<div dir="ltr"><div>From <a href="http://robbwolf.com/2016/03/31/my-training-at-44/">http://robbwolf.com/2016/03/31/my-training-at-44/</a> (emphasis mine):<br><p><i><span style="font-weight:400">2- Nicotine gum. I researched
nicotine about 6 years ago when I started doing speaking gigs for the
military (Naval Special Warfare) and what I found was pretty striking.
Nicotine’s main problem appears to be delivery system. Tobacco is bad,
be it smoked or chewed. <a href="http://caloriesproper.com/coffee-and-cigarettes-the-breakfast-of-champions/" target="_blank">Bill, over at Calories Proper</a>
has done a few posts on nicotine and makes the point that were it not
for the potential to alter the reward centers in the brain, nicotine
would be “a vitamin.” </span><a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix" target="_blank">Discover magazine</a> had a solid piece on nicotine that you can check out as well. <a href="http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/addicted-to-nicorette" target="_blank">WebMD</a>
did apiece on nicotine gum, and after several pages of going back and
forth between the dangers of tobacco and the fact the gum is not
tobacco, here is one of the closing thoughts from a doctor interviewed
for the piece:</i></p><i>
</i><p><i>“If the gum were something we knew to be harmful, I’d get upset about
its chronic use, and insist that they get off it,” adds Hughes. “But it
doesn’t seem to be harmful.”</i></p><i>
</i><p><i>I use a 2mg piece of gum every few hours and my focus and
productivity are nothing short of amazing. <b>I have messed with every
nootropic imaginable and for ME they have all paled in comparison to
what I get from the nicotine gum.</b> I know people will not take the time
to actually “read” those links so I’ll tackle a few things here:</i></p><i>
</i><p><i><span style="font-weight:400">1- Tobacco is a carcinogen (or more
accurately is home to many carcinogens) but nicotine as a
pharmacological agent is not a carcinogen.</span></i></p><i>
</i><p><i><span style="font-weight:400">2- Gum and lozenges CAN be addictive
and habit forming. So are coffee and tea. You need to balance your risk
reward matrix with that in mind, but for me, it’s a pretty clear choice.</span></i></p><i>
</i><p><i>I’ve noticed the gum has helped my digestion and my productivity is
better. Again, use your best judgement, but this has been a serious game
changer for me so i felt compelled to share it with y’all.</i></p>We discussed tobacco and nicotine here a few years ago, but that centered around nicotine not being harmful, rather than outright beneficial.<br><br></div>-Dave<br></div>