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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html

I didn't compare harm, I was saying that caffeine is very useful neurotoxin. Meanwhile nicotine is completely useless at best.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-publishes-independent-expert-e-cigarettes-evidence-review

there is much public misunderstanding about nicotine (less than 10% of adults understand that most of the harms to health from smoking are not caused by nicotine)

https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html

Tobacco contains nicotine along with many other chemicals, but nicotine by itself is fairly harmless.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/nicotine-the-wonder-drug

Studies by Quik and others involving rats, mice and nonhuman primates have since found similar effects. In short, by driving dopamine, nicotine appeared to ease the tremors and tics caused by Parkinson’s, and even the movement disorder induced by the major Parkinson’s drug.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078469/

Nicotine for Alzheimer's disease

Want me to go on?

Nicotine isn't the harmful drug the anti-tobacco groups have you believing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

there is much public misunderstanding about nicotine (less than 10% of adults understand that most of the harms to health from smoking are not caused by nicotine)

Soooo? We were talking specifically about nicotine and caffeine, not smoking and drinking coffee. Burning organic compunds is very nasty ofc. Again "it is useless at best".

Tobacco contains nicotine along with many other chemicals, but nicotine by itself is fairly harmless.

See. Useless at best.