Nicotine – a soft or hard drug?

heyy,

I urgently need this answer for a presentation, but unfortunately I never get a clear answer. So I'm trying my luck here haha

There are websites that say nicotine is highly addictive (like cocaine, an illegal drug), and others claim that nicotine poses absolutely no danger (that doesn't sound very convincing; quite a lot of people smoke and are addicted, about half of my friends alone? Not to mention the long-term effects?). I just can't make sense of it; it's totally confusing me now; everyone says something different, haha.

I hope I finally get a clear answer here. I would be grateful to be told simply "yes, it's a hard drug because…" or "no, it's not a hard drug because…"

Thanks in advance to everyone who takes the time here 🙂

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sunnymarie32
7 months ago

Hard or soft depends mainly on the potential for damage and this is extremely low at NIKOTIN. Nicotine is quite harmless for normal people at normal dosage and it is also not addictive.

Please never use nicotine with smoking tobacco, because these are 2 completely different things, after all tobacco smoke contains far more than 4000 different substances, including carcinogenic, toxic, addictive and addictive.

Ericdraven28
7 months ago
Reply to  sunnymarie32

I’m sorry, but this is partly total nonsense, nicotine is the addictive and similarly potent as heroin. This can be read everywhere, and there are zig tables where the individual drugs are listed. An example https://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/

Nicotine directly to heroin and kokain.

sunnymarie32
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

Right… The IST partially total nonsense when you get here with TABAKRAUCH, although the question is about NIKOTIN. And that’s exactly what you can read: Nicotin is involved in the development of addiction… at least when you stick to currently recognized scientific facts and not to the outdated fairy tales from the last millennium, when you just made it and put all the effects of tobacco smoke in your shoes.

Sorry. But this weird site you’re linking – WAS should be that?! Something according to the motto “we don’t really have a plan, but just write about everything possible on it and with some luck we’ll get some hits and if not eaten no matter “?!

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

Tobacco addictionis all the stronger….

Please read the word very carefully …

… there standsTobacco,👈

👉not nicotine addiction!👈

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

You write the same nonsense as before under your answer.

The report, in your link, tells about tobacco!

I quote:

Tobacco, whose nicotine is the most important addiction, is responsible for the death of seven million people worldwide, according to WHO.

He kills half of those who consume it. Tobacco addiction is the stronger the…

It’s gonna be hard to deny the nicotine.

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

I’m sorry, but that’s partial total nonsense.

No, on the contrary

…. nicotine is the addiction generating

No, nicotine is not addictive

Smokers by the many added,

search-producing and manipulated

Substances in tobacco 👉taboo!

👉Not nicotine addiction

Millions Steam 💨💨 also

👉not nicotine addiction❗️💨💨

And nicotine plaster glue also

👉not nicotine addiction❗️🩹😄 🩹

and similar potent as heroin.

What a bullshit!

You can read it everywhere,

No!

and there are zig tables where each drug is listed. An examplehttps://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/

There will be Tobacco described,

no nicotine addiction❗️ From a pure

nicotine consumption is even there

not the speech! So please.

read exactly what it says

A nicotine addiction does not exist

Nicotine directly to heroin and kokain.

Bullshit!

aalbtraum, UserMod Light

I have a completely different perspective: The distinction between hard and soft drugs is so to speak nonsens. You can consume any substance to a low, high and too high extent. It is much more about hard and soft consumer patterns.

Apart from that, it is also about the form of consumption. This is particularly relevant for nicotine. It is most harmful when smoked in the form of tobacco. Other substances contained in the tobacco (some of course, some added) also play a role, all of which are responsible for the high dependence potential of cigarettes. The fact that cigarettes can be consumed virtually always and everywhere without restricting perception naturally does it. Apart from this, there are toxins and resulting damages that are explicitly related to the smoking process. Smoking is always harmful, no matter what is smoked. Maybe interesting: Smoking and health, https://rauchfrei-info.de/inform/rauchen-Health/

In other forms, nicotine is much less harmful. Maybe interesting: Estimating the Harms of Nicotine-Containing Products Using the MCDA Approach, https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/360220

Radelino
7 months ago

Officially, drugs are not divided into soft or hard.

