What benefits does nicotine have? I just bought some nicotine gum.
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I wouldn't recommend anyone who isn't already a nicotine user start. Very addictive and expensive. It also elevates blood pressure and can contribute to cardiovascular disease. If you're already a smoker/vaper or chew tobacco, the gum is almost certainly a safer alternative (when used correctly, of course).
If that's the case, why do smoking cessation (nicotine only) products (mints, gums, patches) carry no warning labels? Yes, nicotine is addictive. But also curative. It's all the additives in chew, cigs, and vapes that cause all of the other problems, IMO. Nicotine in pure form is just a plant put here by God.
With that sort of justification you could say the same thing about heroin, it comes from a plant the same as nicotine. Nicotine however is a neurotoxic poison that has been used to kill rats, and as dangerous as Heroin is, it's not even classified a poison at all.