why you can't quit elf bars
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- All of my friends are addicted to elf bars and I wanted to find out why 💨 lets talk about the science of vaping, and how people who never smoked before are becoming addicted...
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Timestamps:
0:00 intro
0:30 what is an elf bar?
2:24 what makes elf bars addictive: nicotine
5:35 what makes elf bars addictive: sugar
7:21 visual cues
7:54 "clean" smoking?
10:21 am i addicted?
11:13 learning from big tobacco's marketing playbook
14:30 the myth of willpower
16:09 the emotional toll of failure
16:50 how to quit according to science
17:31 outro
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Thank you so much for watching my first video essay! I was so nervous to upload this so all of your kind comments have been greatly appreciated 💕
I've linked all of the sources I used for this video in the description, but I'll pop them here too in case you're looking to do some additional research! docs.google.com/document/d/1fJlpudaC0zAhGX-7w5kmVD_Rsv4DiPyhcMoPRDAgCPA
I’m not a vaper or smoker but plenty of my family & friends are and I found this so interesting! Love this kind of content
I absolutely loved this form on content, it's fantastic and I'd love yo see more if that's something that would keep you excited 🥰
Your channel is such a throwback
Cigarettes do not contain 1 mg of nicotine, the very low end is 8mg and the very high end is 28+ mg of nicotine per cigarette. The average is around 10-14mg of nicotine per cigarette though. When you smoke a cigarette though you typically only absorb 1.1-1.8mg of nicotine so you also just took the very low end of that and said that’s how much nicotine is in a cigarette.
Therefore a lot of the math you do in this video makes very little sense. If in a typical cigarette you absorb 1.1-1.8 mg of nicotine then even if you absorbed 100% of the nicotine in a elf bar you still wouldn’t be nearly at 48 cigarettes from 1ml of elf bar juice(aka 20mg in the case you’re talking about). Anyway just thought I’d let you know, it seems like some pretty bad misinformation that would lead people to think vapes are delivering way more nicotine than they actually do, especially in comparison to cigarettes.
This was your first video essay ever?? That's amazing! I genuinely look forward to seeing more from you!
I had never heard of Elf Bars and I don't vape, but I gotta say... calling them 'Elf Bars' is brilliant from a marketing perspective. It sounds almost elegant? Very 'cool city girl'. Vaping has a teenage boy image, at least in my perspective, so this marketing feels much more targeted towards me (24yo woman). The word 'bar' makes it so you don't even have to think about vaping or smoking when discussing it. Great video! If someone ever offers me a vape, I'll make sure to think twice!
SO true, I’ve never thought of it like that before!
I had the same reaction-- I had never heard of this brand (I'm in the States & I don't vape) so I assumed an elf bar would be some sort of granola or protein snack. also confusing bc of the elf cosmetics brand!
Even from the thumbnail, it looks like a beauty product!!! I had to google what it was because I have a lipstick that literally looks the same lol
@@amyckan yep thought the same thing! I thought the thumbnail was to make it look like she was using it as a vape to compare an addiction to elf like, chapstick?, to vaping. I fully assumed this and this thumbnail has been in my feed for days.
@@qwertydeluxe , this! I thought this video was about an ELF lipstick or stick blusher!
A really interesting thing is that Australia recently banned selling nicotine vapes to people unless they have a prescription (eg for use to quit smoking). The government was especially concerned about the available flavours being targeted at children (cotton candy, unicorn sparkles etc. ).
I was just remembering all the discussion about it from a few years ago but I couldn’t remember what ended up happening. I do still know of a few people that use the nicotine ones, I’m going to do more research. After watching this all I can say is thank god Australia took the vaping craze so seriously before they had to battle a hugely addicted population!
@@emmayounger5430 True, unfortunately though they’re still sold under the counter everywhere here despite being illegal and kids as young as 13 are calling our smoking quitlines. More needs to be done 😭
yup but unfortunately they’re still pretty widespread in more undercover markets. i think our initiatives so far need to be paired w the extensive antismoking education we got as kids but redirected to vaping and hopefully the situation here will get better :(
So the Australian government is “concerned” about its citizens?
That’s how it should be, I don’t understand why people vape that have never smoked
Honestly I was so shocked at how readily vapes & elfbars were just accepted and normalised when there was so little known about them & their safety. I had several friends who are like "I would never smoke, ew gross." but don't leave the house without a vape. The companies really marketed them as a 'safe' alternative to smoking and people just leapt at that.
Ecig have been around for 20 years and have been heavily tested in the uk we no exactly what's in them me especially as I make my own eliquid disposables are different but if bought from a vape shop in the UK they have to be highly regulated under the tpd meaning we know the ingredients, also no one markets them as safe they are safer her alternative to smoking around 95% safer to be more precise and that comes from the Royal College of Physicians who update their research every year. So far no one has died from vaping only nicotine compare that to the thousands that died from smoking everyday it speaks for itself
right! I have so many friends that don't smoke and never had but took up vaping. They also fail to see how they've been absolutely marketed to in the exact same way smokers were by Big Tabacco. It's very bizarre to me.
