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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine > Nicotine is highly addictive. https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-repor

by mort96 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine > Nicotine is highly addictive. https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes/nicotine-addictive https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-n... > Is nicotine addictive? Yes. --- If nicotine wasn't addictive, why would people find that nicotine patches or nicotine gum helps with withdrawals from various tobacco products?

goodluckchuck 3y ago
Addiction is complex. Folks are generally addicted to a combination of things. For example they’ll do a particular drug, sit in a particular environment, with or without a social element, with or without food. Utilizing one of the elements without the others helps break the association. Its the same thing on a smaller level.
- mort96 3y ago
  You're completely right! Addiction is complex! And nicotine is addictive.
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tjpnz 3y ago
Furthermore, why do people have withdrawal symptoms coming off the patches and gum?
thecodedmessage 3y ago
These sources do not address the claims made in the article.
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- mort96 3y ago
  You may be right, maybe those sources are examples of ones which mix up tobacco and nicotine. Let's take it from the article instead: > like all stimulants, nicotine may raise blood pressure somewhat, and is addictive to some degree, but the risks do not appear much more strikingly harmful than caffeine or modafinil And: > My take away is that there is addiction but it’s drastically overestimated by almost everyone and may been conflated with the habit-formation capability I'm not criticizing the article, I'm disagreeing with the statement "nicotine is not addictive". I wouldn't have commented to disagree with a statement like "nicotine's addictiveness is exaggerated because it's conflated with tobacco's addictiveness", but that wasn't what goodluckchuck said

by mort96 3y ago

goodluckchuck 3y ago

Addiction is complex. Folks are generally addicted to a combination of things. For example they’ll do a particular drug, sit in a particular environment, with or without a social element, with or without food. Utilizing one of the elements without the others helps break the association. Its the same thing on a smaller level.

mort96 3y ago
You're completely right! Addiction is complex! And nicotine is addictive.
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tjpnz 3y ago

Furthermore, why do people have withdrawal symptoms coming off the patches and gum?

thecodedmessage 3y ago

These sources do not address the claims made in the article.

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mort96 3y ago
You may be right, maybe those sources are examples of ones which mix up tobacco and nicotine. Let's take it from the article instead: > like all stimulants, nicotine may raise blood pressure somewhat, and is addictive to some degree, but the risks do not appear much more strikingly harmful than caffeine or modafinil And: > My take away is that there is addiction but it’s drastically overestimated by almost everyone and may been conflated with the habit-formation capability I'm not criticizing the article, I'm disagreeing with the statement "nicotine is not addictive". I wouldn't have commented to disagree with a statement like "nicotine's addictiveness is exaggerated because it's conflated with tobacco's addictiveness", but that wasn't what goodluckchuck said