How nicotine works and is nicotine itself actually bad for you?

Question

I understand tobacco and chew and vapes aren’t good for you, because of all the other shit in there, but is nicotine itself as a chemical bad for you?

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Answer 1

Nicotine alters your brain. When you take it, it changes your reward chemical receptors to nicotine receptors. That’s why it’s addictive: it literally replaces happiness.