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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 01/09/24 16:21, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:   
   > Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   
   >> Nicotine is a fascinating molecule. It is a mild stimulant that   
   >> improves cognition and problem-solving, and I think it’s plausible   
   >> that its effect was part of the pace of economic development and   
   >> raising GDP per capita in the 20th century.   
   >   
   > Back then the tobacco was 'cleaner' than it is today.   
   >   
   >> I do not endorse smoking, it is bad for you. I am not intrinsically   
   >> negative about nicotine replacement therapy or vaping.   
   >   
   > I am negative about nicotine replacement therapy or vaping - about   
   > nicotine as such but also about the uncontrolled additives the   
   > products come with. If the nicotine was clean, it would be less   
   > harmful than cigarettes.   
      
   I managed to shake tobacco addiction, after years of trying, with the   
   aid of nicotine patches, so I approve of that sort of replacement.   
      
   Vaping is a different matter. It sounded initially as a good form of   
   replacement, but the people I know who have tried it ended up more badly   
   addicted. There's definitely a problem with uncontrolled additives. In   
   particular, I gather that "non-nicotine" vapes often contain a high   
   concentration of nicotine.   
      
   Vapes are the tobacco industry's new method of sucking children into   
   addiction.   
      
   --   
   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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