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Don't worry! Smoke as much as you like. (1930s, & product tin, 1935) (media.piefed.ca)
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Here's a carton of the stuff circa 1935. It was also said to protect you from hangovers.

Nic-o-sin

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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I thought the trick was that it suppressed nicotine but not the hundred other things that will kill you too

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    nicotine isn't even the thing that kills you in cigarettes, its just the thing that keeps you coming back for the cancer.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Nah, not true.

    Sure, nicotine is only part of cigarette smoke, and likely not the most dangerous. But nicotine raises blood pressure, and slows wound healing. Former can cause heart attacks, or any of the other health problems high blood pressure causes, while latter can lead to infections or neuropathy (generally, not causing them, but worsening them, if you have diabetes or the like).

    This is because nicotine a vasoconstrictor. It causes your blood vessels to contract. This can actually be a good thing in some circumstances: if your lost a lot of blood, or have dangerously low blood pressure for some reason. But with the prevalence of high blood pressure in the population, its definitely more dangerous than anything else for the average person.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago

    That is my understanding too - but my understanding is on shaky ground and only based on a few dubious web sources.

    There are some substances that are chemically similar to nicotine which will bind to the same receptors. Some are used in anti-smoking aids meant to ease the craving for cigarettes, although that is the opposite of the stated goal of the ad, which was to let people smoke more! Perhaps the idea was to block nicotine jitters?

    It is also unclear if this product actually contained anything like that. And of course, cigarettes are harmful in lots of other ways, like you say.

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