The past, present and future of nicotine addiction | Mitch Zeller 

"Giving up smoking is easy. I've done it hundreds of times." Mark Twain

Quit smoking 15 years ago. Best decision of my life.

I started smoking at twelve years old. Both my parent's were smokers. I quit at 29 year's old im almost 31. It's took almost me dieing to quit. Several clasped lungs. I never wanted to smoke! That's how addictive it is. I hope this comes true.

In 1970 I was ten-years-old and free cigarettes came in the mail, I didn't quit until almost three years ago; quit if you smoke, wish I had earlier.

My fiance tried to quit this week. We both hadn't foreseen how bad the withdrawal would be. The symptoms were the same as with some (illegal) hard drugs. Boggles the mind to think that smoking is a-okay in society.

My parents stopped smoking when I was 13 and at the time they said because they wanted to be around when I got older. Now I'm 30 and I have never even tested a cigarette and my parents are still here, not smoking. I guess this action affected me to never smoke.

Quit drinking after 40 years...piece of cake, pharmaceutical narcotics after 2 years was a bit tougher. But after dozens of attempts I still can’t shake the nicotine habit, the tobacco industry has done its job well.

2:16 the sound of a premature death

This tedtalk in some way will save at least one life.

It felt like either I stop smoking or smoking stops me. The first month or so wasn't easy, but after that....

How many people in that crowd were only thinking "Man, I need a cigarette..."?

The fact that he could barely catch a breath made it really immersive

12 days without nicotine

I’d love to see one of these where they expand more on e-cigarettes, because like he said, kids will always be rebellious and so the blanket statements made here on how it’s important for them to not be in the possession of kids is pointless. when are we going to see actual research on e cigarettes’ effects? they’ve been saying theres not enough research for years now

Nicotine isn’t even a fun drug

I quit smoking today. I already know its the best decision i ever made.

I was able to stop smoking cigarettes 3 years ago thanks to vaping. I had to reach 28mg of nicotine in my vape juice through experimenting for the first 3 months to completely eliminate my craving for a real cigarette, but since then i have weened myself down to 3mg of nicotine in the vape juice I use, and hopefully it stays legal long enough that I will have eliminated my consumption of nicotine altogether.

What a wondeful talk by a well spoken man! I wish I can be such a good speaker

I smoked for 13 years vape for 4 tomorrow I celebrate a month without nicotine ... My advice, leave your additions, do what you want but without being hooked on anything

Great presentation, awesome data, promising projection

5 years ago I quit cigarettes and started vaping. Still an addiction for nicotine but only one visit to the doctor for bronchial issues. Two visits a year prior now almost 60 and an addict since 11 Down on a few folks dying from vaping, listen to this man. Big tobacco is losing too much market share from nicotine addicts like myself

So my question is why do you have to be 21 to bye nicotine quitting products such as gum, patches, and cough drops. Kids want to quit but don’t have the resources. People who were able to bye nicotine products 4 weeks ago can no longer bye there ecigs so they have decided to quit but don’t have access to these products designed to help them quit.

I'm not addicted to nicotine but rather to the process of smoking itself. My work requires hours of waiting, watching, standing by so it gets boring or stressful and since there's no internet where i work you have to rely on some time killers or just something to clear your mind. We know what ban on alcohol and drugs did - crime. People just need freedom and information.

He sounds like a fun guy to be around at a party.

I’m smoking as I watch this 💀

My uncle quit smoking a couple of years ago but my grandparents both died of complications due to smoking I never knew both of them bc they died when I was too young

I succeeded in quitting smoking 10 times!

This is one of those small (but important) things that I am jealous of Americans. You were consistent enough to damage your smoking lobby to make it the unreasonable and undesirable selfharm that it is. Sadly we are very far from it in Germany. The youth is getting it more or less and is far less affected - but concerning a huge part of the adults (especially women) we are basically waiting for them to naturally die and free the cities from all the smoke.

im pausing this seconds in to say that the very last thing i did before clicking the notifications tab to watch this was to light amy hookah. sadness.

