My opinion on tobacco recently changed after I took the advice from this book



 and gave safer modes of tobacco a try.

I find them to be a boon to my productivity, mental alertness, and mood. 

However, in the book he gives a clear warning "DON'T FUCKING SMOKE CIGARETTES"

I have been dry vaping natural tobacco leaves. ANd find it to be a fine elegant solution, my lungs feel great.

I used to smoke cigarettes many moons ago, and considered it to be pure stupidity.

However, recently I have been giving attention to the idea that nicotine can be a beneficial agent.

https://blog.bulletproof.com/nicotine-effects-brain/

https://bebrainfit.com/acetylcholine-neurotransmitter/

Something I have noticed is that it feels like my brain has come back online as I have reintroduced nicotine.

Something I will caution against is thinking of addiction as a purely psychological mind thing.

If you stop smoking you will feel something off with your cognitive function and your alertness and it won't just be in your mind.