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Nicotine is also, itself, a known carcinogen.

• wyre 7y ago
  May I ask for a source on that? AFAIK the reason why cigarettes cause disease is because of the tar and all of the other byproducts of the Burning tobacco and that nicotine by itself is not the cause. I can't find a source of the top of my head but I smoked cigarettes for 4 years and enjoyed reading on them.
  • mikelyons 7y ago
    Ah, thanks HN community for correcting me! > At present, it is not possible to draw a conclusion whether nicotine itself may act as a complete carcinogen. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/
    • Balgair 7y ago
      In case anyone on HN reads this as saying that nicotine is safe to use, the end of that article is fairly clear: > Although more studies on health effects of nicotine in humans are required, based on in vitro and in vivo effects of nicotine, patients should be advised not to use nicotine products during cancer treatment unless it is temporarily needed to stop tobacco smoking.
• jdietrich 7y ago
  Not according to the IARC. https://monographs.iarc.fr/list-of-classifications https://monographs.iarc.fr/list-of-classifications