Let's pretend that the research really is corroborated that nicotine enhances brain function. What this shows is that nicotine really is a drug with effects on the brain (as most of us anti-nici's have known a long time and which the tobacco industry refuses to acknowledge). So, let's use it as a drug, even if over the counter. Use it as a patch, or a pill, or an injectible, or in your ear. But don't use it in such a way that for one person to reap the benefits everyone around has to suffer (smoke - choke, choke). -Linda daughter of Red 86/3