What effect would a nicotine patch have on a non-smokers health??
Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes. However, in the main it isn’t the nicotine in cigarettes that causes the damage but other substances (tar is one). So, wearing the patches would probably get you addicted but not damage your health (much). Highly concentrated nicotine is a poison – it’s used as an insecticide in some places. It’s not in this concentrated form in cigarettes and what little negative effect the nicotine has is insignificant in comparison with tar & carbon monoxide. EDIT: If a non-smoker went straight to wearing a high strength patch it would be very uncomfortable & could be dangerous. But this is exactly the same as a non-smoker suddenly smoking 20 cigarettes per day. You’d feel uncomfortably overdosed on it before it became dangerous and you’d want to get away from it. You’d probably rip the patch off. If the non-smoker who was wearing the patch was unconscious or asleep then it could be dangerous. A non-smoker could, theoretically work up to a full stre