"Half of hospital beds are occupied by people with alcohol related conditions"

My 6 foot for New York Irish Nana who was the most fearless woman I ever met that lost a lung from her addiction.she was never the same when in all honesty died from depression cancer free 6 years later. Watched my dad go from diagnosis .finish his first round of radiation only to ring that stupid bell sit back in the chair so I could wheel him out in the middle of January. He didn’t make it two months from diagnosis. Vaping save my life. There’s no debunking there’s no room for debate. I know where my juice comes from and who makes it. I regulate all aspects of my experience through maintaining and understanding my new tools so that I never have to pick up one of those things again. I am 6 1/2 years no cigarettes and I haven’t had a cold more than two days in that time. That being said I won hundred percent believe that is salt-based pod vaporizers are really the problem. It screams of tobacco company infiltration. I heard all sorts of stuff but the worst probably was jewel marketing to kids and Snapchat ads.

Born in 1961 Every family member smoked I started @ 5 yrs old! At one point up to 3 packs a day!!! Scary that I haven't been able to quit!

For decades Republicans hammered "there is no proof" smoking was harmful and how smog devices would price cars out of reach. Those old lies seem so quaint today.

My first experience with nicotine was after I had not slept for 2 days and I chewed some nicotine gum, I think it was 2 mg of nicotine. It woke me way up and then some and got me through the rest of the day feeling great. I continued using it a few times after that with gum and nicotine inhaler which worked great and then I stopped using for a few months but when I started using nicotine again my experience was not the same as it used to be. I'd use the same 2 mg that I used before but I got very sick. I got a nicotine spray and I use just a tiny bit and I feel it but it wears off after only 15 minutes. It's like my body became way more sensitive to nicotine to the point where I can't even use it effectively. Before I could take 2 milligrams and it work for several hours but now I can only handle probably less than half a milligram and it only works for 15 minutes. The feeling isn't even the same. Why did this happen?

watching this while smoking

Quitting is hard. Gave up for 6 months, but1 smoke got me addicted again. Still can't give it up.😒

I would dispute that cigarettes are the deadliest consumer product around I would argue that junk food, sugary drinks, and frozen/processed food are all more harmful to a person's health And the fast food industry as well, of course If forced to choose between smoking a few sticks of cigarettes or eating a meal of fast food everyday long term, I'll choose cigarettes as the lesser evil

Anyone else watching this while vaping? 🖐

In 1984 while in the army cigarettes still were in the c- rations given us in the field ..

Man I gotta quit smoking. 15 years now since I was 10. I remember making several cool ashtrays in my art classes around 12 years old. I have smoked a carton in a day before .. Lord have mercy.. Peace be with you all. It all depends on the will power of one's own mind. How badly do I really want to. All things are possible.

How exactly do you make a cigarette not addictive??

have been smoking for almost 7 years. So far 2 weeks off nicotine and I honestly don't feel any need of smoking. If I was able to quit, you can too!

My father smoked 2 1/2 packs a day. He died of cancer at age of 51. My mother is longer with us due to cancer she did not smoke. I do wonder how much to be blamed by second hand smoke from my father. I never really new father because he passed when I was young. My mother I miss beyond imagination. My brother was a heavy smoker he had lung cancer the nicest brother one can ever have is now not with us.Yes cigarettes changes people's lives. Gina in lights

My nana still be lighting up those marlboros at 97. Shes never felt more alive

We need a better delivery system.

Are these cigarettes even available? How do I try them?

Watching this while smoking in the school toilets.

Considering the comments, next up a talk about how cigars are even worse than cigarettes would be great. P.S. I've never touched a cigarette in my life and never will.

Good thing I only occasionally smoke cigars

While this is a great idea, I think it would result in a black market for normal cigarettes

