[nurb]

Nicotine is harmful for your mind more than your body. Every time the need to smoke appears, it replace everything you had in mind, to the point that the only thing you can think of is «Damn I need to go to smoke».

To me this is by far worst than any potential cancer risk.

(I smoked for 15 years and stopped 3 years ago, if that precision can add any value)

EDT: Juste to add that realizing this gives you motivation when you quit. And the freedom gained is also rewarding.

[dntrkv]

> To me this is by far worst than any potential cancer risk.

I think anti-smoking/vaping organizations should put more focus on this. I never realized how much this aspect of nicotine takes over your life.

Personally, my thought process was always something like: Lung cancer and all those other health effects are scary and all, but they're gonna happen decades from now, and I'm gonna quit by then so it doesn't matter.

Whereas focusing on the immediate effects of nicotine addiction and how it drives your day-to-day life, that's not talked about enough.

[chrisseaton]

> Nicotine is harmful for your mind more than your body. Every time the need to smoke appears...

Right but you don't need smoke for nicotine - that's the point.

Nicotine is still harmful, but it isn't as lethal as smoke.

And more critically - smoke is dangerous to people around you, while nicotine is just your problem alone. If we can get people off smoke but still on nicotine, that's better for everyone.