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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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