Andrew Huberman· PhD
While nicotine is a cognitive enhancer, smoking and vaping actually degrade cognitive performance over time.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
While nicotine is a cognitive enhancer, smoking and vaping actually degrade cognitive performance over time.
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That said, he also pointed out that the data on nicotine specifically are pointing to the fact that nicotine can be, can be protective against certain forms of cognitive impairment. And that is why he continued to chew nicotine containing gum. And he swore by the focus enhancing and motivation enhancing effects of nicotine containing gum.