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And the child-friendly flavours (bubblegum ice blast! crème brûlée! strawberry!) and packaging just plain immoral. Oddly, nicotine as such is not that harmful,
by Freak_NL 2y ago
And the child-friendly flavours (bubblegum ice blast! crème brûlée! strawberry!) and packaging just plain immoral.
Oddly, nicotine as such is not that harmful, comparatively. It's the addiction (and the potential to escalate to inhaling carcinogens) which makes it so bad.
- bluGill 2y agoChewing tobacco is harmful too, and there you are not inhaling anything. Nicotine is harmful in itself. (that is why plants make it - it tends to kill predators. Humans are just large enough that it dilutes in our body by enough to not kill)
- Freak_NL 2y agoChewing tobacco is nastily harmful for a variety of reasons, but there too nicotine is mostly only harmful in that it is highly addictive: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/in-depth/chewing-tobacco/art-20047428 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/in... Nicotine poisoning is possible, but not for adults at normal dosages. It's all the other crap your inhaling, sucking, or melting which is carcinogenic or otherwise directly harmful. Taking nicotine regularly isn't that healthy, but the reason nicotine is bad is really mostly down to its addictive nature.