Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 09/29/2020

The reason, they suspect, is because of nicotine, which is a micronutrient found in many vegetables and for which the body has an entire system for handling and distributing. The *same* pathways viruses use - but can't, if the receptors contain enough nicotine. Hence, I suspect, the smokers who weren't getting it didn't get it from breathing contaminated air. Which is just one way to get it. I suspect those who DID get it got it from food or skin contact or whatever because the receptors in the airways contained the nicotine but the pathways that would be used via ingestion and/or skin contact did not. In other words, smokers are still susceptible, just not via the singular pathway of the respiratory system.

I'd been looking at tobaccum because it was a very useful herb, prior to its demonization. It's primary use was for skin issues, including warts, moles, psoriasis etc.. Basically, anything having to do with the skin. And it was used by "natives" all over the world, for thousands of years.

SOO, anyway, I've been treating plantar warts on the bottom of my feet for several years now, trying various things, letting them come back and trying something different and so on. As a smoker, I make my own cigarettes so I have tobacco plus I switched to "Vaping" for a short period but it just plain did something horrible regarding dehydration. Dried me out something fierce. So I went back to smoking and I've smoked since I was 10 when I just "started smoking like an old man", my mom said, so that's 50 years but, anyway, given the use of tobaccum as an herb and the plantar warts I was growing back on my feet, I decided to try some old vaping "juice" I had leftover from when I was vaping on the warts.

Let me preface this next part by explaining that vape "juice" was initially available in several "strengths" AND kids were trying to use it to commit suicide but would end up just throwing up and being fine 2 hours after so, it's not deadly. Not by any means, as the amounts of nicotine they were ingesting were phenomenal. Could have probably cleared termites out of several houses as they were drinking it by the bottles which, by comparison, when you vape, you might vape the equivalent of a cigarette to the tune of 3 or 4 DROPS of the stuff. Nowhere NEAR the amount kids were drinking in an effort to kill themselves, so...anyway...

I only used it on my foot once, as it was before I'd learned it wasn't deadly after alll and feared poisoning myself. What happened is very interesting. The amount was probably somewhere around only 3 drops, altogether, but it did the exact same thing vaping did. The glycerin dried me PLUM out. Dry mouth, plain old crackly, dry discomfort and the whole bit but it ALSO - and this is the interesting part - it made me turn my nose up at cigarettes. For a couple of hours. Which I was TOTALLY not expecting. 3 drops? On the bottom of one foot? It was insane.

I probably got some on my hands and whatnot but I was shocked when I realized I was rolling a cigarette but had no desire to smoke it. Which had never happened before except when I was vaping.

They're testing nicotine now, for Covid. They're testing nicotine patches, gum, drops and all of the nicotine replacement products used to stop smoking.

I'd always known that the lung damage caused by smoking was smoke damage but I should have realized that the desire to control tobacco must have meant it had some true usefulness that would bite into the profits of some Fortune 500 vampire - and I was right. Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, there was no information whatsoever available on the internet, other than what was available as books scanned for the archive but today, a lot of old information is floating up to the surface where people can get their hands on it and it's definitely worth checking out.

Nicotine is a nutrient. And man has known this, at least, for as long as he's been naming body parts and it would seem that the only ones getting it - yet not enough - are smokers. It's entirely possible that it's not an addiction but merely a craving for a particular nutrient that is missing from the diet. Much like boron. The body simply needs it.

I'm not saying people should smoke as, apparently, it doesn't get distributed very well when inhaled but it could be added to lotion, soaps, used as a tincture or poultice - it's just a nutrient that happens to come in, among many other veggies, tobacco. Something people want and are more willing to pay for than grow for themselves. It's a profit center..and, apparently, everything the common man has been told about it is a lie. Yes it's poisonous - to BUGS - so is orange peel and a dozen or so other items that might be found in just about anybody's kitchen.

