If you start smoking with an electronic cigarette, could you become addicted to nicotine/smoking? The previous question is a frequently asked one and rightfully so. Before the topic of nicotine addiction can be delved into, it is necessary to understand what nicotine is. Nicotine is a chemical that comes from the leaves of the tobacco plant. Nicotine is notoriously known for the psychoactive and addictive effects it inflicts on users. The electronic cigarette is a device that was designed as an alternative to conventional cigarettes, rather than a quit smoking device, but its design mimics conventional cigarettes. One other ground on which the electronic cigarette is similar to the more conventional cigarettes, is that the electronic cigarette may also contain nicotine. However, electronic cigarettes can also be bought with no nicotine, manufacturers claim.

Since nicotine is an addictive substance, by its nature, it follows that you can develop a dependency on this chemical if you use the electronic cigarette with nicotine. Some have also suggested that as a result of the fact that the electronic cigarette delivers the nicotine directly to the lungs, this speeds up its effects on the brain, making you hooked on nicotine faster. It is related that the electronic cigarette also comes in different levels of nicotine, depending on your desire, low, medium and high. You may say that using enough of the lower levels of nicotine can lead to one wanting the higher doses, leaving you in the same position of dependency as if you used the high dose to begin with.

The other matter on hand, smoking. Some have suggested that using the electronic cigarette may cause the previous or current conventional cigarette smoker to crave the regular cigarette even more. This results, they claim, from the fact that using the electronic cigarette, or vaping as it is known as, imitates the hand to mouth habit of conventional smoking. They say the similarities are just too real to avoid wanting the usual cigarettes even more.

In summation of the discussion on the topic relating to electronic cigarettes and their addictive capabilities, it can be said that the electronic cigarette ‘definitely’ caries some dependency fears as a result of the presence of nicotine and the fact that the nicotine is being delivered directly to the lungs. Also, the fact that you are maintaining the hand to mouth habit associated with regular cigarettes, this may cause you to be even more addicted to regular cigarettes. So, back to the original question, if you start smoking with an electronic cigarette, could you become addicted to nicotine/smoking? The fact of the matter is, any device with nicotine will carry some health fears, hence, it is up to you to make the decision as to whether or not it is worth it.

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