People act like they don't know anything about them but reality is that it's nothing new. We do know that cigarettes kill tho
Umm.. There is plenty of research on nicotine vapes lol
All I can say is anecdotal evidence, but when I was smoking I got chest infection after chest infection, now I'm vaping I don't think I've had a chest infection. Though in saying that I don't want non smokers to take up vaping, it's likely still harmful to a reasonable degree and nicotine addiction sucks.
A few more quitting tips, not from personal experience but because I'm writing my dissertation on quitting smoking:
---Delaying can be a good strategy to help you start vaping/smoking less. If you have the urge to vape, try to make yourself wait a little bit before you let yourself. It helps make the habit less automatic, even if you're only delaying by a couple minutes each time.
---Thoughts are just thoughts. Cravings are a little more rooted in physiology than most thoughts, but at the end of the day they are just thoughts. Thoughts never stick around forever, and having cravings doesn't mean you have to listen to them. Notice the fact that cravings eventually go away, even if you don't give into them.
---Try to change the cues/environment in your life that might make you think of vaping. If you vape at home, keep your vape in your car, or at least in a drawer, and put it back immediately after use. Again, it's creating more of a barrier to vape, and also reducing visual cues to vape.
---There's some research that replacement behaviors that occupy your hands and brain can help, like Tetris. So if you're having a really strong craving and don't know what to do with yourself, try playing a phone game for a few minutes.
---If going out and drinking alcohol is a trigger for vaping, avoid that entirely until you're through the withdrawal period.
---Set reminders on your calendar to pop up with reminders of why you want to quit vaping/smoking. Choose something personal and meaningful.
Good luck!
Or just do acid and have your brain correct itself.
thanks so so so fucking much. I am hardly vaping now and I was addicted before, like really addicted.
@@quinnstyka4042 that is stellar, good for you!!!
Good advice, I'm gonna screenshot
have you ever actually smoked/quit a substance? or is this entirely research based?
Really like this type of content PLEASE CONTINUE GIRL
Great video on an important topic that's not talked about enough! I'd like to add two more points that I also heard about:
1. Elfbars contain many ingredients (e.g. aromas) that are approved to be used in food, but there's often no research on whether they are safe to be inhaled.
2. The environmental impact of single use vapes. Every single one of them contains a battery, which take a lot of ressources to produce, and then they just get thrown away, which is nuts imo and such a waste
When I was looking at buying a elf vape (which I ended up doing) they advertised as recyclable, I totally didn't think about the fact they had a battery inside them, which I know is so stupid 😂 but thanks for this comment, definitely going to second guess a purchase again!
So sad the battery can be used over 500 times and being thrown out after just one :( and not even recycled properly.
@@babsalabs3984 pretty much all plastic which can be classed as recyclable is so hard to recycle that it ends up just going to landfill anyway too :((
I would’ve loved to see Lucy talk more about the environmental impact too
@@AndyMcBlane why do people continue to say there has been no research done into the ingredients in vape liquid when there has!! Vaping in its current form has been around for 20 years just in the UK the Royal College of Physicians research is updated every year and compare to smoking it's night and day so far there has been no chemicals found in Vaping that causes illness as long as you're buying legitimate liquid and not stuff off the black market the whole industry is high regulated in the country I live in which is the UK what's in the liquid and if it's safe to be used some ingredients are no longer allowed in E-Liquid. The environmental Factor you are completely right and I don't necessarily agree with disposables myself I understand the ease of use especially with getting people off deadly tobacco but a rechargeable pod can be just as effective
As somebody who quit vaping cold-turkey, thank you for talking about this! The ability to just, hit a vape in my living room made it so easy to consistently use nicotine without even really thinking about it, but I was sick pretty much the entire time I was smoking those things (I have asthma so it just made it worse but I was so addicted I didn't care that I felt like shit all the time)
Lol @ cold turkey! ...... It's not heroin!! 😂😂.
@@miss.l.1563 it is an addiction isn’t it??? So you can stop cold turkey.
@harlie jaden
Yes, of course. My comment was not meant to be rude, I just found it funny as a former addict to hear 'cold turkey' ..... X.
@@miss.l.1563 that’s just a term that means quitting something addictive entirely straight away. Not exclusive to heroin or any hard drugs.
@@user-pn5go6jf5slmaooo video scared you straight huh? XD you still clean?
Loved this video, please make more like this! I started vaping Elf Bars end of January and it was scary how quickly it was before I was doing it all the time. I'm quitting now (down to either 1 or 0 puffs a day) and it's going well. I've got a few tips that have helped me. Stop vaping at your desk/in your living room - actively go outside for it. It makes it way more of an active choice and inconvenience than just mindlessly picking it up whilst working or chilling, and stops you associating your space with vaping so you have less cues to do it. Secondly, just sit, close your eyes and take some deep breaths when you get a craving. Also, looking into the devastating environmental impacts and keeping these in mind when you want a vape - this has really put me off when I get a craving. Also try just leaving your vape at home when you go out - fighting through the cravings was hard the first few times but they went away pretty fast and I generally forgot about them when I got distracted by whatever I was out doing.
