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Does nicotine?
by chasebank 7mo ago
Does nicotine?
- bilekas 7mo agoNo, //cancer stems from the carcinogens in the burning / heating of tobacco//. Nicotine is not cancerous in itself any more than caffeine. I'm not a doctor though so while I might sound sure it's based on what I've read on the topic over the many years. Edit : rightly corrected its not just heating and burning, its tobacco and others in general. But nicotine itself is not cancerous.
- zardo 7mo agoChewing tobacco causes cancer
- chneu 7mo agoBut not because of the nicotine.
- steve_adams_86 7mo agoCancer also stems from non-heated tobacco because the plant itself contains carcinogens that are pressed into the skin in the mouth for example, often including lesions and such
- temp0826 7mo agoCancer no, but nicotine is implicated in heart disease and other cardiovascular issues.
- steve_adams_86 7mo agoIs that because it's a stimulant, or is there some other known mechanism? It seems like most (maybe all) stimulants I've read about are correlated with cardiovascular issues.
- D-Machine 7mo agoI think one theory is that nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. Though whether, in its pure form, it is a particularly significant one, i.e. any worse than caffeine, is really not so clear.