The Effects of Nicotine

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Susieqz's thread on vaping got me to thinking.

I smoke an occasional cigar and while it's true that cigars are not inhaled, nicotine does still get absorbed. Also since the smoke isn't inhaled, your lungs don't get gunked up with tars.

Nicotine is the best cognitive enhancer known to science. Smokers are not only able to focus better and think faster, but they have better memory, and maintain concentration hours longer than non-tobacco users in the workforce.

Nicotine is also a strong neuroprotective substance closely related to vitamin B-3, niacin(or nicotinic acid). The two are so similar, vitamin B-3 fills nicotine receptors, relieving nicotine cravings.
Nicotine is so neuroprotective, that smokers, and those that use other tobacco products are four times less likely to contract Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or dementia than non-tobacco users.

Did I mention that nicotine is not a carcinogen?
Nicotine does not cause cancer.

Smoking an occasional cigar might just be helpful in keeping my degenerative peripheral motor nerve condition from worsening.
 
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snubbyfan said:
Susieqz's thread on vaping got me to thinking.

I smoke an occasional cigar and while it's true that cigars are not inhaled, nicotine does still get absorbed. Also since the smoke isn't inhaled, your lungs don't get gunked up with tars.

Nicotine is the best cognitive enhancer known to science. Smokers are not only able to focus better and think faster, but they have better memory, and maintain concentration hours longer than non-tobacco users in the workforce.

Nicotine is also a strong neuroprotective substance closely related to vitamin B-3, niacin(or nicotinic acid). The two are so similar, vitamin B-3 fills nicotine receptors, relieving nicotine cravings.
Nicotine is so neuroprotective, that smokers, and those that use other tobacco products are four times less likely to contract Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or dementia than non-tobacco users.

Did I mention that nicotine is not a carcinogen?
Nicotine does not cause cancer.

Smoking an occasional cigar might just be helpful in keeping my degenerative peripheral motor nerve condition from worsening.
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I smoked cigars for the last 10 years or so of my 35 years smoking. BUT, I always inhaled them, just like a cigarette. Smoked 'em every day too. So I was getting pretty heavy nicotine dose.

The good news is that although I was getting a substantial dose of tar in my lungs, I wasn't breathing the formaldehyde and all the other chemicals that are in cigarette tobacco. natural tobacco like in cigars isn't nearly the chemical brew that you get with cigarettes.

In the 5 years since I quit I have noticed that my memory has gotten a little worse. But I figured that was just age....
 
I have a good stogie every now and then.Never inhaled,but do retrohale. I don't live with one stuck in my mouth like some I know. However, when they ask me if I use tobacco on a form, I ask for clarification, or I will answer no. It's not all or nothing in my opinion..and if they really care..let them find out for themselves.

My pappy always told me volunteer nothing. He retired a full bird Colonel from the U.S.A.F. Good enough advice for me... ;) (They do use nicotine in bug killer,by the way..)
 
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Where tobacco was known aboriginals, at least some of them, used tobacco for medicine. If this CBD thing (isolated compound) is real perhaps an isolated compound from tobacco may prove, to some, miraculous.

A delivery mechanism that does not involve damage to the lungs or long-term contact with mucous membranes would be the best way to approach it.
 
The cigarette tube paper is treated to burn the same as the tobacco. At least that what I was told.
It ain't the tobacco, it's the tubes that kill you.
 
Nicotine

So if nicotine is a cognitive enhancer, would nicotine patches enhance my cognitive ability? I am a non smoker but now Snubby fan has me curious. I’m truly curious, not being a smart a** , as I get older I find myself getting more forgetful so anything that would help I would consider.
 
I'm a pipe smoker. The Surgeon General's report on smoking stated that pipe smokers have the same mortality rate as nonsmokers. I didn't learn that until I'd been smoking pipes for thirty years or so, but what the hey, I'll take it. I guess I'm something of a tobacco enthusiast in general-- I also use smokeless and nasal snuff, and will have a cigar from time to time (good ones are too expensive for everyday use).

