What is /sci/'s opinion on Nicotine?

>>8655222

It promotes memory.

other than being extremely physically addictive.

no.

>>8655222
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Adverse_effects

>>8655222
With a quick google search I have found Nicotine is actually good for you:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4151954/Does-explain-schizophrenics-smoke.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3799977/How-NICOTINE-help-prevent-obesity-dementia-Drug-reduces-appetite-slows-brain-s-ageing.html

http://www.livescience.com/1821-volume-knob-brain.html

>>8655222
The neurotransmitter is acetylcholine, why smokers rarely get Alzheimer's.
www.google.com/search?q=acetylcholine+alzheimer's

>>8655222
Nicotine might not be that bad. But inhaling burnt plant matter (and the load of other shit that is put into cigarettes) certainly is that bad.

>>8655222
The problem is inhaling fumes from burning plants, not the nicotine
If only there was an easier way to consume it.

>>8655465
Tinctures?

>>8655222
2addictive4me

>>8655465
>gum
>stickers
>chewing
>snuff
>vape
yeah

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>>8655465

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>>8655243
>dailymail

smokeing = shit
use nicotine gum or patches

on wiki it claims it increases cognetive abilities

>>8655222
It's not really harmful unless you're a fetus or baby-child.

>>8655543
>on wiki it claims it increases cognetive abilities
Because it's a stimulate

>>8655222
i stopped ciggies for a month or so and started studying hard until yesterday when i realized that i haven't memorized absolutely anything

bought a pack today, i already feel 'sharper', i'm not even baiting

either it definitely helps or my brain was dependent on nicotine to actually function, probably both

>>8655526
>snus

I'm a neuroscientist in the US and know a couple academic scientists who snus a lot as you can just keep it in while doing labwork.

My PI said one of his colleagues when he was a postdoc would always smoke with a hand outside the window (this was before all the second hand smoke laws)

Bad for your heart like all stims, only as risky as caffeine standalone. Only addictive when combined with an Maoi like those occurring naturally in tobacco.

>>8655618
Nicotine withdraw and the nicotine buzz you got

>>8655222
Any potential benefits of nicotine are far outweighed by the negatives....

>>8655222
Apart from being highly addictive, nicotine itself isn't really that bad. The main health hazards of smoking are the inhalation of burnt, cured plant matter and the shitload of toxins and carcinogens that most cigarettes have.

Best option is nicotine patches or gums. If you want/have to smoke, grow and cure your own tobacco and cure it yourself (or find a local provider who does) and use a pipe.

>>8655682
You conflate smoking and nicotine. And even smoking is overstated considering Greece and Japan have outsized smoking rates to their longevity.

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Is it possible for 3-dimensional beings that exist within an n-dimensional universe (n>4) to build 4-dimensional objects?

Assuming the existence of non-baryonic matter, and matter with negative or imaginary mass. What i'm vaguely picturing is folding the 3-d space and combining 3-d objects in a certain direction through the 4th dimension. When I mention dimension, I am excluding time.

>>8655222
It's only good if it's not in a tar based substance
Otherwise it's a good drug

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‘’In dependent smokers, smoking during withdrawal returns cognitive abilities to pre-withdrawal levels, but chronic use may not offer cognitive benefits over not smoking.[19][75]’’
basically dont its degenerate and it promotes cancer in vitro, its quite a loss on all levels

nicotine is anti-estrogenic

>studies linking oral/pharyngeal cancer rates are linked to smokeless tobacco exist
>studies also show no correlation, such as the studies in Swedish snus showing similar cancer rates of its selected non-users and the rates of its snus users

I also read studies showing a decrease in cognitive brain disorders like dementia if they consumed a regular amount of dark chocolate.
I think the study was sponsored by Hershey's though

>>8655770
It's logically not possible for those in lower dimensions to even begin to understand how extradimensional objects might be "shaped" because all we can see of them are their projections in space.

>>8655526
To be fair, snus isn't great for your gums. It's better than smoking overall but it's still bad for you.

A great product to sell to developing nations, that have pro-enterprise marketing laws.

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It was used as a pesticide at one point.

I read that an overdose on nicotine is a euphoric way to die.