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      Can cigarettes be used in a healthy way? Eh, only in very specific scenarios

      Gonna have to bite and ask what very specific scenarios smoking could be healthy?

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          I mean yeah I vape, that makes sense because it wasn’t the nicotine itself which was killing my lungs.

          Apparently nicotine itself is as bad for you as caffeine, the worst thing about it is it’s insanely addictive without giving much of a high or anything in return…

      • Cigarettes aren’t the best treatment for anything and the potential benefits never outweigh the harm but cigarette smoking treats some types of ulcers, colitis, and a few other lower GI issues. It may also prevent or reduce the severity of Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s dementia, endometrium cancer, uterine fibrosis, and endometriosis. It also negatively correlates with DVT and may make you more likely to survive if you have a heart attack.

        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8746297/

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        Gonna have to bite and ask what very specific scenarios smoking could be healthy?

        For those times when someone points a gun at your head and says ‘smoke this or die.’

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      People are completely missing your point but I agree. It’s not beneficial. Even in the best case it’s just going to be neutral.

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          Well it’s positive from hedonistic point of view but so is getting high. I’d still claim that there’s no physical or psychological health benefits to it. In the best case it simply just doesn’t harm you.