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BurningFrog on Jan 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nicotine Normalizes Brain Activity Deficits That A...

Cigarettes are very harmful and addictive.

Nicotine is only somewhat addictive and even less harmful.

dragonwriter on Jan 23, 2017 [–]

Nicotine is the addictive agent in cigarettes, but not much of the harm.

TeMPOraL on Jan 23, 2017 | [–]

Isn't nicotine rather weakly addictive alone, and only significantly addictive when combined with other stuff in tobacco?

https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine#addictiveness

BurningFrog on Jan 24, 2017 | | [–]

That's what I've heard too. Not that I've studied the science.

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