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The thread is good, but a possible link with nicotine has been observed before. This might just be the unlikely case where smoking does indirectly confer some h
by tom_mellior 6y ago
The thread is good, but a possible link with nicotine has been observed before. This might just be the unlikely case where smoking does indirectly confer some health benefit.
- phogster 6y agoMaybe because it could cause you to go outside, increasing exposure to the sun.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoOr kill you before you get to a vulnerable age.
- m463 6y agoit might work like a mask if you always inhale through a filter and an inferno. It might even purify your second-hand smoke. but yes, you have a very real point. I remember reading about some drug that seemed to give people heart attacks, but it actually cured what it was supposed to and heart attacks were the next statistically likely thing to get you.
- andor 6y agoIn this specific case, going outside would help reduce exposure to aerosolized saliva. Imagine people at a bar. The smokers would stand outside in the cold, smoking, while the non-smokers inside are warmer but at higher risk of catching an infection.
- russfink 6y agoOr cause sick people to avoid you. If I have a cold, no way I'm standing next to a smoker.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoCause more than just sick people to avoid you. And people can see how far your smoke spreads so there's a visible warning to keep your distance.
- koheripbal 6y agoThat's pretty speculative given the amount of extra time a smoker might spend outside - combined with another speculative idea that small amounts of sun exposure has a meaningful impact on outcomes. Seems more likely that nicotine itself might have a direct interaction, or that there is no benefit at all, and it's all just noise in the data.
- rjsw 6y agoNicotine must have some evolutionary benefit to the tobacco plant, perhaps it helps it resist the Tobacco mosaic virus.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoNicotine is an extremely powerful insecticide. That's the advantage to the plant.
- himinlomax 6y agoWhy not both?
- vikramkr 6y agoIt's a great insecticide. Same as caffeine.