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Dataset of one, but I am struggling to quit sublingual nicotine after using it to quit vaping, which I used to quit smoking. Nicotine in any form is intensely moreish in my view.

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It’s not a dataset of one (you’re not alone!), there is a huge corpus of data and nicotine is one of the most addicting substances known to humans. I cringe reading anyone saying “nicotine is great”—because I’ve been there too and it’s literally one of the most devilish things ever.

It’s absolutely addictive, anyone who says otherwise is suspect

What I take issue with is the original sentence saying it’s “bad for you”, I was expecting new science showing that it’s, well, bad for you rather than “just” addictive

Well, it becomes bad for you if you start needing to take so much of it that the other stimulant effects start causing problems, like poor sleep. Most addictive substances have this potential, since "the dose makes the poison". But the same dose forever rarely satisfies cravings forever.

“Just nicotine”/nicotine salts can elevate blood pressure and heart rate which can be very dangerous for some people and long-term bad if not resolved. But by far tobacco smoking is the most physically dangerous which is obviously not the same as “just nicotine”.

Can you recommend some good study about non-smokers who start using nicotine in other forms?

Not studies: Somewhat famously Jessica Simpson got accidentally addicted to nicorette[1]. I heard it as a question in NPR “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” (radio-quiz game show) and it ended up being true.

I’ve known many people who used chewing tobacco and were not smokers.

[1]https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/simpson-addicted-to-nico...

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