Posted by linkadge on November 5, 2010, at 17:13:03
In reply to Re: That 'Pill' Is Smokin'!, posted by Brainbeard on November 5, 2010, at 14:04:41
>Nicotine is not completely harmless: it destroys >all vitamin C in your body
Obviously it doesn't destroy all vitamin C in your body or else, all smokers would have full blown scurvey, which they don't.
>and diminishes blood
>flow, which, when it's taken as chewing gum, can >cause Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational >Osteonecrosis in the jaws, I think (holes of >dead bone tissue within a bone structure, can be >caused by interfering with normal blood flow by >trauma or chemicals).Nicotine promotes angiogenesis which would result in improved blood flow. What evidence is there that nicotine results in dead bone? There are plenty of health problems associated with smoking, but none of these can be directly linked to nicotine, since the administration of nicotine alone has not really been studied long term, in humans.
Linakdge
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