FACT: Nicotine does NOT cause cancer.
It’s the tar and thousands of other chemicals found in cigarettes that make smokers susceptible to cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illness.
Nicotine stimulates systems in the brain that are important for thinking and memory. The nicotine patch is currently being used as an evidence-based therapy for smoking cessation, but researchers believe it could be used to treat other conditions, like memory loss, mental illness, and Parkinson’s disease.
MIND Study researchers are specifically studying the potential benefits of nicotine to test whether it can improve or alleviate symptoms of memory loss in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and possibly delay or prevent its progression to Alzheimer’s disease.
Nicotine may be safe when used as directed by your physician and can be sold over the counter.