It appears there are some conflicting studies, like with everything. My best interpretation is that nicotine itself probably isn't the-worst-thing-ever if it w

It appears there are some conflicting studies, like with everything. My best interpretation is that nicotine itself probably isn't the-worst-thing-ever if it was restricted to occasional usage, like having a beer on the weekend. It's probably not a good idea to make a habit of though like with coffee. There's a theory floating around that it may help with long-Covid symptoms, but there's not a lot of evidence. This may be in part due to the general opposition towards tobacco as extremely unhealthy. I only heard of this because a neighbor says using nicotine gum restored her sense of smell. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845100/ Again, anecdotally I had a relative, very heavy smoker, who got Delta and had very mild symptoms. She's 80 and in pretty poor health. Others younger in the same household had it much worse. https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13223-023-00797-0 https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1322...