I really like nicotine, though I don't seek out the highest content nowadays like I used to. I'm certainly addicted to it, just as I am with caffeine, but being deprived of it is not that big a deal-- I had surgery in mid-October that kept me in the hospital for three days, and I never even thought about nicotine. When I got home, it was several hours before I decided to fire up a pipe. In my cigarette days, it would not have been like that. I'd have been trying to figure out a way to sneak outside the hospital and smoke, and would have lit one the second I was released. Cigarettes are different somehow, not sure why.
 
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bgrone said:
So if nicotine is a cognitive enhancer, would nicotine patches enhance my cognitive ability? I am a non smoker but now Snubby fan has me curious. I’m truly curious, not being a smart a** , as I get older I find myself getting more forgetful so anything that would help I would consider.
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I don't know that it would help much with memory problems; it's more of a boost to thinking and concentration. If you decide to try it, use the lowest dose available and be prepared to suffer some nausea at first. The nicotine chewing-gum or lozenge products might be more suitable than a patch for experimentation, as the patch can cause skin irritation.
 
snubbyfan said:
Nicotine is the best cognitive enhancer known to science. Smokers are not only able to focus better and think faster, but they have better memory, and maintain concentration hours longer than non-tobacco users in the workforce.
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I'm a lifetime non smoker but like some of the other posters I'm
curious about this. I'm assuming you have some research data
to back this claim so how much Nicotine is required and how
long does the enhancement last before another dose is needed?
 
Not a smoker, never have been and have no desire to even go there as I abhor the created stench.
Guess I've always been amazed at the guys seemingly 'enjoying' a cigar and to me, I would judge the item to be rat turds rolled inside tar paper and set aflame, at least by the smell.
 
snubbyfan said:
Nicotine is so neuroprotective, that smokers, and those that use other tobacco products are four times less likely to contract Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or dementia than non-tobacco users.
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Could it be that this is due to the fact that smokers don't live long enough to develop these aging related conditions?;)
 
I smoked cigs for years in my youth. Hard to quit. I've quit and thrown my pack of cigs out the window on the way home just to pick them back up an hour later on the way back out.

I finally quit cigs by dipping Copenhagen.

I got off the strong copenhagen by switching to Skoal.

I got off the Skoal by switching to Red Man.

I got off the Red Man sugar fix by switching to a plain twist or plain chewing tobacco.

Plain chew is hard to find so I switched to chewing inexpensive long filler cigars.

Then I started lighting them and smoked several per day.

I've finally pretty much quit tobacco but I do still smoke a cigar very infrequently and have some in my humidors. If I'm out somewhere and I catch a whiff of good cigar on the breeze it calls me loudly. I love the smell. A cool evening, a good bourbon and a good cigar, hard to beat!

It's a good thing tobacco isn't addictive.
 
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Andy Lowry said:
I'm a pipe smoker. The Surgeon General's report on smoking stated that pipe smokers have the same mortality rate as nonsmokers. I didn't learn that until I'd been smoking pipes for thirty years or so, but what the hey, I'll take it. I guess I'm something of a tobacco enthusiast in general-- I also use smokeless and nasal snuff, and will have a cigar from time to time (good ones are too expensive for everyday use).

I really like nicotine, though I don't seek out the highest content nowadays like I used to. I'm certainly addicted to it, just as I am with caffeine, but being deprived of it is not that big a deal-- I had surgery in mid-October that kept me in the hospital for three days, and I never even thought about nicotine. When I got home, it was several hours before I decided to fire up a pipe. In my cigarette days, it would not have been like that. I'd have been trying to figure out a way to sneak outside the hospital and smoke, and would have lit one the second I was released. Cigarettes are different somehow, not sure why.
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I smoked a pipe for the last few months of my tobacco addiction too. I don't suppose you inhale? That's where I was kinda' different. I inhaled the pipe too. For anyone who inhales the smoke I doubt that the pipe is any better than cigars. I'd also expect the mortality and other health effects to be about the same.

I never figured there was any point in smoking tobacco if you didn't inhale. I could always smoke and inhale just about any tobacco product made. One time in high school I won $5 on a bet that I couldn't smoke and inhale a whole King Edward cigar - one of those greenish numbers about 4" long and the size of your thumb. I did and never even flinched.

I REALLY liked tobacco - probably why it was so hard for me to quit.
 
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