YOU GOT THISSS
Good luck it is worth the effort to stop. I also would recommend using a flavor you don't like or using it after eating a food or drink you don't like. The association of a bad flavor and disgust is what helped me quit using juul back in late 2018.
I also gradually brought down the nicotine dosage and eventually was disgusted by it that I didn't want it anymore. The withdrawals were still uncomfortable but much more manageable because it was gradual.
When did you realize that you had a issue? I picked up an elf bar vape last month and I take it everywhere with me now. I realize that I'm probably addicted to it now but I have no desire to really stop. I'm not sure if it's impacting my health if it's only 40 cigarettes per container and I'm on my first one. Like
Good tips but only a compete wimp would sit there thinking about the environmental impacts.
Zoomers = Brainwashed.
@@tacoguy210bc it’s not even just the health stuff bro it’s the money, never being able to really be present bc ur thinking abt when u can vape next, always having to sneak off n vape to feel normal… it sucks it might not b bad now but it gets worse n I rlly hope u consider dropping the habit
this is exactly the kind of content I want to watch right now. yt can sometimes feel like a time suck, but walking away learning something is so rewarding, especially when it’s from a creator you already like. I’ve been drifting away from some of your content as I try to minimize my social media consumption, but stuff like this feels so worthwhile. excited to possibly see more of this!
This is such a good video. I quit vaping exactly 4 days and 22 hours ago 😅 And honestly I had no idea how wicked this thing actually is before I started seeing how my mind changed after nicotine left my body. First couple days after quitting were a complete mess, my brain was foggy as hell and I was constantly getting anxiety attacks. But now I can see the benefits of quitting, my head is the clearest it’s ever been and I have zero anxiety. Why did it never occur to me that my chronic anxiety is caused by vaping 3ml of juice a day? I guess as an addict you just refuse to believe it 🤡 Quitting was the best thing I’ve done this year, it wasn’t easy at all and every day is a battle, but it’s just so worth it.
how's it going today?
@@AuroraAce. pretty great actually. i barely think about vaping throughout my day and i don’t get cravings anymore. overall im definitely happier, calmer and chill about everything, it’s also easier to concentrate now 😌
Its only a vape🤣🤣🤣
thanks for sharing this, I also quit vaping about 4 days ago :)
Congratulations on quitting that's such a huge achievement! I hope everything is going well for you and I'm so glad to hear that you're feeling a lot better for it. I quit just a few days ago too. I have chronic pain conditions and I was trying to tell myself that it 'helped the painkillers work better' and 'helped me relax more'. I realised I needed to stop when my chest was physically in pain yet I was still driving round after my late shifts at night frantically trying to find a 24hr petrol station. I had one flavour that tasted disgusting and it made me realise I wasn't doing this because I needed to, I was doing it because I wanted to and I thought "a true smoker wouldn't care about the taste they'd just do it" so why on earth was I vaping. I'd smoked previously socially whilst I was at uni but I never became addicted and didn't even think about cigarettes when I was visiting home. I genuinely have no idea how I became so addicted to vapes at all but giving up is the best thing I've done. My chest still feels strange after I've been lying down some days so I'm really just hoping I haven't done myself some serious damage by doing such a silly thing.
A thing I've found when it comes to vaping here in the UK is that a lot of people have no concern for others when they whip out their elf bars. I've been in clubs where people will be in the crowd and take a puff. I think because it's not cigarette smoke they think it's not as bad despite vapes being mostly being banned from indoor places. The total disregard for others makes me so angry because it could seriously effect someone with health issues such as asthma just because they want a hit of watermelon vapour.
Yes thank you. My doctor told me how bad vaping can be for me
I'm not really suggesting there should be a rule against this one bc I realise I'm just an irritable person but I live in Manchester and people will use them as they're walking down a busy street all the time. They produce so much more smoke than normal cigarettes so even if they do it in public, if I'm anywhere near them I'll breathe in so much of it. Regular smokers, on the other hand, I can very easily avoid and they're no bother at all. I hate walking to work and breathing in some sickly strawberry smoke because I'm walking 5 metres behind someone vaping. My friend has asthma as well so it's more of a big deal for her, it really irritates her chest even if we're outside.
