• braxy29@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    this is my impression as well regarding nicotine. however, i have noticed people are not interested in examining that and continue to conflate nicotine with cigarettes (high risk) and vaping (misconstrued risk).

    i also believe many view a nicotine addiction through a sort of moral lens they don’t apply so readily to caffeine.

    • theblips@lemm.ee
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      11 hours ago

      It’s generational trauma regarding smoking. The last couple generations were pretty moved by the discoveries regarding smoking and now overreact. Attitude is much more rational in gen z