We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are abundant throughout the body and brain. They're in various brain circuits. They are on muscle and yes, smoking nicotine either by vaping or cigarette will activate those nicotinic receptors. But of course, smoking is a terrible thing. It will also activate things like lung cancer. So I definitely don't recommend that. It also activates addiction because of the ways that it triggers activation of the dopamine circuit.
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Increasing acetylcholine can be accomplished pharmacologically through nicotine. However, there are certain dangers for many people to do that, as well as a cost. financial cost.