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Nicotine itself is safe (that is, it a neurotoxin, but so is caffeine; the dosis makes the poison for humans). The carcinogenic substances you inhale from smoki

Nicotine itself is safe (that is, it a neurotoxin, but so is caffeine; the dosis makes the poison for humans). The carcinogenic substances you inhale from smoking are mostly a by-product of the combustion process. Electronic cigarettes work similar to vaporizers and should be safe (pending research). Also see gwerns articles on nicotine: http://www.gwern.net/Nicotine http://www.gwern.net/Nicotine http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics#nicotine http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics#nicotine

leohutson 13y ago
Nicotine is not "safe". It's less harmful than some of the other constituents of tobacco smoke, but it's still cancer promoting in itself: http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i46/7428.htm http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i46/7428.htm http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/91/14/1194.long http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/91/14/1194.long http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/2/279.long http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/2/279.long