Krauerking@lemy.lol to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 months agoForget cereal bars, what's your flavor of drug in the morning?lemy.lolimagemessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1471file-text
arrow-up1471imageForget cereal bars, what's your flavor of drug in the morning?lemy.lolKrauerking@lemy.lol to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square81linkfedilinkfile-text
https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/ Free drugs for being a good cog? Man now we are talking business perks.
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoNicotine is a poison, many or most of the cardiac issues associated with smoking are due to nicotine, not the ancillary chemicals in cigarette smoke.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThat’s not true. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4958544/. Also, the dose makes the poison. Humans safely consume all kinds of things that would be harmful in large quantities.
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoDid you read the study? The abstract asserts that vaping is less bad than smoking cigarettes, but there’s a ton of negative cardiovascular effects they link to nicotine alone.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s true of literally every CNS stimulant. People with heart disease aren’t supposed to have caffeine either.
Nicotine is a poison, many or most of the cardiac issues associated with smoking are due to nicotine, not the ancillary chemicals in cigarette smoke.
That’s not true.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4958544/.
Also, the dose makes the poison. Humans safely consume all kinds of things that would be harmful in large quantities.
Did you read the study? The abstract asserts that vaping is less bad than smoking cigarettes, but there’s a ton of negative cardiovascular effects they link to nicotine alone.
That’s true of literally every CNS stimulant. People with heart disease aren’t supposed to have caffeine either.