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Old 04-20-2009, 01:06 AM
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What ive read says the poisons and toxins that are damaging are the chemicals in the smoke and that nicotine is just the addictive agent.
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:53 AM
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I did further research, found this site that also states that nicotine can be lethal at 0.5-1.0 mg/Kg, or 30-60 mg in an adult. The source for this is [URL="http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/nicotine.htm#SubSectionTitle:7.2.1%20Human%20data"]http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/nicotine.htm#SubSectionTitle:7.2.1%20Human%20data[/URL]. The author references an earlier publication by Gosselin in 1988.

So yes, the other chemicals in tobacco are damaging, but nicotine is a poison, and taken in sufficient quantity, can be lethal.
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