If you were to rifle through the pockets of a stereotypically hedonistic rock and roll star – in the hope of finding forbidden substances of the mind-altering kind – it is extremely unlikely you will find a baggie of nicotine, ready to whip out when an out-of-body experience is desired. To use less dramatic words, …
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Does Nicotine Get You High?
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Nicotine in the Kitchen: Six Common Foods That Contain Nicotine
Despite common belief, the much-maligned substance nicotine isn’t a man-made creation invented by cunning scientists in sinister laboratories. Given the association between nicotine, addiction, and illness, you would be forgiven for thinking something along those lines. But while nicotine certainly isn’t good for you, it isn’t quite as bad for you as many people assume. …
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Nicotine and Alzheimer’s Disease: Can It Really Help?
It’s no huge secret that smoking cigarettes is extremely bad for you. Over the last few decades, society has come a long way in embracing (or admitting) that smoking will almost certainly shorten your life through a whole host of potential diseases and afflictions. Lung cancer. Heart disease. COPD. More than 50 ‘serious’ diseases, in …
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