Neuroprotection
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I read a post on E cigarette forum which made some strange claims I found somewhat ridiculous, but I want to get your opinions.
Sorry I can't post the link because of my vision problems but you can just google it. The post stated that nicotine was a highly flammable, combustible and explosive liquid that ignites below the boiling point of water, and consequently there is no nicotine in cigarettes smoke as it is destroyed by high heat. This raises the question, that if nicotine is not the active compound in cigarette smoke that makes it psychoactive and addictive then what is? They do not really address this point but instead argue that nicotine is oxidised to cotinine and nicotinic acid aka vitamin be three. At first I thought I may have misunderstood the author of the post since they were referring to the fact that nicotine in tobacco is bound to various carboxylic acids to form salts, but after reading it several times I realised they were trying to refute decades worth of scientific research, and linked antitobacco advocates to the Nazi party. They also went on to state that cotinine supposedly The only nicotine related components in cigarette smoke according to them, is not active. Following this they state that many Side affects and toxicity warnings have been attributed to nicotine to demonise it, and that the only way to experience the full range of effects and toxicity of nicotine is to purify it and intravenously inject it. Funnily enough The way they describe nicotines pharmacological and chemical properties earlier on in the post certainly demonises nicotine. They made it sound like a cross between nitroglycerin and VX nerve gas
PS The post is called 'nicotine what is it exactly part 2'.
Please read through the post and inform me if I have read it incorrectly or miss understood it.
Sorry I can't post the link because of my vision problems but you can just google it. The post stated that nicotine was a highly flammable, combustible and explosive liquid that ignites below the boiling point of water, and consequently there is no nicotine in cigarettes smoke as it is destroyed by high heat. This raises the question, that if nicotine is not the active compound in cigarette smoke that makes it psychoactive and addictive then what is? They do not really address this point but instead argue that nicotine is oxidised to cotinine and nicotinic acid aka vitamin be three. At first I thought I may have misunderstood the author of the post since they were referring to the fact that nicotine in tobacco is bound to various carboxylic acids to form salts, but after reading it several times I realised they were trying to refute decades worth of scientific research, and linked antitobacco advocates to the Nazi party. They also went on to state that cotinine supposedly The only nicotine related components in cigarette smoke according to them, is not active. Following this they state that many Side affects and toxicity warnings have been attributed to nicotine to demonise it, and that the only way to experience the full range of effects and toxicity of nicotine is to purify it and intravenously inject it. Funnily enough The way they describe nicotines pharmacological and chemical properties earlier on in the post certainly demonises nicotine. They made it sound like a cross between nitroglycerin and VX nerve gas
PS The post is called 'nicotine what is it exactly part 2'.
Please read through the post and inform me if I have read it incorrectly or miss understood it.
