Ok let me say the issue in a different way. Both are nicotine. You have the exact same addiction. You aren’t even quiting your just changing the flavor of tobacco. If I start drinking vodka instead of beer and say I am trying to get over alcoholism, you would say I am insane because that won’t work.
The hate isn’t nearly as bad as it was on reddit. While I usually don’t use them even when I do it’s normally not been an issue