I'll make this short. Let's assume there is conflicting and debatable studies about nicotine's role in cancer.

If this were a coin toss -- nicotine does contribute to cancer or nicotine does not, which side do you pick?

Pretty simple -- How much do you want to gamble the rest of your life, especially someone as young as you my dear friend?

There is biotine gum that stimulates saliva and it does not have nicotine so safe to chew. :-)

Don
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