- when quantifying for gum and patches, it is really hard to conclude that these pure forms of nicotine are any different from caffeine in harms / addictiveness
- cigarettes, or even pure tobacco smoked is definitely addictive and bad due to other compounds in play
- chewing tobacco products are likely a lot less worse than smoking, but still probably worse than pure nicotine gum or patches
- data is very unclear on vaping
IMO experience suggests vaping can clearly be highly addictive (see: young adults and teens), and I know personally there is even some minimal research on vaping e.g. THC that shows that vaping might be worse than just smoking cannabis, so vaping definitely warrants caution in general [though vaping THC requires much higher temps and different solvents, and involves different terpenes and other compounds].
- when quantifying for gum and patches, it is really hard to conclude that these pure forms of nicotine are any different from caffeine in harms / addictiveness
- cigarettes, or even pure tobacco smoked is definitely addictive and bad due to other compounds in play
- chewing tobacco products are likely a lot less worse than smoking, but still probably worse than pure nicotine gum or patches
- data is very unclear on vaping
IMO experience suggests vaping can clearly be highly addictive (see: young adults and teens), and I know personally there is even some minimal research on vaping e.g. THC that shows that vaping might be worse than just smoking cannabis, so vaping definitely warrants caution in general [though vaping THC requires much higher temps and different solvents, and involves different terpenes and other compounds].