Nicotine
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
American Optimist 
Sourcery 
TBPN
6 statements about Nicotine, every show
Lonsdale: Nicotine culture is much better than marijuana culture
“I mean, nicotine culture is much better than a marijuana culture, I think.”
Israetel: Nicotine functions as a true cognitive nootropic for focus
“As far as nicotine, nicotine is actually like pretty close to a true nootropic, which means it elevates your ability to think clearly and stay focused and all that stuff.”
Coogan: FDA rules prohibit combining caffeine and nicotine in gum
“Because of the way the FDA regulates these products, it's very hard for us. Like we can't put caffeine in our gum that has nicotine in it. You can't mix actives, but if you're more of like a health clinic, you could actually prescribe caffeine, nicotine differ…”
Hays: Nicotine puts individuals at their peak cognitive and focus performance
“Cause you on nicotine is you on your best day, right? It's you on a hundred percent sleep score you know, fully locked in.”
Nicotine itself does not cause lung cancer despite common public perception
“The biggest, you know, cognitive dissonance publicly still remains just the idea that like nicotine is what gives you lung cancer, which is just not true. And the government's, you know, acknowledged this, everyone's acknowledged this, but it just, Hasn't, it …”
Daily nicotine use builds tolerance rather than offering cognitive superpowers
“Nicotine builds up like a really, really quick tolerance. And so if you're using it every day, it's very much like, don't talk to me until I've had my coffee. Like you're really not getting some incredible benefit from just like having a, you know, a nicotine …”