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Should I? What’s the risk?
Personally, I believe that the dose makes the poison and that people are different, and it's telling that the medical literature on the topic is clearly searching for downsides out of a puritan sense that they must exist while not having clear examples of any.
But, I'd imagine that they wouldn't be great for your teeth/gums, especially if you used a lot of them a day. And I'm pretty sure nicotine is addictive, though I've seen zero sign of it personally.
I tend to use a Zyn more or less exclusively when I'm on a long drive, or I need a pick-me-up on a boring workday and don't want to drink another coffee. Two to three times a week at most. I don't notice any craving for nicotine on days I don't, and I've sustained that pace since Easter more or less. They're very pleasant, in that it gives me a bit of a nicotine buzz and a little bit of energy, along with a little pop of flavor and a sense of "something going on" that on a long drive or boring doc review I might otherwise fill with a snack.
That's where knowing yourself comes in: while I've never really used hard drugs, I don't tend towards addiction to the soft ones I have used. I notice the pattern of behaviors in other people's descriptions of their relationship with weed or alcohol or nicotine, and I don't identify them at all. My relationship with alcohol, weed, kratom, modafinil, nicotine has mostly been one of having a vague idea of trying it or "getting into" it, then ignoring it entirely and forgetting about it in my cupboard. While my wife, who is by no means a person "with a problem," will tell me a couple times a year that I need to hide the weed from her. My friends, who I don't think are alkies, will talk about fighting the urge to have a drink as soon as they get home from work. I don't feel any of that.
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Idk exactly I mean nicotine can be addictive, and apparently there may be some heart issues associated with long term use?
Idk @FiveHourMarathon would know more than I do he has written about nicotine before iirc
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