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If nicotine was taken orally as a hot drink like coffee rather than smoking, would it be as compelling to its users? (lemmy.world)

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[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Snus is still quite addictive so probably. For any given drug, faster routes of administration (smoking/vaping, injection) are more addictive than slower ones (oral, sublingual, intranasal), but ultimately they still are, and users may also seek higher doses to compensate for the slower absorption.