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I'm not here to argue, but all top 5 links for me are about smoking. I've not heard of people being addicted to nicotine patches for example, especially non-smo

• boston_clone 2y ago
  https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/health-effects-tobacco-use/nicotine-why-tobacco-products-are-addictive https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/health-effects-tobacco-...
• camgunz 2y ago
  Nicotine Addiction: Neurobiology and Mechanism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32322429/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32322429/ Neurophysiology of Nicotine Addiction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22454789/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22454789/
  • brobdingnag_pp 2y ago
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02247412 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02247412
• ck425 2y ago
  I looked into this previously, though it was a while ago so I no longer have the sources to hand. Nicotine is still addictive on it's own but when given to non-smokers in a non-tobacco form it's notably less addictive than smoking. Still addictive but far closer to coffee than cigarettes. Some of this can be explained by different consumptions methods. For example in lozenges, gum and patches nicotine enters the bloodstream much slower than smoking or vaping so even if you consume the same overall amount the peak is lower slowing adaption. But that couldn't explain it entirely.