The famous Swedish cigarette addict: They tell you the truth.

In his speech Fargestrom also mentioned a famous quote by Aldous Hookley, using it as an explanation why people are using nicotine. “Most men and women live in the worst case painfully, in the monotonous, poor, and limited good. So they demand that “arratsen”, the desire to overcome themselves even for a few moments, is and has always been one of the main appetites of the soul”.

These days are very much discussed in reducing damage, whether it is good or bad. Most of us consider it good, but others say it is not good enough. According to Fagerstrom, to have an answer first we must answer the question: Can we completely eliminate the use of drugs and tobacco / nicotine?

If the answer is yes, there are several reasons for reducing the damage and may even be productive to have products far less harmful than cigarettes, because the pressure would remove the use of tobacco and nicotine. However, if your answer is no, there is an obligation to minimize damage and suffering”, Prof said. Fargestrom.

He also added that this is what is happening in many countries, where there is a severe postponement of tobacco and nicotine, which is being demonstrated.

The reduction in tobacco damage, especially smoking, is ideal. Because what smokers require of smoking is nicotine and nicotine itself is not harmful, but there are other substances in cigarette smoke that cause cancer and cardiovascular diseases”, Fargestrom said.

According to him, there are some harmful effects of nicotine, which are the same as caffeine, as negative impact on fetuses that can complicate birth; It can increase the risk of diabetes type 2 to regular users; It can make the effects of myocard heart attack and stroke worse.

But there are also positive effects on nicotine such as increasing attention, waking up; Prevention of Parkinson's disease, ulceral colitis and possibly multiple sclerosis, and also severe appetite and increases energy circulation.

Smoking is usually viewed as a bad habit, strong, and very difficult to break. This includes an element of obsession. You are engaged in behavior that you feel obsessed with.

However, Fagerstrom insists that addiction should not be necessary to a <x0-drug”, but it may be playing, pulling hair, eating nails and so on.

It is difficult for him to imagine that he will save us from nicotine without any other way to take her place. And according to Fagerstrom nicotine is much less harmful than most think.