not sure i agree with this:<p>"Don't start using nicotine if you don't have a preexisting relationship with nicotine,"<p>why not? its been shown to be a very effective nootropic with little more side effects than caffeine, peoples chosen delivery methods (smoking, vaping etc) may be potentially harmful but the chemical itself is actually not that bad, a nicotine patch for example will do you little harm, it may even be beneficial. Smokers dont die from nicotine they die from everything else that comes with the nicotine<p>this may seem nitpicky but i think its important to know the difference, as they say "the devil is in the details" example someone dies from taking "ecstasy" the chances that they died from the actual MDMA are pretty slim, its far more likely they took a pill with some unknown mix of chemicals which caused it. taking a correctly measured dose of pure MDMA is pretty safe for a healthy person<p>things like that are what have demonized so many chemicals over the years and stunted research into using them for medical purposes, its only in very recent years this has started to change following the realisation/acceptance that the various component chemicals in cannabis have significant medical applications