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		fragmede 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the AI Bubble Will Pop > Doesn’t mean smoking cigarettes is good for working. Fun fact; smoking likely is! There have been numerous studies into nicotine as a nootropic, eg https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1579636/#:~:text=Abstract,sh... which have found that nicotine improves attention and memory. Shame about the lung cancer though.

iberator 4 months ago [–]

Nicotine does not cause cancer. Smoke do

phatskat 4 months ago | [–]

Yes however nicotine can speed up the growth of existing cancers.

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