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nicotine is likely one of the best appetite-control , cognative-enhancing and anti-anxiety medications ever known to man. A large driver of obesity , anxiety and psychotropic abuse was smoking cessation.

Giving out nicotine gum , would decimate the drugs industry, but likely resolve a lot of our chronic health and depression issues.



I've actually considered taking nicotine for these reasons. But I don't because it appears you build tolerance very quickly.


i know a number of people with moderate ADHD who use it instead of Adderall.


tonymet says >nicotine is likely one of the best appetite-control , cognative-enhancing and anti-anxiety medications ever known to man.<

Is this not under-reported? I have known several people for whom smoking appears to be truly necessary. One said he was prescribed smoking to control his "shakes".




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