Exactly this, it's become so accepted to vape in a lot of places where people wouldn't smoke! I've had to politely speak to a few of my friends who vape to ask them not to around me - I'm very sensitive to smells and some vapes can make me feel really ill, so I ask people to either not vape at all around me (especially inside) or at the very least vape away from me. Thankfully my friends are respectful but people on the street or in clubs will blow out massive clouds of smoke which I can't avoid :(
Have seen a lot of people vaping on tubes / trains recently, my friend even vaped on a plane sat in his seat… how have we gone back to the 70s 😂
I saw a guy smoke on the bus. I think vapes should still be prohibited inside public places
Lucy this was BRILLIANT. You made this so easy to follow without being patronising (and got so much info in without it being overwhelming) and I literally gasped at multiple points. Thank you so much for making this ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this, Lucy! I was just reaching for my Elf bar when your video came up on my feed. 🤦🏻♀️ I quit cigarettes almost 7 years ago and was really proud of myself. But my bother died this year in a tragic accident and I have definitely been sliding into daily vape usage after trying a friend's one at a party and instantly finding it comforting and enjoyable during an impossibly difficult time. I know I would NOT have started cigarettes again. But the Elfbar made it easy and thoughtless. So here I am, back in a relationship with Nicotine.
I have definitely been telling myself it's a harmless way to go a little 'off the rails' without consequences and I was shocked when a friend told me that they are the equivalent of at least 20 cigarettes. I have been telling myself that with everything going on in my life right now with my heartbroken family, it's not the right time to deal with withdrawal. But this video and the comments underneath have made me feel less alone so I'm going to give up. I hate feeding the big companies, hate thinking of the environmental impact etc, and it is a categorically un-self-loving choice. Thanks for bringing it up. ❤️
As far as environmental impact, look at what’s going on with military activity in Europe. Not amount of throwing things in the trash will offset the carbon and destruction from military activity. The so called “leaders” of the world that are supposedly worried about “climate change” burn kerosene by the ton in their private jets (the US president jet sets around the world in a 747) and their private limousines with motorcades. Really? Yep. Sure, try to be environmentally friendly but just remember that you are fighting a loosing battle.
Cheers
@@tomdavis3038 .... I understand what's happening with the environment, thanks. I just don't personally like the feeling of contributing to plastic waste for something that is unhealthy for my body and for the planet.
Good luck! You will be saving so much money too, maybe you can use some of it to treat yourself in healthier ways :) especially at the beginning of your journey quitting!
losing a family member is always heartbreaking and it’s completely normal to fall back into old bad habits. i’m so sorry for your loss and wishing you a lot of love and luck x
@@tikusblue Thank you 🥰
Honestly I haven’t watched many of your videos in the past couple of years because it’s just not the kind of content I’m personally interested in, but I absolutely loved this! Amazing editing (which is evident across your channel but I’m impressed it’s translated to this different format), great research, you just suit this style of video essay so well!
Love this video essay format! So interesting and well made
I quit smoking cigarettes in 1972 and did it "cold turkey". I got through quitting by making a game out of it, along the lines of "How long can I go before I HAVE to have a smoke?" I found out that after about four or five days, the urge to smoke wasn't near as strong as it had been at the beginning, and got less and less as time went by. Once I got off of tobacco, I have never been tempted to take it up again. To give you an idea of how long ago this was, when I quit, cigarettes were selling for $0.50 a pack in cigarette machines, even cheaper than that if you bought a carton. I've never heard of "Elf Bars", but it's been years since I was in any kind of bar, and I've never used "vaping". It's just another form of smoking. I have a friend who has always been addicted to tobacco, and on the advice of his doctor, has stopped using tobacco, but he took up vaping instead. To date, he has had four or five heart attacks, and doesn't connect this to smoking or vaping. I don't think he's going to be around much longer, which is sad, but it's his choice.
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Had no idea that vapes could mess with your teeth! I started vaping last year and actually had to have my first tooth removed this year!
Thank you Lucy - this has given me the prompt I needed to quit
When I used to vape years ago, I got halitosis!!
I thought that the lost of Your teeth ignited the quit.I'd like to know what was you used? Elf bar?
I’m curious about your bones too, since I started vaping 7 years ago, I have lost 30% of the bones holding my teeth in my jaw, this is what has prompted me to stop vaping.
THIS WAS SO FASCINATING!!
I saw your TikTok and jumped when I saw you have a longer video out on the same topic
LUCY!! long-time watcher and this video made me so proud! you suit the video essay format so well, i can see this being such an exciting new chapter for you
I just quit vaping last week. I switched it with the patch, and it seemed to help the cravings quite a bit. Instead of dealing with both withdrawl and vape hitting tendencies, I only have to deal with the one. It's still a process but I'm really proud of doing it. I appreciate this video so much, it's a huge help to those looking to quit.
Good luck!! You are so strong and you can do it
i quit vaping 2 years ago as I was constantly on it, couldnt work for 1 hour without it, at the start it was great as it stopped me from smoking but it was far more challenging quitting vape than cigs. I had to use lozengers.
@@simonb2109bet imma try bro cuz I’m the same way. I can’t even go an hour 😂
This is such an interesting and great thing to do with your platform. I love that your content is so diverse :)
i threw out my vapes a week ago and have been having some pretty bad withdraws, but watching this video helped me stay motivated to keep going! it's nuts because i only vaped for about 6 months and the reliance got this strong already. i don't want this to become a lifetime habit so im quitting now. thanks for the awesome and informative video
This kind of format suits you so so well! 💛 so stoked for you for branching out! Absolutely loved this
I’m a high school teacher. I asked my students throughout the day for an estimate on the percentage of their classmates that vape… Most said between 60-75%. These are 10th graders. So sad.
