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Originally Posted by creaturecat
Buddy at work - his wife has been addicted to the gum for 7 years.
Is that good? I dunno.
Pretty sure it must be better for the lungs.
Is there a downside, other than the expense ?
Does the gum provide the nicotine-type buzz?
FWIW: I do not smoke. Tried it in my youth. Long time ago.
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The problem with nicotine is the delivery. The delivery vehicle affects the quality and enjoyment of the buzz.
The patch is terrible because it's a consistent stream. You'd only get that if you were a chain smoker.
If you are not a chain smoker the patch can really mess with you.
Gum is somewhere in between the patch and smoking, you get your nicotine in bursts like smoking but because you can do it anywhere and anytime the intake rate can be different than tobacco.
Regulating nicotine intake for tobacco users is, at least for me it was, a fairly big deal and something that required planning and time management.
Yes, it takes over your life and sucks.
The gum is mad expensive. Pretty much all of the nicotine replacement therapies other than vaping are more expensive than smoking. Maybe because pharma don't view you as a continuity customer so get as much coin from you while they can.
Nicotine itself is a naturally occurring pesticide produced by plants so similar to vanilla extract in high doses can be fatal.
It is not classified as a carcinogen though there is some suspicion that it may trigger other events that can lead to cancer. Kind of like a stick of dynamite. It does not go boom unless you light it. Think of the nicotine as the match, it lights the dynamite but it in itself does not go boom.
Nicotine is by itself beneficial.
Think real hard, is your friends wife ADD/ ADHD?
It would explain the nicotine addiction.