I need to rant about this shit because it's driving me up a wall. So I recently quit smoking and switched over to nicotine pouches. They're a lot cheaper, and I'm not coughing up black shit anymore so that's pretty fucking cool. However, the addiction from pure nicotine products like pouches and vapes is WAY worse. I was able to go about 3 days without a cig and all I dealt with was insomnia, but now the anxiety from not having nicotine is way worse. I had gone months without biting my nails, and just absolutely obliterated my nails last night because I had to go without nicotine for a day. I'm gonna start taking biotin so it's harder to break through my nails, but I'm really upset that I fucked up all of my fingers yesterday
I don't smoke but I do some mutual aid stuff around town and I frequently think about buying cigs to give to people when they ask. But they also are like $15/pack so I haven't done it yet. I used to be like "nah I'm not gonna buy people that poison" but its practically medicine compared to the other shit people are smoking out there, especially when shit's really going down some people do kinda need a cig
I went to a protest thing a couple years ago and there was a cookie jar full of packs of cigarettes. It was awesome.