Ehh, sez you.. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/16/1418 http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/16/1418 "There are some studies of prolonged nicotine r

Ehh, sez you.. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/16/1418 http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/16/1418 "There are some studies of prolonged nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) in smokers who have quit smoking. In these studies, no adverse effects have been found when nicotine medication was administered for months to several years. Other studies indicate that patients with known cardiovascular disease tolerate NRT well for periods up to 12 weeks. " By far, the danger is in the smoking, not the nicotine in your bloodstream. The Gallup survey http://www.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multiple-times.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multipl... allowed an open-ended response, so someone "might have decided to quit" or quit because "it was time" but also used an NRT to help them through the cravings and not have mentioned that to the interviewer.