Pure liquid nicotine is not legal. Whoever finds it on the Internet or Darknet does not buy it!

Years before, pure nicotine was still offered. But it depted as a great risk because it can severely damage the body in excessive doses and lead to death.

Therefore, nicotine can only be purchased in bottles and diluted in e-cigarette liquids.

The product information contains, for example, ingredients: vegetable glycerol (E422), propylene glycol (E1520), deionized water, nicotine.

If nicotine is at the end, it’s less in it. If it comes first, it’s a lot in it.

Nicotine itself is often considered less harmful, especially when it is consumed in controlled doses. It has a lower potential for damage compared to many other substances. Nevertheless, nicotine can have a addictive effect, even if this is different from person to person.

The consumption of tobacco is much more dangerous as it contains not only nicotine, but also many other harmful substances that cause serious health risks such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Finally, it can be said that nicotine is considered to be less harmful in its pure form, while smoking tobacco is considered very dangerous due to the many harmful ingredients.

In general, the faster the effect occurs and the more intensive, the greater the risk of addiction, which originates from a particular substance.

Minjae
7 months ago

This is not about nicotine, but tobacco. There is no difference between hard and soft drugs.

Tobacco is one of the top 6 drugs after potential damage. I would like to post a picture, unfortunately this is not working on the mobile.

Alcohol

heroine

Crack

Methadone

cocaine

Tobacco

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  laluna06

that means now…

This means that you should remove nicotine completely.

Smoking tobacco and cigarettes has one of the highest, known dependency potentials. Already the smoke of a single cigarette can cause first symptoms of withdrawal symptoms. (Note the conjunction “can be”)

Nicotine is completely harmless in responsible handling.

It has its reasons why nicotine, in Germany, is available in pharmacies, without age restriction, without prescription.

Without age restriction means from 12 years.

Minjae
7 months ago
Reply to  laluna06

Drug is a drug, from a certain amount you also die of water. If you smoke once a year nothing happens, every day two boxes the lung cancer is pre-programmed. But you can say that only from the potential for damage. Commonly, mushrooms also belong to hard drugs, although they have the least potential for damage to all drugs, it is so difficult to divide it. There are always many factors that need to be taken into account, form of consumption, quantity, frequency.

Ericdraven28
7 months ago
Reply to  Minjae

Nonsense, you seem to write all wrong. https://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/

Only heroin then cocaine then nicotine, not tobacco. You’re all confused

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

You write the same nonsense as before under your answer.

The report, in your link, tells about tobacco!

I quote:

Tobacco, whose nicotine is the most important addiction, is responsible for the death of seven million people worldwide, according to WHO.

He kills half of those who consume it. Tobacco addiction is the stronger the…

It’s gonna be hard to deny the nicotine.

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

No, nicotine is not addictive

Smokersby the many added,

search-producing and manipulated

Substances in tobacco 👉taboo!

👉Not nicotine addiction

MillionsSteam 💨💨also

👉not nicotine addiction❗️💨💨

Andnicotine plaster gluealso

👉not nicotine addiction❗️🩹😄 🩹

First heroin then cocaine then nicotine

What a bullshit!

ScrappyFlappy
7 months ago

Depends on the angle of view. Regarding the addiction factor, nicotine is a very potent and strong drug. As far as the psychoactive effect is concerned, there are basically no grounds. However, the physical side effects are clearly highlighted as being strong compared to cannabis or fungi.

sunnymarie32
7 months ago
Reply to  ScrappyFlappy

No, it’s not… You write nicotine, but actually speak of tobacco smoke, because only it is addictive.

ScrappyFlappy
7 months ago
Reply to  sunnymarie32

Nicotine is the addiction-producing substance which is either naturally contained in tobacco leaves or is found as a synthetic nicotine in vapes or snus. In both cases strong search potential!

RayAnderson
7 months ago

Obviously, I’m not well informed.

Synthetiches nicotine does not exist. Every nicotine is always natural.

With nicotine it is important to distinguish serious reports and/or studies from ours.

