Yep, I've looked into the health effects of nicotine independent of smoking. It definitely raises blood pressure; we know exactly how this works; there's a long

Yep, I've looked into the health effects of nicotine independent of smoking. It definitely raises blood pressure; we know exactly how this works; there's a long term mechanism (I think involving aldosterone)and the short term stimulant mechanism. There's also a small but significant increase in pancreatic cancer[1], one shared by most stimulants (I think including caffeine). Otherwise, it's not a terrible thing. The parkinsons thing might make nic gum worthwhile.[2] If you look at long term effects of snusers and people who use nasal snuff; it's pretty difficult to find any measurable negative health outcomes. FWIIW the nicotinic hypothesis may not prove to be correct with respect to C19; Sweden will be a great test case, as there are more snus users than smokers there. [1] https://academic.oup.com/carcin/article/30/3/506/2476826 https://academic.oup.com/carcin/article/30/3/506/2476826 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430096/ -for example; too many papers to list