Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

    • @mindbleach
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      17 months ago

      If we doubled the nicotine per cigarette, d’ya figure they’d all smoke half as many?

      • @[email protected]
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        27 months ago

        I doubt it. I think for most smokers, one cigarette does them for a while. I don’t see anyone stopping at half a cigarette, so I’d guess it would only get smokers used to taking more nicotine in at a time.

        • @mindbleach
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          27 months ago

          So this effect only works in one direction?

          • @[email protected]
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            27 months ago

            Like I said. Mainly because if someone lights up, they’ll smoke the whole cigarette. Not half. But if they didn’t get enough nicotine from one, instead of not smoking again for a couple hours, they may smoke again after just 45 minutes or so. Or even start chain smoking.

                • @mindbleach
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                  17 months ago

                  Or they’ll adjust to how much is in what they’re used to smoking. Their bodies will adjust. Because cravings are driven by exposure.