Sounds all nice and dandy, doesn't it? Well, you've been fooled. The FDA is currently preparing regulation for the US that includes a costly application process for "tobacco products" which includes e-cigarettes. The cost per application are so high, that nobody except for large corporations will be able for afford them. In other words: The FDA is in the process of handing over the e-cigarette market in the US to the tobacco corporations while doing f*** all do get combustion cigarettes of the market. The e-cigarette markets consists of a multitude of companies from small mom and pop shops to store chains to distributors and large (Chinese) manufacturers. They've been a counterweight to big tobacco for the last 10 years, driving smoking rates down and offering smokers a safer alternative. Now most of them, especially the US entrepreneurs will go out of business if the FDA follows through with their plans, which effectively re-establish a monopoly for big tobacco and big pharma. The FDA is not fighting big tobacco, they're their partners in crime. If you're interested in more background information, I'll write another paragraph or two below: First of all, let's note that Nicotine by itself is no more addictive than caffeine and this is a scientifically proven fact. You've probably thought all your life that Nicotine is a highly addictive drug. This statement is based on studies conducted in the early last century and that only utilized tobacco/ smoking products. Smoking is indeed highly addictive, because it delivers the drug faster and in higher doses than any other means of delivery like patches, gums and e-cigarettes. Further, let's note that the deadly part about smoking is combustion. "Smokers smoke for the nicotine, but they die from tar." Any method of delivery that doesn't utilize combustion therefore eliminates these risk factors. This is why e-cigarettes have become so successful and smoking rates have been plummeting ever since they've been introduced. And While Mr. Zeller describes them as "not a harmless product", neither he nor anyone else so far could prove that they're harmful. In fact, countless studies and experiments suggest quite the opposite. It is true, that young adults experiment with e-cigarettes these days, because that's what teenagers do. 20 years ago teenagers experimented with regular cigarettes which doomed many of them to a life as a smoker. Now we know that e-cigarettes are way less harmful and way less addictive. Hence, it's just unlikely that they'll suffer the same fate teenage smokers suffer. Zeller blows this out of proportion while ignoring the great contribution to public health e-cigarettes have made. Ask any ex-smoker who's transitioned to ecigs how they feel. What their doctors say about their health.

Cheers bro i’ll smoke to that

I got an ad for nicotine patches on this vid...cmon youtube

This is brilliant. The nuclear option is content and engineering regulation of all tobacco products - to reduce smoking rates and save millions of lives.

Is vaping with water cause premature death..?

I am smoking while watching this

So he is saying that Nicotine helps to combat overpopulation?

I would be very interested to see the science behind this theorized "addiction-free tobacco". It seems to me if the leaf still contains nicotine, it'll be addictive.

08:30 *audible gasp*

0:32 Thanos!?

I dont get it, shouldnt a proper testing machine realize (register) that way more air would be sucked in and adjust for that dilution? or did it basically have unlimited lung capacity? Either a lot of lobbying screwed this up or they did a terrible job of making the testing realistic. Not to mention the possibility of just doing an extraction on a cigarette.

Read Allen Carr.

You can't realistically think that you can create a zero nicotine cigarette without there also having black markets suddenly pop up for high potency tobacco. Keep it regulated and taxed, and simply continue to educate the public on the dangers. Countries like the US still have flashy packages and menthol flavours, although some countries are starting to put more warning labels and stuff on the packages to warn the consumer.

Drinking a liter of coke a day is worse for your health than unfermented smokeless tobacco

The 20-cigarette/pack sales unit is one of the cruelest and most effective ways that smokers are kept addicted. Non smokers, you probably have no idea what I mean, but smokers, especially if you've tried to quit, you know exactly what I mean.

If they were not addictive then would there be a black market in addictive ones? Still it would be less smokers

I quit smoking in 2001. It was the 18th of November, a Sunday morning. Best decision of my life. In my opinion quitting cold turkey and really persisting is the best way to quit. Cutting down May seem like a good alternative but you keep feeding your body nicotine. And I really think your mind and your body Benefit a lot more when you actually manage to overcome your own cravings. And I’ve heard all the excuses, and that’s exactly what they are... excuses. Just quit, it’ll be the best decision of your life

Why do the best things kill us?

Vape: dont be stupid.

Tobacco isn't *that* hard to grow, but despite it being legal, who does?

I don't want it to become illegal to smoke or vape. It doesn't matter if it's addictive. Adults should be allowed to make such decisions

I am pretty clueless when it comes to tobacco (even though I do smoke lol), but is there a product that gives you the same physiological nicotine kick/relief without having to actually smoke it?

480,000...? That's about how many children go missing every year...

But HOW do you make it non addictive? HOW? If this is the plan then....HOW?

Unfortunately market regulation would inspire a black market for nicotine products - a completely unregulated and even more dangerous market. While I completely agree about destructive nature of tobacco, big government is even more destructive.

Are animals like dogs and cats who lives with us in smoke environment affected by smoking and die earlier?

The problem is the 7000 chemicals and inhaling smoke from tobacco. Not nicotine itself.

i watched 2 min and my question is from where do you get these numbers cause im pretty sure that they are bullshit WHERE and HOW did you get thise numbers ? using unproofen "numbers" to proove something is pissing me off

In summary, smoking bad. Please no smoke.

