Tag: Nicotine research

Before its association with addiction and smoking-related disease, Indigenous peoples used tobacco ceremonially for healing. Today, modern science is investigating a fascinating paradox: **Does nicotine have medicinal uses?** Emerging research suggests that pure nicotine, isolated from tobacco and its toxic compounds, possesses intriguing therapeutic properties for a range of conditions, including neurodegenerative and inflammatory disorders.

Before the 19th century, tobacco was revered as a sacred medicine among Indigenous peoples, used to treat a wide range of ailments from pain to inflammation. While modern commercial tobacco is rightly associated with severe health risks, a separate area of research is investigating what are the healing properties of nicotine, the plant's main alkaloid, when delivered in controlled, non-combustible forms. Scientists are exploring its potential benefits for a variety of conditions, including certain neurological and inflammatory diseases.