• Question: Could there be a way to make smoking as addictive as it still is but make it healthier - e.g - not getting lung cancer by smoking..?

    Asked by nspireyox to Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by osmanexpress.
    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Yeah I guess it could be possible – as we can purify nicotine (hence nicotine patches) – but the main problem is burning things produces particles / soot so smoking would still have that even if we removed things like the tar

      So it would be better to move to nicotine patches or such

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      Sarah Bardsley answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Good question….the inhalation of particles from smoke will always be damaging to the lungs. So I think it would be impossible. You can get fake cigarette which just deliver nicotine into the system and produce no smoke.

    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      I think addiction is unhealthy in itself, so no.

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Sounds like a great idea – healthy cigarettes! You could make a fortune if you invented those…

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