Can you become addicted to vaping?
If you vape with nicotine, yes, the dependency remains because it is this molecule that makes you hooked, not the device itself. However, vaping allows you to unlearn the lightning-fast addiction of burnt cigarettes, which contain additives to accelerate the "flash" effect. With vaping, nicotine rises more slowly, allowing you to better manage your needs. If you vape without nicotine, the only dependency will be on the pleasure and the gesture, which are much easier to regulate.
Technically, addiction is linked to the stimulation of dopaminergic receptors by nicotine. The advantage of the electronic cigarette is that you can lower the level milligram by milligram, which tobacco doesn't allow. You become dependent on vaping through transition, but you finally have the tools to free yourself gradually. It is a chosen and managed dependency, far from the slavery suffered with a pack of classic cigarettes.