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by betwixthewires
1461 days ago
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Sugar is absolutely addictive, and if you've ever used just nicotine (not tobacco, which contains a range of drugs that synergize to make the product significantly more addictive) you'd probably find that it is less addictive than sugar. Nicotine is naturally present in at least as many foods as sugar is, albeit in very low concentrations. Nicotine on it's own has a nootropic effect in normal doses, and a sedative effect in larger doses and is a very useful compound. It is at least as useful as alcohol, and the vast majority of the downsides of using nicotine come from using tobacco, not nicotine itself. |
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Maybe in some sense of the word [0], but definitely not like nicotine [1]. [1] also addresses nicotine replacement therapies, finding that nicotine on its own is still addictive.
> Nicotine is naturally present in at least as many foods as sugar is...
Definitely untrue, it's like eggplant, potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, and a couple others.
> ...albeit in very low concentrations.
The amounts are comically low:
> ...you need to eat 5 kilograms of eggplant, 12 kilograms of fresh potatoes or drink 9.5 liters of tomato juice to get [a cigarette's worth of nicotine, or 3mg]. [2]
I don't really think there's an equivalency between 30kg of eggplant and 20mg of nicotine in a vape pack.
> Nicotine on it's own has a nootropic effect in normal doses, and a sedative effect in larger doses and is a very useful compound.
We have other things for this. Is there a need for nicotine as a sedative? Do we need to satisfy that need with bubblegum Juul?
[0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5174153/
[1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7724697/
[2]: https://thisnutrition.com/food-products-containing-nicotine