FreeThinker

For all the negative things a cigarette does to your body, there is one positive - it makes you smarter. Researchers have shown that nicotine stimulated certain neurotransmitters in the brain responsible for learning and memory.

Cigarettes may be bad for health and taxed to hell, but guess what isn't: nicotine gum. Thanks to the anti-smoking lobby nicotine gum has no tax and can be purchased at any pharmacy, with prices roughly equivalent - milligram for milligram - to cigarettes.

The only health hazards are the same as coffee: slightly increased heartrate and mild addiction. Just like coffee, quitting suddenly will cause mild headaches and tiredness for a few days. Good luck banning gum you hordes of anti-smoking hippies.

Source: Nicotine Enhances Learning And Memory: Could This Lead To New Alzheimer's Medications?

PeteEU

Then my mother should be the cleverest person on the planet..considering she smoked 20 to 40+ a day.

Instead she has 15% lung capacity thanks to ciggies and cant do much any more. And not she aint clever at all, although her memory is great... then again she is a woman

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PeteEU

FreeThinker

You didn't read the post. I didn't say cigarettes were good, I said nicotine was good.

1069

Oh, yeah. I like me some nicotine gum every once in a while, just for a treat.
Buy it at Sam's. 240 pieces for 39 dollars (the 2 mg kind).

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PeteEU

I read it.
That you later go over to nicotine gum still don't change you started out with ciggies

mikhail

You stupid non-smokers.

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FreeThinker

lol! I always appreciate good sarcasm, even if I'm the target.

Goldenboy219

This just in!

Stimulants increase brain activity

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1069

I'm sure nicotine gum increases one's risk of oral, maxillary, and esophageal cancer, the same as chewing tobacco does.
I choose to chew it anyway occasionally. But it's good to be honest with oneself about the risks associated with one's actions.
Nicotine gum is not approved for long-term use (it's meant to be used for 4 to 6 weeks, possibly up to twelve weeks, for smoking cessation), and nicotine is carcinogenic. Chewing nicotine gum for years is no doubt equally as risky as chewing tobacco for an equivalent number of years, although both activities are still far less risky than cigarette smoking, and they have the added benefit of not exposing others to second-hand carcinogens.

Goldenboy219

Actually, nicotine isnt really carcinogenic per say. In its denatured and chemicalized form commonly found in cigarettes, it does display some carcinogenic properties. Yet nicotine is found in low doses in many foods that are favored in the American diet (tomato, potato, eggplant etc...).

So no, nicotine gum is not even on the same level of chewing tobacco in regards to causing free radical infestation

And if we really want to get down to the nitty gritty; the recent boom in tobacco related cancer has much more to do with both the chemicals infused with the tobacco, as well as the radioactive inorganic phosphate fertilizers that have been pushed on the soil for over 50 years.

Thats right folks, commercially grown tobacco is radioactive where a yearly smoking habit has been said to be equivalent to 2000 chest x-rays per year.

Dont believe me, look it up