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Re:A person has died from a vaping-related condition by tempguy9999 on Saturday August 24, 2019 @06:10AM (#20786308)
> somehow it did not seem to have the same addictive effect on me as smoking had

Nicotine by itself isn't much addictive until mixed with stuff called MAOIs. Here's an earlier post of mine that gives a bit more detail https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20536162

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Re:A person has died from a vaping-related condition by jumpywizard on Saturday August 24, 2019 @09:42AM (#20787077)
Snus addicts in Sweden seem to counteract the idea that MAOIs have such a big role.
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Re:A person has died from a vaping-related condition by tempguy9999 on Saturday August 24, 2019 @02:27PM (#20788811)
snus is tobacco. Tobacco contains MAOIs along with nicotine. Maybe you were complaining that the reference referred to tobacco smoke, but it's reasonable to suppose (though granted, not established) that powdered baccy does as well.

Having used chewing tobacco, I can say it's got a hell of a kick more than plain nicotine tablets.

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