Earthling789 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Following a few article links, which started with this one about a town in MA which plans to ban sales all tobacco and related products (including e-cigs) because of the devil called Nicotine... , I ran across this one from Discovery Magazine, touting the medical benefits of Nicotine for Parkinson's Disease, Tourette’s and schizophrenia. But, the interesting portion of the article was independent research buried within, proving that Nicotine (alone) is NOT the addictive component of cigarettes (cigars, etc.), and alluding to the fact that Big-Tobacco, researchers, and our government have known this for decades, despite their demonizing of Nicotine publicly! If Nicotine were so addictive and deadly, do you think we'd be able to buy it from any corner-drug-store, or in bulk on the Internet? Try buying Morphine without a prescription or FDA license.... You can't even buy Lidocaine (Cocaine derivative used as an anesthetic by dentists all over the world) over-the-counter without a prescription or FDA license (in strengths greater than 0.5% - and usually only in first-aid sprays or ointments)! Saying Nicotine is the evil, addictive component of smoking, IMO, is like saying that motor oil is the addictive component that forces people to drive, and thus the leading (evil) cause of vehicle accidents and vehicle related deaths. stangmama77, Tam and jonnoh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcartervol98 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well said. I have always told people who feel the need (not want) to reduce their nicotine down to 0 they should not look at it that way. Nicotine is not the enemy, tobacco is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles vapor Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 it's like news coverage for the iraq/afghanistan wars, people only want to hear the bad stuff, and people take the smallest detail and portray it to be the worst thing in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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