement-therapy-products-for-over-the-counter-human-use
- It was my dad's advice to "start quitting" in 2008 that motivated me to even try nicotine gum. (Note, this advice pre-dates the FDA's change in guidance to industry & the recent ad campaigns). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/02/2013-07528/modifications-to-labeling-of-nicotine-replacement-therapy-products-for-over-the-counter-human-use
- My dad's advice also predates the #EveryTryCounts campaign.
- My point isn't that my dad's a super-genius, rather that consumers took control of their destinies long before science & regulators caught up.
- He continues to enjoy NRT gum (mom could do w/o all the chewing tho).
- My point isn't that my dad's a super-genius, rather that consumers took control of their destinies long before science & regulators caught up.
- He continues to enjoy NRT gum (mom could do w/o all the chewing tho).
- Consumers did it again with vaping, and actually hit incumbent tobacco companies in the wallet. (And when you hit an industry that generates >$10bn in tax revenue, you hit the state in the wallet too, #COI).
https://www.statista.com/statistics/248964/revenues-from-tobacco-tax-and-forecast-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20revenues%20from%20tobacco,was%203.5%20trillion%20U.S.%20dollars.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/248964/revenues-from-tobacco-tax-and-forecast-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20revenues%20from%20tobacco,was%203.5%20trillion%20U.S.%20dollars.
Anyhoo, I don't smoke anymore (neither does my dad) and I don't want to go back. But as long as regulators and tobacco control folks keep making this out to be some epic struggle between good & evil, regular folks are being harmed.
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