Every drug of addiction must have its day. Morphine remains one of the most potent painkillers ever discovered. Cocaine’s chemical cousin lidocaine is still used by physicians and dentists as an effective local anesthetic. Even demon alcohol, when taken in moderation, cuts the risk of heart attacks, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and a hodgepodge of other ailments. Now comes nicotine, perhaps the most unlikely wonder drug ever to be reviled. If dozens of human and animal studies published over the past six years are borne out by large clinical trials, nicotine — freed at last of its noxious host, tobacco, and delivered instead by chewing gum or transdermal patch — may prove to be a weirdly, improbably effective drug for relieving or preventing a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Tourette’s and schizophrenia. It might even improve attention and focus enough to qualify as a cognitive enhancer. And, oh yeah, it’s long been associated with weight loss, with few known safety risks. (Although, in truth, few safety studies of the increasingly popular e-cigarettes have yet been published.) Nicotine? Yes, nicotine. Full Article Here: http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix
Nicotine is the bogie man. I am an adult ; there is no such thing as the bogie man! Burns me to no end when I see tobacco causes cancer on tobacco labels .I have read many studies where tobacco had fail to produce any cancer in lab tests. Smoking cigarettes cause lung problems, it those carcinogens that get you. PS. where is your excellent viking avatar?
it seems to have fallen off the map! It was there when I posted the article…
I have read the studies, but the weight loss may work in theory but in practice I would hate to know what I would look like without Mr. Nic. I may not be obese by any means but I sure would blow away in a stiff breeze!
Check out this thread on nicotine as well. It’s focus in on an article on nicotine published in a highly prestigious research journal. http://www.snuffhouse.org/discussion/8779/need-to-convince-someone-of-the-benefits-of-nicotine-this-should-do-it#latest