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This is wrong. Nicotine alone is less addictive than the nicotine-MAOI combination, but it is still extremely addictive. I started with vaping.

• eurasiantiger 6y ago
  Anecdotal experiences are not evidence of anything else than someone having experienced something in a certain way. It is completely feasible that you simply are more susceptible to the effects of plain nicotine, e.g. due to differences in nAChR genes, or maybe you already had a MAOI source in your daily diet, e.g. medications, cannabis smoke, coffee, soy sauce, beer, wine, sake, roasted/grilled foods...
  • TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    The same could have been said of tobacco in the 50's. Turns out it was bad for you. You're spreading misinformation and could get other people addicted. You're making assumptions on my diet just to dismiss the well-known fact that nicotine is addictive[1]. Most sites that say otherwise are either social media sites like reddit where echo chambers form, or they're obviously pro-ecig and extremely biased. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine
    • eurasiantiger 6y ago
      In all honesty, it seems your personal experience is clouding your objective judgment. There are plenty of academic studies regarding the matter of MAOIs in tobacco smoke, and their addictiveness. Also, most studies on smoking do not make a difference between smoking and pure nicotine. It would be great if you could check the sources of the Wikipedia article to see if this is the case there.
      • TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
        My judgement isn't clouded, but I've been directly harmed by such misinformation before. I want other people reading to know that nicotine isn't some wonder nootropic that brings no side effects or addiction, because it's just not the case.
        • eurasiantiger 6y ago
          Nobody is making those claims, though.