Many people assume that Nicotine is bad for you but actually nothing could be further from the truth, medical evidence and research at shows it does not cause cancer and could actually provide health benefits.

The problem with nicotine is its reputation caused by its association with smoking.

In a recent paper at the website biology.plosjournals.org, titled "Nicotine as Therapy" by Tabitha M. Powledge. She notes that:

"There's a cheap, common, and mostly safe drug, in daily use for centuries by hundreds of millions of people, that only lately has been investigated for its therapeutic potential for a long list of common ills.

The list includes Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, depression and anxiety, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and even pain and obesity.

Why has interest in this potential cure-all been slow to develop? One reason: in its current forms the drug offers pharmaceutical companies no possibility of substantial profit.

Another, perhaps more important: the drug is reviled as the world's most addictive. The drug, of course, is nicotine"

Public perception of Nicotine is negative.

Therefore close the eyes and ears to the evidence that it can be healthy when not combined with other harmful substances,

There are in fact thousands of chemicals contained in cigarettes, which some of them are the main killers such as carbon Monoxide, arsenic and ammonia, to name a few.

For example, there is no evidence that nicotine causes cancer, although many people think it does.

Nicotine in pure form is safe actually and non toxic.

In fact many of us who don't smoke put nicotine in our bodies everyday as it is present in many vegetables, such as potatoes, tomatoes and cauliflower and even some teas.

Nicotine is actually a naturally occurring compound in nature.

Nicotine suffers its bad reputation simply due to its presence in cigarette smoking, which we all know is one of the major killers in the western world.

A bad reputation by association

The key with nicotine is education. The research on the benefits of nicotine has aroused serious interest and has even been funded by the Federal Government.

Once it gets over its bad reputation and people can see Nicotine away from cigarette smoking, the benefits of nicotine will become more widespread and accepted by the general public.