• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    I remember when “e(lectric) cigarettes” were sold as a way to quit real cigarettes.

    They are, but the implied promise was that after quitting cigarettes, one would quit the e-cigarettes. Now, what sort of product would that be for the people selling it?

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
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      It turns out that when you can put any amount of nicotine in something, you could put less, or MORE! It just took capitalism a year or two to figure out the “more” part, and the rest is history.