ABER… also serious old reports reflect very often on nicotine no longer the reality. In the last 20 years, nicotine has done a great deal. What was accepted about 20 years ago has often been refuted by the topic of nicotine.

There are many reasons why one still encounters false statements about nicotine. Sometimes there are outdated reports, sometimes someone has written off from someone else without checking the truth content and then there would still be conflicts of interest among organizations sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry.

sunnymarie32
7 months ago

yes… so some 🙂

Look here – I just put together a few things

And if you don’t let that be a side over e-cigarettes, read it and think about it https://www.vapers.guru/2020/05/30/nikotin-macht-non-suechtig-fuer-dummies/

ScrappyFlappy
7 months ago

Puh. Obviously, I’m not well informed. Do you have any sources?

sunnymarie32
7 months ago

Nicotine is the addictive substance – false… teaching is currently “Nicotine is at the end of the addiction“, not “it is the ALLINIGE search trigger.”

which is either naturally contained in tobacco leaves – right

or occurs as a synthetic nicotine in vapes or snus – Wrong. This nicotine is also natural!

In both cases strong search potential! – No, TAB AKRAUCHFREIES nicotine has been proven to be scarce to nothing.

DocPsychopath
7 months ago

“nikotin would be absolutely no danger”

They argue that nicotine is only one of very many substances in tobacco.

And you can’t prove that nicotine caused the damage. It could also be any other of the substances.

What is completely formal right.

In reality, this is not so bad as nicotine is generally consumed as tobacco. And studies on the consumption of pure nicotine are therefore no. Thus, no load-bearing but also no load-free.

The assessment should be made by factual information itself. Think about the time of the coronary where the virologist believed everything.

You’d still sit in the lockdown with a mask today and inoculate yourself every four weeks if people didn’t start thinking for themselves.

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  DocPsychopath

In reality, this is not so bad as nicotine is generally consumed as tobacco. And studies on the consumption of pure nicotine are therefore no. Thus, no load-bearing but also no load-free.

The times in which nicotine was absorbed exclusively by smoking have never occurred.

Most people, even non-smokers, consume nicotine almost daily, over potatoes, eggplants, paprika, tomatoes, etc…

More specifically, nicotine can be recorded via NET products or e-cigarettes.

Of course, there are studies on the consumption of nicotine, away from smoking, many even exist.

MayaHale
7 months ago

A soft one.

MindFlower
7 months ago

I find them hard. The nikotinflash and the following puffs are a thin-thin degree with me.

sunnymarie32
7 months ago
Reply to  MindFlower

Sorry, but if you take so much of it that you speak of nem “Flash”, then you don’t have to wonder if the border is tight… Because the “flash” is already an OVERVIEW.

In the case of NORMALER DOSATION, the nicotine BEWUSST feels nothing because nicotine acts on the function of nerves. It is not intoxicating or mind-changing.

MindFlower
7 months ago
Reply to  sunnymarie32

All right. I am satisfied with this

Ericdraven28
7 months ago

Medically, nicotine is a soft drug. In terms of dependency, it is similar to heroin, due to the long-term consequences that occur only late and almost without physical shortages as in hard drugs, it is usually treated as a soft drug. Even the non-extreme acute effects after consumption are significantly different to all hard drugs.

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  laluna06

Unfortunately wrong…

The statements have all been outdated for many years.

Ericdraven28
7 months ago
Reply to  laluna06

Barley

RayAnderson
7 months ago
Reply to  Ericdraven28

Medically, nicotine is a soft drug. In terms of dependency, it is similar to potent as heroin…

FALSCH!

Nicotine is not a drug and nicotine has only a very low dependency potential. Please do not confuse nicotine with tobacco consumption or smoking cigarettes.

Smoking tobacco and cigarettes has one of the highest, known dependency potentials.

Nicotine itself, away from smoking, from tobacco and cigarettes, does not lead to dependencies.

Ericdraven28
7 months ago
Reply to  RayAnderson

Also for you again, nicotine after heroin and kokain : https://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/

Ericdraven28
7 months ago
Reply to  RayAnderson

Oh, there you really shot a pretty own gate. You confuse that, nicotine is the drug that mainly depends, It acts directly on the central nervous system and influences various neurotransmitters, especially dopamine, which is responsible for the reward system in the brain. Tobacco and other additives are crucial to cancer risk. You’ve heard something about it and you’ve been totally wrong.

