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Re:Monkeys Love Their Alcohol by efficax on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:03PM (#31158492)
Nicotine has significant positive effects on attention and executive function, as well as wakefulness. People smoke for a reason, even if they don't really understand the effect it's having
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Re:Monkeys Love Their Alcohol by the_only_law on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:01PM (#31159199)
As does caffeine, but I don’t consider it enjoyable.

I know why I started smoking and it wasn’t because I enjoyed the weak stimulant benefits, it was because of social rituals and later addiction.

My points wasn’t “nicotine has no positive effects”, but more of the negative effects (in most delivery methods) vastly outweigh the benefits.

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