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I know there are natural carcinogens. That wasn’t my question. Tobacco is a plant. Cigarettes are a product made from tobacco with many “artificial” chemicals
by twerkmonsta 5y ago
I know there are natural carcinogens. That wasn’t my question.
Tobacco is a plant. Cigarettes are a product made from tobacco with many “artificial” chemicals added. Cigarettes are the cause.
- jaggederest 5y agoTobacco is the cause. Raw tobacco usage straight off the plant is cancer-causing, there's no manipulation needed.
- SapporoChris 5y agoI will not disagree completely. But I will point out that nicotine by itself can actually have benefits that outweight the risks. Search "benefits of nicotine", yields a wealth of articles supporting this such as: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1859921/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1859921/
- jaggederest 5y agoAbsolutely, there are few weight loss / irritable bowel syndrome drugs more effective, though it is of course horribly addictive. But tobacco is a lot more than just pure nicotine, and that's where the problems come in.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Tobacco is a plant. That is full of carcinogens. And nicotine, which IIRC isn't a carcinogen itself but instead promotes tumor growth once they form. > Cigarettes are the cause. Chewing tobacco is a great way to get (a different set of kinds of) cancer, too.