RayAnderson
7 months ago

It is always amazing how some people only choose what they like, but do not understand the context and self-explanatory, copy only texts that fit into the argumentation. 🤣🤣🤣

All the rest will remain silent…

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago

Source 1:Nicotine – DHS(2024) Source 2:https://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/(2017) Source 3:Nicotine – Smoke-free TelephoneSource 4:Nicotine – Smoke-free TelephoneSource 5:Top topic: Why smoking makes so fast dependent – drugcom(2024)

In all these links

only for a tobacco search, but

not for an alleged nicotine addiction!!️

Your sources are all for the ton! 🚮

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago

What you do is the definition of disinformation.

No, that’s exactly what you do… 🫵

According to WHO, tobacco, whose nicotine is the most important addiction, is responsible for the death of seven million people worldwide.”

Well, that’s not true

A drug (NIKOTIN or addictive additives in small quantities) makes addictive, is that so difficult?

Nicotine is not a drug and also not

addictive! That’s it.

sooo hard to understand

Why can some people not just admit their (peelic) mistake and be good?

Why can you do that?

not just your embarrassing mistakes

does not admit and is good

If I do something wrong, that’s what’s normal for me.

Well, that’s great if that’s what it is.

is completely normal for you. Then you can

you just admit your mistakes. 🥳👍

Ericdraven28
7 months ago

I also agree with you and in so far as there are overlaps to my original answer (“first late long-term consequences and almost without physical short-term consequences”).

To the last point (Once you’re seen addicted to patches? + nicotine has no great dependence. Otherwise, you could be addicted to nicotine plasters. Smoking, on the other hand,Behavior dependency. You have to separate it clearly.” This is true in parts, but not in the main part. You can be very dependent on nicotine plasters and even extremely. If you knew how coveted these are, for example, in German prisons, you would see this differently. You will also be addicted to chewing tobacco or schnupftabak, which contains nicotine. Nonetheless, smoking is also (!) a behavioral dependency, yet there are physical and not only psychological withdrawal symptoms when withdrawn.

In general, the sign was interesting and worth reading, unlike others :-).

PachamamaSquaw
7 months ago

To summarize some facts:

+ nicotine is a nerve poison. And it is also used, for example, as plant protection agents. However, Prof. Dr. Mayer has shown that nicotine is far from as toxic as it is always accepted. The studies published for this purpose (Lethale dose) date back to 1906 and refer to very strange self-tests over 50 years before.

+ There is no evidence that nicotine is responsible for cancer. All claims – even almost all scientific investigations – are equivalent to nicotine with tobacco smoke. To date, it has not been possible to prove the cause of cancer by nicotine alone.

+ Overdose of nicotine is impossible in the sense of nicotine by inhalation. No one has smoked or steamed into the coma. Before you get a bad, dizzy and you get headaches. This effect ends when the nicotine is correspondingly degraded in the body, which is the case no later than an hour.

+ nicotine briefly narrows the vessels. This automatically increases blood pressure. However, there is no evidence that this happens permanently. An energy drink has similar effects.

+ Cigarettes contain 7000 foreign substances. Of which at least 60 detected carcinogenic. In addition, the tobacco is slurried at temperatures between about 700° C. and 1000° C. This results in subtle combustion products which settle in the lung.

There are no evidence that nicotine is responsible for anything that could not be assigned to these 7000 foreign substances.

In steaming (about 150° C. to 300° C.), such fines are not produced at all; nothing can be deposited in the lung.

+ nicotine can (!) roughen the inner skin of the veins (Tunica intima). As a result, clots can be formed. But in the body there are always clots and are broken down again. How long it takes to cause this with nicotine is not detectable. A healthy person needs a long-term abuse at least.

In the vessels, deposits are also established by smoking, which can impede blood flow and can also cause clots. There is no evidence that this is the nicotine. And thus also not the inflexibility of the vessels resulting from this.

Once you’re seen addicted to patches?

