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- ohnoitstaylor, on 07/14/2008, -1/+55Now if only alcohol consumption and loud noises would attribute to memory and concentration, I could finally study at bars.
- noseeme, on 07/14/2008, -11/+58The risks exponentially outweigh the benefits.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -3/+36Then your biology textbook is wrong. This has been known for quite some time - there is a lot of pharmaceutical research going on to develop lead compounds based on nicotine. (lead compound is where a drug begins - it demonstrates some desired effect but is not optimal yet - it "leads" you in to the direction to go with structural modification, etc)
The problem with nicotine (aside from the obvious health problems associated with tobacco smoke) is that it's "dirty" - in drug terms meaning that it acts in a variety of ways across a number of different receptors - and the process of developing a lead compound essentially involves modifying the structure through various methods to produce a library of compounds which are then assayed for activity at various receptor subtypes. When a compound is found that produces a particularly specific effect it is then modified through methods like QSAR etc to find the final drug which is theoretically optimized in terms of potency/selectivity etc. Basically you do things like extend carbon chains, make parts more/less polar, etc to increase the binding to one specific receptor and reduce the affinity for the other active sites on the lead compound.
In the case of nicotine it would obviously be something that improves memory/concentration/bowel motility/anxiolytic/etc without the cardiovascular/addictive effects of nicotine itself - lung disease is of course not an issue as that's a product of the smoke, not nicotine itself. - tnatharik, on 07/14/2008, -11/+44The title struck me, cause it contradicts my biology textbook.
- kristopherw, on 07/14/2008, -1/+27Me too. Or was it Wednesday? *****, I can't remember anymore...
- RetepNamenots, on 07/14/2008, -6/+30Don't worry, this is the daily mail. Once again, they have to headline everything with a misleading title in order to get people to read their articles.
Who diggs this stuff? - gdean2323, on 07/14/2008, -0/+24Don't worry you'll be smoking again soon...
- artish, on 07/14/2008, -2/+23Great,
and I quit smoking last monday... - pugano, on 07/14/2008, -5/+23sweet ill remember everything but chances are ill die of cancer god i wish i never started this habit
- waydee, on 07/14/2008, -5/+18Relax... its a report on a study. Did you even read the article?
Why do some non-smokers seem to make such a fuss over the choices and habits of others? even going as far in your case to throw around assumptions and accusations based on your dislike of smoking. - Toshibi, on 07/14/2008, -1/+14I don't ***** pretentious bitches.
- waydee, on 07/14/2008, -1/+13So?
- waydee, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12Nicotine is nicotine, do you think its non-addictive when its absorbed through the skin?
- ohnoitstaylor, on 07/14/2008, -1/+13I quit smoking about 30 minutes ago, but I plan to start back up by lunch.
- benguild, on 07/14/2008, -1/+12Omg no
Please
I am going to stop right now because you said that
You changed my life bro
It's hilarious how non-smokers look down on smokers.
***** you. - humanerror, on 07/14/2008, -3/+14Who are you going to believe: some "text book" about "science", or dailymail dot co dot uk?
- niczar, on 07/14/2008, -3/+13What's your textbook? This has been known for quite sometime. About 10 years ago I had a conversation with a friend who's a neurology researcher and he told me that smokers were 1/2 as likely to suffer from Parkinson's. (Obviously, they also are 10x more likely to get cancer, so that's not a good reason to smoke)
- thespiff, on 07/14/2008, -3/+12IT'S THE DAILY MAIL IT'S ALL *****!
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -3/+12People who smoke.
- ogloom, on 07/14/2008, -2/+10a) its the dailymail
b) its not the 'smoking' that is good for you, it is the nicotine. Therefore you are much better off chewing nicotene gum or applying nicotene patches. But wow, smoking being good for you?! so controversial...lets use it as our headline!!
c) I bet the results of the research were concluded as follows: 0.001% of subjects had slightly improved cognitive functions after using nicotene patches for 3 months straight. 99.999% experienced no change at all - LaughingMan89, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8I'll assume that this was a high-school text (if it was a college text, then this is far more worrying) I noticed the same thing in high-school, almost any mention of drugs was accompanied by horribly misconstrued data, or even outright lies; which was really annoying in cases where they could have just given the actual unbiased data and it would have still mostly supported their case. I guess the idea that drugs could have positive benefits just wasn't politically acceptable enough, even though it was a science class and should've been based on science not politics. (really odd since my town's main industry was pharmacueticals, you'd think we'd be more drug-friendly)
- UltX, on 07/14/2008, -15/+23Interesting article. Makes a change from the generic scare mongering associated with smoking these days.