Something has to be done at some point. I know you personally can’t do anything but I’m just saying bc this is getting ridiculous.
Blame the parents for not educating their kids correctly,also blame the stores that sell them.
Us the adults that NEED vaping so we don't go back to smoking are the ones paying the price for the wrongdoings of the kids,parents and stores that sell the vapes.
hey lucy, I was already wanting to quit when I saw your tiktok. since then I haven't bought a single new bar! I still see if some of my old ones have any left (as empty ones can sometimes give an extra puff) but that's not even once a day. really looking forward to this no nicotine journey 🤍🤍
Well done!! Smashing it
Good job Charlotte! I'm glad you decided to quit
Love this type of content lucy! Something that bothers me most is that people don’t see it as smoking so they’ll do it anywhere. In pubs and clubs, on public transport, upwind literally anywhere. I work outdoors a lot and my coworkers will blow a puff in my face without even thinking about it
I'm 100% here for your video essays Lucy 🙌🙌
So important to talk about this. Honestly it is so crazy to me because I feel like smoking nicotine had majorly died down when I was in high school. Then vapes came along when I was in college and they were so clearly targeted towards young people without any warnings as to how potentially harmful they might be. It is so sad to me honestly. McCall Mirabella did an amazing video sharing her journey quitting too I would highly encourage folks to check that out too.
Great video essay! I have been watching your videos since I was in university. Seven years down the line, I am now working as a psychotherapist and researcher specialising in addiction and I think it's amazing that you are educating peope about this topic! Tobacco and vape companies really are evil on a cartoon super villain level...
Love how elaborate and thorough you are!
This is a great video Lucy - I love a video essay and we talk about this at work all the time!
yesss Lucy!! been waiting for this video for a long time! Especially as more and more of my friends have turned to elf bars, and I couldn't help but notice their marketing towards young women specifically. It reminds me of a similar marketing tactic of a Swedish tobacco product called "snus", or the non-tobacco version that is simply a nicotine pouch. They went from only being stereotypical male/working class products, to suddenly in every female-identifying influencers instagram photo in a few years, and recent studies show a MASSIVE increase in the use of snus amongst young women. Thank you for a great & well researched video!!
The only people I knew who used snus at uni were women! This is v enlightening
The thing I've found wildest about vaping is that people have no regard for doing it in indoor public places? I've never bought one but definitely will have a puff on a mate's on a night out, in my own house or outside, but I actually can't believe how many people will do it indoors in the pub, restaurants etc when you're going for a drink or on a date? What about literally everyone around us? I find it so inconsiderate and a massive turn off (and I say this as someone who, for her sins, finds cigarette smokers hot)
I hate walking behind someone vaping and it blows back into my face with the most disgusting sugary sweet smell 🤢
Omg, hate this too
Second hang vapor is completely safe
Yet you will not even think twice when standing next to a fog machine)
@@Bearnos not the point
I love seeing the lifestyle TH-camrs I grew up with making video essays! So exciting, love this video Lucy
Loooove this style of video, so interesting and well explained. Congrats Lucy! ❤
This is a great video. I am uncomfortable around smoking due to family history but almost all of my friends smoke or vape. I am also prone to addiction due to mental health so am nervous around nicotine. Still, I have been so tempted to try, usually in periods of self destruction but it's terrifying that despite being someone who can't afford to start and finds it upsetting, I have been really tempted. I tried vaping the other day and it's been making me worry I might start, this video is a useful reminder of what vapes actually are and how it's easy for anyone to want to try.
What a well researched and well put across video! Loved your videos for years and this felt like such a natural extension of your channel!
your hair colour is absolutely gorgeous!
What a great video! And the timing is uncanny. This Saturday, my friends and I realized that only one cigarette smoker was left in our friend group. The rest of the smokers all pulled out elf bars. It was truly a vision seeing that many colorful sticks in one evening. From what I gathered most switched to if in hopes of quitting, but it just stuck. Where I live, smoking cigarettes indoors is prohibited, however, no rule prohibits vaping. And a week before that, my younger sister told me that in their group of 16 to 18-year-old friends, the zero bar is a must on a night out. It feels like such a strange phenomenon. Thank you for your insight on this. :)
Well done Lucy, really loved that video! :) love seeing intelligent women talking facts!! (also the video was really well structured, and as always very aesthetically pleasing)
I LOVE THIS VID Lucy handled it so well!! would love to see a video essay series like this on honestly whatever, but topics like this need to be handled well and Lucy’s up to the task 🫡🫡🫡
you're very good with this format lucy!!!!