It's worth checking out. Even if only as a killer of viruses which are basically insects, as bacteria are basically plants. Many of the foods we eat are useful as insecticides and/or herbicides.

Replied By Kris (Salem) on 12/05/2024

It is Dr Ardis that first came out about nicotine being protective, also he discussed nicotine in vegetables like in eggplant tomatoes etc.. He also discussed how doctors used nicotine patch on some COVID patients and they all were successfully treated swiftly. Dr Ardis discusses how a nicotine patch can help people he uses the Rugby one and you can find his videos on-line discussing this in-depth and it is pretty interesting. Interestingly smokers were not being hospitalized because of the nicotine use, that is also the time when they suggested people stop smoking so they could be protected from the virus. In reality it was the nicotine that was protecting them.

Replied By Dano (Ontario) on 12/05/2024

The amount of nicotine contained in tomatoes and eggplants is barely anything. Not enough to have any physiological effect unless you are dozens of kilograms of them daily.

Replied By Art (California) on 12/05/2024

Hi Kris,

You said the following :

' Interestingly smokers were not being hospitalized because of the nicotine use, that is also the time when they suggested people stop smoking so they could be protected from the virus. '

This is the exact opposite of what many studies from all around the world have shown regarding smokers, either past or present, when it comes to Covid-19 as discussed in the following analysis of multiple human studies :

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10306417/#:~:text=Current smokers were found to, CI: 1.14–2.85).

Here is a very relevant quote and description of many studies :

' While a significant association was found between a history of smoking and severe COVID-19 cases (OR = 2.17; 95% CI: 1.37–3.46; p < 0.001), non-smokers (10.7%) had less severe COVID-19 symptoms compared to active smokers (21.2%). The cross-sectional study on sailors mentioned above found similar results with active smokers (OR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.45–0.78; p < 0.001) characterized by a significantly higher COVID-19 prevalence when compared to former smokers (OR = 0.98; 95% CI: 0.70–1.38; p = 0.93) [35]. A systematic review article including 47 studies (China (32), U.S. (10), Italy (2), U.K. (1), and International (2)) focused on the effects of smoking on COVID-19 [41]. Studies included in this review paper reported hospitalization and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients from early December 2019 to early June 2020. The overall meta-analysis in this review article (n = 32, 849 study participants) demonstrated an increased risk of COVID-19 among smokers (RR = 1.35; 95% CI: 1.19–1.53). This study also demonstrated that a history of smoking was associated with an increased risk of mortality among patients (RR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.20–1.32). Current smokers were found to be at a significantly higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection (RR = 1.80; 95% CI: 1.14–2.85). Similar to the above-mentioned study by Vardavas and Nikitara (2020), the authors also observed an association between severe or critical cases of COVID-19 and smoking, in-hospital mortality, and disease progression (p < 0.05) [24]. In contrast, a retrospective cohort study from the U.S. involving 10, 216 patients showed significantly more hospitalization rates from COVID-19 among former smokers (OR 2.31; 95% CI 1.94–2.74) when compared to current smokers (OR = 0.68; 95% CI: 0.60–0.99) [42]. '

I don't know why Dr. Ardis is continuing to say smokers faired much better than non smokers with Covid-19, but his claim is contrary to many scientific human studies that clearly showed that smokers, either present or past, faired much worse than non smokers and had a significantly higher mortality rate than non smokers. His suggestion could lead smokers and former smokers to believe that they will do well against Covid-19, when such is not the case, based on historical data for smokers and Covid-19.

On the other hand, there is significant anecdotal evidence that nicotine has helped in dealing with the symptoms of long covid, which is a very good thing! There is also one article that tends to confirm this benefit of nicotine and here is a link to it:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9845100/

Here is a relevant quote from the link :

' Treating several individuals suffering from post-COVID-19 syndrome with a nicotine patch application, we witnessed improvements ranging from immediate and substantial to complete remission in a matter of days. '

Although limited, that is interesting information for many people with long covid!

Art