Anyone got a light? - sporg, on 07/14/2008, -5/+12Yeah its all scare mongering. My grandfather died a horrible wasting away death because smoking was so good for him.
- scabbers, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9I'm sure the carbon monoxide is just dandy for the brain.
- coyote1284, on 07/14/2008, -4/+11Chances are you'll die of some form of cancer, smoker or not...
- UltX, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7http://www.pioneerthinking.com/nc_studyhabits.html
There you go. - Steinr, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9and another article from the DailyFail, this is true *****.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -3/+10Smoking does have some interesting benefits even though the risks outweigh them a wee bit. Along with this I know that it increases the capacity of someone to drink alcohol. That's why we have that drunken impulse to smoke.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6I got one. Also, I suspect that it's merely the fact that nicotine is a general CNS stimulant, just like caffeine (but much shorter lasting)--which has exactly the same effect.
Couple with that the cranky disorientation that feeding this addiction cures, and you have yourself what seems to be a "smart drug".
And everyone knows someone who died from something related to their smoking. It's all very sad of course, but the other side of the coin is that there are plenty of people who never die from a smoking related illness, no matter how much they smoke. For example, the people in my family who smoke (about half of them at any given time) never die of lung cancer or complications from emphysema. Unless they're killed violently, everyone on both sides seems to die of heart failure in their mid 80s to mid 90s, whether they every smoked or not.
Seems to me someone should be doing a study on smokers who don't die from it. It would probably do all of us a great deal of good. - unclemeat, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6It's about nicotine, not smoking. You could get the same effects on a nicotine patch. The headline was somewhat misleading.
I realise that smoking is incredibly bad for your health, but it's not like that makes it incapable of having any good effects. - sphoony, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5I smoked for over 20 years, but everytime I quit, I always forget why I did, so I light up again.
Seriously, it's been 7 months and I still miss it ... every time I get my drink on. - jesusfish, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Because people love to discriminate, and right now, smokers are among the few who it's considered socially acceptable to openly discriminate against. Also true of fat people.
- scabbers, on 07/14/2008, -2/+7Daily Mail's army of spam drones digg it.
- triont, on 07/14/2008, -0/+51. Buy a vaporizer
2. Put tobacco in it
3. USE IT
4. ???????
5. PROFIT - sporg, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Its discussing the effects of nicotine not smoking anyway, tweez is just fishing for smokers diggs. If you insist on smoking by all means go right ahead. I hate the stench of cigarettes but I don't agree with all of the laws they have passed about when and where you can smoke. Prohibiting it inside buildings where other people would be forced to breathe it was alright but as soon as they got their foot in the door the next step was to start banning smoking from all kinds of outdoor places as well.
- BoneheadFarker, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6Why wait? In college, my friends and I studied at bars all the time. We once studied for an accounting test at a strip bar. I did really well on that test actually. There's nothing like a good round of beer, titties, and books...
- pwnadog, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5This isn't news. We all played Bioshock.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -4/+8You know what else boosts memory and concentration? Chewing gum.
No, I don't have a link. Take my word for it. - inactive, on 07/14/2008, -4/+8george burns didnt get cancer
- kreatre2007, on 07/14/2008, -3/+7OK. So which tobacco company funded this "research"?
- Modano, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4Awesome, I quit last 2 Tuesdays ago. Can't sleep at all since though. Good luck!
- tama00, on 07/14/2008, -4/+8Man scientists must be bored and have just started making stuff up. Or journalists are desperate for views that they are making misleading titles to attract an audience.
How the hell does lack of oxygen to the brain increase its memory and concentration... - ciaran036, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4And you are believing the Daily Mail?
- jugglingjon, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5It's easier to remember things if you don't live as long.
- trejrco, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3smoke "packets"?
- saketome, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Cigarettes killed my father and raped my mother!
- Natnie, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3So it's a stimulant. Drink some coffee instead, it does the same thing.
- BotchaMcCoola, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4Certainly smoking gave me several mental advantages but lung capacity
started going south. So you get between a rock and a hard place. Just
stay young and you can have it all. - Monk22, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3"My grandfather died a horrible wasting away death"
so did mine and he didnt smoke a day in his life. spent it working a farm in indiana. still got cancer. - UltX, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4I'm well aware of the effects of smoking and its dangers, I'm merely pointing out how refreshing this article is.
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