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Although much less harmful than smoke, nicotine is still not harmless to the cardiovascular system. If the goal is public health, it makes sense to move the needle a little further and try to keep people off nicotine entirely.

Alcohol is another story, we're not ready to remove that yet.

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After alcohol, are we going to stop people from having multiple sexual partners in their lifetime? Because if public health is the goal, that would solve a lot of problems.

It is fine to attempt to improve public health, but not at the cost of giving people a life worth living.

If alcohol is what gives you "a life worth living," that's extremely concerning.

Nicotine is less harmful than sugar. Not even close. Ban sugar. Ban everything. Safety nausea.

I think it’s the combination of health impact and addiction