ilikecats doesn't need to switch to anything including gum, because the OP isn't hooked on anything, and should just stay that way. Looking at gross pictures doesn't help young people because they still have the "invincible" factor at work. But they are tuned into attractiveness, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing attractive in stinking like tobacco. Vaping is also pretty unattractive, and nonsmokers don't want to be around it.