Wow thank you for this video. I have bought 2 elf bars in total and have tried about 8 off of other people. However those times were far apart and this video has made me realise how i definitely need to stop before i do get addicted. I have already thrown out the one elf bar i had in my room.
I will send this video to people I know are addicted so maybe they can awaken.
Great video:)
I'm so so glad you made this video because I was literally this close to buying my first elf bar recently until my friend told me it was really environmentally unfriendly and then I watched this video. I'm a 24 year old woman who's never smoked a cig, never wanted to, and I wanted to start vaping for ALL the reasons you said - it tastes sweet, the packaging is nice, it's cheap, my friends who rave vape and I really want to make friends who rave, it looks cool, they look cool, that it's really not that bad for you (this was the biggest one overall). Will now not be touching, even though part of me still wants to because ugh the marketing is so good
Please don’t. I’m 23 and have been addicted to nicotine since I was 13 and feel like I have sold my soul to this device… like this tiny object controls every aspect of my life where I cant live without it and taking a hit is the first thing I do every morning or I struggle to get out of bed. It’s not a fun way to live. Honestly just smoke a little ganja every now and then, you dont need the vape. I think its okay to vape occasionally too but you need a lot of self control which I dont have with it.
@@ariesrosee how are you going with it? I am quitting once mine runs out. No more excuses anymore lol.. I kept trying to convince myself I can do it with moderation but fail every time I try that
@@ariesrosee Thank you so much for the tips 💗 doesn’t sound dumb at all, I’ll probably do the same since I’m a bit of a health nut and love all that stuff too. My vape ran out not long ago so I guess I’m starting now lol! 😩
Loved this! More video essays please. Total TiffFerg vibes and something nobody is talking about - great job!
Thank you for putting this together 🫶🏽
Great job Lucy!!! I loved seeing this kind of content from you
Such a great informative video and you spoke so coherently and made a lot of this easy to digest. I hope it helps someone. Down with big tobacco😤. I love that you use your channel as a balance of fun lifestyle and also important things to talk about. ❤
This is a well informed and explained video well done Lucy. I love how in depth you go into each topic
This is a brilliantly done video, will def hold onto it as a resource. Thank you for your work
really loving this new video essay format! ❤ I switched to vaping (not elf bars) a few years ago, and I vape far far far more than I ever smoked. I constantly use it at home & it’s become an anxiety crutch when I’m out and about. I use a re-useable vape rather than any of the elf bars mainly because I know how shitty the elf bars are for the planet (all those thrown away lithium batteries and plastics?) but am simultaneously aware how shit me vaping probably is for my body. 😅
Thank you for making this video. I know a lot of people working in the tobacco industry and it’s disgusting to realize how incredibly profitable this industry is - so practical to have customers who are associated! And really - the tobacco industry does not care about providing “healthier” ways to smoke but only about how they can produce products they are allow to promote and how to make more money.
Love this style of video!!!
Omg love the video essay!!! Definitely keep them coming!!! 😍❤️
I’m 4 months today nicotine free☺️happiest place I’ve ever been since I started and can’t be happier.
Well done!
its crazy how i got into vaping so quickly, yet i hated smoking. all the flavours make them seem so innocent and fun
love this style of content from you, feel like you covered some really relevant points.
This is such a good topic. Thank you for bringing it up. I'm sure this video will help others. Great format btw ✨
SO interesting, 10/10 research, no notes! x
Thank you leena! 💕💕
i was in my third year of uni is 2021, and it blows my mind how at the start of third year, nobody had even heard of an elf bar but by the end of the second term, my whole friendship group were hooked. it took hold in literally three months it was insane
i spent the last year studying abroad (from august 2021 to june of this year) and when i came back to ireland i was stunned to see how quickly vaping took hold !!! not being here made the change that much more shocking. some of my friends in hs vaped, but they would buy refillables which were kind of pricey and they didn't use them that often. so to now see everyone - my friends, even young teens in the street - buying disposable vapes, seeing the boxes and empty ones just littered outside, seeing them sold in shops, it was really abrupt and shocking for me considering no one knew what they were when i left. fuck the tobacco industry honestly
Hey, I loved this! So well researched and put together!
Fantastically informative ,superb delivery. Thank you
Sat here watching this with an elf bar clutched in my hand. Stupidly started vaping a year ago & now can’t go a day without one
As someone who has smoked socially since I was 18, but never developed an addiction (often go weeks without touching a fag or thinking about it) - I bought my first disposable vape a few weeks ago, and it scares me.
The main problem is that it's far easier to use, you don't have to roll, don't have to light it, can do it inside, don't worry about doing it before going somewhere where you need to smell nice, not affected by rain/wind etc.
I cringe so hard at these self proclaimed "nicotine addicts" acting like they have a real addiction.
bro I legit am a 16 year old recreational meth user and I'm not addicted. how you manage to get addicted to nicotine, the second most boring drug on the planet after caffeine
@@based_mediumchungus1788oh yeah????? Well I use HEROIN recreationally and I’m 12 AND I DONT EVEN think about heroin EVEN WHEN IM ON IT because of how not addicted I am… ANDDD meth is more boring than caffeine like meth isn’t even a strong stimulant smh
@@mattplays8149 12 years old is too young to be using heroin recreationally. wait until you're like 15-16 at least. should wait until you're a lot older.
