Just won a bet with my wife. Back when people started killing them selves and the FDA forced them to add a "May cause suicidal thoughts" warning to the label, I said to my wife "10 years and we will see in the news that it causes cancer." She had 20 years. Price is Right rules.
Now that I see the details I know that they knew from the beginning that it caused cancer. Synthetic nicotine that does not get you high... works just like methadone. Nicotine it's self is highly carcinogenic. Any first year bio-chem student could have told you that there was a high likelihood that a synthetic nicotine would also be carcinogenic. They put cigarettes into a pill and called it medicine and they knew exactly what they were doing.
Nicotine it's self is highly carcinogenic.
Not really. Well know for sure when if vapers get cancer.
Not really. Well know for sure when if vapers get cancer.
Yes really. That is why nicotine vape commercials on tv have warnings. The patch and nicorette carry carcinogen warning as well. Nicotine it self is a carcinogen and the scientific community and even the tobacco industry do not dispute this. Why do you think you have to move patches around or else you get a rash... nicotine is inherently toxic. It is a poison the plant produces to deter animals from eating it. Of course if you do a quick search on this you will see lots of fake news claiming it is safe... but then you can go and look at public court docs where everyone agrees on the science. People are allowed to lie on the internet... lying in court however is a different matter.
The issue is that smoke has other more toxic carcinogen as well so things like the patch and vapes are considered safer and a valid mechanism to get people to quite smoking so they are allowed on the market.
Burning cabon based plants causes cancer. Nicotine. Not so much.
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