> The real danger in smoking is tar & particulates damaging the lungs, and cancer caused by the tons of byproducts of the combustion chemistry. The nicotine com

> The real danger in smoking is tar & particulates damaging the lungs, and cancer caused by the tons of byproducts of the combustion chemistry. The nicotine comes along for the ride and again, by itself isn't such a big deal. With no combustion, tobacco causes mouth cancer all the time. It is simply cancerous (though nicotine isn't). I'm sure tar etc. makes it worse, but something else is bad in tobacco.