• @HikingVet
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    -49 months ago

    Nicotine is the active psychoactive poison that gets you hooked. Its not harmless.

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      9 months ago

      It’s “psychoactive” in the same way that caffeine is. That is, it’s a stimulant. Using that term only serves the purpose of making it sound scarier. And it’s far less addictive on its own than when smoked. It’s not harmless, but it’s also nowhere near as big a problem in itself as specific product categories and delivery methods, and no worse than any number of other things we’re perfectly fine with people using.

    • @Plopp@lemmy.world
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      19 months ago

      Psychoactive poison. Great argument there. List the negative effects of nicotine itself that you think are so bad that they require a ban instead of the problematic delivery methods.