@@based_mediumchungus1788 why are you giving them advice? they're making fun of you for talking about meth use like it's a flex. lol.
@@slena I am aware they are making fun of me and it is a parodic statement but, just like greentexts on 4chan, I take it seriously just in case it's not.
And just because someone makes fun of me doesn't mean I'm gonna abstain from giving them helpful advice. I ain't a woman 😂
And meth use is absolutely a flex. hardcore rappers flex their meth usage.
+1 to everyone in the comments, I love this format! Your commentary was super well put together, well spoken and excellent all round. More of these types of videos please!
Really enjoyed this style of content, I would love to see more of this from you!!!!
Don’t even vape but I’m here during the countdown. Looking forward to this!
Fantastic work! ❤ never heard of Elf bars but seen e-cigarettes and there a massive turnoff. The smell is soo artificial, I really don’t understand the appeal but this video is really informative and I’m grateful for it. No to any forms/types of smoking 🎉
Your one of the few women I’ve chosen to subscribe to on TH-cam. Keep us posted on this knowledge whilst you can😁
Great video Lucy! Vaping has exploded among people who have never smoked cigarettes before. It’s crazy 😣 a really informative video
as a teenager who’s surrounded by ppl smoking and who smokes, this video js told me everything i already knew 😭 i feel like teens know all this stuff we js choose to ignore it. it’s interesting to watch though and i’ll send this to my friends if they’re ever considering starting to smoke
I actually got quite addicted to the hand to mouth motion too. When I was quitting I was eating a lot and applying lots of lip balm etc. I just find that quite interesting.
Deadass tho the Hand to mouth motion
As a non smoker this was actually really great and informative! Most people in my life smoke in some way and I could never understand the attraction, particularly to e-cigs, but now I get it. Thank you
I absolutely loved this video! Video essays are some of my fav things to watch on youtube and you did an excellent job with this one, loved it! Can't wait to see more in future :)
I don't use an elf bar but I do vape, I somehow never had looked into what the 3mg marking on a bottle really meant or how much it compared to cigarettes. It turns out it is 3mgs per milliliter. My vape holds 2ml. I refill my pod 2-4 x a day. So I'm smoking 12- 24 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day. It's good to know that and I'm going to buy my flavors in 0 mg and taper down my nicotine. As for the sugar I recently started to try vaping sugar free liquids and it's been quite difficult but I think I'm starting to get a handle on it.
vapes dont chilll me out they make me more anxious thats why I quit vaping and went back to cigarettes like the smart guy that I am(;
this was such a good video! i would love to watch more of this type of content from you
You're so smart! loved this video, so well researched and actually a bit scary !
I quit vaping just over 6 weeks ago. Had been smoking/vaping for a couple of years but cigarettes never hooked me as vaping did. The withdrawals were rough, especially the first couple of weeks, it felt as though all the valleys in life got that bit steeper and that it wouldn't stop (interesting to note how temporal dopamine is as a molecule).
The withdrawal more or less subsided after a month and I've noticed better mood regulation, increased energy and an overall sense of joy overcoming something that had me by the balls for so long. It's worth giving up. All the endless debating, the half-cocked pros and cons that we do... it just never ends man, and it's all evidence that we don't really want to be slaves to a chemical like this.
Best of luck to any and everyone thinking of getting off, your life will probably be slightly better than it is now.
Thank you for covering this.
Vaping an elfbar with nicotine salt is different than vaping liquid with normal nicotine. Other than the latter, elfbars have a very high probability for addiction because of how much faster the nic salt rushes to the receptors.
Well researched.
Really really liked this video. Seems super well researched and informative! Fascinating too.
Love this video!! Even though its not your usual video it really suits your style so keep it up! Also...MAD that the vape world is doing this much
when i was 17, i was talking to a girl who had just start vaping & i tried it- im 21 now, and ive been vaping ever since then. ironically enough, i even started smoking cigs at one point (gateway from VAPING). genuinely, please never touch vaping. its not worth it, i wish i never did
yeah when I was 13/14 my little boyfriend had a reusable vape that I would hit all the time just cause he did. Then at 15 I was buying my own vapes online or from vape dealers around. Now I’m 17 and have been addicted for two and a half years and I’m one day clean today
@@sarahdemartin1183im proud of you! keep it up, you got this :)
@Sarah De Martin vape dealers that's so sad ... I have a 14 year old daughter that's scary
The damage it does to the lungs is so scary!! It's especially upsetting seeing so many young people get into it as well. Considering how the illnesses or diseases that may manifest from this habit won't show up until they're in their adulthood. It is cruel to ruin someone's life like that knowlingy, these businesses are sick in the head. Thank you for spreading this message (:
Vaping doesn't damage the lungs.
