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Re:Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes... by eurasiantiger on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:39AM (#31752093)
This is a non-effective policy. There’s a study which clearly shows that abstinent smokers prefer smoking denicotinized cigarettes over self-administered (push-button) intravenous nicotine.
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Re:Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes... by brutusborn on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:48PM (#31758453)
A link to the study for any like me who found this fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154143/

Makes me wonder if we could make vapes more effective at smoking cessation by adding MAOI as well as nicotine.

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Re:Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes... by eurasiantiger on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:11PM (#31759540)
They are already very effective at smoking cessation, and the inclusion of MAOIs could make it more difficult to stop vaping.
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Re:Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes... by brutusborn on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:36PM (#31761950)
Yeah you're probably right, I'm just being greedy. Vaping Nicotine never hit me the same as smoking, but that's probably a good thing.
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