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[inijames]

Paul Bergen has just finished writing about the connection between nicotine and hunger - and found some surprising facts! Plus, we'd like to know what you think - does vaping make you less hungry? Check out Nicotine and Hunger: Closer than you think for the full post.

[Pikeybarsteward]

Thats a nicely written 'coffee table' piece ...would have perferred summat a bit more indepth meself ...but thats just me ...whos always been well into the historical aspect of substance use /misuse .
As the article says the use of tobacco and other 'natural' drugs has been cuturally important for the poor for a long old time . You see widespread adoption of 'drugs' throughout history to suppress appetite ....and also to work hard for very long hours .

I m one of them WTA problem quitters ...for me Tobacco use is so closely linked to appetite in general . As a lifelong heavy smoker I ve never really tasted food til the last year or so ...and my tastebuds and sense of smell are now so unreliable anything can taste of ....pretty much anything. I had a short phase where all meat tasted like boiled sweets .... I dont eat much meat anymore !

As usual with tobacco its a shortterm panpharmicon , it can both stimulate and suppress our appetites ....just like how it can both stimulate and sedate our conciousness . I find eliquid is much less versatile in this regard ....certainly I struggle maintaining much interest in food when I m tobacco free .

[samuelmunro]

hmm...another avenue for NRT to be given for "FREE" (via the taxpayer) as a prescription for obesity.

[tindaletim]

This piece misses a lot of cultural history.

Pipe smoking gained in popularity from C17th onwards, but how did cigs become so popular? As I understand it, during the 1st and 2nd World Wars cigs were supplied to troops in large quantities because they are an appetite suppressant. Keeping troops supplied with cigs was easier than supplying them with food. Same thing went for civilian populations facing rationing. And, of course. some very powerful people made a great deal of money.

Our current death toll of 80,000 pa could be seen as delayed war casualties.