@@quicky82 "In the UK, e-cigarettes are tightly regulated for safety and quality.
Vaping is not completely risk-free, but it poses a small fraction of the risk of smoking cigarettes. The long-term risks of vaping are not yet clear.
E-cigarettes do not produce tar or carbon monoxide, two of the most harmful elements in tobacco smoke.
The liquid and vapour contain some potentially harmful chemicals also found in cigarette smoke, but at a much lower level."
- NHS website
@@melitajay That's all true. Nothing in there about damage to the lungs though, which was the claim in the comment I was responding to.
If you google for it you can find a study specifically looking at the lungs of vapers (not ex smoking vapers, which are most vapers) over the course of 3.5 years. No evidence of harm or lung problems found across any of the different tests performed, even in the heaviest users.
@@quicky82 *yet
@@sweettea1193 What would be the plausible mechanism by which harm could occur? A 3.5 year study found zero evidence of any reduced lung function or lung damage in ‘never smoker’ vapers, even in the heaviest users.. if long term harm would appear after 3.5 years, how would it manifest and what would it be caused by?
Love this style of video from you Lucy! Didn't know much at all about elf bars, so super interesting :)
Amazing video, really opened my eyes to this topic and done in such an informative and engaging way x
I have literally never heard of these before!! Omg
First off, I really like this style of video from you! The “clean” messaging reminds me of that Mad Men episode where they find out cigarettes cause cancer and try to advertise them as “toasted” instead lol.
One note about sugar and “sugar addiction”: the science on this is pretty complicated, but recent evidence suggests that sugar is not addictive in the same way that drugs like cocaine and opiates are. Sugar cravings often come from either restriction (whether actual caloric restriction or just “eating clean” and not letting yourself have anything that tastes good) or a need for a quick dopamine hit (more prevalent in folks with ADHD but anyone can experience this). It’s addictive in the way you can be addicted to shopping or gambling - it’s behavioral. The myth that sugar is inherently addictive is damaging for people prone to disordered eating and can lead to orthorexia or other EDs. Yes, it does damage your teeth and too much is not great for you. But “too much” is a lot more than the diet and wellness industry will try to tell you. TL;DR demonizing sugar is an oversimplification at best and a dangerous disordered eating myth at worst. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. (And before anyone asks, I read the linked article and found dozens more that suggest the opposite. Research and stats are easily manipulated.)
Omg this is so helpful, thank you! A lesson to me to look for the most recent research x
The best video you' ve ever made. Seriously. Thanks.
Loved this style of video!
It’s interesting that in the UK the widely available nicotine level is 20MG. In the US it’s 50MG. I only realized this recently since I have been trying to quit. It’s almost impossible to find disposable vapes lower than 5% (50MG). What’s even crazier, when disposable vapes were initially introduced they came in 10MG & 20MG options, it seems like when enough people got hooked they kicked the bench on the lower nicotine options and most consumers moved up to the 50MG without even noticing.
Hi, I’m in the US I never heard of the elf bars before but I have smoked a ton of other vapes before I quit a couple of months ago. I was so addicted to vaping it felt like my life was consumed by it and I vaped so much that I started to get short of breath and what put the icing on the cake for me is when I started feeling light headed and I almost passed out twice. I quit with the nicotine gum and boy was it a struggle! I think down the line we’re going to find out that vapes may very well cause some type of health issues. What I experienced was scary.
I hope you lean into making more videos like these! I thoroughly enjoyed it😊
Thank you for making this video.
Absolutely loved this video format! I actually had never heard of an elf bar, but once I saw the photo I realised I had seen so many young people (like under 18) walking round the city smoking them. That statistic about how many people smoked them in 2021 vs 2022 is mad. Super super interesting! Looking forward to more video essays 🥰
watching this while charging my elf bar. addiction and mental illness runs in my family and i always hated drinking and stuff like that and i always told myself i would never be like my family members, but alas, when i was 17 i started vaping even though i’ve been seeing them everywhere since i was like 14. i held out this long but i had a really awful depressive episode combined with a huge bout of eating disorder relapse that led me to nicotine as a means to lose weight and destress. elf bars in particular really appealed to my interest in cute and aesthetic things. i’ve tried to quit but i simply can’t.
I CAN RELATE SO HARD. Every time I slide into a depressive episode I go back to vaping. It feels like the only thing that keeps me going sometimes (I know this is bullshit, but when there is nothing that keeps you alive anymore and you can just grab your Elf Bar and you feel a bit better… well) I want to stop but somehow I can’t and I hate everything about it.
Great video, really comprehensive and enjoyable. thanks Lucy
I loved this video so much! So well-researched and explained, and super interesting and relevant! Love this content Moon, we love to see the SOAS research skills coming through 💪🥰
I was unaware of the sugar content in in e cigs. I MUST SAY this makes a lot of sense to me. I quit vaping about a month ago and the I’ve been coughing up things that appear sticky🤢 regrets have been made