How My 14-Month-Long Nicotine Dependence Changed My Life As A 25-Year-Old

Walking back to my room after a night out in college, which was right after a biochemistry exam, which was right after a chemistry exam, I saw kids smoking their vapes.

I felt light-headed even watching, especially after hours of staring at a bunch of molecular structures.

The pen-shaped e-cigs in their hands — with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, nitrosamines, lead, benzene, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide inside of them — were so discreet, which added to my fear of the possibility…