4hodmt comments on Is it sensible for an ambitious nonsmoker to use e-cigarettes? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: 4hodmt 03 December 2015 11:05:11AM *  0 points [-]

That study is testing the effect of tobacco use, not pure nicotine.

EDIT -- why is this downvoted? The linked study does not test your claim. Tobacco smoking is a CYP1A2 inducer so it will increase caffeine metabolism, but I am not aware of any studies demonstrating that the nicotine is responsible for this. Tobacco smoke contains PAHs and PAHs are known CYP1A2 inducers: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25911656