Smoking is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous habits a person can develop and one of the most certain ways to raise your risk for several serious diseases. And yet, if you strip away the hundreds of added chemicals in cigarettes and look only at nicotine, it appears this compound may have both toxic and therapeutic effects.
Nicotine is an alkaloid commonly associated with tobacco but also found in several foods we eat, and its character is more complex than you might imagine.
