LDL..

[mjfst]

Nicotine may also increase your basal metabolic rate slightly. This means that you burn more calories than you usually would when you are just sitting around. (For more information on metabolism, see How Calories Work.) However, losing weight by smoking doesn't give you any of the health benefits that you'd get if you were losing weight by exercising -- it actually does the opposite! Over the long haul, nicotine can increase the level of the "bad" cholesterol, LDL, that damages your arteries. This makes it more likely that you could have a heart attack or a stroke.

Is this another case of confusing smoking with all nicotine products?

I know smoking can clog the works but nicotine by itself?

Anyone?

[LaZeR]

Re: LDL..

[b]...Over the long haul, nicotine can increase the level of the "bad" cholesterol, LDL, that damages your arteries....

I've been on meds for the past few years for 'high' bad cholesterol & 'low' good cholesterol. My doc while persistent that I kick the tobacco addiction has never once related my usage to the cholesterol issues. Now I'm curious... I just took up snus & nasal snuff about 2 months ago after kicking a 30yr Copenhagen dip addiction.

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Even more interesting!