It’s safe to say nicotine has a pretty bad reputation.
From exaggerated claims about how toxic it is to the unfortunately widespread myth that it causes cancer, it’s long been viewed as a menace.
As soon as e-cigarettes came on the scene, they were viewed as a menace too, largely because most contain it.
But if you really want the facts about how nicotine affects your body, you have to follow the evidence, not people’s perceptions.
And here's what the evidence tells us...