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The article cites some fairly convincing studies that the addictiveness is from tobacco’s other (non-nicotine) chemicals including MAOIs. Is smoking addictive?
by goodluckchuck 3y ago
The article cites some fairly convincing studies that the addictiveness is from tobacco’s other (non-nicotine) chemicals including MAOIs.
Is smoking addictive? Absolutely, but not because it contains nicotine.
- bumby 3y agoThe articles seems much more inconclusive than your comment implies. On one hand, yes, they point out that MAOIs may be confounding. But they also say: “additional work since 2002 has clearly shown that nicotine alone does have some addictive properties” And, frustratingly, they point out that addiction effects can’t be parsed out using smokers because of the confounding effects of other chemicals present in tobacco yet they quote a study using smokers to support the non-addiction claim.
- Findecanor 3y agoIf nicotine wasn't addictive then kids who never used tobacco wouldn't get hooked on vape, which they do.