Nicotine, nicotine, nicotine. everyone has been brainwashed!

 I just oured a glass of water over my keyboard. Some keys do not work, forgive the layot!

 

Why is it that nicotine is always blamed for increased heart rate and not the four thousand other chemicals in cigarettes? My ecig seems to not affect my heart rate at all. I tested it. 

 

Here is the latest on  Nicotine and Heart rate , not Smoking tobacco and heart rate.......

I can see the difference  why can't they? Does NRT make for heart trashing?

 

 Heart Rate and Nicotine

The debate over nicotine products as aids to smok

ing cession is complicated with the recent rise in elec

tronic cigarettes and their potential to deliver high

doses of nicotine, thereby perpetuating a nicotine ad

dition, albeit using a less toxic delivery system. There

is urgent need for research and possibly regulation

of these products if they are found to deliver harm

ful levels of nicotine. Although the evidence currently

suggests that up to half of the nicotine content may be

exhaled in the vapour, there are also suggestions that

nicotine replacement products such as e-cigarettes

simply promote a slower absorption of nicotine.

In terms of the limitations of this review, the evi

dence contained herewith needs to be considered

within the context of methodological shortcomings,

such as the difficulties of comparing different nico

tine delivery systems, and the paucity of data on new

er nicotine products, such as electronic cigarettes.

 

Conclusion

Smoking cessation is fundamental to cardiovascular

disease prevention, and it is associated with a signifi

cant reduction in risk of all-cause mortality in those

with coronary heart disease. Inflammatory markers,

which can indicate atherosclerotic disease, have been

shown to return to baseline levels five years after

quitting, suggesting that the inflammatory compo

nent of cardiovascular disease resulting from smok

ing is reversible with reduced tobacco exposure and

smoking cessation [45]. With a greater understanding

of the chronic impact of nicotine use on chronic rest

ing heart rate, it is hoped that clinicians will take a

long-term view and redouble their efforts to encour

age and support abstinence from all forms of excess

nicotine consumption  <my bold>