Yeah, it's pretty nice, but tastes horrible and leaves a gross, chemical, slightly burning feeling in your throat.
The patch works way better, though as someone with 0 nicotine tolerance I've fucked up many of the first few times I use the patch. First you don't really feel it, and then suddenly it's way too much all at once and you get nauseated and dizzy and overstimulated. There's a bit of a delayed effect, kind of like edibles I guess, so I've gotten the best results by just leaving it on for a few minutes and taking it off before I even really feel anything.
>>11833763>Any form of nicotine is problematic because it's an extremely addicting substance. There are reports that non-inhaled nicotine isn't very addictive or not addictive at all for many people. I've never smoked cigarettes and started using nicotine patches after reading this article from Gwern, who basically concluded it's not any more addictive or harmful than caffeine:
https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine>Many associations with harm are confounded by past or present tobacco use, but when pure nicotine is examined, as in patch/GUM NRT, the harms appeared minimal: like all stimulants, nicotine may raise blood pressure somewhat, and is addictive to some degree, but the risks do not appear much more strikingly harmful than caffeine or modafinil (and certainly appear less than the many commonly-used amphetamines). >There is little evidence from the NRT literature that ‘never-smokers’ like myself are all that likely to become highly addicted, and minimal epidemiological evidence of harm from NRT use over the past 3 decades it has been available.I've noticed zero addiction or compulsion even after using a Juul a few times per week for a month or two, let alone with a patch. I imagine vaporizing probably can induce some risk of addiction, but I doubt the gum or especially the patch create much risk for people who've never smoked and who use them only like you'd use coffee (e.g. no more than once per day)