+ nicotine has no great dependence. Otherwise, you could be addicted to nicotine plasters. Smoking, on the other hand,Behavior dependency. You have to separate it.

If the frightening nicotine is separated from tobacco, a completely different picture becomes visible. And many of the opponents of steam still throw it in a pot. This is not only grossly negligent and unscientific. It must also be regarded as a pure intention for many to make fears. Because many would have to know better.

https://www.vapers.guru/2016/01/11/nicotin-real-so-faehre/

RayAnderson
7 months ago

Okay, so on with your nonsense…

DORT STEHT…

Tobaccohis nicotine the most important addiction…”

AND

Tobacco addiction the stronger the…”

The words tobacco and tobacco addiction should have noticed you.

The report is not written by nicotine addiction or nicotine addiction because both do not exist!

A “Searching agent” is not to be equal with “sounding”

It is always a tobacco dependency!

Why can some people not just admit their (peelic) mistake and be good?

Obviously, this is a big problem for you.

The WARUM doesn’t open up to me. I don’t care. You have to live and not me!

Ericdraven28
7 months ago

What you do is the definition of disinformation.

According to WHO, tobacco, whose nicotine is the most important addiction, is responsible for the death of seven million people worldwide.” What do you not understand? What’s the addiction? Tobacco leaves without nicotine do not addict. A drug (NIKOTIN or addictive additives in small quantities) makes addictive, is that so difficult?

Why can some people not just admit their (peelic) error and be good? If I do something wrong, that’s a normal thing for me. How little self-confidence is necessary if you don’t even call yourself a person.

RayAnderson
7 months ago

WOW… again the report you never read. Finally, he refutes your disinformation. That would be too embarrassing after you came here with insults and pity.

First read, then understand, should still be questions… then comment!

What you want to achieve with your links to reports on smoking is not understandable, but where no arguments are found, there is always a search for excuses…

The subject is nicotine!

I can continue the list endlessly.

I think…

But the disinformation you have spread so far is more than enough.

RayAnderson
7 months ago

the study is from 2017

  1. It is not a study you write about, but a report that at best refers to a study.
  2. is already in this report “The tobacco addiction…”! Why is it written by tobacco addiction? Exactly… because no nicotine dependence exists!
  3. WHO also writes on point 3 of tobacco! This begins the paragraph and describes the tobacco being responsible for… etc…!

…or do you need help?

Please, please…

I’ll help where I can!

Ericdraven28
7 months ago

Source 1: Nicotine – DHS (2024) Source 2: https://www.futura-sciences.com/de/top-5-am-mainly addictive-making substances_12198/ (2017) Source 3: Nicotine – Smoke-free Telephone Source 4: Nicotine – Smoke-free Telephone Source 5: Top topic: Why smoking makes so fast dependent – drugcom (2024)

I can continue the list endlessly.

Now you, give one where it says that “nicotine (…) has no drug [is] and nicotine (…) only a very low dependence potential [has]”. Only one 🙂

RayAnderson
7 months ago

Instead of posting any links, you should read the reports in it yourself, but also correctly and not the passages that you do not like!

Even in this report, your assertion is confirmed as disinformation.

RayAnderson
7 months ago

I knew that you were the last to admit your own helplessness

Now the arguments are missing and immediately the insults begin.

It’s always the same…

Instead of being reasonably informed, hatred and rush is spread.

Let it continue to spread nonsense here, and once again there is no hatred or rush to the platform!

If it is more bearable for you, I have no problem with it if you deny current scientific facts, but do not spread any disinformation here.

Thank you.

Ericdraven28
7 months ago

I knew you were the last to admit your own helplessness, the study of 2017 I linked you. Is that from this millennium, or do you need any help? And the composition of nicotine has changed in the last 1000 years😅

RayAnderson
7 months ago

Also for you again, nicotine after heroin and kokain

Again for you…

Please read current reports!

Thank you.

RayAnderson
7 months ago

Oh, there you really shot a pretty own gate.

FALSCH!

Your comments are assumptions from the last millennium.

What you say here has been repositioned for many years.

Simply read current, reputable reports about nicotine.

Please, I’ll help you where I can…