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jondwillis
2686 days ago
Yeah, seems like a moral panic to me. If we smoked coffee, it’d probably be carcinogenic, that doesn’t mean that consuming it otherwise is an “epidemic.”
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sosilkj
2686 days ago
actually, nicotine and caffeine are completely different, there is no comparison in terms of health risk profiles of each.
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wycs
2686 days ago
Pure nicotine in the doses people take it is pretty safe. I really don’t think it is any worse than caffeine.
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sosilkj
2685 days ago
Could you please share a link to research that supports this claim?
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krageon
2686 days ago
They
are
completely different, but saying there is no comparison is disingenuous.
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