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> Why are you assuming the nicotine is solely to blame, and not for example the carbon monoxide?

Good point, thanks.

I will relax my assumption to "some of the cardiovascular disease is caused by nicotine," and admit that I don't have enough information to know what percentage of smoking deaths are attributable to just the nicotine.

Do you happen to know if they've figured this out?



I don't know.

I am uncomfortable with some of the other comments in this thread saying that nicotine is harmless. :-/


Well. Vapers gonna vape :)

Nicotine is one of my favorite drugs, which is why I personally keep a safe distance from it. E-cigarettes may be worse for you than a glass of water, but I am pretty happy about all the lives they're saving as they replace regular cigarettes.




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