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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.

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Nicotine is a poison, many or most of the cardiac issues associated with smoking are due to nicotine, not the ancillary chemicals in cigarette smoke.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    That's not true.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4958544/.

    Also, the dose makes the poison. Humans safely consume all kinds of things that would be harmful in large quantities.

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

    Did you read the study? The abstract asserts that vaping is less bad than smoking cigarettes, but there’s a ton of negative cardiovascular effects they link to nicotine alone.

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