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Your claim above is much stronger than what the study suggests (though it does at least point in the same direction). > Most people don't realize that it's not
by wutbrodo 9y ago
Your claim above is much stronger than what the study suggests (though it does at least point in the same direction).
> Most people don't realize that it's not really the smoke and lung cancer that leads to a majority of smoking deaths. It's the cardiovascular effects of nicotine leading to heart disease.
As described downthread, they keep finding associations that indicate that nicotine/heart disease associations may occur. But when they actually study the association, the association consistently fails to materialize.
I'm quite sure that your claim is flat wrong as stated.
- Aloha 9y agoAgreed - most people attribute the effects of smoking to nicotine, when it should be attributed to inhaling the products of combustion.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y agoThere are also particular compounds in cured tobacco that are dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco-specific_nitrosamines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco-specific_nitrosamines
- Aloha 9y agoI'd have to dig around to find it - but Snuff and chewing tobacco manufacturers actually changed their manufacturing process to being their product nitrosamine levels within the standard europe uses for snus production.