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Forget cereal bars, what's your flavor of drug in the morning? (lemy.lol)
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https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/

Free drugs for being a good cog? Man now we are talking business perks.

Screenshot of news article reading "Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with tobacco products to increase worker productivity"
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[–] 15 points 8 months ago (10 children)

It's appalling that they're doing it but they aren't tobacco products, they nicotine products.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    A lot of the nicotine in products like these is made from tobacco. Some of it is synthetic nicotine, some is plant-derived.

    I couldn’t find statistics but at least some companies have different product names for synthetic vs natural.

    e.g. “VELO” is plant-derived while “VELO Plus” is synthetic.

    https://nicokick.com/us/pouch-perfect/products/velo-vs-velo-plus

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In my opinion this is splitting hairs. Chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, etc., are tobacco products having tobacco as a main ingredient. Nicotine gum, pouches, patches, and ecigs are nicotine products as they have nicotine (synthetic or derived) but no actual tobacco. If the got the nicotine from eggplants you wouldn’t call it an eggplant product.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Almost all of it is tobacco-derived, which is why I always found the "tobacco companies are trying to get vapes banned" idea ridiculous. They're the ones making the stuff that goes in the vapes.

    I think the point of the distinction is regarding cancer. Tobacco on the gums causes mouth cancer, nicotine maybe maybe not.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (4 children)

    Nicotine by itself isn't any worse than caffeine. I hate that puritanical American bulldozers right and left, call nicotine pouches and vapes tobacco products. Shut the fuck up nerds. Pop a zynn and watch some TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I am of your same opinion about nicotine, but I will say that the pouches are making my gum receed noticeably after about 1 year of daily use... trying to switch to gum now

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think that's my biggest fear about using them. I think I'll keep an eye out for that at well. If it starts to happen, I'll probably just quit nicotine. I can't put stuff in my lungs and I hate gum.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    nicotine independently damages the endothelium (innermost lining of blood vessels) leading to stroke heart attack poor wound healing after injury or surgery etc. even without tobacco

    probably why it damages gums

    not worth the very small benefits

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