Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun

Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun by TylerE on Sunday October 25, 2015 @11:27PM (#10449459)

I wonder if there is any correlation with the obesity epidemic as well, since nicotine's appetite suppression is also well documented.

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Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 25, 2015 @11:43PM (#10449498)

Is it the effect of nicotine itself or, like it seems to be the case with addictive properties, a combination of nicotine and other agents present in the cigarette smoke?

I ask because I've been using pure nicotine as a cognitive stimulation agent for some time and I haven't noticed any effect on weight or appetite (INB4 I know, n=1, etc.).

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Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun by irremediable on Monday October 26, 2015 @08:06AM (#10450802)

It seems nicotine itself is believed to be an appetite suppressant, although the even the evidence for weight loss from smoking is sketchier than I realised. At least, so I surmise from skimming the relevant Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_smoking_for_weight_l....

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Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun by Turing_Machine on Sunday October 25, 2015 @11:32PM (#10449474)

Good question.

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Re:Tobacco and Psychosis: not quite a smoking gun by simplemath on Sunday October 25, 2015 @11:41PM (#10449491)

Grab your white jumpsuit and fire up a heater.

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