It isn't nicotine causing the cancer, there are other compounds in tobacco which do thoughHi Egzoset! Nice to see you around these parts brotheras always great post on vaping weed.
Just to let anyone know, nicotine is linked with cancer, as people who chew tobacco also get cancer. This is because tobacco is straight up a poison, its not just the combustion. In fact if I were to drink or eat tobacco I would die.
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One broad class of tobacco-specific carcinogens is nitrosamines. These chemicals are derived from nicotine. They form in the tobacco plant during curing. Like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, they can bind to DNA and promote inaccurate DNA copying.
According to Stephen Hecht, a tobacco expert at the University of Minnesota, the carcinogenic potential of chewing tobacco and snuff are likely due to the tobacco-specific nitrosamines in tobacco products. He says that marijuana smoking has not been linked to cancer, possibly because people don’t smoke enough of it.
Nicotine itself does not damage DNA. People using nicotine-replacement patches and other smokeless nicotine delivery systems, like e-cigarettes, are not known to be at a higher risk of developing cancer. But nicotine is highly addictive. That’s why many people find it so hard to stop smoking once they start."
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