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If nicotine addiction improves certain cognitive abilities, why don't more people use nicotine to function better? disappears as addiction increases?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Nicotine: The issue is not the benefits in terms of cognition but more the addiction and the permanent alteration in brain chemistry. This is the main issue.
Answered 2/24/2014
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Nicotine: Nicotine addiction does not improve cognitive function. Smoking ; chewing tobacco (the usual ways people take in this highly addictive drug) is associated with many health risks including cancer and heart disease. At the same time, stimulating nicotinic receptors may improve cognitive function in some individuals with schizophrenia, adhd, parkinson's, and alzheimer's. http://tinyurl.com/klues8j.
Answered 2/26/2014
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