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Re:On Smoking by amatic on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @01:55AM (#27351108)
I've read the opposite from gwern - that nicotine is safe, and the carcinogens are mostly in the burning of tobacco products. He tested nicotine as a nootropic, apparently has significant effect.
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Re:On Smoking by jessriedel on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:06AM (#27354691)
I like Gwern's nicotine webpage, but the evidence we have is consistent with nicotine being a carcinogen alone. Indeed, he says so himself in his third footnote.
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Re:On Smoking by fnord77 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:06AM (#27353287)
from wikipedia

> Nicotine can form carcinogenic Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) through a nitrosation reaction. ... However, nicotine in the mouth and stomach can react to form N-Nitrosonornicotine,[104] a known type 1 carcinogen,[105] suggesting that consumption of non-tobacco forms of nicotine may still play a role in carcinogenesis.

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