Who would let you dominate the cigarette market?? You can't stop other sellers, and buyers will be very angry, they are already addicted to it. This lecture is a good dream, but you can't actually make it happen.

The thumb nail is that cigarette commercial from Mad Men

Три месяца не курю.

I quit smoking 22 days ago, if people wanna smoke let em.

What this gentleman is actually saying is that although smoking is a choice, he wishes to use his position of power to corrupt and ruin a consumer products essence, which was created though a economic concept called SUPPLY AND DEMAND. He intends to ruin a consumer product. I used to smoke, i quite out of choice, and for this reason he have to respect peoples freedoms and liberties. Moreover, i would further suggest that this create an illegal market for tobacco (Reference: 2019 Australia), this un-intened consiquence will create more immediate public health concerns, and in turn total deaths, and easier access for minors. The war on TABACCO BEGINS, what happened to freedom of choice? What happened to freedom, in the words of RANDY MARSH "i though this was America, isnt this America, i thought this was America?" regards, no one of importance

nicotine is the most powerfully additive substance known to man, worse than opiates. Cigarette taxes are horrific because daddy will have his nicotine before the kids get bread. Most addicts nowadays are poor. Need to have a system where an adult can become a registered addict. Only with the card can he/she buy tobacco products. Each and every pack of cigarettes would have a unique serial number printed along the length of each cigarette. When product is purchased computers would record registered addict's number and pack serial number are recorded. If under age person is found smoking the unsmoked cigarettes in their possession would trace back to who made the purchase. Heavy fines or jail would follow. A bit Orwellian but one solution.

Although nicotine is the addictive drug in cigarettes, it is not what kills. The 7000 chemicals in the tar and noxious gases are what are deadly. Instead of designing cigarettes with non-addictive levels of nicotine, I would suggest designing a cigarette that delivers a normal dose of nicotine and minimal levels of tar and toxic gases.

make herion legal so i can die and in peace and faster . these cigs are killing me just to goddamned slow

If it's not addictive, nobody will smoke it.

My grandad once told me “I quit smoking at the age of 7 and started again at 11 because I was afraid of getting caught at school” he is 64 quit at 60 and is still alive

I can't even believe cigarettes are legal but look at the money second hand smoke that is illegal in public places go figure and look at the cover-up look at the division of our two party system I could say so much have a good day

Lol. They’re trying everything they can the fda... really... what about all the POISON in processed foods and ingredients that are allowed to be in foods. Isn’t that more of a concern for kids and health instead of smoking. Also cigarettes are very cheap in the states. Increase the price make it a taxable thing. Also I find it strange that he did not talk about anything relating to EMOTIONS and reasons why people even choose to smoke.

90% - people who are watching this are non-smokers. Half of them became non-smokers after choosing to quit smoking (via the hard path). Half of them never did have an addiction. They didn't even smoke or smoke only a few times a month. 9% - are the people who want to quit it, but sadly will never do it. 1% - are the people who will struggle with quitting and will succeed. Good Luck folks!

Some steps in the right direction FDA. Cheers. But epidemic of vaping kids and missing long term studies about e-cigarettes is something you (FDA) have to think about. I quit 20 years of smoking with an e-cigarette and my doc says health is now perfect. Think about it FDA.

It comes down to regulation of a chemical produced by a PLANT, how much is that going to cost and what will it do to the tobacco plant?, we don't know but we need your money to do it, good luck guys. Keep trying to regulate things that grow out of the ground. How's the regulation of cannabis going? It made it waaay better.

Got pods?

Be afraid... Be very afraid.

The problem with this is that once and if you actually follow up with this plan You’ll have to deal with more over population which leads to more cities, cities need power, power plants need land, as do farms, homes, businesses, and so on, cars also need fuel and electricity and sometimes just electricity, we need oil, fossil fuel, diesel and such Bottom line its just an absolute chain reaction of problems

I've quit smoking cigars and cigarettes very many times its easy just and I've quit drinking alcohol and caffeine also just have some self control

$xxii Ps: btw I know some of you saw this video while smoking a cigarette

Wow the black market cigarette industry is going to be huge! I wonder how hard it is to grow tobacco? It's going to be a goldmine.