I post this here because it is useful background and source for those lobbying for nicotine use.
This is a book called "Nicotine Safety and Toxicity", edited by Neal L. Benowitz M.D., who is a professor of medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. The book is from Oxford Press, 1998, and is available from Amazon (used) for as little as five dollars ($75 new).
To give you an idea of the relevance of this book, I quote from the front of the dust jacket:
" Nicotine has been developed as a medication to assist smoking cessation and is being considered as a drug for the possible long-term maintenance of non-smoking. It is also undergoing evaluation as a possible treatment for several medical disorders, including ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, attention deficit disorder, spasticity, and sleep apnea." (Depression is also mentioned as a condition for possible nicotine treatment later in the book.)
The book is 18 chapters and discusses the issues complexly, but the bottom line is quite positive:
"Nicotine as a medication for the treatment of diseases other than smoking cessation shows considerable promise . . . it appears to be well tolerated during weeks and months of nicotine medication therapy without evidence of serious adverse health effects. . . the benefits of nicotine maintenance therapy [i.e. long term] almost certainly outweighs the risks [as compared to tobacco smoking]."
I highly recommend this book for those who want detail on this subject. I would caution that the data is not derived from study of the inhalation of vaporized nicotine, but from oral and transdermal administrations.
This is a book called "Nicotine Safety and Toxicity", edited by Neal L. Benowitz M.D., who is a professor of medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. The book is from Oxford Press, 1998, and is available from Amazon (used) for as little as five dollars ($75 new).
To give you an idea of the relevance of this book, I quote from the front of the dust jacket:
" Nicotine has been developed as a medication to assist smoking cessation and is being considered as a drug for the possible long-term maintenance of non-smoking. It is also undergoing evaluation as a possible treatment for several medical disorders, including ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, attention deficit disorder, spasticity, and sleep apnea." (Depression is also mentioned as a condition for possible nicotine treatment later in the book.)
The book is 18 chapters and discusses the issues complexly, but the bottom line is quite positive:
"Nicotine as a medication for the treatment of diseases other than smoking cessation shows considerable promise . . . it appears to be well tolerated during weeks and months of nicotine medication therapy without evidence of serious adverse health effects. . . the benefits of nicotine maintenance therapy [i.e. long term] almost certainly outweighs the risks [as compared to tobacco smoking]."
I highly recommend this book for those who want detail on this subject. I would caution that the data is not derived from study of the inhalation of vaporized nicotine, but from oral and transdermal administrations.
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