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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by loco5niner on Friday October 12, 2018 @05:06PM (#18204726)
Whether nicotine is harmful seems to be under debate:

https://tobacco.ucsf.edu/cdc-publishes-more-evidence-nicotin...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/

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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by cobbzilla on Friday October 12, 2018 @08:49PM (#18205742)
also a good & nuanced read: https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine
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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by ChoGGi on Friday October 12, 2018 @07:54PM (#18205522)
Your second link mentions LD50 in adults of around 30-60 mg of nicotine. In children the LD50 is around 10 mg.

Seems harmful enough to me.

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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by nofurtheruse on Friday October 12, 2018 @08:55PM (#18205759)
even advil has an LD50. dosage matters
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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by TeMPOraL on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:26AM (#18206426)
Even water has LD50.
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Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines by anticensor on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:24AM (#18207318)
12L/day.
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